Here & Now
Here & Now reflects the fluid world of news as it’s happening in the middle of the day, with timely, smart and in-depth news, interviews and conversation.
Episodes
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2024 U.S. Chess Championships underway
Among those competing is 15-year-old International Master Alice Lee, the back-to-back reigning U.S. Girls Junior Champion and a three-time gold medalist at the World Youth Championships.
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Chef and cookbook author Yotam Ottolenghi gives his spin on comfort food in 'Ottolenghi Comfort'
The book is filled with great recipes from four chefs' kitchens, along with an examination of comfort.
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Why tech companies are racing toward micronuclear power
As tech companies race toward artificial intelligence, they're working to connect directly to micronuclear plants as a source of clean energy to power massive data centers.
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Local Ohio library helps entrepreneurs turn ideas to reality
It's part of a movement to diversify the services libraries offer.
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How much do polls matter to the election?
Election day is three weeks away, and polls show a razor-thin race.
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Republican Sen. Ted Cruz faces challenge from Democratic Rep. Colin Allred
The border, abortion and the economy are expected to come up in Tuesday night's debate — in what has become a very tight and expensive Senate race.
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Remembering equal pay activist Lilly Ledbetter
Lilly Ledbetter was a worker at a tire plant in Alabama when she found out that she was being paid substantially less than the men she worked alongside. Ledbetter set out to fix the pay gap for others after her.
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Florida's Gulf Coast recovers after Milton
The people of Florida's Gulf Coast are now beginning to piece their lives, towns and homes back together.
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How the Asheville arts community is rebuilding after Hurricane Helene
Asheville, North Carolina, was home to a thriving arts district before Hurricane Helene swept through.
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Making table saws safer
Table saws are dangerous. An inventor came up with a device that could make them much, much safer, but it sparked a decades-long fight over the tradeoff of costs and safety.
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Inside the making of 'Spamalot' with Monty Python's Eric Idle
Monty Python founding member Eric Idle's new book "The Spamalot Diaries" tells the story of how the cult classic film "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" became the Tony-winning Broadway musical "Spamalot."
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In 'Our History of the Future,' author Nick Estes tells stories of past Indigenous resistance
In the book, Estes tells stories of past Indigenous acts of resistance and how that resistance has lessons for the growing global water crisis.