Sarah Handel

Sarah Handel appears in the following:

Astronauts dropped a bag of tools in space, and you can see it with binoculars

Monday, November 13, 2023

During a space walk at the International Space Station, astronauts lost hold of a bag of tools. It'll be visible from Earth until it burns up in the atmosphere.

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A look inside the world of the real life Mr. Chow

Monday, November 13, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Michael Chow, also known as Mr. Chow, about his restaurant empire, his art, and his family history.

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Meg Ryan rethinks the rom-com genre in her new film 'What Happens Later'

Friday, November 03, 2023

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with actress and director Meg Ryan about her new movie, What Happens Later, in which former lovers get snowed in at an airport overnight.

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The Rangers win their first World Series title

Thursday, November 02, 2023

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Levi Weaver, baseball writer for The Athletic, about the Texas Rangers winning their first World Series title.

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New York Liberty hoping to extend WNBA Finals as Game 4 looms

Tuesday, October 17, 2023

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer catches up with ESPN's Rebecca Lobo, former professional basketball player, about the ongoing WNBA Finals.

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A rabbi and imam in conversation on how they're counseling their communities

Monday, October 16, 2023

The conflict in Israel and Gaza has brought grief and pain to many Jews and Muslims in the U.S. We invited a rabbi and an imam to share how they are counseling their congregations here in the States.

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How the Miami Dolphins are using speed and innovation in their offense

Friday, October 13, 2023

The Miami Dolphins are playing an exciting brand of football using speed to their advantage through the first five games of the NFL season.

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A rabbi and imam on how they're counseling their communities

Friday, October 13, 2023

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Imam Mohamed Herbert in Kansas and Rabbi Sharon Brous in Los Angeles about how they're counseling their congregations during the conflict in Israel and Gaza.

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Israel's last ground war in Gaza offers clues for what one might look like now

Thursday, October 12, 2023

An Israeli ground invasion into Gaza appears likely. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Gregg Carlstorm of The Economist, about his experience covering Israel's ground invasion in 2014.

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Justin Torres explores the queer history we're not talking about in novel 'Blackouts'

Tuesday, October 10, 2023

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with author Justin Torres on how Torres uncovered hidden queer history for his new novel 'Blackouts.'

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U.S. women dominate world gymnastic championships

Friday, October 06, 2023

NPR's Juana Summers talks with editor in chief of Gymnastics Now Patricia Duffy, who is in Belgium for the World Gymnastics Championships, about the U.S. record-breaking win and notable gymnasts.

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The story of the drug-running DEA snitch behind the web databases tracking our lives

Thursday, October 05, 2023

Author McKenzie Funk's new book, The Hank Show: How a House-Painting, Drug-Running DEA Informant Built the Machine that Rules Our Lives, about the man behind the databases of personal information.

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What it was like for one representative who supported keeping McCarthy as speaker

Tuesday, October 03, 2023

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Republican Rep. Marianette Miller-Meeks about the vote to ouster Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the house.

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Chagos refugees continue the decades-long fight for justice

Friday, September 29, 2023

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Olivier Bancoult, leader of the Chagos Refugee Group. Fifty years ago, the UK forced the Chaggosians off their land to make room for a US military base.

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The dystopian 'Land of Milk and Honey' tells of a future without the pleasure of food

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks to C Pam Zhang about her new novel, Land of Milk and Honey.

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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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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 we know about Kim Jong Un's train — a slow-moving bulletproof fortress

Monday, September 11, 2023

On Monday, a dark green train with yellow trim was spotted at the border where Russia, China and North Korea meet. It runs with one passenger in mind: the leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Un.

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Putin's meeting with Kim Jong Un is about getting weapons and ammunition, experts say

Monday, September 11, 2023

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Jean Lee, the former Pyongyang bureau chief for the Associated Press, and Georgetown University's Angela Stent, about the upcoming meeting between Kim Jong Un and Putin.

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Air Force secretary: Hold on confirmations is a 'disruption to military leadership'

Friday, September 08, 2023

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall about accusations that Sen. Tommy Tuberville is putting national security at risk by blocking Pentagon confirmations in protest.

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