Tyler Fisher

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Health Care Plan Championed By Trump Hurts Counties That Voted For Him

Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Trump picked up big margins in small and rural counties. But those areas would take the biggest hit with tax credit changes, according to an NPR analysis of data from the Kaiser Family Foundation.

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Audio Quality Quiz Results: You Did Slightly Better Than Guessing Randomly

Tuesday, June 09, 2015

Last week, we published a quiz testing listeners on their ability to discern between lossless audio and compressed mp3s. We picked six songs from different eras and genres: an early digital recording of a Mozart piano concerto, an a cappella version of a pop song, the billionth song ...

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How Well Can You Hear Audio Quality?

Tuesday, June 02, 2015

Recently, the rapper Jay Z relaunched the subscription streaming music service Tidal, which includes the option to listen to high-definition audio for $19.99 per month. Tidal's HiFi, with its uncompressed audio files, promises a better listening experience than any other streaming service on the market.

Many listeners cannot hear the ...

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MRAPs And Bayonets: What We Know About The Pentagon's 1033 Program

Tuesday, September 02, 2014

Amid widespread criticism of the deployment of military-grade weapons and vehicles by police officers in Ferguson, Mo., President Obama recently ordered a review of federal efforts supplying equipment to local law enforcement agencies across the country.

So, we decided to take a look at what the president might find.

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Quiz: Find Your Happy Place

Thursday, August 07, 2014

All this week, NPR Ed is focusing on questions about why people play and how play relates to learning.

Play is a part of healthy development, an integral ingredient in learning, a nostalgic pastime. It's good for your body and your brain.

There's something inherently youthful about play, ...

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