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The renter's guide to renovating your apartment

Sunday, March 24, 2024

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with interior designer and social media content creator Imani Keal about DIY, renter-friendly apartment renovations.

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This tax season, IRS launches e-filing, goes after wealthy tax evaders

Sunday, March 24, 2024

With less than a month to go before the tax-filing deadline and as it experiments with a new way for people to file electronic returns, the IRS says this year's tax season is proceeding smoothly.

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After delays and protests, people in Senegal voters finally go to the polls

Sunday, March 24, 2024

People in Senegal will finally have the chance to vote March 24. The country's president postponed elections last month.

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ISIS claimed responsibility for an attack that killed over 100 in Russia

Sunday, March 24, 2024

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Soufan Center Senior Research Fellow Clarke about why the Islamic State staged an attack in Russia and why now.

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Simone St. James's new thriller puts a newlywed couple at the center of a murder case

Sunday, March 24, 2024

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Simone St. James about her new book, "Murder Road," and about weaving the supernatural into her fiction.

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What classifies as a famine, and how does ongoing conflict contribute?

Sunday, March 24, 2024

Gaza, Haiti, and Sudan are all at risk of famine. NPR's Ayesha speaks to Paul Howe of Tufts University about the role of conflict in causing hunger.

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Politics chat: Unrest on Capitol Hill, election updates and analysis

Sunday, March 24, 2024

Congress passed and President Biden has signed spending measures necessary to operate the government. It is a basic function but one that has become the object of Republican brinksmanship.

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Where public health stands 4 years after the COVID-19 pandemic began

Sunday, March 17, 2024

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Dr. Nancy Messonnier, Jennifer Greene, and Raven Walters about the state of public health four years after COVID-19 became a national emergency.

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NAACP president on its call for Black athletes to avoid Florida public universities

Sunday, March 17, 2024

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Derrick Johnson, president and CEO of the NAACP, about his organization's call for Black student athletes to avoid public colleges and universities in Florida.

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One of the tightest Senate races in the country will play out in Ohio

Sunday, March 17, 2024

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with David Cohen, politics professor at the University of Akron, about one of the tightest races in the country: the Ohio Senate seat held by Sherrod Brown since 2007.

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'The Exvangelicals' follows the lives of people who loved, then left the Church

Sunday, March 17, 2024

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Sarah McCammon, NPR National Political Correspondent, about her religious upbringing and new book, "The Exvangelicals."

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David Dastmalchian's new film is set in 1970's late-night TV with a supernatural twist

Sunday, March 17, 2024

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with actor David Dastmalchian about his starring role as a 1970's late night host in the new movie "Late Night with the Devil."

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U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan on the American role in Sudan's civil war

Sunday, March 17, 2024

Tom Perriello, U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan, talks with NPR's Ayesha Rascoe about his efforts to help broker peace talks in Sudan and the current state of affairs there.

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'Phil the Ram' joins the list of memorable mascots with a new feature: a bionic horn

Sunday, March 17, 2024

Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia has given its mascot, Phil the Ram, a makeover. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Dave Raymond, the "mascot whisperer," about the revamped Phil.

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Courts move to limit the practice of 'judge shopping'

Sunday, March 17, 2024

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Ian Milihiser, Senior Correspondent at Vox, about new federal judiciary rules limiting the practice of "judge shopping."

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Kacey Musgraves on 'Deeper Well', finding inspiration and bittersweet transitions

Sunday, March 17, 2024

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with musician Kacey Musgraves about her new album, "Deeper Well."

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Politics chat: Pence declines to endorse Trump, TikTok ban and young voters

Sunday, March 17, 2024

Mike Pence says he will not endorse Donald Trump. Kamala Harris is being deployed by the Biden campaign to appeal to younger voters.

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Haiti's prime minister is facing mounting pressure to step down amid the unrest

Sunday, March 10, 2024

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Associated Press correspondent Dánica Coto about unrest in Haiti as pressure increases for the prime minister to step down.

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Can Biden pass the border bill with executive powers? A law professor weighs in

Sunday, March 10, 2024

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with University of Texas law professor Stephen Vladeck about how Presidents Biden and Trump have used executive orders while in office.

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Miami Beach has a message for spring breakers: Stay home

Sunday, March 10, 2024

The City of Miami Beach is spending a pretty penny on an ad campaign to deter spring break partiers. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Miami Beach Commissioner Alex Fernandez why.

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