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Big crowds and world leaders will attend the queen's funeral. Security is top of mind
Monday, September 12, 2022
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Nick Aldworth, former U.K. national coordinator for counterterrorism, about how England is prepping security for Queen Elizabeth's funeral in London next week.
Democracy around the world seems to be experiencing upheaval
Friday, September 09, 2022
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Moisés Naím, a distinguished fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, about the stability and effectiveness of democracies around the world.
How the polarizing effect of social media is speeding up
Friday, September 09, 2022
In his new book, journalist Max Fisher unpacks how social media companies have engineered our feeds to keep us angry, and keep us online.
Social media can inflame your emotions — and it's a byproduct of its design
Tuesday, September 06, 2022
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Max Fisher, author of The Chaos Machine, about how social media companies leverage content that elicits anger and outrage to keep users engaged on their platforms.
The United Kingdom's next prime minister could be a foreign policy hard-liner
Friday, September 02, 2022
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Ben Judah, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, about British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, who will likely succeed Boris Johnson as prime minister.
25 years ago, Princess Diana's shocking death became one of the first viral moments
Wednesday, August 31, 2022
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Tina Brown, author of The Palace Papers, about the lasting impact of Lady Diana's death 25 years later.
Remembering Joey DeFrancesco, pioneering Hammond organist who changed jazz music
Friday, August 26, 2022
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with music critic Nate Chinen about the legacy of iconic jazz Hammond organ player Joey DeFrancesco, who died on Thursday.
Classrooms in Columbus, Ohio, are empty on 1st day back as teachers strike
Wednesday, August 24, 2022
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Regina Fuentes, Columbus Education Association spokesperson, about the teacher's strike over failed contract negotiations between the teacher's union and the school board.
A Kremlin-linked mercenary group is now openly recruiting for the war in Ukraine
Monday, August 22, 2022
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with mercenary expert Sean McFate about recent recruiting strategies by the Wagner Group due to Russian losses in Ukraine.
This technology makes data accessible to blind and visually impaired people
Friday, August 19, 2022
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Mona Minkara, a professor of bioengineering at Northeastern University who is also blind, about a new way to present science data to blind and sighted people alike.
A year after an earthquake devastated Haiti, one aid official says there is hope
Thursday, August 18, 2022
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Ronald Jocelyn, the education director of the Hope for Haiti, about conditions on the ground in Haiti one year after a devastating earthquake hit the country.
Postpartum care falls short for Black women. One mother is trying to fix that
Tuesday, August 16, 2022
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Jade Kearney, CEO and cofounder of She Matters, a digital platform aimed at addressing disparities in postpartum healthcare for Black mothers.
How Salman Rushdie's novel sparked controversy in the Muslim world for over 30 years
Monday, August 15, 2022
NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Robin Wright, a Middle East foreign affairs expert, about the impact and legacy of Salman Rushdie's book The Satanic Verses.
Little is free in prison — Here are the various ways incarcerated people make money
Thursday, August 11, 2022
Beyond basic necessities, everything has a price in prison. NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Marshall Project reporter Beth Schwartzapfel about the prison economy and how incarcerated people make money.
Some podcast guest chairs go to high bidders — without telling listeners
Wednesday, August 10, 2022
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Bloomberg's Ashley Carman's about a growing trend of guests paying podcasts to appear on their shows in order to market themselves or their products new target audiences.
An Arctic shark found in Belize has researchers pondering deep sea discoveries
Tuesday, August 02, 2022
The Greenland shark can live for centuries and is typically found in cold arctic waters. One found in the warmer waters of Belize has researchers rethinking how widespread the marine species could be.
This woman gave her wedding dress to a stranger for free, and inspired a movement
Friday, July 22, 2022
Gwendolyn Stulgis walked down the aisle in the dress of her dreams. But after her wedding, she decided to pay the feeling forward to a complete stranger.
This woman gave her wedding dress to a stranger, and inspired others to do the same
Wednesday, July 20, 2022
It might only be worn for one night, but many people keep their wedding dresses for years. However, one woman decided to pass her gown to a stranger on Facebook, inspiring others to follow her lead.
Lofi Girl disappeared from YouTube and reignited debate over bogus copyright claims
Saturday, July 16, 2022
When YouTube took the Lofi Girl stream down by mistake, fans were not happy. It was the latest episode in an ongoing debate over copyright and bogus claims.
Hannah Marks' road trip film follows a familiar path — with a few unexpected exits
Friday, July 15, 2022
Hannah Marks directs John Cho and Mia Isaac in Amazon's new film Don't Make Me Go, a comedic but melancholy story of a father and daughter's road trip across America.