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What Can A President Really Do? Hint: It Has A Lot To Do With Congress | Ron's Office Hours | NPR
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- What Can A President Really Do? Hint: It Has A Lot To Do With Congress | Ron's Office Hours | NPR
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- 9 years ago
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- Presidents have a great deal of power, but they can't accomplish many of their goals without the support of Congress. In order for President Trump, or any president, to change a lot of existing policy they will need the support of Congress.
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- A Short History Of Humans And Germs: The Golden Age Of Germs | Goats & Soda | NPR
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- 9 years ago
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- Ten thousand years ago, at the dawn of the agricultural revolution, many of our deadly human diseases didn't exist. What changed?
For the first time in history, humans were living in close contact with domesticated animals - milking them, taking care of them, living with them and eating them. All that touching and sharing gave animal germs plenty of chances to get inside of us.
Take measles. Researchers think that up until about 5,000 years ago, it didn’t exist. But its older cousin Rinderpest, a cattle disease, did. Now that humans were spending so much quality time with cows, little Rinderpest germs started jumping over into us. And a few of them had a lucky mutation that allowed Rinderpest to evolve from a cattle disease into measles, a deadly human virus.
But our ancestors had no idea what the problem was - or how to fix it. See how humans finally get a clue, in Episode 3, coming Feb. 16.
Watch Episode 1: A Short History of Hum...
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- A Short History Of Humans And Germs: Early Encounters | Goats & Soda | NPR
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- 9 years ago
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- Humans get along pretty well with most microbes. Which is lucky, because there are a lot more of them in the world than there are of us. We couldn’t even live without many of them. But a few hundred have evolved, and are still evolving, to exploit our bodies in ways that can make us really sick. These are the microbes we call germs. Think plague, HIV, SARS, Ebola, Zika, measles.
This is a series is about where germs come from. In this first of three episodes, we see what our early encounters with germs may have been like, and how germs initially got an upper hand.
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- What Might President Trump's Nomination Mean For The Supreme Court? | Ron's Office Hours | NPR
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- 9 years ago
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- President Trump nominated conservative Judge Neil Gorsuch to fill Justice Antonin Scalia's vacant seat on the Supreme Court. But this will likely not be the last seat that Trump fills and that next seat will have major implications for the court. NPR's Legal Affairs Correspondent Nina Totenberg explains.
• Read more about What It Takes To Confirm A Nominee: http://www.npr.org/2017/01/31/512629596/here-is-what-it-takes-to-confirm-a-supreme-court-nominee
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- Where Are The Women In Computing? | Planet Money | NPR
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- 9 years ago
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- How did women go from being at the center of the computing world -- to being sidelined?
Listen to the full Planet Money episode from 2014 here: http://n.pr/29R7QKd
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- What's Going On With Israeli Settlements In The West Bank? | Let's Talk | NPR
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- 9 years ago
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- Israeli settlements in the West Bank settlements are a very complicated issue. International editor Greg Myre breaks it down.
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NPR connects to audiences on the air, on demand, online, and in person. More than 26 million radio listeners tune in to NPR stations each week and more than 36 million unique visitors access NPR.org each month making NPR one of the most trusted sources of news and insights on life and the arts. NPR is also the leading publisher of podcasts, with 36 original shows and an average of 4 million listeners per week. NPR shares comp...
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- What Democracy Looks Like: A Portrait Of Inauguration Weekend, 2017 | NPR
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- 9 years ago
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- On Jan. 20, 2017, Donald J. Trump became the 45th president of the United States. Between the inauguration ceremony and the Women's March on Washington, hundreds of thousands of people came to the nation's capital to be heard.
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NPR connects to audiences on the air, on demand, online, and in person. More than 26 million radio listeners tune in to NPR stations each week and more than 36 million unique visitors access NPR.org each month making NPR one of the most trusted sources of news and insights on life and the arts. NPR is also the leading publish...
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- Four Questions For Labor Secretary Thomas Perez | With Marilyn Geewax | NPR
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- 9 years ago
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- Labor Secretary Thomas Perez joins NPR business editor Marilyn Geewax to discuss Friday's jobs report — the last one to come out under the Obama administration — and to answer a few questions.
