Rachel Martin

Host, Weekend Edition Sunday

Rachel Martin appears in the following:

News brief: Primary election are winding down, Imran Kahn, Russia car bomb

Monday, August 22, 2022

Have the primaries given hints about the upcoming midterms? Terrorism charges are filed against Pakistan's ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan. A car bomb near Moscow killed the daughter of a key Putin ally.

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A former Marine details the chaotic exit from Afghanistan — and how we should mark it

Saturday, August 06, 2022

As the U.S. withdrew from Afghanistan last year, Marine Corps veteran Elliot Ackerman was frantically rebuilding a network of old allies to help desperate Afghans escape.

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'Love, Me' is a community poem crowdsourced from hundreds of letters

Thursday, July 28, 2022

Morning Edition asked readers to submit poems in the form of letters, addressed to anyone. NPR poet-in-residence Kwame Alexander drew from the more than 600 responses to create a community poem.

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News brief: Jan. 6 hearing, Ukraine grain, Biden is taking Paxlovid for COVID

Friday, July 22, 2022

A wrap up of the latest House Jan. 6 committee hearing. The U.N. appears close to a deal to get needed grain out of Ukraine to the rest of the world. President Biden is being treated for COVID-19.

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House committee prepares to hold its 8th public hearing on the events of Jan. 6

Thursday, July 21, 2022

Members of the panel will focus on former President Donald Trump's inaction to stop the riot at the U.S. Capitol. This hearing is framed as a sort of summer capstone to the series of public hearings.

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Major gas pipeline from Russia to Europe restarts after a break for maintenance

Thursday, July 21, 2022

The operator announced that natural gas started flowing through a key pipeline after a 10-day shutdown. The gas flow was expected to fall well short of full capacity and the outlook was uncertain.

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News brief: Jan. 6 hearing, Trump poll, Russian pipeline restarts

Thursday, July 21, 2022

The House Jan. 6 committee preps for a primetime hearing. Poll: A majority of Americans blame Trump for Jan. 6 insurrection. The pipeline that brings natural gas from Russia to Germany is to reopen.

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News brief: Sri Lanka's new president, New Mexico wildfire, Netflix earnings

Wednesday, July 20, 2022

Sri Lanka's Parliament chooses a new president. New Mexico firefighters have nearly contained a historic wildfire. And, Netflix says it lost nearly 1 million subscribers between April and June.

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Northern Europe is bracing for unusually high temperatures this week

Tuesday, July 19, 2022

As the heat wave in southern Europe shows some signs of abating, temperatures in northern Europe are soaring. Record highs are expected in the U.K. where officials have declared a national emergency.

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News brief: Putin trip, Europe endures heat wave, Steve Dettelbach

Tuesday, July 19, 2022

Russian President Vladimir Putin travels to Iran. Northern Europe is bracing for unusually high temperatures this week. And for the first time since 2015, the ATF has a permanent director.

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Reproductive rights groups want to make it easier to prevent pregnancy

Monday, July 18, 2022

The advocates want to make it simpler for people to access birth control options as many states move to ban or restrict access to abortion. One idea: making "the pill" available over-the-counter.

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News brief: Uvalde shooting report, Bannon trial, Ukrainian government firings

Monday, July 18, 2022

A Texas House report issues blame for failures in Uvalde. Steve Bannon goes on trial Monday for refusing to comply with a subpoena from the Jan. 6 panel. Ukraine's president fires two top officials.

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As people return to the office, some want a less-rigid, work-personal boundary

Friday, July 08, 2022

The pandemic inspired many workers to reevaluate work and home-life. NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with individuals about how they try to be truer to themselves in the workplace.

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The pandemic has changed workplace fashion. What does that mean for you?

Thursday, July 07, 2022

Many people traded in slacks for sweatpants during the worst of the pandemic and are now figuring out what to wear back to the office. Here's what that looks like, from Wall Street to Capitol Hill.

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The Great Reinvention: People craved change and the pandemic was the motivator

Tuesday, July 05, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic forced many people to make changes in their lives. NPR's Rachel Martin spoke to two people about how they reinvented their careers.

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The Supreme Court could radically reshape elections for president and Congress

Friday, July 01, 2022

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that could give state legislatures a lot of unchecked power over the results of federal elections.

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News brief: election law case, climate case ruling, Hong Kong anniversary

Friday, July 01, 2022

The Supreme Court will hear a federal elections case next term. The court on Thursday stripped away some of the EPA's power to regulate emissions. Britain handed Hong Kong back to China 25 years ago.

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Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is sworn in as the Philippines 17th president

Thursday, June 30, 2022

The namesake son of an ousted dictator took the presidential oath in Manila after one of the greatest political comebacks in recent history. Outgoing President Rodrigo Duterte was at the ceremony.

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News brief: Supreme Court winds down, Biden news conference, election deniers

Thursday, June 30, 2022

The Supreme Court will issue opinions in two remaining cases. President Biden wraps up a week of high-level meetings with allies in Europe. Election denialism evolves into a nationwide movement.

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Tensions are on the rise between Russian and Europe's Baltic region

Thursday, June 30, 2022

The Kremlin is threatening to retaliate against NATO member state Lithuania, after the Baltic state decided to block some goods into a Russian territory known as Kaliningrad.

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