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Encore: Author Jas Hammond on their book, 'We Deserve Monuments'

Thursday, February 02, 2023

NPR's Juana Summers talks with author Jas Hammond about their book, We Deserve Monuments. It's a young adult love story and a family mystery that explores intergenerational trauma and racism.

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Muslim-American opinions on abortion are complex. What does Islam actually say?

Wednesday, February 01, 2023

Since the Supreme Court ended the constitutional right to an abortion, many Muslims Americans have been turning to their faith to try to figure out: What does Islam say about the issue?

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New BBC podcast explores this 'golden age of gurus'

Monday, January 30, 2023

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with writer Helen Lewis about her BBC podcast, The New Gurus, which dives into the world of people who'll tell you what to eat, who to trust, how to get a date and more.

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A dramatic political battle for the RNC's next chair culminates this week

Thursday, January 26, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Politico's Rachel Bade about the infighting leading up to the RNC's election for committee chair on Friday.

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The impact gun violence is having on society's mental health

Wednesday, January 25, 2023

How is gun violence impacting our mental health as a society? NPR's Ari Shapiro asks psychologist Erika Felix how we should be taking care of ourselves amid countless stories of deadly mass shootings.

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An Alabama farmer secretly helped strangers pay their pharmacy bills

Monday, January 23, 2023

For almost a decade, some residents in the tiny town of Geraldine, Ala., were having their pharmacy bills paid by a secret benefactor. No one knew until after the man's death.

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Republican Congressman Don Bacon urges bipartisanship on debt ceiling

Thursday, January 19, 2023

As the battle over the debt ceiling heats up in Congress, NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Congressman Don Bacon, a Republican from Nebraska, about the negotiations.

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Malcolm-Jamal Warner talks inspiration and inner fight to make Grammy-nominated album

Wednesday, January 18, 2023

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Malcolm-Jamal Warner about his Grammy nomination for best spoken word poetry album and the inspiration behind it.

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For Black homeowners in LA, the City National settlement is just a start

Wednesday, January 18, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with realtor Mark Alston about the DOJ's record-breaking settlement with City National Bank after it was accused of redlining and racially discriminatory mortgage practices.

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23-year-old Reneé Rapp launches her solo career with EP: 'Everything to Everyone'

Wednesday, January 18, 2023

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with actor and singer Reneé Rapp about her path from Broadway to a hit HBO show, and now, her long-desired launch as a solo music artist with her EP 'Everything to Everyone.'

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The U.S. has an overclassification problem, says one former special counsel

Tuesday, January 17, 2023

The discovery of classified documents at President Biden's home and former office has put new scrutiny on how the government classifies documents.

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Biden's mishandling of documents is resurfacing the problem of 'overclassification'

Monday, January 16, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks to Oona Hathaway, law professor and former special counsel at the Pentagon, about overclassification of government documents.

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What Putin's shake-up of top commanders could mean for the war in Ukraine

Saturday, January 14, 2023

Jealousy. Power struggles. Political infighting. This week's shake-up of Putin's top commanders in charge of Russia's invasion in Ukraine have it all, according to some security experts.

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Where similarities between government attacks in Brazil and the U.S. begin — and end

Tuesday, January 10, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Guilherme Casarões, political science professor in Brazil, about the parallels between Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro in the wake of riots in the Brazilian capital.

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Kashana Cauley writes about the unexplored perspective of Black survivalists

Tuesday, January 10, 2023

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with author Kashana Cauley about her debut novel The Survivalists and putting her comedy background to work in writing about the unexplored perspective of Black survivalism.

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Encore: Animals had a lot to say in 2022. Here are some of NPR's favorite stories

Friday, December 30, 2022

NPR is pulling together some of its favorite stories from 2022 that may have been easy to miss among the year's major news but hard to forget. Friday, a look at the animals who shared the mic.

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What have we learned from former President Trump's tax returns?

Friday, December 30, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Tax Policy Center senior fellow Steven Rosenthal about what we learned from former President Donald Trump's tax returns released on Friday.

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Russian businessmen keep mysteriously dying. Why?

Thursday, December 29, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to journalist and Russia analyst Julia Ioffe about the numerous, mysterious deaths of Russian oligarchs throughout 2022.

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Encore: NPR shares its favorite musical moments from 2022

Thursday, December 29, 2022

NPR is pulling together some of its favorite stories from 2022 that may have been easy to miss among the year's major news but hard to forget. Thursday, NPR shares its favorite musical moments.

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Encore: Remembering the lives of three inventors who died in 2022

Wednesday, December 28, 2022

NPR is pulling together some of its favorite stories from 2022 that may have been easy to miss among the year's major news but hard to forget. NPR remembers three inventors who died in 2022.

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