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Aug 29, 2025
One of the homes at the center of President Trump's allegations that Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook committed mortgage fraud is in her home state of Georgia.
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Aug 29, 2025
Parishioner Cathrine Spandel said worshippers at Annunciation Catholic Church in south Minneapolis had just finished a psalm when gunfire erupted. "It seemed like it went on forever," she said.
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Aug 29, 2025
Parents are struggling to figure out what to say to their children after another school shooting. We talked to some experts, who offered these guidelines.
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Aug 29, 2025
This weekend features three top-10 matchups, the most ever for an opening weekend in college football history. And Arch Manning, the most hyped player of a generation, will start for the first time.
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Aug 29, 2025
The actors tell All Things Considered host Mary Louise Kelly that their close relationship as real-life friends helped them get through some of their most toxic moments on screen.
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Aug 28, 2025
Premier League soccer team Manchester United got demolished by a surprise upset from a much less well-known team: Grimsby Town.
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Aug 28, 2025
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly introduces you to her new national security podcast, Sources & Methods. Each week digs into the biggest national security stories.
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Aug 28, 2025
The Trump administration is citing wildfire suppression as the reason it's seeking to undo the Roadless Rule. Science suggests more roads will cause more fires.
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Aug 28, 2025
A Radiohead song from the '90s has just made its Billboard chart debut — 28 years later.
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Aug 28, 2025
As famine plagues Gaza, NPR exclusive reporting looks at the U.S. role in the humanitarian crisis. Many former officials NPR interviewed share a common refrain: Did we do enough to prevent this?
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Aug 28, 2025
Former Gov. Haley Barbour reflects on the hurricane's blow to Mississippi, where 238 people were killed. He says there are lessons in the resilience of people and the government's disaster response.
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Aug 28, 2025
Denmark's foreign minister summoned the top U.S. diplomat in the country after it was reported that at least three people with connections to President Trump have been carrying out covert operations.
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Aug 28, 2025
The White House says CDC Director Susan Monarez was fired because she was not aligned with President Trump's mission to make America healthy again. What does the exodus mean for the agency?
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Aug 28, 2025
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will be facing a huge leadership vacuum, as Director Susan Monarez is forced out by RFK Jr. and the Trump administration.
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Aug 28, 2025
Amtrak just reopened a route from Mobile, Ala., to New Orleans that's connecting communities along the Gulf Coast for the first time since Hurricane Katrina. It's called the Mardi Gras line.
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Aug 28, 2025
Big Tech's AI spending spree has kept investors optimistic through all the other economic turmoil this summer. Can it last?
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Aug 28, 2025
Townhalls in two very different districts — a safe red seat in Missouri and a competitive blue seat in Ohio — offer a window into the issues that could help decide next year's midterm elections.
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Aug 28, 2025
Library of Congress archivist Joe Hickerson has died at 89. For decades, he worked to preserve America's collection of folk music and served as director of the library's American Folklife Center.
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Aug 28, 2025
A day after a fatal shooting at a Minneapolis church killed two young students and injured 18 other people, people are grappling with what happened and why.
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Aug 28, 2025
The NextGen Acela trains, as Amtrak calls them, are faster and lighter than the current fleet. They're scheduled to start revenue service along the Northeast Corridor on Thursday.
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Aug 27, 2025
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Ryan Fortney, VP of sales for Charlie Hustle -- a company that sells Kansas City-themed apparel, about the merch opportunities from the Swift-Kelce engagement.
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Aug 27, 2025
Credit recovery programs help high school students that have failed courses graduate. Advocates say it prevents students from dropping out while critics say it lowers standards.
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Aug 27, 2025
D.C. prosecutor Jeanine Pirro knows something about being in front of the camera after nearly two decades as a TV Fox News anchor. She's putting those skills to work under Trump to be tough on crime.
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Aug 27, 2025
In urban environments, heat gets absorbed and released by the pavement, buildings and other objects. A new study says that an underestimated factor in urban warming is heat radiating from parked cars.
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Aug 27, 2025
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar about her reaction to Wednesday's deadly mass shooting at a Catholic church.
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Aug 27, 2025
We look back at the seminal economic research that helped Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook make her name in economics.
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Aug 27, 2025
Israel increasingly bars American doctors as medical volunteers to Gaza. Some say it's to prevent witnesses.
