All Things Considered
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The Texas power grid struggles through heatwave
Earlier this week, Texas came close to a blackout. Another heat wave had people using their air conditioners into the evenings because temperatures didn't cool off. The grid nearly couldn't keep up.
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Are the effects of extreme weather changing how we're thinking about climate change?
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Anthony Leiserowitz with the Yale Center of Climate Change Communications about what the climate disasters this summer mean for society's perception of climate change.
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A 150-year-old shipwreck was found in Lake Michigan
A long-lost shipwreck has been discovered in Lake Michigan by two maritime historians. NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks to Brendon Baillod, one of the historians who discovered the shipwreck.
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Air Force secretary: Hold on confirmations is a 'disruption to military leadership'
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall about accusations that Sen. Tommy Tuberville is putting national security at risk by blocking Pentagon confirmations in protest.
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Queer rock icon Melissa Etheridge opens up in new memoir, 'Talking To My Angels'
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with musician Melissa Etheridge about her new memoir Talking to My Angels.
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Turkey's new foreign minister is a former spymaster
A former spymaster is now steering Turkey's pivotal role in the world as it sits between east and west as its new foreign minister. He seems to be working to make a stormy region a little more stable.
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Charter Spectrum subscribers can't watch ESPN's NFL coverage due to Disney dispute
Football fans subscribed to Charter Spectrum's cable TV can't watch ESPN's NFL coverage due to a dispute with Disney that saw more than two dozen Disney-owned channels yanked from the service.
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Extreme heat is cutting into recess for kids. Experts say that's a problem
A heat wave at the start of the school year has educators scrambling to keep kids cool and safe.
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Oil company plans to have machines suck carbon from the sky — as it still makes oil
The American oil company Occidental Petroleum is building machines to suck carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and inject it underground. Is the technology meant to save the planet or the oil industry?
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'Safe storage' helps keep suicidal gun owners from using their weapons
Gun owners in psychiatric crisis can lower their risk of suicide by temporarily storing their guns at a gun store or with family or friends. But "safe storage" is easier in theory than practice.
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NPR CEO John Lansing will leave in December, capping a tumultuous year
President and CEO John Lansing plans to leave NPR nine months before his term is set to expire. His tenure has been defined by the pandemic, a racial reckoning, and economic headwinds.
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Some of the movies Hollywood has in store this fall
Even in a season strained by writers' and actors' strikes, Hollywood has a lot on its schedule before Thanksgiving.