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With outside the box productions, streamer Jerma985 pushes the boundaries of Twitch

Alex Cheng — Tue, 18 Oct 2022 20:45:00 +0000

The streamer Jerma985 is creating huge, surreal productions for hundreds of thousands of viewers on Twitch. After his latest big show, a baseball game between clowns and magicians, we ask how-and why?

Biden is on the midterm campaign trail. But he’s not welcome everywhere

Tamara Keith — Tue, 18 Oct 2022 18:20:00 +0000

Biden's approval ratings are underwater, so many Democratic candidates in tough races have avoided campaign appearances with him. But there are places where he can help.

Meet this all-female thrash metal band from Lebanon in a new documentary

Array — Tue, 18 Oct 2022 18:20:00 +0000

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Lilas Mayassi and Rita Baghdadi about the new documentary, "Sirens." Baghdadi profiles Mayassi's female thrash metal band, Slave to Sirens, known as Lebanon's first.

Top Chinese Communist Party officials are meeting to choose their next leadership

Emily Feng — Tue, 18 Oct 2022 18:20:00 +0000

Top Chinese Communist Party officials are meeting in Beijing to choose their next leadership. What happens at the Party Congress remains shrouded in secrecy.

‘New Yorker’ culture critic says music and mixtapes helped make sense of himself

Terry Gross — Tue, 18 Oct 2022 17:56:00 +0000

The son of Taiwanese immigrants, Hua Hsu defined himself as a teen by the music he loved. The murder of a close friend when he was in college changed the course of his life. His memoir is Stay True.

‘SNL’ alums continue to poke fun at nonfiction films with ‘Documentary Now!’

David Bianculli — Tue, 18 Oct 2022 17:56:00 +0000

Now in its fourth season, this anthology series claims the middle ground between a short SNL sketch and a full-length film. Its clever parodies include My Monkey Grifter, a riff on My Octopus Teacher.

You can run, but you can’t hide: Inflation is busting budgets, and killing joy too

Stacey Vanek Smith — Tue, 18 Oct 2022 15:55:00 +0000

Inflation is hitting Americans hard at home with prices soaring for electricity, groceries, rent, even breakfast. A carton of eggs is 30.5% more expensive than it was last year.

Why a third term for Xi Jinping could mean uncertainty for China

Array — Tue, 18 Oct 2022 13:12:00 +0000

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Yun Sun, Senior Fellow and Co-Director of the East Asia Program and Director of the China Program at the Stimson Center, about Xi Jinping and the 20th Party Congress.

Navigating menopause in the workplace

Tue, 18 Oct 2022 12:19:28 +0000

Menopause-related productivity losses costs the global economy more than $150 billion a year.

Members of the K-pop band BTS announce Korean military service

Anthony Kuhn — Tue, 18 Oct 2022 11:48:00 +0000

Members of BTS say they will perform their mandatory military service. The move follows a debate in South Korea about whether pop stars should be allowed to defer service.