Mary Louise Kelly
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Arts & Life
Pixar's 'Elemental' bombs at box office
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with critic Keith Phipps about the poor performance of Pixar's new movie Elemental and what it says about the movie industry.
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Politics
Breaking down the stakes of Special Counsel Jack Smith's historic indictment of Trump
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Georgetown University professor and former prosecutor Paul Butler about the historic federal charges against former President Donald Trump over classified documents.
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World
A former North Korean operative gives his first interview since defecting
Kim Hyun-woo used to work for North Korea's top intelligence agency. He defected to South Korea in 2014 and is now on his first-ever visit to the United States.
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World
Former North Korean agent gives his first interview since defecting in 2014
NPR's Mary Louse Kelly talks with Kim Hyun-woo, who — until 2014 — held a senior post in North Korea's Ministry of State Security in his first interview.
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Politics
5 years after U.S. left Iran nuclear deal, more enriched Uranium and much less trust
It's been five years since the U.S. pulled out of the nuclear deal. How close is Iran to a bomb? What can the U.S. do to stop them? And how are regional and global shifts changing the equation?
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National
Astronaut Peggy Whitson unretires for a fourth trip to space
A crew of four astronauts, on a private Axiom Space trip run by SpaceX, has reached the International Space Station. Among them: mission commander Peggy Whitson, 63, and no stranger to orbit.
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Arts & Life
Actress Patricia Arquette brings sass and vulnerability to her 'High Desert' role
Patricia Arquette talks about her role in the new Apple TV+ series, High Desert.
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Arts & Life
Author R.F. Kuang on unlikable narrators and cultural appropriation in 'Yellowface'
R.F. Kuang talks about her new novel Yellowface and why she wanted to write a book about cultural appropriation in the publishing world.
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Arts & Life
Kara Jackson, celebrated poet, returns to her first love: music
Kara Jackson is mostly known for her poetry. But singing was her first love, and she's now out with her debut album, Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love?
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Politics
CNN was 'right to try' a townhall with Trump even if it failed, argues moderator
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Jon Ralston, CEO of The Nevada Independent, about why he strongly supported the CNN's town hall with Trump — and then changed his mind minutes into the broadcast.