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12.08.2022 This English professor teaches a class on Taylor Swift songs; Brittney Griner is free WNBA star Brittney Griner was released from Russia Thursday morning. The Washington Post's Missy Ryan talks about the prisoner swap that led to her release. Then, a week after New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced a controversial move to ...
12.07.2022 Update on North Carolina power grid; Gerrymandered map at the center of SCOTUS case Georgia's U.S. Senate runoff has been called in favor of incumbent Democrat Rep. Raphael Warnock. Warnock defeated Republican Herschel Walker. Rahul Bali of WABE joins us. Then, after gunfire damaged two electrical substations in Moore County last week, some North ...
12.06.2022 Decades of abuse in La Luz del Mundo megachurch uncovered; Floating wind farms In California on Tuesday, dozens of energy companies are bidding for the right to build and operate floating wind farms off the coast of Morro Bay. This ambitious project is part of California's effort to create more renewable sources of ...
12.05.2022 Conflicting reports of Iran's morality police; Early childhood teachers of the year Gunfire on Saturday damaged electrical substations in Moore County, North Carolina, leaving tens of thousands without power. For some, Duke Energy has said the outage could last well into this week. WFAE reporter Nick de la Canal joins us. Then, ...
12.02.2022 Deshaun Watson returns to NFL field Sunday; Looking for a great read? We got you ABC News political director Rick Klein and NBC senior congressional reporter Scott Wong discuss the latest moves in the lame-duck Congress to avert a rail strike. And, this weekend, one of the NFL's most controversial players will step back onto ...
12.01.2022 The state of AIDS on World AIDS Day; Millions of Americans have no paid sick time On World AIDS Day, we look at the status of AIDS in the present day. Marnina Miller, community outreach coordinator for the Southern AIDS Coalition, joins us to share what she tells young people about living with HIV and other ...
11.30.2022 Why has Meta put so much stake in VR?; Movies hitting the silver screen this winter Workers at Zhengzhou, China's big Foxconn factory are protesting against COVID restrictions. The factory produces half of the world's iPhones. China Labor Bulletin researcher Aidan Chau joins us. Then, even after laying off thousands of employees, Facebook's parent company Meta ...
11.29.2022 Senate to vote on same-sex marriage bill; Mauna Loa erupts for 1st time since 1984 Congress is set to take up legislation this week to impose an agreement between railroad companies and union workers. Clark Ballew from the BMWED national union joins us. Then, we get the latest on Hawaii's Mauna Loa — the world's ...
11.28.2022 China's 'zero COVID' policy; Effective altruism could be at a crossroads Protests erupted in China over widespread restrictions as part of the country's zero COVID policy. Protesters have been calling for freedom of speech, freedom of the press and some even for Xi Jinping to step down. NPR China affairs correspondent ...
11.25.2022 Jennette McCurdy opens up about childhood fame, tumultuous relationship with her mom Former "iCarly" and "Sam & Cat" star Jennette McCurdy never wanted to be an actor. But her mother wanted her to, so she spent her childhood at casting calls and on television sets. Her mother controlled her life off-screen, dictating ...
11.24.2022 A smorgasbord of cooking conversations from corn tortillas to sheet pan sweets Got some Thanksgiving leftovers that could work well as a taco? Make sure you're working with the best corn tortillas. Jorge Gaviria's book "Masa: Techniques, Recipes, and Reflections on a Timeless Staple" explores the history and science behind the corn ...
11.23.2022 Start your Thanksgiving feast off right; Eddie Palmieri is an eternal student Traveling over Thanksgiving weekend? You're far from the only one. Airlines are expected to enter the busiest season of the year, close to pre-pandemic levels. But are they ready for that increased demand? Transportation analyst Seth Kaplan joins us. Then, ...
11.22.2022 Community healing after Club Q shooting; Student's $300 rent thanks to home sharing In the wake of the Colorado Springs shooting, the Pikes Peak Metropolitan Community Church has rallied around folks from the community. Pastor Alycia Erickson says the church has an important role to play at this time. Then, Keir Radnedge, a ...
11.21.2022 Jerry Seinfeld's 'Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee Book'; COP27 conference wraps up A gunman opened fire and killed 5 people at Club Q, an LGBTQ+ club in Colorado Springs. The club existed as a safe haven for the gay community in a predominantly-conservative area. Paolo Zialcita, a general assignment reporter at Colorado ...
11.18.2022 'Magic: The Gathering' angers fans; Ticketmaster under fire Three young climate activists from around the world discuss what sort of climate action they want from their leaders and explain how high the stakes feel for them. And, after two days of pre-sale pandemonium, TicketMaster announced it would be ...
11.17.2022 Why giving up meat is so hard; Nancy Pelosi steps down Nancy Pelosi announced Thursday that she will step down from party leadership. Joe Garofoli, senior political writer at the San Francisco Chronicle, takes a look back on her remarkable career. And, the Washington Post's Ishaan Tharoor talks about the political ...
11.16.2022 Developing countries call for climate reparations; India's farmers face uncertainty Today's episode is focused on COP27. First, we explore the challenges and opportunities that come with climate reparations with Saleemul Huq, director of the Bangladesh-based International Centre for Climate Change and Development. Then, we convene a roundtable of climate reporters ...
