Mary Louise Kelly

Mary Louise Kelly appears in the following:

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist has seen the lasting harm of cluster bombs

Monday, July 10, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Lewis Simons, who reported from Asia and the Middle East for decades, about the legacy of cluster bombs in Laos.

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Turkey's president agrees to allowing Sweden into NATO

Monday, July 10, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Asli Aydintasbas from The Brookings Institution. Sweden's admission to NATO may depend on Turkey's admission to the EU, according to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

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27 up, 27 down; The Yankees record the 24th perfect game in MLB history

Thursday, June 29, 2023

New York Yankees pitcher Domingo Germán threw the 24th perfect game ever Wednesday. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with writer Bryan Hoch about the rarity of a perfect game in Major League Baseball.

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Chicago pneumologist talks side effects of wildfire smoke on the lungs

Thursday, June 29, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Dr. Kalhan, a pulmonologist at Northwestern Medicine, about the impact of wildfire smoke in Chicago, which claimed the world's worst air quality earlier this week.

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The Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action

Thursday, June 29, 2023

Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in college admissions. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Harvard law professor Charles Fried about the court's decision.

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Five days since the revolt in Russia, Putin is still standing — But for how long?

Thursday, June 29, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Gulnaz Sharafutdinova, professor of Russian politics at King's College London, about Putin's current hold on power.

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Author Adrienne Brodeur on what keeps her writing about family secrets

Tuesday, June 27, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with writer Adrienne Brodeur about her fiction debut "Little Monsters."

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Parini Shroff's laugh-out-loud debut novel explores caste, domestic abuse and murder

Monday, June 26, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with author Parini Shroff about her debut novel The Bandit Queens, a story about a woman in an Indian village with a dangerous reputation.

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Apple vs. apples: The tech giant is fighting to trademark the fruit

Friday, June 23, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with reporter Gabriela Galindo about the tech company Apple seeking to trademark the image of apples, the fruit, in Swiss court.

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Takeaways from the roundtable with President Biden on artificial intelligence

Thursday, June 22, 2023

Tristan Harris, co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology, talks about his recent meeting with President Biden to discuss regulating artificial intelligence.

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Remembering Donald Triplett, the first person to be diagnosed with autism

Thursday, June 22, 2023

Donald Triplett, the first person to be diagnosed with autism, dies at 89.

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Supreme Court rules against the Navajo Nation in water dispute

Thursday, June 22, 2023

Today the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the Navajo Nation in a long-running dispute over what obligations the federal government has to supply water to Native Americans.

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What makes Victor Wembanyama so special?

Thursday, June 22, 2023

At the 2023 NBA draft, all eyes are on French 19-year-old and basketball star Victor Wembanyama. Zach Kram, a staff writer for The Ringer, explains what makes this athlete so special and so coveted.

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One year after Dobbs, Sen. Patty Murray reflects on the fight for reproductive rights

Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Democrats in Congress have tried to figure out ways to legislate a federal right to reproductive freedoms, but have yet to succeed. Sen. Patty Murray of Washington is still leading the charge.

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A former passenger details what it's like inside the missing Titan submersible

Tuesday, June 20, 2023

The missing submersible is equipped with several mechanisms that can bring it back to the surface during an emergency, according to a former passenger.

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Jenny Xie tackles a fraught mother-daughter relationship in novel 'Holding Pattern'

Tuesday, June 20, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Jenny Xie about her first novel, Holding Pattern. It takes a familiar story — a young adult who decides to move home — and flips it on its head.

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Why a mountaineer chose to turn around just 200 meters from Mount Everest's summit

Monday, June 19, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to mountaineer Kirstie Ennis about her decision to descend Mount Everest, just 200 meters from the summit.

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Pixar's 'Elemental' bombs at box office

Monday, June 19, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with critic Keith Phipps about the poor performance of Pixar's new movie Elemental and what it says about the movie industry.

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'Washington Post' journalist on FBI's delayed investigation of Trump's role in Jan. 6

Monday, June 19, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Carol Leonnig of The Washington Post about her reporting on the DOJ's delay in investigating Donald Trump's involvement in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.

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A rare signed copy of the Emancipation Proclamation is displayed on Juneteenth

Monday, June 19, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with the executive director of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum about an original copy of Emancipation Proclamation it is displaying for Juneteenth.

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