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Politics
Tired of long customer service calls? The White House is working to change that.
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Neera Tanden, domestic policy adviser to President Biden, on the administration's new "Time is Money" initiative.
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World
Top U.S. hostage negotiator on lessons learned from prisoner swap with Russia
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs Roger Carstens. He helped negotiate Thursday's prisoner swap — one of the largest since the end of the Cold War.
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Politics
Kamala Harris' former boss remembers her as a tough, yet kind prosecutor
Former San Francisco City Attorney Louise Renne was Kamala Harris’ boss when Harris served as head of the office’s division on children and families — a job that demanded both grit and empathy.
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Politics
She never thought she'd work for Kamala Harris. Now, she considers her a mentor
During her career, Kamala Harris left an impact on many people — like a mentee from Harris’s days as San Francisco District Attorney. Lateefah Simon shares what Harris was like before getting to D.C.
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Politics
Former comms director for Kamala Harris reflects on 'tough environment'
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with journalist Gil Duran, who was communications director for Vice President Kamala Harris when she was California’s state attorney general.
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Politics
Kamala Harris' friend talks about how their childhood shaped her
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Kamala Harris' childhood friend, Carole Porter, about how their upbringing in a redlined Bay Area neighborhood shaped Harris.
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Latin America
Venezuela's election has left residents — and expats — wary of the nation's future
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Venezuelan journalist and novelist Karina Sainz Borgo about the uproar over the results of Venezuela's presidential election.
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Music
On new album, Yemi Alade proves her nickname: 'Mama Africa'
Yemi Alade's new album, Rebel Queen, is a swirl of musical styles and languages from all over the African continent.
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Sports
Tahiti’s waves are a matter of ‘life and death’ for surfing Olympics
Tahiti's Teahupo'o wave has a slew of riders for the Paris 2024 Olympics. NPR finds out why it's called one of the most dangerous waves.
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Arts & Life
Powerful women tend to be called by their first name. It's not an accident
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to University of Houston's Mirya Holman about why women in political leadership tend to be referred to by their first names more often than their male counterparts.