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Sam Sanders (left) is the host of NPR's new podcast, It's Been a Minute with Sam Sanders, and Brent Baughman (right) is the producer. Alexandria Lee/NPR hide caption

President Barack Obama laughs with Frank Deford as he awards him the 2012 National Humanities Medal for transforming how we think about sports, during a ceremony in the East Room of White House on July 10, 2013 Carolyn Kaster/AP hide caption

Snapshots from the road by NPR journalists Don Gonyea, Frank Langfitt and Melissa Block NPR hide caption

Up First is designed with digital listeners in mind but will also serve as a preview of the news stories that will be treated in depth on public radio stations across the country throughout the day. Hugo Rojo/NPR hide caption

Embedded Host Kelly McEvers Jay L. Clendenin/NPR hide caption

Hidden Brain Host Shankar Vedantam. Caitlin Sanders/NPR hide caption