Christopher Intagliata

Senior Producer, Science Friday

Christopher Intagliata appears in the following:

Heat kills, but it doesn't have to: How the government can help

Wednesday, July 26, 2023

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Kathy Baughman McLeod of the Arsht-Rock Resilience Center about why heat waves don't have the same legitimacy or federal funding as other extreme weather events.

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Phoenix mayor on how the city is coping with heat above 110 degrees every day of July

Tuesday, July 25, 2023

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego about how her city's residents are enduring day 26 with temperatures above 110 degrees.

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What Israel's new judicial law says about its democracy

Monday, July 24, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with political analyst at Century International Dahlia Scheindlin about the Israeli parliament's move to limit certain types of judicial oversight of the government.

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CIA Director William Burns: Putin is 'the apostle of payback'

Friday, July 21, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with CIA Director Bill Burns at the Aspen Security Forum about the rebellion in Russia, and what it signals about Putin's strength and future in Ukraine.

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'LA Made: The Barbie Tapes' is giving the Barbie deep dive we didn't know we needed

Wednesday, July 19, 2023

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Antonia Cereijido and M.G. Lord about their new podcast, LA Made: The Barbie Tapes, based on their archival tape of interviews with major players in the doll's creation.

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The story behind the real 'Dial of Destiny' featured in the new Indiana Jones film

Wednesday, July 19, 2023

Honorary professor at University College, London, Tony Freeth talks about his studies on the Antikythera Mechanism, which was just featured in the film Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.

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Extreme heat and flooding worldwide reflect the magnitude of the climate crisis

Monday, July 17, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Chris Field, director of the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, about the extreme weather events occurring globally.

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Rep. Sherrill denounces controversial amendments blocking passing of the NDAA

Thursday, July 13, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-N.J., about controversy surrounding some conservative lawmakers pushing to amend policies from the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act.

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A small lake outside Toronto could be the clue that a new epoch has begun on Earth

Wednesday, July 12, 2023

A team of scientists have identified a geological site in Canada that they say best reflects a new epoch in Earth's history — the Anthropocene era. Francine McCarthy led the group.

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Nets, coolers and courage: A day in the life of a volunteer bee conservationist

Saturday, July 01, 2023

Over three years, hundreds of volunteers will fan out across California to survey wild bees, with the goal of piecing together a picture of where they live and which species are in trouble.

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California's wildfire risk is so high and costly, some insurers are leaving the state

Wednesday, June 14, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Michael Wara, who directs a climate and energy policy program at Stanford, about the financial calculus insurers are doing as the threat of climate-fueled disasters grows.

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LA's top make-out spots hint at a city constantly evolving

Monday, June 12, 2023

The creation of the automobile gave rise to a new kind of freedom and privacy, while also transforming Los Angeles into the sprawling, car-centric metropolis it is today.

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Former prosecutor weighs in on Trump's indictment

Friday, June 09, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Leslie R. Caldwell, a former federal prosecutor, about what happens next now that federal authorities have unsealed the indictment against former President Donald Trump.

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A statewide survey of California's bumblebees hopes to help conserve them

Friday, June 09, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang searches coastal California for wild bumblebees with conservation biologist Leif Richardson, one of the leaders of the California Bumble Bee Atlas.

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Advice from the West Coast to the East Coast on staying safe under smoky skies

Thursday, June 08, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Mother Jones editor-in-chief Clara Jeffery about advice she's learned living under smoky skies after 22 years in San Francisco.

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Social media leads to discovery of 5,000-year-old mastodon tooth

Wednesday, June 07, 2023

A mastodon tooth washed up on a California beach and then went missing. A local museum tried to track it down.

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Alex Anwandter's disco-infused homage to dancefloor liberation

Thursday, June 01, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Chilean musician Alex Anwandter about his new disco-influenced album El Diablo en el Cuerpo.

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Blues musician Otis Taylor graduates high school 57 years after getting expelled

Wednesday, May 31, 2023

In 1966, a couple months before he was set to graduate, Otis Taylor was told he needed to cut his short afro or he'd be kicked out. Now, 57 years after he left, he has received a diploma.

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How a South Korean video game developer is pushing Korean culture in its games

Wednesday, May 31, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Jeonghee "JJ" Jin, CEO of Pearl Abyss America, about South Korean video games pushing for the international markets.

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Los Angeles' storied makeout spots offer a vantage point for the city's growth

Monday, May 29, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang goes on a tour with LA Times columnist Patt Morrison of Los Angeles' top makeout spots, which offer a vantage point into the city's last century of development and urban sprawl.

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