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Medical tourism in Mexico isn’t new, but the recent tragedy put it in the Spotlight

Array — Wed, 08 Mar 2023 22:46:00 +0000

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with David G. Vequist, who runs the Center of Medical Tourism Research at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, about medical tourism in Mexico.

Remembering Joseph Zucchero, a pioneer of the Italian beef sandwich

Array — Wed, 08 Mar 2023 22:46:00 +0000

Joseph Zucchero, the owner of the Chicago restaurant Mr. Beef, has died. Since 1979, his restaurant has dished out beloved Italian beef sandwiches.

Protestors in Georgia clash with police over ‘foreign agents’ law

Array — Wed, 08 Mar 2023 22:46:00 +0000

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with journalist Robin Forestier-Walker in Georgia about protests against a proposed "foreign agent" law, which critics call a Russian-inspired attempt to stifle civil society.

Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy talks addiction, art, and his favorite life lessons

Wed, 08 Mar 2023 20:01:29 +0000

Jeff Tweedy’s “Please Tell My Brothers” from the Audible ‘Words + Music’ series is out now.

The lessons learned so far from Russia’s cyber war on Ukraine

Wed, 08 Mar 2023 19:52:24 +0000

Experts say Russian cyberattacks are imminent and have the capacity to cripple Ukraine’s digital infrastructure and impact NATO allies.

How researchers are trying to harness the electricity in the human body

Terry Gross — Wed, 08 Mar 2023 19:18:00 +0000

Writer Sally Adee says scientists are looking into ways to manipulate the body's natural electrical fields to try and treat wounds, depression, paralysis, and cancer. Her new book is We Are Electric.

Remembering Wayne Shorter, jazz saxophonist and visionary composer

Kevin Whitehead — Wed, 08 Mar 2023 19:18:00 +0000

Shorter, who died March 2, was inspired by film and literature, as much as by sounds. One of the great musical minds of our time, he had a profound influence on the course of jazz.

‘Return to Seoul’ is a funny, melancholy film that will surprise you start to finish

John Powers — Wed, 08 Mar 2023 19:18:00 +0000

In this wonderfully unpredictable film, first-time actor Park Ji-min stars as Freddie, a young woman raised by adoptive parents in France who returns to the country of her birth.

Colin Kaepernick describes how he embraced his blackness as a teenager

Array — Wed, 08 Mar 2023 18:39:00 +0000

Kaepernick's upbringing and teen crucibles are the source of his new graphic novel, titled Change the Game.

How a civil war erupted at Fox News after the 2020 election

David Folkenflik — Wed, 08 Mar 2023 16:35:00 +0000

After Fox News projected Joe Biden would beat Donald Trump in the key state of Arizona, network stars turned on their own journalists, documents made public in a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit show.