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- "Of Love And Latkes" | A Hanukkah Story Read By Susan Stamberg And Murray Horwitz | NPR
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- 9 years ago
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- Two widows navigate new love over food in Lia Pripstein's "Of Love and Latkes." Read by NPR's Susan Stamberg and Murray Horwitz; part of NPR's "Hanukkah Lights" series: http://n.pr/2hQKp3A
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- How To Make Salsa Verde Tamales | Passport Kitchen | NPR
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- 9 years ago
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- Pati Jinich, an award-winning Mexican-American chef and the host of Pati's Mexican Table, demonstrates how to make this holiday favorite! She's joined by Malaka Gharib of NPR's Goats & Soda blog, and Maria Godoy of NPR's The Salt blog.
• Learn more about the tradition of Christmas Eve tamales at http://n.pr/2hteVQ3
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- Let's Talk: President-Elect Trump's Conflicts Of Interest
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- 9 years ago
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- What are Donald Trump's business interests -- and how might that interfere with his presidency? NPR business editor Marilyn Geewax explains.
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- Letters to President Obama | Morning Edition | NPR
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- 9 years ago
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- President Obama spoke to NPR as he prepared to leave Washington for the holidays, reflecting on the year that was, the 2016 campaign and other news, plus revealing what he's hearing from citizens.
Watch here as Obama talks to Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep about the letters sent by Americans from different walks of life that the president has read — and responded to — during his final weeks in office.
• Read "From 'Good Job' To 'Good Riddance' – Obama On Letters From Everyday Americans" at http://www.npr.org/2016/12/16/505860259/from-good-job-to-good-riddance-obama-on-letters-from-everyday-americans
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- Obama Warns Trump Against Relying On Executive Power | Morning Edition | NPR
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- President Obama has some advice for his successor — don't strike out on your own.
Obama turned to executive actions on a number of big issues — like labor, climate and immigration — where Congress blocked his agenda. It's something Republicans have decried. Some call the president "lawless" for going around the legislative branch.
In an interview with NPR's Steve Inskeep, Obama made it clear it's not the approach he preferred. "My suggestion to the president-elect is, you know, going through the legislative process is always better, in part because it's harder to undo," Obama said.
It's a lesson that must be weighing on his mind, as Trump's incoming administration has vowed to reverse many of the steps Obama took through executive order and administrative rules.
• Read "Obama Warns Trump Against Relying On Executive Power" at http://www.npr.org/2016/12/16/505860058/obama-warns-trump-against-relying-on-executive-power
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- Obama Reflects On The Controversial Decision To Expand Drone Strikes | Morning Edition | NPR
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- President Obama reflected in his NPR interview on the controversial decision to expand drone strikes in Pakistan, Yemen and the Horn of Africa.
"I'm the first one to admit that we didn't get it all right on day one," he said. "There were times where, for example with respect to drones, that I had kind of stop the system for a second, and say you know what, we're getting too comfortable with our ability to take kinetic strikes around the world without having enough process to avoid consistently the kinds of civilian casualties that can end up actually hurting us in the war against radicalization."
The administration acknowledged in July that drone strikes in countries where the U.S. has not been engaged in ground combat have killed up to 116 civilians since Obama took office.
The president told NPR he was confident his administration had built the "guardrails" needed to "set up a whole series of processes to guard against government overreach, to r...
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- Democrats Have 'Ceded Too Much Territory' To Republicans In Local Races | Morning Edition | NPR
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- President Obama told NPR that he disagreed with suggestions the Democratic Party should change its policy platforms, instead attributing losses to messaging and strategy.
"I don't think there's something wrong with the core argument that the Democratic Party has made for years," the president said. "And the reason we know that is because on the individual issues that Democrats talk about there's strong support. For example, the minimum wage. In every survey across the country, people support a higher minimum wage. There are clearly, though, failures on our part to give people in rural areas or in ex-urban areas, a sense day-to-day that we're fighting for them or connected to them."
The president said his party has "ceded too much territory" to Republicans in local races. "I am a proud Democrat," he said, "but I do think that we have a bias towards national issues and international issues."
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- To Rehabilitate Democratic Party, Obama Plans To 'Coach' Young Talent | Morning Edition | NPR
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- President Obama sees a role for himself in rebuilding the Democratic Party after he leaves office — coach.
"What I am interested in is just developing a whole new generation of talent," Obama told NPR's Steve Inskeep in an interview airing on Morning Edition.
"There are such incredible young people who not only worked on my campaign, but I've seen in advocacy groups," Obama said. "I've seen passionate about issues like climate change, or conservation, criminal justice reform. You know, campaigns to — for a livable wage, or health insurance. And making sure that whatever resources, credibility, spotlight that I can bring to help them rise up. That's something that I think I can do well, I think Michelle can do well."
