Patrick Jarenwattananon

Patrick Jarenwattananon appears in the following:

Broadway shows are more expensive than ever to make, but audiences aren't showing up

Friday, May 17, 2024

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Boris Kachka about the dynamics of Broadway today. Kachka has a look behind the curtain in his piece for Vulture, headlined "We've Hit Peak Theater."

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A look at Slovakian PM Robert Fico's politics after yesterday's assassination attempt

Thursday, May 16, 2024

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Dalibor Rohác of the American Enterprise Institute about the attempt to assassinate Slovakian PM Robert Fico and the broader political landscape in Europe.

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The U.S. is withholding aid to Israel. Will it work?

Friday, May 10, 2024

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Dennis Ross, longtime diplomat and Washington Institute for Near East Policy fellow, about how the U.S. has tried to use its leverage to affect Israeli actions.

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Autocracies are pushing propaganda against democracy itself, says 'Atlantic' writer

Thursday, May 09, 2024

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Anne Applebaum, staff writer at The Atlantic" about her latest cover story for the magazine, "The New Propaganda War."

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Nothing is off the table as Drake and Kendrick Lamar continue to beef

Tuesday, May 07, 2024

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Tia Tyree, a Howard University professor who has studied rap feuds over the years, about the current feud between Kendrick Lamar and Drake.

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The past 24 hours have been a whirlwind for Palestinians in Rafah

Tuesday, May 07, 2024

Israeli tanks rolled into the southern Gaza city of Rafah Tuesday, taking control of the territory's border crossing with Egypt.

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Many universities celebrate student activism. That is, when protests are in the past

Monday, May 06, 2024

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Atlantic contributing writer Tyler Austin Harper about the evolving relationship between universities and student activism.

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Basketball star Candace Parker's high school coach discusses her WNBA retirement

Friday, May 03, 2024

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Andy Nussbaum, who coached legendary basketball player Candace Parker when she played in high school. Parker recently said she is retiring from the WNBA after 16 years.

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In sprawling 'Time' magazine interview, Trump lays out plans for second term

Tuesday, April 30, 2024

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Time national politics reporter Eric Cortell about his interview with Donald Trump about 2025 and what he would do if he won the presidency again.

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Archaeologist uncovers George Washington's 250-year-old stash of cherries

Thursday, April 25, 2024

While excavating the cellar of President Washington's home at Mount Vernon, Va., an archaeologist found two glass jars poking out of the dirt. They hold 250-year-old preserved cherries.

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New York's highest court has overturned Harvey Weinstein's rape conviction

Thursday, April 25, 2024

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with New York Times investigative reporter Jodi Kantor about how the highest court in the state of New York overturned Harvey Weinstein's rape conviction.

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Passover arrives at a tense time on Columbia's campus amid pro-Palestine protests

Monday, April 22, 2024

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Rabbi Yuda Drizin, director of Chabad at Columbia University, about the wave of protests on campus over Israel's war in Gaza.

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On NBA playoff eve, broadcaster Ernie Johnson Weighs in on the NBA season thus far

Friday, April 19, 2024

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with hall of fame broadcaster Ernie Johnson, host of Inside the NBA, about the new faces of the NBA chasing championship hopes in this changing of the guard post-season.

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Iran's attack on Israel marks a significant shift from its usual proxy warfare

Tuesday, April 16, 2024

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Karim Sadjadpour, senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, about what this escalation tells us about Iran's strategy.

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Why Brazil was able to hold their former president accountable in election case

Monday, April 15, 2024

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Omar Encarnacion about former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro being banned from running for office for eight years due to efforts to overturn Brazil's 2022 election.

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An NBA player missed a free throw on purpose — but he didn't chicken out

Monday, April 15, 2024

Houston Rockets center Boban Marjanovic intentionally missed the second of two free throws in a game yesterday. In doing so, he won free chicken sandwiches for everyone in attendance.

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Remembering DJ Mister Cee, who changed New York hip-hop

Friday, April 12, 2024

Mister Cee's friend and fellow Hot 97 DJ Peter Rosenberg remembers the longtime hip-hop DJ and radio host who regularly introduced his audience and the record industry to new talent.

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Here are the White House's plans to limit PFAS in water systems

Wednesday, April 10, 2024

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Ali Zaidi, President Biden's national climate advisor, about the first ever national standards on the amount of PFAS in drinking water.

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Haiti is close to reaching a transitional council — but violence and hunger rage on

Tuesday, April 09, 2024

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Jean-Martin Bauer of the World Food Programme about the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Haiti.

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Drummer for many jazz greats, Albert 'Tootie' Heath has died at age 88

Friday, April 05, 2024

Albert "Tootie" Heath has died at age 88. He played drums with basically all the greats of the 1950s, '60s and beyond and is on the first albums that Nina Simone and John Coltrane made as bandleaders.

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