Scott Detrow
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World
Why Brazil was able to hold their former president accountable in election case
NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Omar Encarnacion about former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro being banned from running for office for eight years due to efforts to overturn Brazil's 2022 election.
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National
Three presidents and not a necktie in sight. Are ties out of fashion?
Prompted by a recent photo of three U.S. presidents in suits without neckwear, fashion historian Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell details about how popular ties are — or aren't.
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National
'People do avoid me': How a toxic train derailment split a village in two
The East Palestine community is divided and exhausted, with many residents ready to move forward, even as others continue to raise concerns about the air and water.
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National
The mayor of East Palestine, Ohio, looks back on train derailment one year later
One year after a train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, NPR's Scott Detrow sits down with Mayor Trent Conaway to discuss how the village is recovering.
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National
Fulton County DA Fani Willis scrutinized after allegations from a Trump codefendant
NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Former U.S. Ambassador Norman Eiser about the growing accusations against Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.
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They crashed in the mountains and turned to cannibalism. He focuses on the humanity
Director J. A. Bayona's new movie Society of the Snow is based on the true story of the survivors of the 1972 Uruguayan plane crash in the Andes.
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National
White House Infrastructure Czar Mitch Landrieu joins Biden reelection campaign
NPR's Scott Detrow talks with White House infrastructure Czar Mitch Landrieu about joining President Biden's reelection campaign, and what role infrastructure law will play in the election.
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National
Maine's secretary of state tells NPR why she disqualified Trump from the ballot
Maine became the second state to rule the former president is ineligible to run because of what he did in the days leading up to, and on, Jan. 6, 2021.
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National
Brenda Lee talks about her new Billboard Hot 100 hit — which came out 65 years ago
Earlier this month, Brenda Lee's "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart, 65 years after its release. We revisit her conversation with NPR's Scott Detrow.
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World
NPR's Scott Detrow gives the verdict on Korea's green onion cereal, 3 years later
A follow-up to a very important story — okay, it's actually a very silly story — that Weekend Edition did on a special variety of Chex cereal released in South Korea.