• Read "To Rehabilitate Democratic Party, Obama Plans To 'Coach' Young Talent" at http://www.npr.org/2016/12/14/505549311/to-rehabilitate-democratic-party-obama-plans-to-coach-young-talent
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- NPR's Exit Interview With President Obama | Morning Edition | NPR
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- 9 years ago
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- In a wide-ranging exit interview, NPR's Steve Inskeep asks President Obama about Russian interference in the U.S. election, executive power, the future of the Democratic party and his future role.
• Read "NPR's Exit Interview With President Obama" at http://www.npr.org/2016/12/09/504998487/transcript-and-video-nprs-exit-interview-with-president-obama
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- Obama On Russian Hacking: 'We Need To Take Action. And We Will' | Morning Edition | NPR
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- 9 years ago
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- President Obama says the United States will respond to Russian cyberattacks that the intelligence community has concluded were part of an effort to influence the 2016 presidential election.
In an interview with NPR's Steve Inskeep, Obama said, "I think there is no doubt that when any foreign government tries to impact the integrity of our elections ... we need to take action. And we will — at a time and place of our own choosing. Some of it may be explicit and publicized; some of it may not be."
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- Let's Talk: Russia, Hacking And The Election | Philip Ewing | NPR
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- 9 years ago
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- Why did Russia hack the U.S. presidential election? The answer is still unclear. NPR national security editor Philip Ewing explains.
• Read "The Russian Hacking Controversy: What We Do And Don't Know" at http://n.pr/2gFT0ER
• Read or listen to: "Cybersecurity Firm Confirms Russian Hackers Breached The DNC" at http://n.pr/2gFTRpd
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- "Go, Dog. Go!" Read By Korva Coleman And Jack Speer
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- 9 years ago
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- NPR Newscasters Korva Coleman and Jack Speer read P.D. Eastman's 1961 children's book, "Go, Dog. Go!" -- in honor of what would have been Eastman's birthday.
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- Cosmology
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- 9 years ago
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- Billy Collins reads ‘Cosmology’ at the Georgetown Public Library.
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- Envoy
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- 9 years ago
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- Billy Collins reads ‘Envoy’ at the Georgetown Public Library.
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- Friends
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- 9 years ago
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- Billy Collins reads ‘Friends’ at the Georgetown Public Library.
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- Billy Collins on Writing Poetry No One Sees
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- 9 years ago
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- How often do you write poems that are never published or seen publicly?
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- Lucky Cat
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- 9 years ago
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- Billy Collins reads ‘Lucky Cat’ at the Georgetown Public Library.
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- Billy Collins on How to Write Poetry
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- 9 years ago
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- If you aren't a poet but want to get started, how would you do that?
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- Billy Collins on Reading Poetry Aloud
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- What's the difference in hearing a poem read aloud versus reading it silently?
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- This Little Piggy
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- 9 years ago
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- Billy Collins reads ‘This Little Piggy’ at the Georgetown Public Library.
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- The North Platte Canteen
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- 9 years ago
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- At this bustling Nebraska railroad hub, volunteers — mostly women — greeted and fed about 6 million soldiers. And the taste of those home front meals was a comfort to troops on the battlefield.
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The Union Pacific Railroad Museum
Lincoln County Historical Society
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- A Few Things To Know About Cholera
- Date posted
- 9 years ago
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- NPR’s Jason Beaubien explains cholera, a deadly disease spread through water contaminated with sewage, in under two minutes.
Read more about cholera here: http://n.pr/2fpRZAs
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- Refugee Vetting 101
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- 9 years ago
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- We've heard phrases like "extreme vetting" thrown around in politics. But how does refugee vetting actually work? Here's a brief primer with NPR's Deb Amos, who covers the Middle East.
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- What's Up With Paid Parental Leave In The U.S.?
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- 9 years ago
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- Americans typically don't get paid parental leave. But millennials are putting pressure on employers and politicians to change this. NPR national desk correspondent Jennifer Ludden sums it up.
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- Three Things To Know About Mass Incarceration
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- 9 years ago
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- How we punish criminals comes up often in political debates. Congress has mostly punted on the question, but advocates and events could conspire to push lawmakers to act in the coming years.
