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Episodes

• How Easy It Is To Identify Strangers With Google

  NPR's Scott Simon asks St. John's University law school's Kate Klonick about her assignment asking students to identify strangers in public and what they may learn about obscurity and privacy.

  Mar 09, 2019 at 5:21 am

• Military Seeks Tech Talent In New Ways

  The U.S. military is struggling to recruit tech talent. One approach is a program that partners with universities to involve students, who have no intention of enlisting, in solving military problems.

  Mar 02, 2019 at 5:59 am

• Saturday Sports: SheBelieves Cup, Enes Kanter

  NPR's Tom Goldman discusses the sports stories that grabbed his attention this week - including the SheBelieves Cup.

  Mar 02, 2019 at 5:23 am

• Sahan Journal Editor On Covering Minnesota's Immigrant Population

  NPR's Scott Simon asks Mukhtar Ibrahim about his new media organization dedicated to covering immigrant communities in Minnesota. It's called Sahan Journal.

  Mar 02, 2019 at 5:23 am

• The Latest Internet Hoax: 'Momo Challenge'

  Nieman Journalism Lab's Laura Hazard Owen tells NPR's Scott Simon about the Momo challenge, a viral Internet hoax.

  Mar 02, 2019 at 5:23 am

• Evaluating Trump's Foreign Policy From A Conservative Perspective

  With the collapse of the North Korea summit, NPR's Scott Simon looks at President Trump's foreign policy with American Enterprise Institute's Danielle Pletka and Cato Institute's Christopher Preble.

  Mar 02, 2019 at 5:23 am

• Saturday Sports: Robert Kraft, Zion Williamson

  NPR's Scott Simon talks to ESPN's Howard Bryant about the week in sports, including criminal charges facing Patriots owner Robert Kraft and Zion Williamson's injury on the basketball court.

  Feb 23, 2019 at 5:16 am

• Irvine Welsh On 'Dead Men's Trousers'

  NPR's Scott Simon talks with Irvine Welsh about his new novel, Dead Men's Trousers. It picks up the adventures of the crew we first met in Welsh's 1993 book, Trainspotting.

  Feb 23, 2019 at 5:16 am

• British Parliamentarians Form New Centrist Group

  NPR's Scott Simon talks to U.K. Member of Parliament Chris Leslie about his recent decision to leave the Labour Party. Leslie has criticized the party's leadership over its handling of Brexit.

  Feb 23, 2019 at 5:16 am

• Big Pharma Heads To Capitol Hill

  The heads of the largest pharmaceutical companies will defend their pricing before the Senate next week. STAT reporter Nicholas Florko tells NPR's Scott Simon that this will be a televised crucible.

  Feb 23, 2019 at 5:16 am

• Nina Totenberg Heads To The Oscars

  NPR's Nina Totenberg is headed to the Academy Awards this weekend. She appears in a documentary about Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, RBG.

  Feb 23, 2019 at 5:16 am
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  Talkin' Birds: The Great Backyard Bird Count

  Bird lovers around the world are counting birds this weekend for the annual Great Backyard Bird Count, which provides valuable data for avian research.

  Feb 16, 2019 at 4:44 pm