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Lil Nas X, Country Music's Unlikely Son, Sparks Conversation On Genre And Race RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: When an artist finds their song climbing up the Billboard charts, it's usually a cause for celebration. In the case of the rapper Lil Nas X and his vi...
Oklahoma Drops Some Claims To 'Refocus' Lawsuit Against Opioid-Makers STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: A trial date is approaching for makers of opioids. And the state of Oklahoma, which sued them, is making adjustments to its case. Oklahoma reached a settlement...
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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: All right. The House votes today to renew a 1994 law that is called the Violence Against Women Act. There is some opposition to this bill, which protects victims of domestic and sexual violence. The NRA - National Rifle Associati...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The author Nathan Englander was raised in an observant Jewish family. He now considers himself secular. His stories and novels are full of the kinds of details about Judaism that you can only capture if you have known a community f...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The author Nathan Englander was raised in an observant Jewish family. He now considers himself secular. His stories and novels are full of the kinds of details about Judaism that you can only capture if you have known a community f...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The author Nathan Englander was raised in an observant Jewish family. He now considers himself secular. His stories and novels are full of the kinds of details about Judaism that you can only capture if you have known a community f...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: In America's complicated history with race, sometimes the most revealing stories are told and retold in fiction. That's the case for Richard Wright's influential 1940 novel Native Son. Its lead character, 20-year-old Bigger Thomas...
Obama Adviser Valerie Jarrett Defends Biden, Talks 2020 In Conversation About Memoir AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Valerie Jarrett, the longtime adviser to President Obama - she knows a thing or two about what makes for a winning candidate. So when I sat down...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: President Trump says Mexico and Central American countries are not doing enough to stop the flow of migrants. So he has issued this threat. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: If they don't stop them, we're...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: We've talked a lot about how computers could replace truck drivers. In China, computers have, for the first time, replaced TV anchors, delivering news through a virtual anchor. But are you ready for computers to take over some du...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Astronomers know of about 4,000 planets orbiting stars outside our solar system. Now they know of two more, thanks to an undergraduate college student using artificial intelligence. Here's NPR's Joe Palca. JOE PALCA, BYLINE: Anne...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: How are we supposed to talk with people with views completely different from our own? Consider just one story in the news today. Georgia lawmakers approved a bill to forbid abortion once a heartbeat is detected. It's easy for any...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: There have not been a lot of bipartisan successes during the Trump administration, which is why it was such a big deal when the president signed the so-called First Step Act into law three months ago. It was an effort supported b...
