Here & Now
Here & Now reflects the fluid world of news as it’s happening in the middle of the day, with timely, smart and in-depth news, interviews and conversation.
Episodes
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Jazz pianist Harold Lopez-Nussa talks homesickness, influences, latest album
Cuban jazz pianist Harold Lopez-Nussa just wrapped up his U.S. tour.
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After a deadly year for mining, officials emphasize more training
Deaths in the mining industry hit a nearly decade-high last year. Most of those deaths occurred in surface mines, but there are fewer opportunities to train above-ground miners how to rescue their coworkers.
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How winning a silver medal in the Paralympics feels for one MIT grad student
This year’s U.S. Paralympics mixed-four crew won the silver medal in Paris over the weekend. Their coxswain, Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduate student Emelie Eldracher, is not a para-athlete. Eldracher says winning a silver feels incredible.
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Racial bias is still rampant in medical algorithms, investigation finds
A new investigation from our partners at STAT finds that race-based algorithms are still widely used across medicine, which many doctors say leads to bias and can harm patients of color.
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First 2024 ballots go out this week in swing state North Carolina
Four years ago, former President Donald Trump narrowly won North Carolina. Vice President Kamala Harris thinks she can win there now, something a Democrat hasn’t done since Barack Obama in 2008.
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Brazil's Supreme Court upholds order to block Elon Musk's X
Most Brazilians can no longer access X. The social media platform, formerly known as Twitter, was blocked over the weekend.
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More than 160,000 children in Gaza have received Polio vaccinations, UNWRA says
The first regional polio case in 25 years has spurred a massive vaccination drive in Gaza.
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Disney pulls channels in standoff with DirecTV
Disney and DirecTV have left millions of sports fans without access to college football and NFL games as the two grapple over a new distribution deal.
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'Idlewild' helped author James Frankie Thomas discover his own transgender identity
Workshopping the book at the Iowa Writer's Workshop revealed to Thomas the transgender nature of one of his characters as well as himself.
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The world's longest trackway of dinosaur footprints is just a hike away
More than 150-million years ago, a dinosaur longer than a school bus tromped through a squishy riverbed in southwest Colorado. Its footprints stayed there, frozen in time.
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One of the deadliest attacks in Ukraine war strikes central town of Poltava
In Ukraine on Tuesday, Russian missile strikes killed at least 50 people and wounded more than 200.
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How one high school in Indiana is trying to curb drunk driving among teens
Nearly 40 people die in a drunk driving accident in the U.S. every day, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.