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Before the coronavirus hit, many workers chose freelance or contract jobs because they preferred the flexibility and variety it offered. But now millions are turning to freelancing out of necessity.

Freelancers are a bit of a trade secret when it comes to late night shows. They often send in pages of one-liners for the shows to use or reject. Now Saturday Night Live is telling freelancers it will no longer accept their submissions.

Peter Berkowitz wanted to share an apartment with a friend but the rent was too high. Instead, inspired by Japan's "capsule" hotels, he set up a bedroom pod in the living room of some friends.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Sara Kassim, a freelance reporter in Aleppo about the situation on the ground after opposition forces have captured large swaths of land in the area.

We break down the United States’ diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics. Then, we’ll learn how the community rallied behind a homeless outreach group after their buses were damaged by a fire. We’ll listen back to a conversation with a Milwaukee pharmacist lovingly known as Doctor Lester Carter, who passed away this week. Plus, meet one of the recipients of Milwaukee Magazine’s 2022 Unity Awards.

The Atlantic Coast Conference decided to pull many post-season tournaments out of North Carolina this season due to a controversial state law. This move follows the NCAA decision to remove college championship games out of the state.

Can online comments be redeemed? That conversation, plus highlights from our tech coverage on-air and online, are in our latest week in review.

What does the realignment of the big NCAA conferences tell us about the future of college sports? NPR's Daniel Estrin talks to Daniel Libit, a reporter at Sportico.

Freelance firefighter PETER LESCHAK battles forest fires in the Northwoods and the West...He's not a smoke jumper he says, he's a "grunt"-hiking to remote locations, putting out fires sometimes on his hands and knees-spark by spark. His new memoir is called Hellroaring

NPR's Kelly McEvers speaks with David Plouffe, former adviser to President Obama and current board member of the company Uber, about the growth of the freelance economy.