Mallory Yu

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Condoleezza Rice calls for 'urgency' in sending weapons and money to Ukraine

Thursday, January 12, 2023

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice thinks the way forward for the war in Ukraine is: more. More weapons and more money to Ukraine's forces trying to kick Russia out of their country.

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Anti-fatness keeps fat people on the margins, says Aubrey Gordon

Thursday, January 12, 2023

In her new book You Just Need To Lose Weight and 19 Other Myths About Fat People, Aubrey Gordon tackles the biases and myths that she says keep fat people on the margins of society.

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Encore: Michelle Yeoh finds beauty in the ordinary in 'Everything Everywhere'

Wednesday, January 11, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with actress Michelle Yeoh about her leading role in the sci-fi action movie Everything Everywhere All at Once.

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How the James Webb Space Telescope transformed astronomy this year

Monday, December 26, 2022

One year after the James Webb Space Telescope launch, astronomers round up some of the telescope's most exciting discoveries.

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How the James Webb Space Telescope transformed astronomy this year

Sunday, December 25, 2022

One year ago, on Christmas Day, the James Webb Space Telescope was launched. Since it began collecting data, it has captured - in stunning detail - previously unobservable stars, planets and galaxies.

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How 2 new House members plan to 'work across the aisle' in the next Congress

Tuesday, December 20, 2022

It's a time of transition on Capitol Hill. As departing lawmakers pack up their things, first-time lawmakers like Maxwell Frost and Mike Lawler are getting ready to settle in.

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German far-right groups becoming increasingly organized, says a historian

Friday, December 09, 2022

The Reichsbürger or "Reich Citizens" movement believes Germany's modern democratic government is not legitimate, and has grown in the last year.

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The Game Awards founder Geoff Keighley wants it to be as big as the Grammys

Wednesday, December 07, 2022

For movies, there are the Oscars. For music, the Grammys. For television, the Emmys. And for video games, The Game Awards.

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Why the key change has disappeared from top-charting tunes

Friday, November 25, 2022

A data analyst listened to decades of Billboard's top tunes and discovered that a once-ubiquitous compositional tool, the key change, has all but disappeared from modern hits.

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Director Margaret Brown and Veda Tunstall on their new documentary, 'Descendant'

Tuesday, October 25, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with director Margaret Brown and Veda Tunstall about their new documentary, "Descendant." It follows the descendants of the survivors from the Clotilda.

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California tribes reclaim 200 miles of coastline and will manage it using tradition

Friday, October 21, 2022

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Resighini Rancheria Executive Director Megan Rocha about California tribes reclaiming the right to manage parts of the state's coastline.

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New York is fighting rats in the streets

Wednesday, October 19, 2022

New York announced a new plan Tuesday to crack down on the city's rat infestation.

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Anna May Wong will be the first Asian American person featured on U.S. currency

Wednesday, October 19, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with sociologist and author Nancy Wang Yuen about Anna May Wong, the pioneering Asian-American actress who's on the latest coin minted for the American Women Quarters Program.

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Actress Sharon Horgan on her TV show "Bad Sisters" and its season finale

Friday, October 14, 2022

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with actress Sharon Horgan about her TV show "Bad Sisters" and its season finale. It's about sisters who dispose of one of their husbands — then things get complicated.

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The Sanderson sisters are back in 'Hocus Pocus 2.' But why?

Saturday, October 08, 2022

Disney's Hocus Pocus came out in 1993 and gained a devoted fanbase. Almost 30 years later, it has a sequel.

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GennaRose Nethercott uses folklore to explore a painful, and personal, history

Saturday, October 08, 2022

A new novel reimagines Baba Yaga — a crone figure in Slavic folklore — as a Jewish woman living in an Eastern European town during a time of pogroms.

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What's making us happy: A guide to your weekend reading, listening and viewing

Friday, October 07, 2022

Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: the novel Thistlefoot, "Blessed" by GloRilla, Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers and more.

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Bonita Springs deputy mayor on damage left behind by Hurricane Ian

Thursday, October 06, 2022

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Deputy Mayor Mike Gibson of Bonita Springs, Fla., on the extent of the damage done there by Hurricane Ian.

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A trip to Munich during Yom Kippur changed this woman's view of her religion

Wednesday, October 05, 2022

Writer Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer reflects on what the holiest day in Judaism has meant for her after an experience in Germany changed her connection to religion.

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In 'Thistlefoot,' GennaRose Nethercott explores painful history through folklore

Monday, October 03, 2022

In her debut book Thistlefoot, author GennaRose Nethercott reimagines the centuries-old character Baba Yaga as a Jewish woman living in a shtetl in 1919 Russia, in a time of civil war and pogroms.

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