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Aug 27, 2025
The recent collapse of a high-profile Chinese oil deal in Afghanistan sheds light on the often opaque relationship between Beijing and the Taliban.
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Aug 27, 2025
A new study shows how African elephant poop helps make American-made guitars -- and how poaching of elephants is contributing to a decrease in ebony trees.
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Aug 27, 2025
"More dance, less hate." Belgian dancer and social media influencer Ed People travels the globe asking people 'Can you show me your favorite dance move?' The result has been hundreds of videos that he hopes will show how there's more that unites than divides human beings, one dance step at a time.
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Aug 27, 2025
There's a big gap between how Israelis and the rest of the world perceive the war and humanitarian crisis in Gaza, mostly because of how the Israeli media portray the conflict.
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Aug 26, 2025
In Lebanon, a reconstructive surgeon who specializes in helping children recover from war wounds meets with a 6-year-old girl who lost her arm to an explosion in Gaza nearly two years ago.
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Aug 26, 2025
The FBI has stepped back its role in investigating a recent attack on the CDC campus in Atlanta. It's one data point in the picture of how the current administration thinks about domestic terrorism.
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Aug 26, 2025
Once a mermaid, always a mermaid. A group of women in their 70s recently visited the Florida springs where they once performed as mermaids to see if they still had the magic.
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Aug 26, 2025
A big change is coming to online shopping in the U.S. on Friday. That's when President Trump's policy suspending the "de minimus" rule on international shipments to the U.S. takes effect.
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Aug 26, 2025
President Trump is escalating his attack on the Federal Reserve. Trump is attempting to fire a member of the Fed's governing board -- a move that critics say is unlawful.
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Aug 26, 2025
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Dr. Robbie Goldstein about a meeting of public health leaders of eight states to discuss possible partnership on issues such as vaccines as federal priorities shift.
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Aug 26, 2025
For some, online dating brings love. For others, it's emotionally fatiguing. That's why some young people are ditching dating apps and creating in-person alternatives.
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Aug 26, 2025
Jenny Slate has been nominated for her first ever Emmy award for her role in Dying for Sex. We listen to her recount a memory she'd like to be able to relive.
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Aug 26, 2025
Average temperatures have been going up in many cities, including New Orleans. Here's what those higher temperatures sound like.
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Aug 26, 2025
Two U.S. lawmakers, a Republican and a Democrat, visited Syria this weekend say they will push ahead with legislation to lift sanctions. They say their goal is to give Syria's new president a boost.
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Aug 26, 2025
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Democratic Rep. Emanuel Cleaver about possible redistricting in Missouri. His district, which includes part of Kansas City, may be targeted by state Republicans.
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Aug 26, 2025
President Trump wants to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook. Can he do that? NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Columbia University law professor Kathryn Judge about the legalities.
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Aug 26, 2025
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Steve Vladeck, Georgetown University law professor, about the legality of President Trump's deployment of the National Guard in Washington, D.C., and other cities.
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Aug 26, 2025
A New Jersey lifeguard has been recognized by Guinness World Records as the oldest, male open water lifeguard. He's still patrolling the shores at nearly 83 years old, but got his first job as a lifeguard when he was just 18.
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Aug 26, 2025
The digital afterlife industry may near $80 billion in a decade, fueled by AI "deadbots." Tech firms see profit. But experts warn of troubling consequences.
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Aug 26, 2025
Hurricane Katrina flooded nearly every building in St. Bernard Parish near New Orleans in 2005. Twenty years later, the community is still rebuilding and flood protections encouraged some to return.
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Aug 26, 2025
No neighborhood was hit worse in Katrina than New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward and it's been one of the slowest areas to rebound. There's still an effort to attract new residents and businesses there.
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Aug 25, 2025
Washington, D.C., residents are torn about the National Guard in their city. The majority Democrat city doesn't support Trump. Are liberal upper-income residents honest about the problems of crime?
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Aug 25, 2025
A teacher's students became enthusiastic about her summer side hustle. In the end, everybody learned something without even trying.
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Aug 25, 2025
Fans took over last night's US Open match in New York in a way that is uncommon for tennis. Matthew Futterman from the Athletic spoke to NPR's Ailsa Chang about changes in tennis etiquette.
