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PC game collectors uncover multiple forgeries from prominent collector

Array — Fri, 10 Jun 2022 21:40:00 +0000

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Kyle Orland, a senior gaming editor at Ars Technica, on forged copies of old PC video games discovered in the world of rare PC game collecting.

Gas and food prices are rising in Kenya, too, driven by the war in Ukraine

Eyder Peralta — Fri, 10 Jun 2022 21:40:00 +0000

Inflation is the talk of the town in Nairobi, Kenya, just like it is in the United States. From gas to food to soap, here's how one African country is feeling the impact of the war in Ukraine.

Prices rose more than expected in May

Scott Horsley — Fri, 10 Jun 2022 20:34:00 +0000

The rising price of gasoline, groceries and rent has pushed inflation to its highest level in more than four decades. Prices rose even more than expected in May.

How media should cover gun violence

Array — Fri, 10 Jun 2022 20:34:00 +0000

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Dr. Dannagal Young, professor of communications and political science at the University of Delaware, about how media coverage of gun violence affects news consumers.

College enrollment is down, but applications are rolling in at ‘elite’ schools

Array — Fri, 10 Jun 2022 20:34:00 +0000

Ah, college — the classes, the parties, the debt. Is it still worth it? While most schools have seen enrollment declines during the pandemic, there's been a jump in applications at "elite" schools.

Documentary footage from filmmaker shows evidence that Jan. 6 was a planned attack

Array — Fri, 10 Jun 2022 20:34:00 +0000

Committee members heard testimony from a witness with evidence that Jan. 6 was a planned attack. Documentarian Nick Quested was filming the extremist group the Proud Boys before and during the riots.

Questions of faith and sanity bubble to the surface in season 3 of ‘Evil’

David Bianculli — Fri, 10 Jun 2022 17:54:00 +0000

Evil, which premiered on CBS in 2019, has shifted over to the Paramount+ streaming service, where it's taken full advantage of its relocation. The latest season keeps increasing in intensity.

Julie Andrews says she’s not the squeaky clean lady you might expect

Terry Gross — Fri, 10 Jun 2022 17:54:00 +0000

The Sound of Music star will soon be honored with the AFI's Life Achievement Award. In 2008 and 2019, she spoke to Fresh Air about growing up during WWII and performing in her parents' vaudeville.

A ‘tough love’ history of the bicycle

Fri, 10 Jun 2022 17:18:31 +0000

We ride bicycles to get places and for pleasure, but they’ve also been vehicles of colonialism.

The Politics Hour: June 10, 2022

Fri, 10 Jun 2022 16:06:30 +0000

With less than six weeks until the primary, many Maryland voters are unsure who they'll vote for in the race for governor. Goucher College's Mileah Kromer breaks down the Democratic and Republican primaries for Maryland governor. And Arlington County Board Member Takis Karantonis (D) makes his Politics Hour debut, where he explains why some residents are pushing back on the county's "Missing Middle" housing study.