NPR's Justice Correspondent Carrie Johnson has a quick primer about mass incarceration. For more, check out the full-length Q&A: https://www.facebook.com/NPR/videos/vb.10643211755/10154792344661756/?type=2&theater
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- Syria: The Worst Humanitarian Crisis Of The 21st Century
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- 9 years ago
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- More than half of Syria's people no longer live in their own homes. NPR international editor Greg Myre explains how Syria’s war has created the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.
More NPR coverage of Syria: http://n.pr/2fdKuwU
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- Royce Brown At Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary
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- 9 years ago
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- The following video contains graphic images and language.
Royce Brown was in prison at the Lewisburg federal penitentiary in central Pennsylvania. In January 2014, Brown was removed from a cell and put in four-point restraints, which chain an inmate's arms and legs to a platform.
At Lewisburg, one of the toughest prisons in America, doubling up inmates in cells designed for solitary confinement can lead to violence, and for some who refuse a cellmate, they can be placed in handcuffs and chains.
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- How Two Artists Imagined Kepler 186f
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- 9 years ago
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- Ever wonder how artists conceive of worlds beyond our solar system? Tim Pyle and Robert Hurt, both graphic artists for NASA's Spitzer Science Center at Caltech, talk about how they conceptualized the look of Kepler 186f based on what little was known about it. According to scientists, the exoplanet was Earth-sized and it was within the habitable zone -- a distance that meant it might (or might not) contain water.
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- Faith Ringgold reads her 1991 children's book Tar Beach
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- 9 years ago
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- Artist and author Faith Ringgold turned 86 earlier this month. We stopped by her studio to wish her a happy birthday, and she read to us her 1991 children’s book Tar Beach.
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- Survival Orientation Video: How To Drink Seawater
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- 9 years ago
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- It's camping season! And for the National Park Service's centennial this year, we made a few outdoor "orientation videos" with "The Junior Buglers" — a wilderness society we just totally made up and named after a decorative horn we found! The society and characters may be fictional, but the outdoor skills are real.
In this episode, Junior Bugler Marley learns how to get drinkable water from the ocean.
Find all of NPR's coverage of the National Parks Service centennial here: http://n.pr/28UDV2B
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- Survival Orientation Video: How To Make Fire From A Water Bottle
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- 9 years ago
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- It's camping season! And for the National Park Service's centennial this year, we made a few outdoor "orientation videos" with "The Junior Buglers" — a wilderness society we just totally made up and named after a decorative horn we found! The society and characters may be fictional, but the outdoor skills are real.
In this episode, Junior Bugler Ziggy demonstrates what to do when you don't have matches, a lighter or a magnifying glass.
Find all of NPR's coverage of the National Parks Service centennial here: http://n.pr/28UDV2B
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- Survival Orientation Video: How To Be Bear Aware
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- 9 years ago
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- It's camping season! And for the National Park Service's centennial this year, we made a few outdoor "orientation videos" with "The Junior Buglers" — a wilderness society we just totally made up and named after a decorative horn we found! The society and characters may be fictional, but the outdoor skills are real.
In this episode, Junior Bugler William demonstrates how brown bears and grizzly bears should be encountered differently — and how to hide your food properly.
Find all of NPR's coverage of the National Parks Service centennial here: http://n.pr/28UDV2B
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- Bias Isn't Just A Police Problem, It's A Preschool Problem | Let's Talk | NPR
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- 9 years ago
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- A 2016 study by researchers at Yale found that pre-K teachers, white and black alike, spend more time watching black boys -- expecting trouble.
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- How I Built This: Sara Blakely, CEO of Spanx
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- 9 years ago
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- At 27, Sara Blakely was selling fax machines and desperate to reinvent her life. So she came up with Spanx — hosiery that eliminates panty lines — and set to work building her business.
During the seven years Blakely sold fax machines door-to-door, she faced a lot of rejection. This is how she dealt with it, and what kept her going.
**Hear more stories about innovators, entrepreneurs, idealists, and the stories behind the movements they built -- as told to Guy Raz, host of the new NPR podcast 'How I Built This.' Find it here: http://www.npr.org/podcasts/510313/how-i-built-this
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- Falooda
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- 10 years ago
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- Falooda is a popular dessert throughout Asia. The ingredients and make-up depend on the country, but the dessert is always layered and textured. Jocelyn Law-Yone regularly had falooda while growing up in Burma (now Myanmar). She wanted to bring a little bit of Burma to America so she opened up Toli Moli, which specializes in falooda. Jocelyn's falooda isn't just a replication of the kind she had in Burma; it is also influence by her travels in the U.S. and abroad.