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Aug 25, 2025
President Trump lashed out on social media late Sunday against ABC and NBC, putting the nation's top broadcast regulator once more at the center of his culture wars.
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Aug 25, 2025
The tennis legend is back in the news - but not for her prowess on the court. Why the controversy around her weight loss is more nuanced than you think.
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Aug 25, 2025
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Slate senior editor Jenny Zhang about the Chinese animated movie Ne Zha 2, which broke box-office records even before its U.S. re-release.
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Aug 25, 2025
President Trump signed a series of orders doubling down on law enforcement in America's cities, just ahead of hosting South Korean President Lee Jae Myung.
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Aug 25, 2025
Israel attacked a Reuters live feed at a Gaza hospital complex, then struck the reporters and first responders covering that strike.
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Aug 25, 2025
NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Marcus Brown, the musician who records as Nourished By Time. His new album takes inspiration from the working class sounds of Baltimore house music.
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Aug 25, 2025
One of the latest fitness trends involves adding weight to your exercise routine by wearing a weighted vest. Influencers claim they help burn calories and build strength. But do they work?
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Aug 25, 2025
It began on the edgy margins of a mainstream festival — which it's now eclipsed. But nearly 80 years on, performers and spectators say rising costs threaten the Fringe's alternative vibe.
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Aug 25, 2025
Ashley Ludlow's mother passed away in the hospital in 2005. She had followed her mother's wishes and asked that she not be resuscitated. That decision weighed heavy on her until a nurse reassured her.
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Aug 25, 2025
Dozens of immigration courts across the country have become epicenters of the Trump administration's efforts to increase the rate of immigration arrests.
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Aug 24, 2025
The lawyer for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man wrongly deported by the Trump administration to an El Salvadoran prison and then returned months later, says his client is now facing deportation again.
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Aug 24, 2025
The Israeli writer Etgar Keret has talked to NPR about the importance of stories in a time of war. Keret tells Scott Detrow why he recently wrote an op-ed in the New York Times about the need for a whole new language after the war.
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Aug 24, 2025
In the real world, events happen in a linear order - but in the movies, they don't have to. A look at the Rashomon effect, and how films handle complicating the narrative.
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Aug 24, 2025
Canadian singer-songwriter Georgia Harmer talks about her new album, Eye of The Storm.
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Aug 24, 2025
America's mental health care system is facing cuts with the recent passage of the Trump Administration's spending bill. A new podcast from the Seattle Times and KUOW Public Radio explores the difficulties of accessing mental health services in Washington state.
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Aug 24, 2025
Earlier in August, Trump deployed hundreds of National Guard members to Washington, D.C., as part of what he touted as an effort to reduce crime and root out homelessness.
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Aug 24, 2025
President Trump suggested he will "straighten out" Chicago next. Mayor Brandon Johnson told NPR that would be "illegal and costly" — but said there are other ways the federal government could help.
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Aug 23, 2025
What happens when people stop trusting their government's economic data? Planet Money's Mary Childs reports on what happened in Greece.
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Aug 23, 2025
NPR's Alina Selyukh reports on what we know about the impact of boycotts on Target's bottom line and how the company's sales reflect a complex picture.
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Aug 23, 2025
NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Cal Newport, author and computer science professor at Georgetown, about AI's limitations and if progress within the industry has stalled.
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Aug 23, 2025
An Episcopal priest founded a Christian psychedelic society and was later stripped of his ordination -- raising moral, ethical and spiritual questions about psychedelics and spirituality.
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Aug 23, 2025
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly, who has covered her share of high stakes diplomatic meetings between some of the world's most powerful people, spoke with Scott Detrow about what was different during the recent Trump-Putin Alaska Summit.
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Aug 23, 2025
The Kitchen Sisters production team takes a look into the long held Scottish tradition of honesty boxes - where you leave the money in the box and take what you need.
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Aug 23, 2025
Editor-in-chief of Restaurant Business magazine Jonathan Maze discusses this summer's chicken wrap trend.
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Aug 23, 2025
As Israel prepares for another major military offensive in Gaza, a new report says Gaza is in the grip of a full-blown famine. Will Israel accept a ceasefire deal or attack Gaza's biggest urban hub?
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Aug 22, 2025
Authorities are calling a bus crash in upstate New York a "mass casualty" incident.
