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Politics
Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta weighs in on Secretary Austin
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Obama's Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta about why it took the Pentagon three days to tell the White House that Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was hospitalized.
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National
Before dying, she made a fund to cancel others' medical debt — now $60 million worth
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Andrew Gregory about his late wife, Casey McIntyre, and the medical debt cancellation fund she set up before she died earlier in November of ovarian cancer.
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National
Inside the weird and delightful origins of the jungle gym, which just turned 100
The history of the jungle gym, and its sibling the monkey bars, is full of weird and delightful twists and sub-plots that take us from Japan to suburban Chicago and delve into theoretical math.
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Environment
California's big oil lawsuit is a 'huge deal,' Center for Climate Integrity head says
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Richard Wiles, president of the Center for Climate Integrity, about California's lawsuit against fossil fuel companies for worsening climate change.
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Science
The science that goes into emergency evacuation orders
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Craig Fugate, former director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency of the U.S., on how officials decide to issue an evacuation order during natural disasters.
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Food
Do you you keep ketchup in the fridge or cupboard? We're here for the debate
Fridge or cupboard: Where do you keep your ketchup? Dr. Melvin N. Kramer, the president of a group that consults on food safety, joined NPR to bring science to this condiment conundrum.
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National
Podcast 'You Didn't See Nothin' looks into the 1997 beating of Lenard Clark
NPR's Adrian Florido speaks with Yohance Lacour, host of the podcast You Didn't See Nothin.
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World
A woman convicted in Poland for aiding abortion says she did what was right
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Justyna Wydrzynska, co-founder of Abortion Dream Team, who was convicted in Poland for helping a woman acquire abortion pills.
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National
Meet the D.C. teen choir that joined Bono and The Edge at the Tiny Desk
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks to Kirsten Holmes and Jevon Skipper from the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington, D.C., about their role in a recent Tiny Desk — with Bono and The Edge.
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Science
A citizen-science project asks the public to identify the birds in your backyard
The Great Backyard Bird Count is an annual citizen-science project that gathers data about wild birds. Participants go outside for at least 15 minutes and identify as many birds as they can.