Mary Louise Kelly
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Politics
The influence of super PACs and dark money on this year’s campaigns
Billions of dollars have been spent on the 2024 election — and that cash hasn’t just come from everyday Americans.
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National Security
Preparing for a contested election at the Capitol
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with retired Major General Paul Eaton about security measures that need to be in place at the Capitol in order to prepare for a possible contested election.
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Health
Election anxiety is real. A doctor explains how to manage it
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Dr. Lucy McBride, doctor of internal medicine and podcast host, about managing election anxiety.
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Technology
What would be lost if the Internet Archive were no more?
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Brewster Khale, the founder of Internet Archive, about the attack by hackers that put the archive offline for days -- and what may have happened if it had succeeded.
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Politics
The aftermath of the 'island of garbage' Puerto Rico comment at the Trump rally
Donald Trump made a campaign stop in New York Sunday at a rally in Madison Square Garden. What’s making big headlines today are the racist and misogynistic jokes from the speakers before him.
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Arts & Life
Poet Laureate Ada Limon talks about her poem engraved on a NASA spaceship
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limon about her poem engraved on NASA's spaceship headed 1.8 billion miles to the Jupiter moon of Europa.
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Israeli politician and retired General reflects on a year of war
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Yair Golan, an Israeli general now in the reserves, about how conflicts in the Middle East have escalated since Hamas' attack on Oct. 7, 2023.
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What leverage does the U.S. have in the Middle East? A diplomat weighs in
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with U.S. diplomat Richard Haass, the president emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations, about the leverage the U.S. has in ceasefire talks and the Mideast conflict.
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Politics
Pennsylvania's Gov. Shapiro is not shocked the race is still so close in his state
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Pennsylvania’s Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro about his swing state, which has 19 electoral votes up for grabs.
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Politics
How young Republicans and Democrats are whipping up votes in key districts
As the presidential race ramps up in Georgia, one vital voting demographic is mobilizing and hoping to impact the race: young people.
