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After 27 years, Microsoft has retired Internet Explorer

Array — Wed, 15 Jun 2022 20:52:00 +0000

Internet Explorer officially retires Thursday. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Margaret O'Mara, professor at the University of Washington, about the embattled web browser's long history.

Climate change could be to blame for the Sriracha shortage

Array — Wed, 15 Jun 2022 20:52:00 +0000

There's a nationwide shortage of the beloved hot sauce, Sriracha from Huy Fong Foods. And climate change could be the culprit.

At annual meeting, Southern Baptist leaders make commitments to address sexual abuse

Blake Farmer — Wed, 15 Jun 2022 20:52:00 +0000

At the Southern Baptists annual meeting, church leaders made modest commitments to address sexual abuse, after a recent bombshell report detailed how the denomination silenced sexual abuse survivors.

‘River of the Gods’ captures the epic quest to find the source of the Nile

Dave Davies — Wed, 15 Jun 2022 17:19:00 +0000

Writer Candice Millard tells the dramatic story of two 19th-century British explorers who spent years trekking through East Africa, enduring injury and illness in a search for the source of the Nile.

Jeff Bridges makes a triumphant return to TV in ‘The Old Man’

David Bianculli — Wed, 15 Jun 2022 17:19:00 +0000

Bridges plays a former CIA operative who re-surfaces after decades off the grid in FX's seven-episode miniseries. The Old Man will hook you with its slow build and shifting perspectives.

Marlon James on building a fantasy world (Rebroadcast)

Wed, 15 Jun 2022 14:52:31 +0000

The Dark Star Trilogy has been called “an African Game of Thrones.”

Janelle Monae’s electric dreams (Rebroadcast)

Wed, 15 Jun 2022 14:51:57 +0000

From her very first EP, Janelle Monae has been concerned with the future.

Does ‘hardening schools’ stop mass shootings?

Wed, 15 Jun 2022 14:42:14 +0000

The Senate’s bipartisan gun legislation proposal plans to ramp up funding for state red-flag laws, mental health resources, and more school security. But how effective is school security in the first place?

The Biden administration works to curb rising inflation and gas prices

Wed, 15 Jun 2022 13:44:00 +0000

NPR's A Martinez talks to Brian Deese, director of the National Economic Council, about what the White House is doing to tamp down the highest rate of inflation in four decades and record gas prices.

The Scientific Method: Prenatal genetic tests are popular, but the results can be misleading

Wed, 15 Jun 2022 12:33:34 +0000

Many parents say instead of providing information, false positives led to unnecessary anxiety about the health of their baby and sky-high medical bills.