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Stories
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Guantánamo Bay has been open for 22 years despite calls for its closure
NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with Scott Roehm of the Center for Torture Victims about how Guantánamo Bay still is operating despite calls for its closure.
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New professional women's hockey league seeks to unite game
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with The Athletic's Sean McIndoe about the new Professional Women's Hockey League — an upstart organization featuring some of the best players in North America.
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New York Liberty hoping to extend WNBA Finals as Game 4 looms
NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer catches up with ESPN's Rebecca Lobo, former professional basketball player, about the ongoing WNBA Finals.
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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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Former North Korean agent gives his first interview since defecting in 2014
NPR's Mary Louse Kelly talks with Kim Hyun-woo, who — until 2014 — held a senior post in North Korea's Ministry of State Security in his first interview.
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Dr. Ashish Jha on the White House ending the COVID-19 emergency declaration
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha about how the national public health emergency for coronavirus is coming to an end May 11.
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Dolly Parton talks about her new kids book and why she's drawn to literature
NPR's Melissa Block talks with singer-songwriter and American icon Dolly Parton about her new kids book Billy the Kid Makes It Big!
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Reflecting on some of the career highlights of Sylvia Poggioli
NPR's Juana Summers speaks with former Italy correspondent Sylvia Poggioli about her time reporting across Europe throughout her 41 years with the network.
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Michael Cohen, former Trump lawyer and fixer, reacts to the indictment of Trump
NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Michael Cohen, former "fixer" and attorney for Donald Trump, on the news that Trump will be charged with crimes related to a payment to an adult film star.
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There's drama brewing in the golf world over a new ball for the professionals
The booming drives are changing the character of some of the sport's classic courses.