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Thursday

Alex Anwandter's disco-infused homage to dancefloor liberation

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Wednesday

Congress ponders regulation of powerful emergent A.I. platforms

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Friday

Kara Jackson, celebrated poet, returns to her first love: music

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Monday

Record producer Zev Feldman (left) and John Fowler, a charter member of the Left Bank Jazz Society, meet outside the Charles Theater in downtown Baltimore. The building once hosted some of the best jazz musicians in the country. Michael Zamora/NPR hide caption

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In a Baltimore basement, a jazz detective strikes gold

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On debut album, Abraham Alexander finds solace in vulnerability

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Tuesday

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Cooking Nigella Lawson recipes for 365 days straight

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Thursday

Megadonor's purchase of Clarence Thomas' property was never disclosed, report says

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Tuesday

Former FDA commissioner defends original approval of mifepristone

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Monday

Wednesday

How Nakhane wrote an 'existential sex album'

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Tuesday

The Los Angeles schools superintendent discusses the labor strike

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Friday

How Volker Bertelmann created the score for "All Quiet On The Western Front"

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Tuesday

Babacar Niang, known as Matador, raps at a recording studio at Africulturban's center in Pikine, Senegal. Ricci Shryock for NPR hide caption

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Senegal's artists are fighting the system with a mic and spray paint

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Saturday

Pape Dieye tells people it's not worth the risk to try to take a boat from Senegal to Europe. Ricci Shryock for NPR hide caption

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People smugglers keep trying to recruit this boat captain. Here's why he says no

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Friday

Wednesday

U.S. President Joe Biden walks next to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on his surprise visit in Kyiv on Feb. 20. Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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A year in, the U.S. makes a pledge: 'Ukraine will decide what victory looks like'

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Monday

Moustapha Dieye on his boat in Guet Ndar, Senegal on October 5. Dieye took a pirogue to Spain in 2006, where he now legally resides. His family has a boat in Saint Louis, where he is originally from. Ricci Shryock for NPR hide caption

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Friday

Madonna decries 'ageism and misogyny' after criticism of her new look

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Monday

Tuesday

Encore: 'Hadestown' creator Anaïs Mitchell's solo album looks back to reach forward

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Friday

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John Cale, ever restless, returns with the deeply collaborative 'Mercy'

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