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[2016-04-26 13:00:00] John Cornyn first won election to the U.S.

Senate in 2002, and as majority whip he’s now the second most

powerful person in Senate. This hour, we’ll speak to Texas’ senior

senator about recent legislation he’s sponsored – and about the

battle in the Senate over filling the open spot on the Supreme

Court. And later in the hour, we’ll talk with Colleen McCain

Nelson, White House correspondent for The Wall Street Journal,

about President Obama’s trip to Saudi Arabia.

[2016-04-26 12:00:00] Since the death of Justice Antonin Scalia,

the Supreme Court has been in the headlines nearly every day. This

hour, as we broadcast from NPR Headquarters in Washington, we’ll

talk about the battle to replace Scalia – and about cases currently

being argued before the court – with NPR legal affairs

correspondent Nina

Totenberg and Amy Howe, editor of the SCOTUS Blog.

[2016-04-25 12:00:00] Kelly McEvers' reporting career has taken her to Iraq, Syria, Yemen and many other places of unrest. This hour, as we broadcast from NPR Headquarters in Washington, we'll talk to her about "Embedded," her new podcast in which she dives deep into issues of drug abuse, violence and disease both at home and abroad. And we'll talk with her about coming in from the field to co-host "All Things Considered," NPR's news magazine.

[2016-04-25 12:00:00] Kelly

McEvers’ reporting career has taken her to Iraq, Syria, Yemen

and many other places of unrest. This hour, as we broadcast from

NPR Headquarters in Washington, we’ll talk to her about “Embedded,” her

new podcast in which she dives deep into issues of drug abuse,

violence and disease both at home and abroad. And we’ll talk with

her about coming in from the field to co-host “All Things

Considered,” NPR’s news magazine.

[2016-04-25 13:00:00] This fall’s presidential election could

lead to a historical first when it comes to first ladies. A former

first lady could be elected president – bringing about another new

distinction: a first gentlemen. We could also have the first

foreign-born first lady since Louisa Adams. This hour, as we

broadcast from NPR Headquarters in Washington, we’ll talk about the

many roles first ladies have served in the White House with Kate

Andersen Brower. She’s the author of “First

Women: The Grace and Power of America’s Modern First Ladies”

(Harper).

[2016-04-21 13:00:00] Much of our understanding of mental health has been developed in the last few decades. This hour, we’ll take what we’ve learned about how the mind works and revisit some of history’s most intriguing figures with science writer Claudia Kalb, author of “Andy Warhol Was a Hoarder: Inside the Minds of History’s Great Personalities” (National Geographic).

[2016-04-21 12:00:00] As big cities become more densely populated, urban planners are looking for ways to make the streets more people friendly. This hour, we’ll talk about how redesigned crosswalks, bike lanes and parks are making urban centers more livable with former New York City transportation commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan, co-author of “Street-Fight: Handbook for an Urban Revolution” (Viking).

[2016-04-20 12:00:00] By 2040, it’s estimated that 9 billion people will call Earth home. And how the planet will feed all of those mouths is a concern. This hour, we’ll meet the agricultural scientists who are creating more sustainable wheat, growing meat in labs and even developing 3D printers that could one day produce food. We’ll be joined by Jayson Lusk, chair of the department of agricultural studies at Oklahoma State University and author of “Unnaturally Delicious: How Science and Technology are Serving Up Foods to Save the World” (St. Martin’s Press).

[2016-04-20 13:00:00] Every minute, hundreds of hours of video are uploaded to YouTube and millions of photographs are snapped on our smartphones. This hour, we’ll talk about how “visual activism” is driving social and political change with Nicholas Mirzoeff, professor of media culture and communication at NYU and deputy director of the International Association for Visual Culture. His new book is called “How to See the World: An Introduction to Images, from Self-Portraits to Selfies, Maps to Movies, and More” (Basic Books).

[2016-04-19 13:00:00] This week, NPR is hosting a national coordinated conversation about trade. As part of that discussion, we’ll talk this hour about the impact of Toyota and other foreign companies moving to North Texas and about the state of U.S.-China trade relations with Ron Kirk. The former mayor of Dallas served as a U.S. Trade Rep in the Obama administration from 2009-2013.