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In 2019, Tembi Locke published her memoir titled "From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home." In it, she tells the story of how she pieced her life back together after losing her husband, Saro, to cancer.

The book is also a celebration of their love story. And that love story is now the center of a Netflix series also titled "From Scratch." Tembi and her sister Attica act as writers, showrunners, and producers on the show.

They join us to talk about bringing their story to the screen.

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In February, Haiti declared that after more than a decade of battling cholera, it had fully eliminated the disease.

Less than a year later – cholera is back, and it's devastating the already-beleaguered country.

Armed gangs, a fuel blockade, and widespread hunger all have contributed to the outbreak.

We discuss how Haitians are dealing with the situation and what countries like the U.S. are doing to help.

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Multigenerational living is by no means a new arrangement. But it has become more common in recent years. The number of Americans living in multigenerational households has quadrupled since 1971, according to Pew Research Center.

Financial issues were cited as the top reason people chose to live in multigenerational households. It can also benefit older adults who need assistance, parents in need of childcare, and young adults not yet ready to strike out on their own.

We talk about the joys, pains, and economic gains of multigenerational households.

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Many popular artists take advantage of a pricing system used by live events company Ticketmaster that sets prices based on demand. The more people waiting in line for tickets, the higher the prices go. But many fans aren't happy with the ballooning costs.

Live Nation, Ticketmaster's parent company, owns concert venues, promotes tours, and sells tickets. Some say that leaves little room for competition, hurting fans, artists, and the industry at large.

We discuss Live Nation as a monopoly, who it hurts, and what's being done to address the lack of competition.

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Almost half of eligible voters cast a ballot in the most recent election, according to the U.S. Elections Project.

Still, voters can feel like our centuries-old voting system isn't working for us today.

1A spent election week in Wichita, Kansas, after voters decided to change how they elect their city school board.

This conversation is part of our Remaking America collaboration with six public radio stations around the country. Remaking America is funded in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

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Results from the 2022 midterm elections continued to trickle in this week. The GOP took control of the House of Representatives and the Democrats managed to hold onto the Senate.

Meanwhile, in Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his military's reclamation of the city of Kherson is "the beginning of the end" of the conflict. U.S. President Joe Biden has asked Congress to approve $37 billion in emergency aid for Ukraine.

In sports news, the World Cup has not yet officially started but controversy is already percolating. Players and government officials are publicly criticizing host nation Qatar over well-documented human rights abuses. Qatari officials are in turn calling their critics racist.

We cover all this and more during this week's News Roundup.

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Every ten years, election maps are re-evaluated and redrawn to reflect states' populations. But how the maps are drawn differs from state to state.

So was the outcome of the midterms determined before voters even cast their ballots?

We gather a panel of experts to discuss how redistricting can advantage one party over another.

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As the largest minority group in the United States, Latino voters have a huge say in how elections shake out.

While most Latino voters have traditionally leaned into the Democratic Party, both political parties have been largely unsuccessful in solidifying the voting bloc's support in the past four decades.

We convene a panel of experts to discuss what's driving the shift in Latino voting patterns, and what it might mean for future elections.

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We've heard a lot about candidates and parties, 132 measures were also on ballots across the U.S. last week.

From decriminalizing psychedelic mushrooms to prohibiting slavery, to implementing new rules around how and where we vote, Americans made a ton of local decisions with national implications this November.

We discuss some of the midterm results you might have missed and what they mean for American attitudes on important issues.

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The majority of GOP candidates on the ballot this midterm have denied or challenged the results of the 2020 presidential election.

So far, election-denying candidates have performed slightly worse than expected. But this doesn't mean the threat of election denialism is gone.

We discuss what this midterm reveals about the future—or lack thereof—of election denialism.

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