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My Unsung Hero series: A woman who met her hero at a health conference

Mon, 24 Oct 2022 23:22:00 +0000

This week's "Unsung Hero" comes from Jackie Briggs, who had a conversation with a stranger who urged her to see a doctor. That conversation would later be life saving.

The Sioux Chef uses only native ingredients, but isn’t ‘cooking like it’s 1491’

Sam Briger — Mon, 24 Oct 2022 19:29:00 +0000

You won't find wheat, dairy or sugar at Sean Sherman's award-winning Minneapolis restaurant. The menu has been "decolonized," but that doesn't mean it feels antiquated.

A canine psychologist with a new puppy explores ‘how dogs become themselves’

Maureen Corrigan — Mon, 24 Oct 2022 17:28:00 +0000

Alexandra Horowitz is an authority on how dogs perceive the world, but her new book is not a training manual. In The Year of the Puppy, she says there's plenty she doesn't know about canine cognition.

The Climate Divide: Heat Disparity in Washington, D.C.

Jacob Fenston, Hola Cultura — Mon, 24 Oct 2022 16:37:37 +0000

WAMU presents a one-hour special featuring excerpts from “The Climate Divide,” a podcast from Hola Cultura. Through powerful local voices and expert interviews, this show explores how the legacy of redlining and other forms of housing discrimination have led to a lack of green spaces in some D.C. neighborhoods, and how these densely populated urban blocks can be as much as 20 degrees warmer than historically wealthier and more bucolic wards in the District.

Swedish pop singer Tove Lo on her newest album ‘Dirt Femme’

Scott Simon — Mon, 24 Oct 2022 15:00:00 +0000

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Swedish pop singer Tove Lo about love, marriage, attention-seeking behavior, and her newest album, "Dirt Femme."

A new bookstore in Louisville, Ky., specializes in horror novels

Ayesha Rascoe — Mon, 24 Oct 2022 14:30:00 +0000

Jenny Kiefer is the owner of Butcher Cabin Books in Louisville, Ky. The new bookstore specializes in horror novels.

Charlotte Dos Santos on her new album ‘Morfo’

Ayesha Rascoe — Mon, 24 Oct 2022 10:22:00 +0000

Singer Charlotte Dos Santos blends the sounds of jazz and bossa nova for her music. She talks with NPR's Ayesha Rascoe about her new album, "Morfo."

Steve-O: A lifetime of terrible decisions (Rebroadcast)

Mon, 24 Oct 2022 10:09:43 +0000

“Jackass” is a kind of celebration of young recklessness. So what happens when the stars grow up?

Young voters turned up in 2020. Will they turn out this year?

Mon, 24 Oct 2022 10:09:01 +0000

Young voters turned out record numbers in 2020 and 2018. How fired up are they this year?

Easy Life frontman Murray Matravers on their new album ‘Maybe In Another Life’

Ayesha Rascoe — Sun, 23 Oct 2022 13:08:00 +0000

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Murray Matravers, frontman of the English indie pop band Easy Life, about the group's new album, "Maybe In Another Life."