Mary Louise Kelly

Mary Louise Kelly appears in the following:

'The military has no role' in politics, says retiring chair of the Joint Chiefs

Monday, October 02, 2023

The nation's most senior military officer has retired. He talks to All Things Considered about Donald Trump, democracy, and whether the U.S. military has been politicized.

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How profit sharing became a key issue for United Auto Workers strikes

Wednesday, September 27, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with journalist Micheline Maynard, about how high profits for major automakers over the past decade have become a central issue in the United Auto Workers strike.

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Hollywood writers and studios strike a deal. What's next?

Monday, September 25, 2023

The union representing Hollywood writers has reached a tentative deal with the major studios, potentially ending a months-long strike. What does this mean for the industry, and still-striking actors?

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U.S. Envoy for Yemen says we are at a moment for hope in near decade-long conflict

Friday, September 22, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to U.S. Special Envoy for Yemen, Tim Lenderking, about his recent efforts to rally international support for the war-ravage country

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What we know about Justice Thomas' relationship with the Koch Brothers

Friday, September 22, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to Jane Mayer, Staff Writer at The New Yorker, about Justice Clarence Thomas and his relationship to the Koch brothers.

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This Republican congressman is fighting to avoid a government shutdown

Thursday, September 21, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., about his efforts to avoid a possible government shutdown at the end of September.

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Siamak Namazi's brother welcomes him home after 8 years of captivity in Iran

Wednesday, September 20, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Babak Namazi, whose brother was held captive by Iran.

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The U.S.-Iran prisoner swap 'was the right deal to make,' deputy special envoy says

Tuesday, September 19, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Abram Paley, deputy special envoy for Iran, on the prisoner swap that allowed five Americans who'd been detained in Iran for years, to return to the U.S.

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The UAW is asking to bring back pensions. This economist says it's not a good idea

Friday, September 15, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with economist Allison Schrager about why she thinks the UAW is wrong about asking to bring back the old-fashioned pension plan.

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A year after Mahsa Amini's death, Iran still reels from protests and crackdowns

Friday, September 15, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Iranian-born journalist Golnaz Esfandiari about the year since the death of a woman who died in police custody after allegedly wearing her headscarf incorrectly.

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What makes the family kitchen so special? Michele Norris digs into the details

Thursday, September 14, 2023

Journalist and writer Michele Norris is exploring the significance of the family kitchen in her new podcast, Your Mama's Kitchen.

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An inside account of devastation and survival in the Libya floods

Wednesday, September 13, 2023

Huda Akram is a doctor based in Benghazi, Libya, whose family hails from Derna. She spoke to NPR on Wednesday, describing the harrowing scenes and what is happening now.

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A psychiatrist's view from Libya as the storm death toll reaches 5,000

Wednesday, September 13, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Dr. Huda Akram, who is based in Benghazi, about the devastating storm that collapsed two dams and killed at least 5,000 people in Libya.

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Journalist Michele Norris wants to hear about your mama's kitchen

Wednesday, September 13, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly chats with journalist Michele Norris about her new podcast Your Mama's Kitchen.

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30 years after Oslo Accords, peace is far away for Israelis and Palestinians

Wednesday, September 13, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Aaron David Miller about the Oslo Peace agreement and what has happened since that historic handshake and signing ceremony.

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The U.N.'s food program has a funding problem. Now millions are going hungry

Tuesday, September 12, 2023

Cindy McCain, the U.N. World Food Programme's executive director, has been tasked with closing the giant hole in the budget.

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Google's antitrust showdown begins this week

Monday, September 11, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Rebecca Haw Allensworth, a professor of antitrust law at Vanderbilt Law School, about the federal government's first major monopoly trial of the Big Tech era.

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Queer rock icon Melissa Etheridge opens up in new memoir, 'Talking To My Angels'

Friday, September 08, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with musician Melissa Etheridge about her new memoir Talking to My Angels.

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Historical fiction 'The Fraud' is about a man's testimony of outrageous, obvious lies

Wednesday, September 06, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with author Zadie Smith about her first work of historical fiction The Fraud, about the trial of a man who says one provably false thing after another.

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'Yellowface' explores cultural appropriation in publishing via an unlikeable narrator

Friday, September 01, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with author R.F. Kuang on her novel Yellowface and why she wanted to write a book about cultural appropriation in the publishing world.

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