Mallory Yu

Stories

• 'The Disconnect' podcast explores the Texas power grid

  Four years after a winter storm led to a massive power blackout in Texas, a podcast examines the role the state's natural gas system played in the disaster.

  Mar 01, 2025 at 2:36 pm

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• Singer Jason Isbell discusses his new album, 'Foxes in the Snow'

  Mar 08, 2025 at 4:41 pm

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• Republicans say Medicaid cuts won't happen. But does their budget work without them?

  Republicans say medicaid cuts are off the table, but the Congressional Budget Office says the budget they're proposing doesn't work without them.

  Mar 10, 2025 at 4:02 pm

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• Revisiting Club Quarantine, the dance party that DJ D-Nice brought to our homes

  DJ D-Nice wanted to bring people together during the pandemic. In 2020, Club Quarantine was born, attracting hundreds of thousands of music lovers. DJ D-Nice reflects on that moment five years later and  what's happened since then

  Mar 12, 2025 at 2:41 pm

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• A new podcast traces how state lotteries became big business

  "Scratch and Win" is a new WGBH News podcast about how a bunch of Massachusetts state bureaucrats set out to beat the mob at its own game — and ended up creating a $100 billion dollar obsession.

  Mar 15, 2025 at 3:47 pm

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• 'An Arm and a Leg" podcast explores the cost of health care in the U.S.

  Mar 22, 2025 at 2:52 pm

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• Astronaut Amanda Nguyen discusses her new memoir and activism around sexual assault

  NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with activist and astronaut Amanda Nguyen on her new book, Saving Five: A Memoir of Hope,

  Mar 24, 2025 at 3:11 pm

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• Here's what 23andMe filing for bankruptcy could mean for your data

  NPR's Juana Summers talks with John Verdi, senior vice president for policy at the Future of Privacy Forum, about 23andMe's bankruptcy filing and what a potential sale could mean for customers' data.

  Mar 25, 2025 at 2:36 pm

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• The history of the shopping cart

  The modern shopping cart — as we know it — didn't always exist, which meant it had to be invented. The How Curious podcast explores the history of the shopping cart.

  Mar 29, 2025 at 2:54 pm

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• Son of ousted Myanmar leader speaks to NPR about her imprisonment

  NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Kim Aris, son of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, about her imprisonment and why he's advocating for her release.

  Apr 01, 2025 at 2:05 pm

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