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Why climate change may be driving more infectious diseases
Tuesday, August 30, 2022
While the impacts of climate change may conjure images of natural disasters, a new study shows that its can also impact humans on a microscopic level.
How climate change could be impacting pathogenic diseases
Monday, August 29, 2022
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with climate scientist Camilo Mora on what impact climate change is having on pathogenic diseases.
Thieves may have just pulled off the 'heist of the century'
Friday, August 26, 2022
A brazen, early morning robbery of a Brinks truck may be the largest jewelry heist in U.S. history. Thieves took 22 containers, each weighing about 100 pounds, which could be worth $100 million total.
Remembering Joey DeFrancesco, pioneering Hammond organist who changed jazz music
Friday, August 26, 2022
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with music critic Nate Chinen about the legacy of iconic jazz Hammond organ player Joey DeFrancesco, who died on Thursday.
Trigger laws in now 14 states place further restrictions and punishments on abortion
Thursday, August 25, 2022
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Mary Ziegler, professor of law at UC Davis, to discuss the impact of the trigger laws banning abortion in Tennessee, Idaho and Texas.
'Who Killed Daphne' podcast seeks answers and justice for Daphne Caruana Galizia
Thursday, August 25, 2022
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks to Stephen Grey, the host of Who Killed Daphne. The podcast investigates the 2017 death of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, who was killed in a car bomb in Malta.
The book 'Haven' is a monastic retreat to an island inhabited only by men and birds
Wednesday, August 24, 2022
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Emma Donoghue about her new book, Haven. In it, three Irish monks in the Middle Ages choose to live a life of isolation on a rocky island.
Classrooms in Columbus, Ohio, are empty on 1st day back as teachers strike
Wednesday, August 24, 2022
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Regina Fuentes, Columbus Education Association spokesperson, about the teacher's strike over failed contract negotiations between the teacher's union and the school board.
Whistleblower says Twitter's security flaws are a risk to users and national security
Tuesday, August 23, 2022
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Washington Post's Joseph Menn, one of the reporters to break the story about Twitter's former security chief accusing the company of security and privacy vulnerabilities.
Nicole Mann will be the 1st Native woman in space
Monday, August 22, 2022
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with NASA astronaut Nicole Mann, a member of the Wailacki of the Round Valley Indian Tribes, who is going to be the first Native woman in space.
Books We Love: Recommended reading for romance
Sunday, August 21, 2022
NPR's Books We Love has reading recommendations from our staff and contributors. Today, we hear about three new romance novels: "An Arrow to the Moon," "Young Mungo" and "Ramon and Julieta."
What's next for Liz Cheney
Wednesday, August 17, 2022
A key primary re-affirmed Trump's hold on the Republican party. Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney lost her race in a landslide, defeated by a Trump-endorsed political newcomer: attorney Harriet Hageman.
Biden signs Inflation Reduction Act into law
Tuesday, August 16, 2022
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with The New New Deal author Michael Grunwald about President Biden signing the Inflation Reduction Act into law, which addresses climate change, drug prices and taxes.
Belinda Huijuan Tang's debut novel explores family, forgiveness in times of change
Friday, August 12, 2022
Belinda Huijuan Tang's debut novel A Map for the Missing is a story about family, forgiveness and the challenge of grappling with the past while charting a path for the future.
New report tracks criminal prosecutions of self-managed abortions
Tuesday, August 09, 2022
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Laura Huss, lead researcher of the new If/When/How report, about what the group found when looking back at cases that criminalized self-managed abortions since 2000.
Investigation reveals how government bureaucracy failed to stop family separations
Tuesday, August 09, 2022
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Atlantic immigration reporter Caitlin Dickerson about her extensive investigation into the Trump administration's family separation policy.
How NASA's Webb telescope gets its packed schedule
Monday, August 08, 2022
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Christine Chen of the Space Telescope Science Institute about choosing and scheduling research projects for NASA's James Webb Telescope.
Former Republicans and Democrats form a new 3rd political party
Friday, August 05, 2022
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Andrew Yang and Christine Todd Whitman, two of the co-chairs of the new national political third party, called "Forward."
How to talk about monkeypox effectively, without stigmatizing gay men
Friday, August 05, 2022
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Gregg Gonsalves of the Yale School of Public health about the public messaging challenges around monkeypox, which is primarily affecting men who have sex with men.
Rising costs of food and housing bring new clients to Las Vegas food pantry
Wednesday, August 03, 2022
NPR's Ari Shapiro checks back in with Brooke Neubauer of Just One Project, a community market in Las Vegas, about the continued effects of inflation on the organization's ability to operate.