11.15.2022 Republicans move towards House control; Podcast tells story of adult autism diagnosis Republicans have won 217 seats in the House. The party is one vote short of retaking the chamber. Scott Wong, senior congressional reporter for NBC News, shares the latest. And, about 48,000 unionized academic workers across the University of California's ...
11.14.2022 Medical debt relief; Funding early childhood education Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky paid a surprise visit to liberated Kherson Monday as workers try to restore basics such as power, water and phone services. NPR's Frank Langfitt was on the phone with Ukrainian soldiers who recaptured the city. And, ...
11.11.2022 What's next for student debt relief; Number of homeless veterans drops NBC News senior congressional reporter Scott Wong and Radio Iowa news director Kay Henderson discuss the latest news from uncalled congressional races. Then, a judge in Texas has just dealt another blow to President Biden's student loan forgiveness plan. USA ...
11.10.2022 Which party connected more with working-class voters?; Michigan reelects Gov. Whitmer Maricopa County election supervisor Bill Gates addresses the technical error that caused a delay at some voting centers in Arizona on Tuesday and assures that it was a technical glitch, not fraud or incompetence. He joins us. And, Democratic Gov. ...
11.09.2022 Abortion on midterm election ballots; How did election deniers fare in their races? Midterm voting ended on Tuesday, and results are still rolling in from some states. What do the results we already have mean for American politics at large? NPR's Ron Elving and Princeton University historian Julian Zelizer join us to discuss ...
11.08.2022 Worried about midterms? Try a comforting stew recipe; Races to watch as voting ends NPR's Don Gonyea tells us which House and Senate races to watch on election night. Then, the U.S. Postal Service has advised customers to avoid sending mail using blue drop boxes due to a rise in mail theft. A small ...
11.07.2022 Why feelings matter more than facts; Angela Bassett rules in 'Wakanda Forever' Midterm voting ends on Tuesday, but election results may not be available then. Election night is when most states start counting absentee and mail-in ballots. Domenico Montanaro, NPR senior political editor and correspondent, joins us. Then, emotion plays a heavy ...
11.04.2022 Civil rights leader meets with Elon Musk; Who really writes celebrity memoirs? Ahead of midterm voting ending on Tuesday, both President Biden and former President Donald Trump held rallies to motivate voters to cast their ballots. ABC News political director Rick Klein and USA Today White House correspondent Francesca Chambers join us ...
11.03.2022 Biden calls out 2020 election lies; The most-read journalist you've never heard of In a prime-time speech to the American public, President Biden called out lies about the 2020 presidential election that have led to political violence. But is that enough to embolden Democratic voting blocs like young and Black voters to turn ...
11.02.2022 Only 5% to 6% of plastics get recycled; 'Anthems We Love' and why we love them As the U.S. Supreme Court hears two cases involving affirmative action in relation to college admissions, the Washington Post found that the lawyers arguing cases in front of the Justices are mostly white and male. WAPO's Tobi Raji joins us. ...
11.01.2022 The math behind the poverty line; Julie Andrews pens the history of 'Do Re Mi' Supreme Court Justices heard arguments in two cases with major implications for whether race can be used as one factor in college admissions. Slate's Dahlia Lithwick joins us. Then, ahead of the November midterm elections, we are hearing how people ...
10.31.2022 Chelsea Manning's new memoir; Witchy romcoms are flying onto bookshelves A new bulletin warns of a heightened "domestic violent extremist threat" in the final days of this midterm election cycle and following the outcome. Robert Pape, director of the University of Chicago Project on Security and Threats, has been tracking ...
10.28.2022 States adapt to federal free lunch ending; Beavers are moving back into Milwaukee The federal free lunch program ended, and now some states are looking into reinstating the program at the state level. Colorado is one state considering bringing the program back, and Colorado Public Radio reporter John Daley joins us. Then, as ...
10.27.2022 King Promise rises as an Afrobeats star; The future of elections is at stake in Pa. All the promises countries have made to reduce carbon emissions are not enough to prevent a climate catastrophe — and the window for action is closing, according to a new United Nations report. Inger Andersen, executive director of the UN ...
10.26.2022 Ye's latest controversy and its impact; You never forget your first (concert) With COVID, the flu and respiratory syncytial virus all on the rise, public health care professionals warn against a "triple-demic." Patients of all three are filling hospitals nationwide. Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, director of the division of infectious diseases at the ...
10.25.2022 Exploring Oaxacan culture in LA; 3 hearty winter squash recipes Multiple allegations of voter intimidation have been reported in Arizona as early midterm voting gets underway. The Arizona Republic's Sasha Hupka joins us. Then, after Los Angeles City Council members were caught on an audio recording making racist remarks including ...