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- Building A Brain: The Story Of The Arbutus Middle School Kinetic Club
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- 10 years ago
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- Over the past school year, students from the Arbutus Middle School Kinetic Club built a 200 pound pink brain on wheels. Will it survive the 8-hour race through the streets of Baltimore?
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- Paul Ryan Says He Believes Trump Is 'Going To Endeavor To Try' To Change | Morning Edition | NPR
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- 10 years ago
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- NPR's Steve Inskeep interviews House Speaker Paul Ryan about his policies on poverty, his thoughts on Donald Trump — and his advice for the next Republican vice presidential candidate, encouraging Trump's running mate to go into minority communities and Democratic-heavy areas to communicate GOP ideas. Ryan was also optimistic that the presumptive GOP nominee would come around on free trade agreements and the controversial tone he's used on the campaign trial.
"I just think improving temperament and inclusive rhetoric, and an agenda that invites people into our party is something that I think anybody going from a primary to a general election needs a transition," he said.
As to whether Trump is going to change his tone and behavior that has alienated many minority voters and others, Ryan said, "I believe he's going to endeavor to try."
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- Behind The Scenes: Disarming A Robbery … With A Glass Of Wine | Invisibilia | NPR
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- A few friends were enjoying a backyard dinner party when an uninvited guest appeared -- and things took a frightening turn. What do you do in the face of confrontation? Alix Spiegel, host of NPR's "Invisibilia" podcast, explains the concept of non-complementary behavior. And Manual Cinema brings it to life with a shadow puppet performance. Check out the shadow puppets-only version: https://youtu.be/aWseEycdXS8
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- Disarming A Robbery … With A Glass Of Wine | Invisibilia | NPR
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- A few friends were enjoying a backyard dinner party when an uninvited guest appeared -- and things took a frightening turn. What do you do in the face of confrontation? Alix Spiegel, host of NPR's "Invisibilia" podcast, explains the concept of non-complementary behavior. And Manual Cinema brings it to life with a shadow puppet performance. Watch a behind-the-scenes version of this shadow puppet performance by Manual Cinema: https://youtu.be/FJOufNoA5ms
This story is excerpted from season two, episode five of "Invisibilia." Subscribe for more stories like it! http://www.npr.org/podcasts/510307/invisibilia
Shadow animation, original music and sound design by Manual Cinema: http://www.manualcinema.com
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- Obama: Trump Hasn't Captured 'Zeitgeist Of The Country' | Morning Edition | NPR
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- 10 years ago
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- Donald Trump may have captured the GOP nomination and commands attention with his unorthodox presidential campaign, but President Obama says that doesn't mean he's captured the hearts and minds of the country just yet.
"I think it's pretty hard to argue that somebody who almost three quarters of the country think is unqualified to be president and has a negative opinion about his tapping into the zeitgeist of the country or his speaking for a broad base of the country. But we'll find out," Obama said.
Read more: http://www.npr.org/2016/06/28/483874306/obama-trump-hasnt-captured-zeitgeist-of-the-country
Produced by Ariel Zambelich and edited by Meg Kelly
Host: Steve Inskeep
Videographers: Mito Habe-Evans, Colin Marshall, Becky Lettenberger
Audio recording: Brian Jarboe
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- President Obama Defends His Record On Race | Morning Edition | NPR
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- 10 years ago
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- As President Obama's administration draws to a close, observers — and the president himself — are taking stock of his legacy. NPR's Steve Inskeep traveled across the country, speaking with Americans about how their lives have changed over the course of Obama's time in the White House. Many discussed their concerns about race relations, and whether the president was as responsive as he should have been to communities of color.
Produced by Ariel Zambelich and edited by Meg Kelly
Host: Steve Inskeep
Videographers: Mito Habe-Evans, Colin Marshall, Becky Lettenberger
Audio recording: Brian Jarboe
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- NPR's Interview With President Obama About 'Obama's Years' | Morning Edition | NPR
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- 10 years ago
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- President Obama speaks with Morning Edition’s Steve Inskeep about how Americans have fared since he took office in 2008. He also discusses the tradition of xenophobia in American political culture, the Trump campaign, and parallels between the Brexit vote and the upcoming U.S. election.
Produced by Ariel Zambelich and edited by Meg Kelly
Host: Steve Inskeep
Videographers: Mito Habe-Evans, Colin Marshall, Becky Lettenberger
Audio recording: Brian Jarboe
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