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White House COVID-19 response coordinator outlines timeline for vaccinating children

Sunday, June 19, 2022

The wait to get COVID vaccines in tiny arms is over. White House COVID-19 response coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha talks with Ayesha Rascoe about the vaccine rollout for young children.

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Humans have 5 senses, but there's 'An Immense World' of experiences for animals

Sunday, June 19, 2022

Ayesha Rascoe speaks with journalist Ed Yong about his new book, "An Immense World." Yong looks at how animals use their senses to perceive the world in a radically different way than humans.

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After years of interviews, Julie Beck has defined the 6 forces that fuel friendship

Sunday, June 19, 2022

Atlantic editor Julie Beck is winding down "The Friendship Files," a years-long series of interviews with friends about their friendship. She talks to Ayesha Rascoe about what she's learned.

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On 'It's Almost Dry,' Pusha T plays the long game

Sunday, June 12, 2022

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with the rapper about making his new album It's Almost Dry, working with Kanye and Pharrell and reflecting on what longevity looks like in hip-hop.

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NPR host Linda Holmes' latest novel is a mystery centered on a left-behind duck decoy

Sunday, June 12, 2022

A woman cleans out a late relative's estate and discovers a duck decoy and a mystery. Ayesha Rascoe talks with Pop Culture Happy Hour's Linda Holmes about her latest novel, "Flying Solo."

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Cats are getting a curfew in some Icelandic towns

Sunday, June 12, 2022

Ayesha Rascoe talks to journalist Egill Bjarnason about the ecological impacts of outdoor cats and the curfews some Icelandic towns have imposed on them.

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New podcast 'Deliberate Indifference' amplifies the impact of prison failures in Ala.

Sunday, June 12, 2022

A new podcast from WBHM details ongoing failures of the Alabama prison system years after they were brought to light.

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What it's like living under temporary legal status for a decade

Sunday, June 12, 2022

Ayesha Rascoe talks with Reyna Montoya, a DACA recipient and community organizer from Arizona, about her experience living under temporary legal status for the past decade.

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Janet Napolitano first administered DACA as homeland security secretary 10 years ago

Sunday, June 12, 2022

Ayesha Rascoe talks with former Department of Homeland Security Sec. Janet Napolitano about the upcoming 10th anniversary of DACA, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.

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How Buffalo is coping, one month later

Sunday, June 12, 2022

Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Phylicia Brown of Buffalo, N.Y., about how the community is doing after a mass shooting at a local grocery store on May 14.

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People who drive for a living question profitability with the surge in gas prices

Sunday, June 12, 2022

Ayesha Rascoe asks Dennis Briggs how inflationary pressures such as higher gas prices are affecting his Pittsburgh transportation business.

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Police in El Salvador have arrested over 36,000 people to curb gang violence

Sunday, June 12, 2022

Ayesha Rascoe talks with Amnesty International's Arjun Chaudhuri about the state of emergency in El Salvador which has led to mass arrests of civilians.

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'Nightcrawling' follows a woman who turns to sex work to support her family

Sunday, June 05, 2022

Ayesha Rascoe speaks with author Leila Mottley about her new novel, Nightcrawling, about a young Black woman in Oakland, Calif., who turns to prostitution to support herself and her family.

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College debt is one of the largest financial burdens young people face today

Sunday, June 05, 2022

Nearly half of college students who take out loans for school don't finish within six years. Isabelle Praget is struggling with this kind of debt, and she speaks with Ayesha Rascoe about it.

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Vegas wedding chapels are getting cease-and-desist letters over Elvis's likeness

Sunday, June 05, 2022

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Sarah Lester of Vegas Weddings about the cease-and-desist letter multiple chapels received telling them to stop using the image and likeness of Elvis Presley.

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Inaccurate pulse oximeter measurements delayed COVID treatment for people of color

Sunday, June 05, 2022

Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Dr. Ashraf Fawzy about a study that shows how inaccurate measurements by pulse oximeters lead to delays in COVID treatment for people of color.

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Your phone and digital data could reveal if you've had an abortion

Sunday, June 05, 2022

Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Dina Temple-Raston, host of the "Click Here" podcast and senior correspondent at The Record, about how threats to digital privacy could affect abortion access.

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Survivors of the 2018 Santa Fe High School shooting are disappointed in Texas laws

Sunday, June 05, 2022

Ayesha Rascoe talks with Flo and Scot Rice. She was wounded in the shooting at Santa Fe High School in Texas 4 years ago, and he participated in Gov. Greg Abbott's roundtables on school safety.

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Here are some summer reading recommendations for middle schoolers

Sunday, June 05, 2022

Ayesha Rascoe talks with Afoma Umesi, who blogs about middle grade reading, about what new books may keep kids reading this summer.

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Questions around police response time add to Uvalde families pain

Sunday, May 29, 2022

Residents of Uvalde, Texas, continue to mourn the death of 21 people, including 19 children, in a mass school shooting. They're also asking why law enforcement didn't act faster.

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