Patrick Jarenwattananon
Stories
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Senate Minority Leader Jeffries defends Democrats' healthcare push amid shutdown
NPR's Scott Detrow talks with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on his Democratic Party's strategy to resolve the government shutdown.
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Sen. Duckworth on Hegseth's Quantico speech
President Trump defended the use of troops in U.S. cities while Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told military commanders about new physical fitness and grooming requirements for uniformed personnel.
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Unlocking the Gen Z consumer
As Nike targets a new generation with a revised slogan, "Why Do It?," NPR's Ailsa Chang talks to consumer trends expert Casey Lewis about what brands get right and wrong about Gen Z.
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Remembering Sonny Curtis, singer and 'Mary Tyler Moore Show' theme song writer
Prolific singer and songwriter Sonny Curtis has died. He wrote and performed "Love Is All Around," the theme song for The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
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Where could the U.S. government restrict free speech?
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with University of Pennsylvania law professor Amanda Shanor about free speech protections in the wake of the killing of Charlie Kirk.
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Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, a UN inquiry says
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Navi Pillay, who chairs a U.N. commission on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, which has found Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.
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Half-court 'heaves' in the NBA will now count against the team
Starting this season, shot attempts taken more than 36 feet from the basket will be counted against the team, not the player. These NBA "freebies" have drawn all types of reactions.
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Peace vigil outside of the White House is targeted to be 'dismantled'
An anti-nuclear weapons peace vigil has lived outside of the White House fence for more than 40 years. President Donald Trump ordered the vigil to be "dismantled" this week.
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How J.P. Morgan enabled Jeffrey Epstein
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with New York Times' Matt Goldstein, who reported on the money from Jeffrey Epstein to J.P. Morgan Chase — concluding that the bank enabled his crimes.
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A group of unhoused people fight for a tiny plot of land and a radical idea
A discussion with KQED's Snap Judgment team about the podcast A Tiny Plot that follows a group of homeless people in Oakland and their fight for their own plot of land from the city.