Sacha Pfeiffer

Sacha Pfeiffer appears in the following:

International help heads to Tonga after Saturday's massive underwater volcano eruption

Sunday, January 16, 2022

An underwater volcano erupted Saturday near Tonga, sending tsunamis across the pacific basin.

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This month's deadly fires raise questions about national fire safety

Sunday, January 16, 2022

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with U.S. Fire Administrator Lori Moore-Merrell about this month's fatal fires in New York and Philadelphia, and about safety issues in apartment buildings nationwide.

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More than a third of U.S. adults don't get enough sleep. Here's how to get the rest we need

Sunday, January 16, 2022

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Lauren Whitehurst, a cognitive neuroscientist specializing in sleep, about who in our society doesn't get enough sleep and why that's a problem.

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The Isle of Rum needed a population boost so they took applications. This guy made the cut

Sunday, January 16, 2022

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with Alex Mumford, who moved to the Isle of Rum in the Scottish Hebrides as a part of the island chain's efforts to boost its population.

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Beavers have been moving into the Arctic, accelerating the effects of climate change

Sunday, January 16, 2022

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with Helen Wheeler, a wildlife ecologist from Anglia Ruskin University in the U.K., on the impacts beavers are having as they move into the Arctic tundra.

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With Russian troops massed at the border, Ukrainians are preparing for a possible invasion

Sunday, January 16, 2022

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks to correspondent, Eleanor Beardsley, who has been traveling around Ukraine.

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Politics chat: Biden's tough week; mask-or-test mandates; the future of the filibuster

Sunday, January 16, 2022

We take a look at President Biden's tough week, after the Supreme Court dealt a blow to his mask-or-test mandate for large employers and his attempt to reform the the filibuster died in the Senate.

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Jabari Asim on his latest novel 'Yonder' and the power of historical fiction

Sunday, January 16, 2022

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Jabari Asim about his new novel "Yonder." It's about the relationships and experiences of a group of enslaved people in the antebellum South.

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Mackenzie Davis on creating the fictional pandemic drama 'Station Eleven' during COVID

Sunday, January 16, 2022

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Mackenzie Davis, who stars in the HBO Max series "Station Eleven." It's based on the novel about survivors of a flu pandemic that kills most of the world's population.

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Jana Horn's journey to her debut album 'Optimism'

Sunday, January 16, 2022

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks to Texas musician Jana Horn about her debut folk album, "Optimism."

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How health workers are getting through the day in the face of surging COVID cases

Sunday, January 16, 2022

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks to Duke University Hospital emergency physician Dr. Daniel Buckland about the state of his hospital as the Omicron variant surges.

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20 years in, what's next for Guantanamo Bay and the 39 prisoners still there

Sunday, January 16, 2022

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Karen Greenberg, director of the Center on National Security at Fordham University School, about the future of the U.S. military court and prison at Guantanamo Bay.

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The Red Cross says the supply of blood for medical use is dangerously low

Sunday, January 16, 2022

Blood supplies are low at hospitals across the country, and the American Red Cross hopes people will continue to donate blood in order to bolster supplies.

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The future of Guantanamo Bay detention camp — and the 39 prisoners still there

Tuesday, January 11, 2022

The U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, admitted its first inmates 20 years ago Tuesday. The debate over what to do with the last prisoners, most of whom have never been charged, continues.

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Everyday people fear they have CTE. A dubious market has sprung up to treat them

Thursday, December 23, 2021

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) goes far beyond the NFL. Everyday men and women worry they have the fatal disease, and they've turned to questionable brain products for help.

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Meet 4 people who worry about CTE, but never played in the NFL

Thursday, December 23, 2021

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy is infamous in the NFL. But there's a quiet population of everyday people who never played pro sports yet fear CTE. Here are some of their stories.

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Non-pro athletes may also be at increased risk for CTE, neuroscientist says

Sunday, December 19, 2021

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with a man who is concerned about CTE, and with neuroscientist Bob Stern, who explains why more cases of CTE may emerge decades after plastic helmets became commonplace.

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Survivor of clergy sex abuse, Phil Saviano, dies at 69

Monday, November 29, 2021

A man who helped to expose the Catholic Church's cover-up of clergy sex abuse has died. Phil Saviano was a childhood survivor of abuse and decades later went public with his story.

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People who think they have CTE are seeking treatment at a controversial brain clinic

Tuesday, November 23, 2021

The brain disease CTE can only be diagnosed through autopsy. But there is a quiet population of everyday people afraid they have it — and they're turning to dubious treatments.

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A market of dubious remedies has sprung up as more everyday people fear they have CTE

Monday, November 22, 2021

The degenerative brain condition known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy gained infamy due to cases in high-profile professional football players. But CTE goes far beyond the NFL.

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