10.24.2022 Cuban Missile Crisis, 60 years later; Physicist creates space for disability in STEM The National Report Card came out Monday and paints the broadest picture of student achievement during the COVID-19 pandemic. The report finds children have suffered record declines in the past few years. Head of the National Center for Education Statistics ...
10.21.2022 Why are U.S. generals on foreign governments' payrolls?; History of live music After only 45 days in office, UK Prime Minister Liz Truss resigned, making her the shortest-serving leader in British history. After former Prime Minister Boris Johnson's abrupt departure is instability the new norm in British politics? King's College London Politics ...
10.20.2022 Mississippi River reaches record low water levels; 'Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed' Governor races in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan are heating up as midterm elections approach. Reporters covering the governor's races in each state join us. Then, due to a major drought in the Midwest, the Mississippi River's water levels dropped below ...
10.19.2022 Confusion abounds over DeSantis' voting fraud arrests; 'Outlander' star's memoir In Florida, a video shows police arresting 19 people accused of committing voter fraud. A 2018 state constitutional amendment restored the right to vote to many felons, but not those convicted of murder or felony sex offenses, leading to confusion ...
10.18.2022 Could Democrats lose control of the Oregon governor's office?; Iran's 1906 revolution For four decades, Democrats have had a tight grip on the governor's office in Oregon. But the seat may soon slip from their grasp as Republican candidate Christine Drazan has a viable path to victory. Oregon Public Broadcasting's Lauren Dake ...
10.17.2022 'Stop the Steal' leader recruits poll workers; What draws us to the music we love? As Michigan gears up for midterm elections, Republicans in the state have tapped one ringleader who promoted attacking the Capitol on Jan. 6 and claims of a stolen 2020 election to recruit poll workers to administer elections. Politico reporter Heidi ...
10.14.2022 'Beat scientist' Makaya McCraven's new album; Arizona's election-denying candidates Arizona is one of several battlegrounds where candidates backed by former President Donald Trump have echoed his baseless claims of voter fraud. Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd reports from the state. Makaya McCraven is a drummer, composer and self-described "beat ...
10.13.2022 Florida jury sentences Parkland shooter to life; Maggie Haberman on making of Trump A Florida jury has decided that the Parkland shooter will spend the rest of his life in prison. Nikolas Cruz killed 17 people at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018. We learn more with WPLN reporter Gerard Albert. ...
10.12.2022 Photographer documents war atrocities in Ukraine; U.S. faces maternity care deserts A new study out of Northwestern University anticipates that rain storms in the eastern part of the country will grow more intense and drop more precipitation as the climate continues to change. Ryan Harp, co-author of the study, joins us. ...
10.11.2022 Too young, too old, or just a woman?; Wendell Pierce stars in 'Death of a Salesman' New York City Mayor Eric Adams the city needs tents to shelter migrants coming to the city including migrants sent by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. Professor Felipe De La Hoz joins us. Then, "The Wire" and "Treme" actor Wendell Pierce ...
10.10.2022 Robots designed to teach Indigenous languages; Louise Erdrich's 'The Sentence' In one of Russia's most expansive attacks since the beginning of the war, several Ukraine cities were hit by explosions. Ukraine bureau chief for the Washington Post Isabelle Khurshudyan joins us. Then, one Native American inventor has built robots designed ...
10.07.2022 Fight over mail-in ballots plays out in Wisconsin; To brunch or not to brunch As midterm elections approach, absentee ballots are a source of contention in Wisconsin. The number of mail-in ballots skyrocketed during COVID-19 and some used that as a way to spread baseless claims of voter fraud and call for changes to ...
10.06.2022 Conspiracies enter Wisconsin midterms; Disaster relief for underserved communities Despite the claims of voter fraud propelled by former President Donald Trump that were wholly unfounded, widespread distrust in the election process lingers in Wisconsin. Here & Now's Chris Bentley reports from Green Bay about the election officials and poll ...
10.05.2022 Are candidate debates a thing of the past?; 'Singing Our Way To Freedom' The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, or OPEC+ Alliance, is meeting Wednesday to consider a cut in oil production of up to 2 million barrels a day. Managing editor at S&P Global Platts Herman Wang joins us to talk ...
10.04.2022 'Making Black America' takes a journey through history; SCOTUS redistricting case The Supreme Court is hearing a case Tuesday that experts say could further erode the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act. Yurij Rudensky, senior counsel at the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of ...
10.03.2022 Ian wreaks havoc on Sanibel Island and insurance crisis; SCOTUS hears wetlands case Sanibel and Captiva Islands were hit with a barrage of tropical weather from Hurricane Ian. Maria Espinoza, the executive director of FISH, a nonprofit providing disaster assistance, joins us. Then, Florida's already-existing insurance crisis was worsened by the storm's damage. ...
09.30.2022 Rents dropped last month. But will the trend continue?; Hunter Biden's laptop Law professor Kimberly Wehle recaps what the House committee investigating the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6 has revealed in recent months and what to look out for as it continues its investigation. Then, apartment rents dropped for the ...

