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Is This Heaven? No, It's Iowa.

(left picture) Don Gonyea, Brian Naylor and Scott Horsley on day 1 of the RAGBRAI ride, team No Pie Refused is all smiles in anticipation of the infinite varieties of peach pie (a group favorite) to be tasted on the road ahead. NPR hide caption

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Is This Heaven? No, It's Iowa.

This is one account of three NPR political correspondents and their adventure of pie-loving proportion. A trip to discover the great state of Iowa outside of an election year blitzkrieg.

'Tell Me More' Invites Listeners To Join #NPRAspen Dialogue On Opportunity In America

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'Tell Me More' Invites Listeners To Join #NPRAspen Dialogue On Opportunity In America

Is America still the land of opportunity? On July 1 and 2, Tell Me More is addressing this question with two live broadcasts from the 2013 Aspen Ideas Festival in Colorado and wants you to join the conversation in a live Twitter chat around education and opportunity in America.

NPR Music Takes OK Go For A Ride

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NPR Music Takes OK Go For A Ride

NPR staff put together an array of fun projects around our move to the new HQ - both in tribute to the old building and to good, old-fashioned fun too. One of these projects involved a bit more star power and production than the rest - an epic, documentary-style Tiny Desk Concert with OK Go.

Oh Yeah (Yeah Yeahs)! New Apple iPhone 5 Ad Features NPR Music's SXSW Showcase

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Oh Yeah (Yeah Yeahs)! New Apple iPhone 5 Ad Features NPR Music's SXSW Showcase

That's right folks, while you were busy dancing your face off at the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' sole SXSW performance this year (or perhaps from the safety of someplace more private), Apple was capturing footage for their new iPhone 5 ad. Watch for us around 25 seconds into the video.

Work It! NPR Staff Give And Take Advice For Women On The Job

This credo was quick to catch on at the She Works site and around the NPR building too. "Some pearls around HQ from @nprnews #sheworks project," NPR White House Correspondent Ari Shapiro (@arishapiro) said on Twitter. Ari Shapiro/NPR's She Works hide caption

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Work It! NPR Staff Give And Take Advice For Women On The Job

After the She Works site launched last week, it became clear that NPR staff and journalists were just as eager to share advice for women at work as our listeners. Colorful posters popped up around NPR HQ, and our colleagues were blowing up the #sheworks hashtag. Check out what they had to say.