Gabe O'Connor

Gabe O'Connor appears in the following:

HBCUs ponder a prime exit after football coach Deion Sanders leaves Jackson State

Tuesday, December 06, 2022

NPR's Juana Summers talks with LA Times Sports Culture Critic Tyler Tynes about football coach Deion Sanders' consequential departure from Jackson State University to the University of Colorado.

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What the recent missile launches from North Korea could mean

Tuesday, November 22, 2022

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with correspondent Anthony Kuhn and then Victor Cha, the Center for Strategic and International Studies Senior Adviser, about the latest in North Korea.

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What the recent missile launches from North Korea could mean

Tuesday, November 22, 2022

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Victor Cha, the Center for Strategic and International Studies Senior Adviser, about the latest in North Korea.

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Student loan forgiveness is in legal limbo. What are your plans when payments resume?

Thursday, November 17, 2022

NPR's Consider This podcast wants to know what you plan to do when student loan payments resume in January, and what questions you have about the forgiveness program.

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How abortion is affecting midterm elections

Wednesday, October 19, 2022

As Republicans seek to win control of Congress, Democrats are doubling down on abortion. They are hoping that outrage over the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade will turn the tide in their favor.

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What the White House sees coming for COVID this winter

Thursday, October 13, 2022

The U.S. should prepare for a spike in COVID cases this winter as more people gather indoors and infections already begin to rise in Europe, White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Ashish Jha says.

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How the White House plans to handle a winter COVID surge

Wednesday, October 12, 2022

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Dr. Ashish Jha, White House Covid-19 Response Coordinator, about the administration's strategy to prevent a winter surge.

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Scandals? What scandals? Here's why fans are still watching the NFL

Friday, September 23, 2022

No matter the scandal, fans cannot quit the NFL. NPR's Juana Summers talks with Kevin Draper, sports reporter for The New York Times about why.

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From 'Saturday Night' to 'Sunday Night,' Dick Ebersol looks back on 40 years in TV

Tuesday, September 20, 2022

If you have an unforgettable live TV moment, chances are Dick Ebersol was involved. The TV executive looks back on an incredible 40-year broadcasting career.

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Jamaica is reevaluating its relationship with the British monarchy

Monday, September 19, 2022

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Lisa Hanna, a member of Jamaica's parliament, about how Jamaica's relationship with the monarchy may change after Queen Elizabeth II's death.

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Former presidential pastry chef Roland Mesnier dies at age 78

Friday, September 02, 2022

Roland Mesnier served as the White House pastry chef for 25 years under five different presidents. Mesnier died last week at age 78.

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Former Australian Prime Minister blames Fox News for America's polarized politics

Wednesday, August 31, 2022

Why are American politics so polarized now? NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull about why he blames Rupert Murdoch, the former CEO of Fox News.

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Are 'failure to protect' laws failing mothers?

Wednesday, August 17, 2022

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Mother Jones reporter Samantha Michaels about an investigation into "failure to protect" laws and how abuse survivors can end up serving more time than their abusers.

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Vin Scully, legendary Dodgers broadcaster, has died at 94

Wednesday, August 03, 2022

One of baseball's most beloved voices is gone. Broadcasting icon Vin Scully died Tuesday at age 94.

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NFL suspends quarterback Deshaun Watson for 6 games over sexual assault accusations

Monday, August 01, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Lindsay Jones, senior NFL Editor for The Ringer, about the NFL suspending quarterback Deshaun Watson for six games.

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Cleaning a great floating garbage patch the size of Texas

Wednesday, July 27, 2022

The Kwai, a 140-foot cargo ship, just made a 45-day round trip from Hawaii and back. It's load? About 96 tons of trash from a floating garbage patch the size of Texas.

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Shireen Abu Akleh's niece on her family's meeting with Blinken to push for U.S. probe

Tuesday, July 26, 2022

The family of slain Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh meets with Secretary of State Antony Blinken Tuesday. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Abu Akleh's niece, Lina.

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Joni Mitchell returns to Newport Folk Festival

Monday, July 25, 2022

For the first time since 2000, folk legend Joni Mitchell took to the stage with some friends, to the delight of fans at the Newport Folk Festival.

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Willie Morrow, Black hair care pioneer, has died

Friday, July 08, 2022

William Lee Morrow, a Black hair care pioneer who helped popularize the Afro pick in the 1960s and 1970s, has died at age 82.

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Gun policy researcher the impact of gun law changes from Congress and Supreme Court

Tuesday, June 28, 2022

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Daniel Webster of Johns Hopkins University's Center for Gun Violence Solutions about the likely effect of gun law changes coming from Congress and the Supreme Court.

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