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.
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Episodes
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How did climate change impact ancient kangaroos in Australia?
In a mass extinction event some 40,000 years ago, Australia lost 90% of its large species, including nearly two dozen kinds of kangaroos.
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3D printing makes child prosthetics more affordable and flexible
Prosthetics for children can be expensive because they need to adjust to their growth.
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How one Sacramento group is trying to make special education more accessible for Black families
They’ve formed a Black Parallel School Board to help families navigate the intricacies of getting their children the service they’re legally entitled to.
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Remembering The Vivienne, 'RuPaul’s Drag Race UK' winner and musical theater star
James Lee Williams was best known as The Vivienne, a drag queen who competed in the British TV show "Dancing on Ice."
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Bird flu continues to spread widely in cattle and wild birds
President-elect Donald Trump's administration will soon be responsible for tackling the outbreak.
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Few teens are receiving gender-related care, study finds
A new analysis of private insurance claims data finds less than 0.1% of youth accessed puberty blockers or hormones for gender transition.
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Study in mice shows how luck factors into success
The findings show that luck in early life can determine success as an adult, especially when competition is high.
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Learning CPR: How to help someone in cardiac arrest
Every year, more than 350,000 people go into cardiac arrest outside of a hospital in the U.S.
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Jimmy Carter on living 'A Full Life'
We revisit a conversation from 2015 between NPR's Eric Westervelt and former President Jimmy Carter about his memoir, "A Full Life."
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What one 13-year-old said to Jimmy Carter on the phone in 1979
On a rainy Saturday in 1979, 13-year-old Kimberly Powell was playing cards and listening to Pink Floyd with her best friend when the phone rang. It was NPR.
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Yazidi woman reunites with her children after years of enslavement
The woman was enslaved by ISIS.
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What two Israeli soldiers saw in Gaza
Two Israeli soldiers who served in the war in Gaza are wrestling with what they witnessed.