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Semler, With 'Preacher's Kid,' Writes Music Of Faith For A Real World

Music

Grace Semler Baldridge, in a still from the lyric video for her song "Razor's Edge," released in 2020. YouTube hide caption
NPR     Mar 08, 2021

On 'Plugs I Met 2,' Benny The Butcher Is Saying The Quiet Part Out Loud, Up Front

Jeremie Pennick, better known as Benny The Butcher, in a portrait from 2021. His new album, Plugs I Met 2, will be released March 19. Cam Kirk/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
NPR     Mar 08, 2021

A 300-Year-Old Tale Of One Woman's Quest To Stop A Deadly Virus

Health

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu learned of a way to stop smallpox from women in the Ottoman Empire. Trying to persuade her country to do the same proved tricky. Sepia Times/Universal Images Group via Getty hide caption
NPR     Mar 08, 2021

Tiny Desk Playlist: Celebrating Women Across The Globe

art and culture

International Women's Day celebrates the success and achievements of women. Under the weight of patriarchy, women remain endlessly resilient and fabulously talented; naturally, we wanted to toast all the female musicians who brought us together for comfort, triumph and liberation at the Tiny Desk. It was a challenge selecting five from the archives, but all these performances highlight the power of dynamic women and community connectivity. Chloe x Halle put it best: "Do it for the girls all across the world."
NPR     Mar 08, 2021

Walter Isaacson's 'Code Breaker' Spotlights The Woman At The Forefront Of CRISPR

Tech

The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race, Walter Isaacson Simon & Schuster hide caption
NPR     Mar 08, 2021

Remembering Allan McDonald, who refused to approve the Challenger launch

science and technology

McDonald directed the booster rocket project at NASA contractor Morton Thiokol. He was responsible for the two massive rockets, filled with explosive fuel, which lifted space shuttles skyward. He was at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the launch of the Challenger "...to approve or disapprove a launch if something came up," he told me in 2016, 30 years after Challenger exploded.
NPR     Mar 07, 2021

Anibal Gomez, 78: Edith Piaf's 'Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien'

politics

More than 500,000 people have died in the U.S. from COVID-19 since the pandemic hit this country and the world just over a year ago. NPR is remembering some of those who lost their lives by listening to the music they loved and hearing their stories. We're calling our tribute Songs Of Remembrance.
NPR     Mar 07, 2021

Misinformation And Mistrust Among The Obstacles Latinos Face In Getting Vaccinated

health

In an interview with Weekend Edition, Londoño says Latinos are relying on social media and word-of-mouth for information on vaccines — even when it's wrong. "There's myths circulating around the vaccine, whether you can trust it, the long-term effects," he says.
NPR     Mar 07, 2021

How The Pandemic Has Changed The Way We Communicate

health

Here in the United States, some 1,700 people are still dying every day, and tens of thousands are getting infected. It's been almost a year since the pandemic changed every aspect of our lives and, in particular, the way we communicate. We asked some of you to tell us about how you've talked to the people in your life, what's worked for you over the last year and what hasn't.
NPR     Mar 07, 2021

Why Cuttlefish Are Smarter Than We Thought

A cuttlefish swims in an aquarium at the Scientific Center of Kuwait in 2016. Cuttlefish showed impressive self-control in an adaptation of the classic "marshmallow test." Yasser Al-Zayyat/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
NPR     Mar 07, 2021

Scientists Observe First Ever 'Space Hurricane'

Science

GARCIA-NAVARRO: Today, the space hurricane. In 2014, a massive storm of electrons 600 miles wide swirled counterclockwise above the North Pole for eight hours. Scientists only recently proved its existence and published findings this month in the journal Nature Communications. Researchers at the University of Reading in the U.K., led by another team at Shandong University in China, came up with the report. Mike Lockwood is a professor at Reading. And he joins us now from Oxford. Welcome to the program.
NPR     Mar 07, 2021

Alice Cooper Revisits Hometown In New Album

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Alice Cooper about his new album, Detroit Stories.
NPR     Mar 07, 2021

Mara Wilson Reflects On Fame At A Young Age, Britney Spears' Career

art and culture

Actor and writer Mara Wilson reflects on Britney Spears' career and the ways in which famous young women are objectified by the media.
NPR     Mar 07, 2021

Musician Semler Talks New Album 'Preacher's Kid'

Music

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Semler about her new album. On Preacher's Kid, Semler reckons with her faith and queerness.
NPR     Mar 06, 2021

COMIC: How One COVID-19 Nurse Navigates Anti-Mask Sentiment

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Agnes Boisvert, an ICU nurse at St. Luke's hospital in downtown Boise, Idaho, spends every day trying to navigate between two worlds. One is a swirl of beeping monitors, masked emotion and death; the other, she says, seems oblivious to the horrors occurring every hour of every day.
NPR     Mar 06, 2021

The Dalai Lama Gets A COVID-19 Shot And Urges Others To Get Vaccinated

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The Dalai Lama leaves the Zonal Hospital in Dharmsala, India, on Saturday after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. Ashwini Bhatia/AP hide caption
NPR     Mar 06, 2021

Bridget Kearney Taps Into The 'Exhaustion' Of Being A Woman In New Song

art and culture

Lake Street Dive's Bridget Kearney wrote "Being a Woman," a track on the band's new album, Obviously. She says she wanted to convey exhaustion.
NPR     Mar 06, 2021

Young Punk Rocker Finds New Pandemic Hobby Building Banjos

art and culture

Bradford Harris, a 20-year-old punk musician in Kentucky, is using the pandemic downtime to learn something new: making banjos. It led Harris down an unexpected trail.
NPR     Mar 06, 2021