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Wednesday

Movie Interviews

Timothee Chalamet talks about playing Bob Dylan in the new movie 'A Complete Unknown'

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with actor Timothee Chalamet and director James Mangold about their new movie "A Complete Unknown."

Timothee Chalamet talks about playing Bob Dylan in the new movie ‘A Complete Unknown’

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Author Interviews

A biologist explains what humanity could learn from natural ecosystems

In her new book The Serviceberry, botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer argues that humans would be wise to learn from the circular economies of reciprocity and abundance that play out in natural ecosystems.

A biologist explains what humanity could learn from natural ecosystems

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Monday

Science

Football stadium-sized balloons launch in Antarctica for science experiments

Scientists with NASA are launching enormous balloons, the size of a football stadium, from the Antarctic ice. They're carrying experiments on dark matter and other mysteries.

Football stadium-sized balloons launch in Antarctica for science experiments

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Dan Nigro poses for a portrait in Culver City, Calif., on Dec. 16, 2024.

Dan Nigro poses for a portrait in Culver City, Calif., on Dec. 16, 2024. Grace Widyatmadja/NPR hide caption

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Music

How Chappell Roan's producer Dan Nigro crafts pop hits for a new generation

Working with artists like Chappell Roan and Olivia Rodrigo to distill their personalities and voices into distinctive and personal songs, Nigro has established himself as a producer adept at making pop hits for a new generation.

How Chappell Roan’s producer Dan Nigro crafts pop hits for a new generation

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Friday

Technology

German researchers have figured out how to use AI to identify whiskey aromas

Researchers in Germany have developed algorithms to differentiate between Scotch and American whiskey. The machines can also discern the aromas in a glass of whiskey better than human testers.

MACHINES EVALUATE WHISKEY

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Monday

The Helelani rover getting ready for the competition at Peterman Hill in Lucerne Valley.

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Technology

A desert festival where robots are the headliner

Scientists are using the Mojave Desert to test robots for the next space age.

At a desert festival for space robots, engineers envision a busy future in space

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Friday

Strange News

A kid found an unusual rock. It turned out to be a rare ax made by Neanderthals

Ben Witten found an unusual rock on an English beach when he was 6. It turned out to be an exceedingly rare hand ax made by Neanderthals, tens of thousands of years ago.

A kid found an unusual rock. It turned out to be a rare ax made by Neanderthals

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Monday

Middle East

For Mouaz Moustafa, the fall of the Assad regime is an emotional victory

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Mouaz Moustafa of the non-profit Syrian Emergency Task Force about the dramatic toppling of the Assad regime, as Moustafa prepares to fly back to his home city, Damascus.

For Mouaz Moustafa, the fall of the Assad regime is an emotional victory

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Friday

Movie Interviews

'Moana 2' songwriters made history as 1st all-female team to lead a Disney soundtrack

Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear made history as the youngest composers and only all-woman songwriting team for a Disney animated film with Moana 2.

'Moana 2' songwriters made history as 1st all-female team to lead a Disney soundtrack

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Thursday

Technology

At a desert festival for space robots, engineers envision a busy future in space

At the Robopalooza festival in the California desert, engineers are stress-testing space robots, which they say could someday build the infrastructure needed to settle the moon and beyond.

At a desert festival for space robots, engineers envision a busy future in space

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Monday

Politics

Former FBI lawyer says Trump's plan to shake up FBI leadership is unprecedented

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Andrew Weissmann, a top lawyer at the FBI from 2011-2013, about President-elect Trump's plan to replace FBI director Christopher Wray with an ally, Kash Patel.

FBI KASH PATEL

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Friday

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado waves a Venezuelan flag during a rally in Caracas on August 28, 2024.

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Interview highlights

Venezuela's opposition leader says Maduro is 'weaker than ever'

From hiding, María Corina Machado says she'll continue to fight for Venezuelan democracy.

Venezuela's opposition leader is in hiding, but still speaking out

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Here's how a wild hazelnut could help the Land Back movement in Canada

Beaked hazelnuts are a wild food native to North America. For generations, the Indigenous people of British Columbia have passed down stories of these hazelnuts as a vital food source their peoples actively planted and cultivated. Chelsey Geralda Armstrong hide caption

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Short Wave

Here's how a wild hazelnut could help the Land Back movement in Canada

Beaked hazelnuts are a wild food native to North America. Indigenous peoples in British Columbia have passed down stories of these hazelnuts as a vital food source their ancestors planted and cultivated. These stories motivated Chelsea Geralda Armstrong of Simon Fraser University to look more deeply at the genetics of the beaked hazelnut and determine just how widely it was cultivated. Indigenous rights attorney Jack Woodward hopes research like this can make a difference in the Land Back movement, providing evidence that land once considered wilderness by European settler colonists was actually being carefully managed by tribes.

Here's how a wild hazelnut could help the Land Back movement in Canada

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Wednesday

The Americas

Venezuela's opposition leader is in hiding, but still speaking out

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Maria Corina Machado, Venezuela's opposition leader, on what is next after the incumbent president claimed victory without providing evidence.

Venezuela's opposition leader is in hiding, but still speaking out

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Thursday

World

Israel's ambassador to the UN weighs in on ICC's warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Israel's Ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, about the International Criminal Court's arrest warrants for PM Benjamin Netanyahu and former defense Minister Yoav Gallant.

ISRAEL UN AMBASSADOR

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