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Philly's 'pastor of the hood' Carl Day weighs in as another election cycle kicks off
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Philadelphia pastor Carl Day about how he's feeling ahead of the 2024 presidential race and if he has any takeaways from the 2020 election.
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The latest COVID boosters are in for the fall. Here's what that means for you
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Dr. Robert Wachter about the latest round of FDA-approved COVID-19 boosters and how people should think about the coronavirus and its risk.
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A 150-year-old shipwreck was found in Lake Michigan
A long-lost shipwreck has been discovered in Lake Michigan by two maritime historians. NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks to Brendon Baillod, one of the historians who discovered the shipwreck.
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Air Force secretary: Hold on confirmations is a 'disruption to military leadership'
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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Novel 'The Covenant of Water' tells of a family in India haunted by a medical mystery
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with the author Abraham Verghese about his new novel The Covenant of Water in which a family in India is haunted by a medical mystery.
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How a week's worth of plastic adds up
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with LA Times environmental reporter Susanne Rust about what she learned from logging her plastic use for a week.
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House Democrats want Biden to change his approach to Venezuela
Rep. Joaquin Castro of Texas talks about the letter he and other House Democrats sent to the Biden administration urging an easing of sanctions on Venezuela.
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Behind the ousting of CNN CEO Chris Licht after one tumultuous year
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Puck media reporter Dylan Byers on the ousting of CNN CEO Chris Licht after barely one year.
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Peter One blends West African nostalgia with Nashville flair in first solo album
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with musician Peter One about starting from scratch in Nashville after a successful career in Côte d'Ivoire and his first album in decades Come Back to Me.
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Astronaut Peggy Whitson unretires for a fourth trip to space
A crew of four astronauts, on a private Axiom Space trip run by SpaceX, has reached the International Space Station. Among them: mission commander Peggy Whitson, 63, and no stranger to orbit.