Scott Detrow

Scott Detrow appears in the following:

How older voters feel about voting for older presidents

Thursday, September 28, 2023

In the next presidential election, voters might choose between the oldest would-be president ever, and the second oldest. NPR's Scott Detrow talks with seniors about electing a president their age.

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Experts say modern cars can violate consumer privacy

Saturday, September 16, 2023

Scott Detrow speaks to Jen Caltrider about the data security risks associated with cars.

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How Popeyes kicked off the chicken sandwich wars

Saturday, September 16, 2023

Scott Detrow talks to journalist Jonathan Maze about how fast food chains are vying for chicken sandwich supremacy.

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Rotten Tomatoes can make or break a film's success — is that a problem?

Saturday, September 16, 2023

Rotten Tomatoes has been a go-to source for movie reviews for years - and its ratings can make or break a film's success. But some say the site has major flaws in its ratings system.

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The future of remote work: More companies call for a return to the office

Monday, September 04, 2023

The pandemic brought about one of the biggest changes to work since the industrial revolution. But now, more and more companies are asking their employees to return to the office.

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He helped write MLK's 'I Have a Dream' speech. Now he reflects on change in the U.S.

Monday, August 28, 2023

60 years after Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech, we hear from one of the men who helped him write it, his friend and attorney Clarence B. Jones.

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Ashnikko's 'Weedkiller' brings listeners into a queer dystopian world

Friday, August 25, 2023

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with North Carolina rapper and singer Ashnikko, whose studio debut album Weedkiller is out now.

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James McBride's new novel explores Black and Jewish affection, tensions in the 1930s

Tuesday, August 08, 2023

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with author James McBride about his new book The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store.

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He was a top church official who criticized Trump. He says Christianity is in crisis

Tuesday, August 08, 2023

Russell Moore criticized Donald Trump and the Southern Baptist Convention's response to a sexual abuse crisis. Then he found himself on the outside.

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GOP hopeful Asa Hutchinson is optimistic that Trump's grip on party will loosen

Saturday, August 05, 2023

The former Arkansas governor and 2024 presidential candidate who is critical of the former president is struggling in the polls. He sees voters not dwelling on Trump but focused on other issues.

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Will Lionel Messi finally make the U.S. a soccer nation?

Monday, July 24, 2023

After a move to Inter Miami, the world's biggest soccer star has more than a new team to take on — he's being counted on to popularize Major League Soccer too.

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Will bringing soccer's G.O.A.T. to America change Major League Soccer's reputation?

Sunday, July 23, 2023

Major League Soccer wants to be taken more seriously. Yet MLS still lags behind the top European leagues. Bringing Lionel Messi to play in America could change that.

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Norfolk Southern CEO on freight rail safety in the aftermath of East Palestine

Saturday, July 22, 2023

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw about the push for stricter railway safety rules, following the derailment of a Norfolk Southern freight train in East Palestine, Ohio.

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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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In 'Onlookers,' people from Charlottesville reckon with the civil unrest of 2017

Monday, July 17, 2023

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with author Ann Beattie about her latest book Onlookers.

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How Miyazaki's Studio Ghibli became an animation powerhouse

Saturday, July 15, 2023

Internationally famous animation artist Hayao Miyazaki's final film How Do You Live was released this week in Japan. NPR's Scott Detrow talks to Susan Napier, author of Miyazaki World: A Life in Art.

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U.S. maternal deaths keep rising. Black women are most at risk

Sunday, July 09, 2023

The U.S. has the highest maternal mortality rate of the world's high-income countries. Death rates remain the highest among Black women, and have more than doubled over the last 20 years.

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Country music tops the Billboard Hot 100, but it's complicated

Friday, July 07, 2023

NPR's Scott Detrow talks to NPR's Ann Powers and Marcus Dowling of The Tennessean about how two country songs sit atop the Billboard Hot 100, and the context for this moment.

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The rates of death for pregnant Black women have doubled the last 20 years

Friday, July 07, 2023

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with nurse midwife Karen Sheffield-Abdullah about Black maternal health.

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The Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action may impact workplace hiring practices

Friday, July 07, 2023

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Harvard law professor Noah Feldman on the implications the Supreme Court decision on affirmative action will have on businesses.

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