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It's safe to say that living through a pandemic has changed our relationships with our wardrobes.

But our clothes still matter — to ourselves and to the rest of our world.

This idea — we are what we wear — is the inspiration behind Emily Spivack's "Worn Stories." It's an archival project, turned book, turned Netflix miniseries that offers vignettes into people's lives by way of their clothing.

We talk to Spivack about the project, and we dive into stories behind some of our guests favorite pieces of clothing.

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The CDC updated its guidance, allowing vaccinated Americans to go largely maskless. That's left a lot of people with questions, and some with 're-entry anxiety'.

As plans are made, social agendas fill up, and workplaces adjust, fears about what that actually looks like are surfacing.

We discuss the CDC's latest guidelines, re-entry anxiety, and much more.

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The Biden administration is pushing to at least partially vaccinate 70 percent of the American population by July 4.

A hacking group known as DarkSide conducted a ransomware attack on the Colonial Pipeline and national security experts are investigating whether or not the group is tied to Russia.

The violence between Israel and Hamas is escalating.

And the U.S. Navy has released images of a huge cache of illicit weapons that its personnel seized from a small ship in international waters in the North Arabian Sea.

We cover the week's most important stories in the News Roundup.

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In the last ten years, it seems like newsletters have replaced blogs as the platform du jour.

And Substack helps writers profit off their own work. But the platform's success isn't without controversy.

The main criticism being who they allow on the platform.We dig into newsletters and what they mean for our media landscape.

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Mahjong came to America from China in the early 1920s. It was marketed as an ancient Chinese game, but it was actually created in the mid to late 1800s.

After World War II, the game became popular among Jewish American women.

We dive into the history and future of mahjong.

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has cast a long and influential shadow over Washington and Democratic politics for decades.

As the first female Speaker of the House, Pelosi initially took on the establishment; now she is the establishment. Until Donald Trump became president, she'd been privately planning her retirement.

USA Today's Susan Page joins us to talk about her new biography on Pelosi, chronicling the years before that prepared her for what would prove to be the political battle of her life.

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We talk with Pose star Angelica Ross about the end of the series, her own work around trans representation in the tech industry, and what's next for queer people of color onscreen.

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Now that the supply has outstripped the demand, President Joe Biden is shifting the country's vaccine priorities. He wants to move vaccinations from designated sites to local stores or communal centers with a goal of getting at least 70 percent of Americans their first shot by July 4.

Biden also backed a push this week to waive intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines, in a bid to speed the vaccination rates of nations in need.

Meanwhile, on the 200th anniversary of Napoleon's death, France is grappling with his legacy. Past leaders have kept their distance from the emperor's tomb; French President Emmanuel Macron laid a wreath on it.

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When most Americans think about Medieval times, our brains either go to a chain restaurant or an all-white version of Medieval Europe that never really existed.

The myth is so pernicious, white supremacists have used it to draw people to their cause for more than a hundred years.

So, while we still hear a lot about the Vikings, the Celts, and the supposed "Anglo-Saxons," what were those groups really like? And what does our misunderstanding of the Middle Ages mean for how we view our world today?

We discuss all this and more.

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The Autism Society of America decided to change the branding of the month of April from, "Autism Awareness Month" to "Autism Acceptance Month."

The change represents a long-held belief by autistic advocates that in order to create a more inclusive future, society must help autistic people lead more fulfilling lives rather than treat the condition like an illness.

How should we be thinking about autism? What is most often misunderstood?

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