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Aug 22, 2025
The search of the home and office of former President Trump national security adviser and frequent critic John Bolton raises questions about how the administration is using law enforcement.
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Aug 22, 2025
It is the first time the IPC has declared a famine in the Middle East.
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Aug 22, 2025
Guitarist and vocalist Brent Hinds, who was a member of the heavy metal band Mastodon, died this week. For over two decades, Hinds and his bandmates were known within the metal scene for complex riffs and epic storytelling. The 51-year-old was involved in a motorcycle accident in Atlanta.
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Aug 22, 2025
NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Jean-Martin Bauer Director of Food Security and Nutrition at the World Food Programme about the famine declaration in Gaza.
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Aug 22, 2025
On Thursday, the Supreme Court decided that, at least temporarily, the National Institute of Health does not need to continue paying hundreds of millions in grants it stopped funding. But the court also left in place a lower court ruling that voided NIH memos that enforced the administration's policies. The matter now plays out in the lower courts.
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Aug 22, 2025
President Trump initiated a redistricting arms race when he urged Texas to redraw its congressional map to boost Republicans. It's part of a broader trend of Trump pushing the limits of democracy when it comes to consolidating power.
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Aug 22, 2025
The Trump administration says it has arrested more than 700 people in Washington, DC as part of its mission to crack down on crime. Data given to NPR by the city's police department indicates a ramp-up in arrests during the campaign, but criminal justice experts caution that it's difficult to draw conclusions about public safety merely from arrests.
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Aug 22, 2025
Family members of the victims of the 2022 Uvalde school shooting where 19 students and two teachers died, recently got a look at newly released files from the Uvalde Consolidated School District and Uvalde County from the day of the shooting. More than three years after the tragedy, their suffering lingers without answers to their questions about how the security protocols failed that day.
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Aug 22, 2025
Now that multiple countries are talking about negotiating an end to Russia's war in Ukraine, where does the Russian opposition movement stand today, 5 years after Alexei Navalny's death?
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Aug 22, 2025
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Chino Moreno, lead singer of the alternative metal band Deftones, about the band's first new album in five years, Private Music.
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Aug 22, 2025
After Hurricane Katrina flooded New Orleans 20 years ago, its school system started over. Many of the city's veteran educators were replaced with young people who were new to teaching — and new to New Orleans.
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Aug 21, 2025
This story starts with a bag of potato chips — but there were no chips inside. A city hall reporter was handed an empty bag with a red envelope filled with money from someone working for Mayor Eric Adams' re-election campaign. NPR's Juana Summers speaks to Katie Honan, the reporter at the center of the incident, about what happened.
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Aug 21, 2025
North Carolina is starting to take stock of the impact the winds and waves from Hurricane Erin have had on its coastline that's already dealing with massive erosion.
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Aug 21, 2025
Despite dating apps and social media advice, romantic connections can be hard to make. Enter artificial intelligence.
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Aug 21, 2025
This week on the pop music charts, a film soundtrack has done something that no other soundtrack had done in nearly 30 years.
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Aug 21, 2025
What's behind the trend of so-called "gray divorces," and what is it like for newly single people to seek out new relationships over the age of 50?
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Aug 21, 2025
Even years after a person has lost an arm, the brain faithfully maintains the circuits that once controlled the missing limb.
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Aug 21, 2025
NPR's Hannah Chinn and Emily Kwong talk about the microbes behind great-tasting chocolate, possible reasons for daytime drowsiness, and a curious observation about the poop of seabirds.
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Aug 21, 2025
Climate change increased the severity of Hurricane Katrina 20 years ago. Since the scientific understanding of how climate change influences hurricanes has changed and improved.
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Aug 21, 2025
On Wild Card, well-known guests answer the kinds of questions we often think about but don't talk about. Harrison Ford talks about being too belligerent to listen to advice in his youth.
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Aug 21, 2025
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to singer and songwriter Kathleen Edwards about her new album, Billionaire.
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Aug 21, 2025
Mortgage rates are finally dropping a bit lower at the end of a slow summer season. We take a look at what the latest data tells us about what's ahead.
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Aug 21, 2025
Hamas has endorsed a new proposal for a ceasefire deal with Israel in Gaza, as it faces pressure from Arab countries and seeks to ensure its own survival.
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