Patrick Jarenwattananon

Patrick Jarenwattananon appears in the following:

NFL teams shift strategy when it comes to hiring coaches

Friday, February 02, 2024

NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with Lindsay Jones, senior NFL editor for The Ringer, about the newest coaches hired in the league and what trends we can take away from them.

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A new expanded child tax credit would include families who need it most

Thursday, February 01, 2024

The new tax bill passed expands the Child Tax Credit but doesn't include monthly payments. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks about the changes with Kris Cox of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

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How the liquidation of one of China's largest companies threatens its entire economy

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

A Hong Kong court has ordered the liquidation of China's largest real estate developer. NPR's Ari Shapiro discusses impacts in China and abroad with Atlantic Council Senior Fellow Dexter Roberts.

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IRS commissioner says he wants taxpayers to have options for this filing season

Monday, January 29, 2024

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Danny Werfel, commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, about this year's tax filing season and the future of the IRS.

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Members of one Indigenous tribe in Taiwan reflect on their indentity

Wednesday, January 17, 2024

Taiwan has endured colonial forces over centuries. The island's indigenous people have borne the brunt of this violent history. Members of one tribe tells us what it means to them to be Taiwanese.

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Why some Taiwanese Americans are moving back to Taiwan

Tuesday, January 16, 2024

The 1970s-1990s saw a mass wave of Taiwanese immigrants to the U.S. Now, many of their children are moving to Taiwan for a safer future despite the west's perceptions of impending war with China.

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A Taipei comedy club becomes an unlikely venue for working out Taiwan-China tensions

Wednesday, January 10, 2024

Taiwanese comedian Vickie Wang and Chinese comedian Jamie Wang (no relation) work through the lived experience of cross-strait tensions through comedy.

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Taiwan's long history of colonization has forged its distinct cuisine

Tuesday, January 09, 2024

Taiwan has endured a long history of colonization. As a trip to the culinary center of Tainan reveals, those outside forces have helped create a cuisine that is distinctly Taiwanese.

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2023 showed how online platforms can die

Thursday, December 28, 2023

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with tech journalist Cory Doctorow about how 2023 was the year when a lot of people pointed out that some important places on the Internet are getting worse.

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118th Congress to be the most unproductive in decades

Thursday, December 21, 2023

The House has voted 749 times this year, but passed just 27 bills that have become law. That makes this Congress the least productive in decades.

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Senate continues to work on immigration and foreign aid deal

Tuesday, December 19, 2023

Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado discusses ongoing negations about immigration reform and border funding.

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Could D.C. lose two of its sports teams?

Friday, December 15, 2023

The Washington Wizards basketball team and Capitals hockey teams may be moving to northern Virginia. D.C. faces losing not only two sports teams but also an economic engine of its downtown.

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Ukraine has $52 billion EU aid package veoted by Hungary

Friday, December 15, 2023

At a summit this week, EU leaders voted to begin membership negotiations with Ukraine. But Hungary's leader Viktor Organ vetoed a $52 billion aid package.

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The new reality of 4-year-old Abigail Edan, the first American hostage freed by Hamas

Tuesday, November 28, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Noa Naftali and Liz Hirsh Naftali, cousin and great-aunt of Abigail Edan, who was held hostage by Hamas for 50 days and released Friday.

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Has online shopping become too easy? How companies get you to buy before thinking

Friday, November 24, 2023

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with The Atlantic's Amanda Mull about the convenience of online shopping and how it can lead to buying things you don't really need or want.

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A collection of 173 top-grade video game cartridges could sell for six figures

Wednesday, November 22, 2023

When a video game store closed in 1998, hundreds of unsealed Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis cartridges were stored and forgotten. Now, a collection of the top-graded items has been appraised.

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Former Israeli prime minister reflects on the 2005 withdrawal from Gaza

Tuesday, November 21, 2023

Unilateral disengagement was Ehud Olmert's brainchild. NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with the former Israeli prime minister about how he views that plan now.

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Dolly Parton has made a rock & roll album — with a little help from her friends

Friday, November 17, 2023

NPR's Juana Summers speaks to country music legend Dolly Parton about her new album Rockstar.

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The New York Adult Survivors Act is ending next week

Friday, November 17, 2023

In New York, the Adult Survivors Act opened a one year window for adult survivors of sexual assault to file civil suits past the statute of limitations. But that window closes next week.

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How China's weakened economy plays into talks between Biden and Xi

Wednesday, November 15, 2023

Robert Daly of the Wilson Center speaks about how China's weakened economy may affect talks between President Biden and President Xi.

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