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National Security Meteorologist Barry Brandt in Arkansas discusses the winter storm affecting much of the U.S. NPR's Scott Simon talks to KATV-TV Chief Meteorologist Barry Brandt about the winter storm's effects on Little Rock, Ark. Scott Simon
National How residents are coping as they brace for a major winter storm The fierce winter storm is predicted to bring a foot of snow, or more, and catastrophic ice and freezing rain to a huge swath of the eastern U.S. We check in on Tulsa, Okla. and how residents there are doing. Scott Simon
Why 3 Catholic cardinals released a statement critical of Trump's foreign policy Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago tells NPR's Scott Simon why he and two other Catholic cardinals released a statement critical of the Trump administration's foreign policy. Scott Simon
Sports Saturday Sports: NFL Conference championships; the Australian Open NPR's Scott Simon and sportswriter Howard Bryant preview conference championship weekend in the NFL. Scott Simon
Science What is 'frost crack' and how does it affects trees? Sudden or severe cold temperature can cause trees to experience "frost crack." NPR's Scott Simon talks with Bill McNee of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources about what happens and why. Scott Simon
Economy How Americans feel about the economy and their spending habits Americans are still spending money, which is helping drive solid economic growth, but a large share of that spending is being done by a relatively small group of well-off shoppers. Scott Simon
National ICE says it has arrested more than 100 people in Maine this week Immigration and Customs Enforcement says it has arrested more than 100 people so far in Maine as part of an ongoing, large-scale operation that began this week. Scott Simon
Politics The Jackpod: America as a dual state On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on the division between the normative state and the prerogative state and the role that could be playing in the U.S. today.
Politics A deadly standoff in 1992 changed federal use-of-force rules. Here's why it matters An encounter with white separatists decades ago led to new deadly force policies for some federal law enforcement. Minneapolis is raising questions about whether it's again time to revisit the issue. Odette Yousef
Fresh Air Weekend: Poet Rachel Eliza Griffiths; Writer Quiara Alegría Hudes Griffiths says she won't let pain be "the engine that drives the ship." Justin Chang reviews Sound of Falling. Hudes' novel The White Hot centers on a mother who leaves her family to find herself.
