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A mix of emotions from families after many schools in the D.C. region drop mask requirements

Debbie Truong, Jonathan Wilson — Fri, 01 Apr 2022 20:12:04 +0000

Some families have welcomed the decision to lift masking requirements, others are struggling to embrace the change.

On The Invention Of Race

Fri, 01 Apr 2022 20:00:00 +0000

Historians Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Andrew Curran explore a hidden chapter in the invention of race in the 18th Century.

Jared Leto is Marvel’s bat-man in the vampiric ‘Morbius’

Bob Mondello — Fri, 01 Apr 2022 19:22:00 +0000

An ailing biochemist aims to cure himself of a debilitating illness, but ends up infecting himself with vampirism in the Marvel movie Morbius.

A naturalist traces the astounding flyways of migratory birds

Dave Davies — Fri, 01 Apr 2022 17:30:00 +0000

Scott Weidensaul has spent decades studying bird migration. "There is a tremendous solace in watching these natural rhythms play out again and again," he says. Originally broadcast March 29, 2021.

‘Nitram’ is a deeply unsettling portrait of an Australian mass shooter

Justin Chang — Fri, 01 Apr 2022 17:30:00 +0000

In 1996, a 28-year-old man went on a shooting rampage in Port Arthur, Tasmania, killing 35 people. This tense film imagines the weeks and months before the tragedy from the shooter's perspective.

Sarah Lancashire on the power of women and playing Julia Child

Array — Fri, 01 Apr 2022 17:08:00 +0000

NPR's Kelsey Snell talks with actress Sarah Lancashire about her portrayal of Julia Child in HBO's new series Julia.

Shanghai locks down, but experts ask how else China could combat COVID

Array — Fri, 01 Apr 2022 16:19:00 +0000

Battling its biggest COVID surge in two years, Shanghai has instituted rigorous lockdowns — again — that are frustrating residents.

The Politics Hour: April 1, 2022

Fri, 01 Apr 2022 16:06:47 +0000

Prince William County Chair Ann Wheeler (D-At Large) talks about large data centers coming to the county and her priorities for the 2023 budget. Montgomery County Council Vice President Evan Glass (D-At Large) discusses traffic safety, the role of police in schools, and Maryland politics.

Listen: Maryland voters are ready for July primaries but the state’s new congressional map isn’t

Esther Ciammachilli, Kojo Nnamdi — Fri, 01 Apr 2022 13:45:06 +0000

A round up of some of the region's top stories from this past week with Kojo Nnamdi.

Landowners in Iowa resist companies’ plans to create carbon-capture pipelines

Clay Masters — Fri, 01 Apr 2022 12:18:00 +0000

Three carbon capture pipelines have been proposed through five midwest states, but activists say proponents' claims of helping the ethanol industry and curbing climate change are wrong.