Mia Venkat
Stories
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National
23-year-old Reneé Rapp launches her solo career with EP: 'Everything to Everyone'
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with actor and singer Reneé Rapp about her path from Broadway to a hit HBO show, and now, her long-desired launch as a solo music artist with her EP 'Everything to Everyone.'
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A sense of self: Burna Boy brings Nigerian sounds to a global audience
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with singer Burna Boy about his connection to his fans and the ways he makes sense of who he is as a person, and who he is as a performer.
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Science
Death metal singers have a vocal counterpart ... in bats
Bats and death metal singers have more in common than a love of the dark. A new study has found that some of bats' lower frequency calls appear to use a technique similar to death metal growling.
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Arts & Life
What makes us dance? It really is all about that bass
A recent study in the journal Current Biology found that people danced 12% more when very low frequency bass was played.
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Health
Should we declare a pandemic amnesty?
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with economist Emily Oster about her Atlantic article, "Let's Declare a Pandemic Amnesty" and her call for grace.
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Politics
What an expert foresees for voter intimidation this election cycle
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Sean Morales-Doyle, director of the Voting Rights Program at the Brennan Center for Justice, about potential voter intimidation this election cycle.
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Politics
Milwaukee voters, what is driving you to the polls these midterms?
Are you a Milwaukee resident under 30 and planning to vote in this midterm? We want to hear from you. How are you thinking about this election and beyond?
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National
What it was like sheltering 50 miles from where the eye of Hurricane Ian hit
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Chelsea Rivera, who is sheltering with her parents in Sarasota, Fla., which is about 50 miles north of where the center of Hurricane Ian hit.
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The group behind the 'It's Corn' viral song has been doing this for over 10 years
People are discovering that some of their favorite videos that have been turned into meme songs during the last 10 years were all written by the same group — The Gregory Brothers.
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Food
How TikTok helped save this small Australian candy shop
When the pandemic hit, this small business was about to shutter its doors. Then Tiktok came along.