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Latest Episodes
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Luis Echeverria served as president in the early 1970s during hard economic times. He is most remembered for his repression of the country's democracy movement and initiating Mexico's "Dirty War."
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NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with John Fortier of the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank, about election integrity, and Democrats' push for voting rights.
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They are planning to debate voting rights bills and hold a vote on changing Senate rules to pass them. They are expected to fail despite intense public pressure from the White House.
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Scientists designed a fish-operated vehicle. Whenever the goldfish moved in one direction, so did the device. After training, the fish learned to drive. Some goldfish are better drivers than others.
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Betty White died last month and on Monday the TV icon would have celebrated her 100th birthday. Some of the money raised will go to an animal rescue center, a cause close to her heart.
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Veterans Affairs is expanding its popular post-9/11 caregiver program to include vets from Vietnam and Korea, but caregivers currently in the program say they're being purged in the process.
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Women's colleges have changed policies for a generation that increasingly identifies as nonbinary, but Hollins University in Roanoke has not. (Story originally aired on ATC on Nov. 26, 2021.)
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Many questions remain following this weekend's hostage-taking at a synagogue near Fort Worth. The four hostages survived the attack but the gunman died.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Tom Maddocks of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, about the atmosphere at the Australian Open without defending champion Novak Djokovic.
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As talks continue to try to restart the deal that put limits on Iran's nuclear program, there's a flurry of diplomatic meetings. Iran wants the U.S. to guarantee it'll stick to the deal this time.