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Episodes

• The Immigrant Archive Project collects the stories of coming to call the U.S. home

  The Immigrant Archive Project, a collection of oral histories from the nation's immigrants, will be housed at the Library of Congress. NPR's Debbie Elliott speaks to archive founder Tony Hernandez.

  Mar 26, 2022 at 5:03 am

• Week in politics: Reactions to Court nominee; Trump retracts an endorsement in Ala.

  News about current and prospective members of the U.S. Supreme Court. Plus, why former President Donald Trump retracted his endorsement of an Alabama congressman.

  Mar 26, 2022 at 5:03 am

• Russian military says it's turning its attention to eastern Ukraine

  The Russian military has announced it will focus its attacks on eastern Ukraine, rather than the across the country as it has been doing. But experts are skeptical that will happen.

  Mar 26, 2022 at 5:03 am

• Three Russians arrive at International Space Station

  Russian Cosmonauts arrived at the International Space Station wearing blue and yellow - the colors of the Ukrainian flag.

  Mar 19, 2022 at 6:32 am

• Donors and recipients in 10-person kidney donation chain meet in an emotional reveal

  In the second part of our report from Houston Methodist Medical Center, we check in with the 10-person kidney donation chain. This week, donors and recipients meet in an emotional reveal.

  Mar 19, 2022 at 5:17 am

• Permanent daylight saving time could have health downsides

  Scott Simon talks to Dr. Karin Johnson of the Baystate Regional Sleep Medicine Program about the health downsides of switching to daylight saving time, as Congress considers the issue.

  Mar 19, 2022 at 5:13 am

• Karen Joy Fowler paints the unlikely life path of John Wilkes Booth in novel 'Booth'

  Scott Simon asks Karen Joy Fowler about her new historical novel, "Booth," in which she focuses on the parents and siblings of Abraham Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth.

  Mar 19, 2022 at 5:02 am

• Saturday sports: March Madness begins; Browns acquire Watson despite harassment suits

  College basketball's March Madness has begun, the latest on American basketball star Brittney Griner who's detained in Russia, and a controversial trade shakes up the NFL.

  Mar 19, 2022 at 5:02 am
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  This professor studies each swimmer as a math problem. It's helped them to be faster

  Heading into national swimming championships, the University of Virginia relies on a mathematician, cameras and sensors to help each swimmer perform their best.

  Mar 12, 2022 at 6:04 am

• LGBTQ people are fighting to keep their rights in Ukraine

  LGBTQ people have faced persecution in Russia and in separatist-controlled regions of Ukraine. That's why many in Ukraine are deciding whether to flee the war or stay and fight.

  Mar 12, 2022 at 5:27 am

• Ten kidney donors make up a chain of life

  Ten people are linked in a life-saving kidney swap - one that involves living donors. We bring you a close look at the complex chain of surgeries from Houston Methodist Hospital.

  Mar 12, 2022 at 5:27 am

• How the brain is greatly changed by COVID-19

  David Folkenflik speaks to University of Oxford's Professor Tom Nichols about a new study that shows how brain structure changes when a person has COVID-19.

  Mar 12, 2022 at 5:27 am