Why Would Millions Tune Into 'Slow TV'? GUY RAZ, HOST: It's the TED Radio Hour from NPR. I'm Guy Raz. So if you've been watching TV in Norway on a Friday night a couple of years ago and you tuned into the country's public broadcasting channel, you wo

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Who You Gonna Call? OPHIRA EISENBERG, HOST: Let's meet our next two contestants. First up, Josh Polenberg. You're a grant manager at Pfizer and you're obsessed with board games. JOSH POLENBERG: I am... EISENBERG: ...Obsessed. OK, what is a board game

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Home Improvement play pause stop mute unmute max volume 00:0004:52repeat repeat off Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin. OPHIRA EISENBERG, HOST: Now it's time t

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Steve Reich at 80: The Phases Of A Lifetime In Music play pause stop mute unmute max volume 00:0005:49repeat repeat off Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin. RAC

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MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: The battle over screen time for families - that's what we're exploring this week in All Tech Considered. (SOUNDBITE OF ULRICH SCHNAUSS' NOTHING HAPPENS IN JUNE) KELLY: Apple recently became the latest company to announce they

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: A new play at Chicago's Goodman Theatre seems ripped from the headlines. A young man escapes a deadly civil war then confronts new dangers in the country where he's found shelter. Objects In The Mirror is based on the true story of

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NOEL KING, HOST: Today, we're starting a new series called American Anthem. We're exploring songs that tap into the collective emotions that listeners and performers have around an issue or a belief. STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: And we start with a big one,

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The warming climate means some dramatic changes - more floods, intense wildfires, extreme heat, other changes you may not notice as much. As part of our Summer Series, NPR's Nathan Rott reports from the Rocky Mountains where risi

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Motorcyclists from around the world travel to South Dakota this week for the 78th Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. As Jim Kent reports, the rally's rowdy reputation is mostly a thing of the past. (SOUNDBITE OF MOTORCYCLE REVVING) JIM KENT

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: A year ago, President Trump's remarks about a violent white nationalist rally in Charlottesville sparked outrage. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: You had a group on one side that was bad, and you had a gro

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MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: In Thousand Oaks, Calif., Wednesday, 12 people were killed in a Western-themed bar before the shooter is believed to have turned the gun on himself. It has become an all-too-common scene. According to Gun Violence Archive, an ind

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Sometimes, it takes an outsider to recognize what's remarkable about a culture. That's what the Czech composer Antonin Dvorak did when he came to the U.S. at the end of the 19th century. He was an immigrant thrown into a new world

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: It's been a year since the most destructive fire in California history. The Tubbs Fire destroyed thousands of homes in Northern California. Now despite the risks, some are rebuilding in those very same areas. From member station

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Merlin: How is he? Gaius: It's most odd. Look at this. See these two small wounds? Looks like a snake bite. Merlin: How could he be bitten by a snake? He was injured in a sword-fight. Gaius: His symptoms are consistent with poisoning. Slow pulse, fev

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AILSA CHANG, HOST: Bing Crosby was one of the most popular figures of the 20th century. His record sales were in the hundreds of millions. His movies were blockbusters. A new biography focuses on Crosby's career in the 1940s when the crooner's star s

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Triceratops is an amazing animal simply because it was absolutely enormous. They had this big massive body with a big gut. So, you know, we are talking of an animal thats maybe four or five tons. A Triceratops is half as tall as a T-Rex, yet it weigh

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Song: Roar Artist: Katy Perry I used to bite my tongue and hold my breath Scared to rock the boat and make a mess So I sat quietly, agreed politely I guess that I forgot I had a choice I let you push me past the breaking point I stood for nothing, so

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Cynthia decided to make eggs for her daughter's birthday because it is her favorite food. She woke up her daughter. Her daughter rubbed her eyes and yawned. Cynthia hugged her and said happy birthday. She gave her a food tray. There were bacon, panca

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ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Baby Driver is a heist movie told from the point of view of the getaway driver named Baby. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, BABY DRIVER) ANSEL ELGORT: (As Baby) I'm the driver. SHAPIRO: But it's the music that really drives the movie. Chase sce

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GUY RAZ, HOST: What do you think explains, like, this force inside of us that, you know, like that sometimes compels us to, you know, to speak out? ADAM GALINSKY: Yeah. I mean, I think it's something that psychologists call moral conviction. We are a

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