Kai McNamee
Stories
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What giving 'it all up willingly' means to singer-songwriter Laura Marling
Musician Laura Marling faces her younger self as she talks about her new album -- Patterns in Repeat. It was all recorded in her living room when her daughter was an infant.
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Food
On tap for the holidays: A blend of multicultural drink traditions and fond memories
For this year's All Things Considered holiday cocktail interview, we visited Providencia in Washington, D.C., a bar that brings its owners' personal stories to life.
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Technology
German researchers have figured out how to use AI to identify whiskey aromas
Researchers in Germany have developed algorithms to differentiate between Scotch and American whiskey. The machines can also discern the aromas in a glass of whiskey better than human testers.
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Brief encounter with skull of St. Thomas Aquinas goes from macabre to meaningful
Carol Zimmerman, news editor at the National Catholic Reporter, went to see the purported skull of St. Thomas Aquinas. She tells NPR's Ailsa Chang about its importance to Catholics and her experience.
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The latest on Austin Tice, an American journalist kidnapped in Syria in 2012
Conflict between the Syrian government and rebel groups is raising uncertainty in the region. But in the chaos, some are optimistic about the possible release of American journalist Austin Tice.
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Politics
Former FBI lawyer says Trump's plan to shake up FBI leadership is unprecedented
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Andrew Weissmann, a top lawyer at the FBI from 2011-2013, about President-elect Trump's plan to replace FBI director Christopher Wray with an ally, Kash Patel.
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World
Israel's ambassador to the UN weighs in on ICC's warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Israel's Ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, about the International Criminal Court's arrest warrants for PM Benjamin Netanyahu and former defense Minister Yoav Gallant.
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Movies
Why 'Conclave' is doing so well at the box office
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Rebecca Rubin, senior film and media reporter at Variety, about the unusual success of the movie Conclave.
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Latin America
Researchers discover a Mayan settlement thought to be more than 1,000 years old
Researchers have discovered a Mayan site hidden deep in the jungle on the Yucatan Peninsula thought to have been built over a thousand years ago.
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Movies
What giving "it all up willingly" means to singer-songwriter, Laura Marling
Musician Laura Marling is out with a new album called "Patterns in Repeat."
