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Episodes

• Norwegian Island Wants To Be 'Time-Free'

  NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Kjell Hveding, a local businessman and entrepreneur who launched the idea of a time-free zone for Sommarøy, Norway.

  Jun 23, 2019 at 5:17 am

• Law Professor Describes Poor Conditions Where Migrant Children Are Held

  Migrant children face bleak conditions at detention facilities along the border. Warren Binford, a law professor who visited some of the facilities, speaks to NPR's Lulu Garcia Navarro.

  Jun 23, 2019 at 5:17 am

• Teach For America's Relationship With Charter Schools

  Teach for America has become a "vital ally" of the charter school movement, according to ProPublica education reporter Annie Waldman. She speaks with NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro.

  Jun 23, 2019 at 5:17 am
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  What Dropping 17,000 Wallets Around The Globe Can Teach Us About Honesty

  Scientists used "lost" wallets to test whether people are more likely to be dishonest when they might profit. The results were puzzling — so they put more money in the wallets.

  Jun 20, 2019 at 12:08 pm
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  Sunday Puzzle: D'oh!

  NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and Weekend Edition puzzlemaster Will Shortz plays a word game this week with KCRW listener Robert Wemischner of Los Angeles.

  Jun 16, 2019 at 5:03 am

• A Spelling Bee Coach On How To Spell Success

  Five spellers in this year's National Spelling Bee shared a coach: a retired school teacher from Denver. Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to Bill Schaefer, who's been been teaching spelling since the 1970s.

  Jun 16, 2019 at 5:03 am

• New U.S. Players Poised To Make Big Impact In World Cup

  Rose Lavelle, Lindsey Horan and Mallory Pugh are the new faces of the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team. Who they are tells us about how the career paths of elite women footballers have changed.

  Jun 16, 2019 at 5:03 am

• Sudan's Internet Outage

  Sudanese authorities shut down the Internet around the same time that they violently broke up an opposition sit-in seeking civilian rule. The protesters are gone, but the Internet is still down.

  Jun 16, 2019 at 5:03 am

• David Schelzel On The Ocean Blue's 'Kings And Queens/Knaves And Thieves'

  NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with musician David Schelzel about The Ocean Blue's new album, Kings and Queens/Knaves and Thieves.

  Jun 16, 2019 at 5:03 am
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  A German Dad's Search For His Daughter, Taken By ISIS

  A German father struggles to find and bring home his young daughter, taken by his ex-wife when she went to Syria five years ago with her new husband, an ISIS fighter.

  Jun 16, 2019 at 4:51 am

• The Limits Of Human Endurance

  How do you study the upper limits of human endurance? Professor Herman Pontzer of Duke University tracked long-distance athletes running across the country. He talks with NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro.

  Jun 09, 2019 at 5:13 am

• The Scene At The Guatemalan-Mexican Border

  Under a new agreement, Guatemalans seeking asylum must first seek refuge in Mexico, and not the U.S.

  Jun 09, 2019 at 5:13 am