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Best In Show: Our Favorite College Podcasts
This year's finalists in the Student Podcast Challenge, College Edition, give us a glimpse at life on, and off, campus.
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Are You Ready To Rock? Music Festivals Prepare For A 2021 Comeback
Some concert organizers are making plans to forge ahead cautiously this festival season, hoping that increased vaccination will make concerts safe and appealing.
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If In-Person Schooling Is Essential, Wen Says Teachers Should Be Vaccinated
NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Dr. Leana Wen about re-opening schools safely and how that approach would change if in-person school instruction was treated as an essential service.
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Prosecutors Will Continue To Build A Case Against Derek Chauvin
NPR's Rachel Martin talks to civil rights lawyer Charles Coleman Jr. about the first day of ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin's trial. He faces murder charges in the death of George Floyd.
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Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro Replaces Multiple Cabinet Members
Amid the pandemic, Brazil is facing a political crisis after the country's president replaced six members of his cabinet — including the ministers of defense and foreign affairs.
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Oath Keepers, Proud Boys Are Under Intense Scrutiny Following Capitol Riot
Federal prosecutors have charged members of the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys with conspiracy in connection with the Capitol riot. What do those cases tell us about advance planning for the violence?
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The Mood In Minneapolis Is Tense As Chauvin Trial Is About To Start
Minneapolis braces for the start of the trail of Derek Chauvin, the ex-officer charged with murdering George Floyd. The Floyd family held a vigil Sunday night at a church near where Floyd was killed.
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Chauvin Trial Shines A Light On George Floyd's Death, Racial Injustice
Opening statements begin Monday in the trial of an ex-policeman who was videoed with his knee on George Floyd's neck for nearly nine minutes. It sparked a reckoning over race and justice in America.
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French Monastery Turns To The Web To Alleviate Cheese Surplus
The Cîteaux Abbey sells its raw-milk soft cheeses to restaurants and visitors, but the pandemic left the monks with about 3 tons to sell. They are working with an Internet startup to get it sold.
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John Mayer Loves Mega Fan's Version Of 1 Of His New Song
Mayer has been teasing new music on TikTok, but the clips are short. Mary Spender decided to write how how she thinks one of the songs might go. She beat Mayer to the punch, releasing her own version.
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Salvage Teams Race To Reopen Blocked Suez Canal
A massive container ship that has blocked the Suez Canal for six days has been partially freed. Traffic has not yet resumed in the canal, which is among the world's most important waterways.
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Migrant Influx Strains Resources Of Mexican Border Towns
The U.S. aims to improve the immigration process at the southern border. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Tania Garcia, a lawyer at the shelter Espacio Migrante in Tijuana about conditions amid the surge.