Christopher Intagliata

Senior Producer, Science Friday

Christopher Intagliata appears in the following:

Guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriela continue to expand their sound on new album

Friday, April 21, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with the guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriela about their new album, which features a full orchestra.

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Photograph or... 'promptograph?' Artist questions implications of AI generated images

Thursday, April 20, 2023

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with photographer Boris Elgadsen about his decision to reject a photography award he received for an image he created using AI.

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Sudan faces rising humanitarian need as fighting continues

Tuesday, April 18, 2023

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Arshad Malik, Sudan's director for Save the Children, about the humanitarian aid that is already needed by about 16 million people — roughly a third of the population.

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The book ban fight is intensifying in Llano, Texas

Friday, April 14, 2023

NPR's Andrew Limbong talks with Tina Castelan, a former librarian for the Llano County Library System in Texas, about the continuing fight over certain titles on the library's shelves.

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How Nakhane wrote an 'existential sex album'

Wednesday, April 05, 2023

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with South African musician Nakhane about their new album, Bastard Jargon. Percussive and made for the dancefloor, it also probes deep cultural and political questions.

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A look back at Gwyneth Paltrow's trial and its viral moments

Friday, March 31, 2023

Gwyneth Paltrow has won her ski crash case. NPR's Juana Summers speaks with 'New Yorker' writer Naomi Fry about the trial's viral moments and why celebrity trials tend to capture so much attention.

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A beetle species found on a former California governor's ranch has been named for him

Friday, March 31, 2023

A rare species of beetle has been named after former California Gov. Jerry Brown after scientists found one on his ranch.

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Colleen Oakley's grandma inspired the intergenerational friendship in her new novel

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

Colleen Oakley's new book is "The Mostly True Story of Tanner & Louise."

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See 5 planets align in the sky the next few nights

Monday, March 27, 2023

The next few nights, five planets will line up in the sky: Jupiter, Mercury, Venus, Uranus and Mars.

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Fall Out Boy on returning to the basics and making the 'saddest New Year's song ever'

Friday, March 24, 2023

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Fall Out Boy members Patrick Stump and Pete Wentz about their new album So Much (For) Stardust.

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Texas' takeover of Houston's public schools is in motion, but do takeovers work?

Friday, March 24, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Domingo Morel, associate professor at New York University about the state of Texas' takeover of Houston's independent school district.

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ProPublica finds questionable timing of executives' trades on competitors' stocks

Friday, March 24, 2023

Never-before-seen IRS records show that CEOs are sometimes making multimillion-dollar bets on the stocks of direct competitors and partners — and doing so with exquisite timing.

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Strikes continue in France as the public protests higher retirement age

Thursday, March 23, 2023

Three days after France's president Emmanuel Macron enacted reforms to the country's pension system without the approval of parliament, nation-wide protests resumed.

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Two halves of a 17th-century family portrait have been reunited

Friday, March 17, 2023

Art history sleuths in Europe have determined that two separate portraits by a 17th-century Flemish artist actually belong together — and the two works of art have been reunited in a Danish museum.

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With their bank collapsed, a tech startup struggles to make — and receive — payments

Monday, March 13, 2023

Kamal Kapadia's tech startup had all of its money in Silicon Valley Bank. They're still trying to access their funds, days after it collapsed.

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In northern California, stranded cows are getting emergency hay drops

Thursday, March 09, 2023

Record-setting winter storms have battered California. In the northern part of the state, an unusual rescue operation is underway to airdrop hay to stranded cattle.

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Giant eggshells reveal the secrets of Madagascar's elephant birds

Thursday, March 09, 2023

New research analyzing eggshells sheds light on the 1,000-pound elephant birds that once roamed Madagascar.

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Fossilized egg shell pieces are revealing lost information about the elephant bird

Tuesday, March 07, 2023

Before they were driven to extinction, giant elephant birds roamed Madagascar, weighing up to 2,000 pounds and towering 10 feet tall. A new analysis gives hints as to how many species there once were.

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Remembering disability rights activist Judith Heumann

Monday, March 06, 2023

Judith Heumann was a disability rights activist and a leader of the disability community. In 1977, she helped to revive legislation that set the groundwork for the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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How Volker Bertelmann created the score for "All Quiet On The Western Front"

Friday, March 03, 2023

NPR's Robin Hilton sits down with composer Volker Bertelmann to talk about how he channeled the drama and horror of World War I into his Oscar-nominated score for "All Quiet On The Western Front."

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