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This English professor teaches a class on Taylor Swift songs; Brittney Griner is free

Update on North Carolina power grid; Gerrymandered map at the center of SCOTUS case

Decades of abuse in La Luz del Mundo megachurch uncovered; Floating wind farms

Conflicting reports of Iran's morality police; Early childhood teachers of the year

Deshaun Watson returns to NFL field Sunday; Looking for a great read? We got you

The state of AIDS on World AIDS Day; Millions of Americans have no paid sick time

Why has Meta put so much stake in VR?; Movies hitting the silver screen this winter

Senate to vote on same-sex marriage bill; Mauna Loa erupts for 1st time since 1984

China's 'zero COVID' policy; Effective altruism could be at a crossroads

Jennette McCurdy opens up about childhood fame, tumultuous relationship with her mom

A smorgasbord of cooking conversations from corn tortillas to sheet pan sweets

Start your Thanksgiving feast off right; Eddie Palmieri is an eternal student

Community healing after Club Q shooting; Student's $300 rent thanks to home sharing

Jerry Seinfeld's 'Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee Book'; COP27 conference wraps up

'Magic: The Gathering' angers fans; Ticketmaster under fire

Why giving up meat is so hard; Nancy Pelosi steps down

Developing countries call for climate reparations; India's farmers face uncertainty

Republicans move towards House control; Podcast tells story of adult autism diagnosis

Medical debt relief; Funding early childhood education

What's next for student debt relief; Number of homeless veterans drops

Which party connected more with working-class voters?; Michigan reelects Gov. Whitmer

Abortion on midterm election ballots; How did election deniers fare in their races?

Worried about midterms? Try a comforting stew recipe; Races to watch as voting ends

Why feelings matter more than facts; Angela Bassett rules in 'Wakanda Forever'

Civil rights leader meets with Elon Musk; Who really writes celebrity memoirs?

Biden calls out 2020 election lies; The most-read journalist you've never heard of

Only 5% to 6% of plastics get recycled; 'Anthems We Love' and why we love them

The math behind the poverty line; Julie Andrews pens the history of 'Do Re Mi'

Chelsea Manning's new memoir; Witchy romcoms are flying onto bookshelves

States adapt to federal free lunch ending; Beavers are moving back into Milwaukee

King Promise rises as an Afrobeats star; The future of elections is at stake in Pa.

Ye's latest controversy and its impact; You never forget your first (concert)

Exploring Oaxacan culture in LA; 3 hearty winter squash recipes

Cuban Missile Crisis, 60 years later; Physicist creates space for disability in STEM

Why are U.S. generals on foreign governments' payrolls?; History of live music

Mississippi River reaches record low water levels; 'Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed'

Confusion abounds over DeSantis' voting fraud arrests; 'Outlander' star's memoir

Could Democrats lose control of the Oregon governor's office?; Iran's 1906 revolution

'Stop the Steal' leader recruits poll workers; What draws us to the music we love?

'Beat scientist' Makaya McCraven's new album; Arizona's election-denying candidates

Florida jury sentences Parkland shooter to life; Maggie Haberman on making of Trump

Photographer documents war atrocities in Ukraine; U.S. faces maternity care deserts

Too young, too old, or just a woman?; Wendell Pierce stars in 'Death of a Salesman'

Robots designed to teach Indigenous languages; Louise Erdrich's 'The Sentence'

Fight over mail-in ballots plays out in Wisconsin; To brunch or not to brunch

Conspiracies enter Wisconsin midterms; Disaster relief for underserved communities

Are candidate debates a thing of the past?; 'Singing Our Way To Freedom'

'Making Black America' takes a journey through history; SCOTUS redistricting case

Ian wreaks havoc on Sanibel Island and insurance crisis; SCOTUS hears wetlands case

Rents dropped last month. But will the trend continue?; Hunter Biden's laptop

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