The stakes are high in Iowa, as voters head to the polls in record-breaking cold and snow.

It's the first contest in the Republican presidential primary. Donald Trump maintains a lead among GOP voters. And according to a new poll, Republican county chairs in Iowa feel the same.

We discuss what the results of the Iowa caucus tell us about the right's playing field this election season. We also take a look at what we've learned from the 2020 Democratic caucus.

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Between 1935 and 1939, thirty million Americans had the chance to see a play thanks to Federal Theater Project. Nearly a century later, the theater's place in American life is shrinking.

Today, we look back on this one-of-kind federal project that believed in the power of theater, and we look forward to the role theater might play in upholding democracy even as the arts in America are being undermined.

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Action and adventure films are big business. Last year, they accounted for more than half of box office earnings. 

And what's a great action flick without some bad-ass stunts stunts. The car chases, the fight scenes, and epic super-hero showdowns are all thanks to Hollywood's most daring: stunt performers.

For the latest in our "Ask A" Series, we're talking to the professionals behind the danger and excitement on set.

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The final chapter of former president Donald Trump's hush money case is imminent.

The International Criminal Court is seeking to issue arrest warrants for several top Hamas leaders and Israeli officials including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

And Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is criticizing his country's western allies.

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With CRISPR technology, scientists can edit pig genes to be more compatible with a human body, or at least that's the hope.

But a future of endless kidneys bred from pigs is still far away. The experimental surgeries that allowed for a pig kidney transplant were covered under the FDA's compassionate use care and clinical studies have yet to be conducted.

What is the state of kidney transplantation? And what might the future look like?

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The Realities And Ethics Of Pig Organ Transplants In Humans

Has someone ever asked you what "your story" is? For some, that question is a nightmare. Where do you begin? What parts are important? And are the parts you think are important, actually that crucial?

Are you telling it the right way? 

One Hollywood art form bravely tries to do that, but about other well-known figures. That's the biopic. For this edition of the 1A Movie Club, we talk about the latest, "Back to Black." The movie tries its best to illustrate the story of Amy Winehouse. 

We discuss how well the biopic succeeds at telling the Winehouse's story. 

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