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Legalizing same-sex marriage is good for straight people and the country, author says

7:08am August 14, 2024

by Michel Martin

As part of Morning Edition's Summer of Love series, NRP's Michel Martin asks author Jonathan Rauch how the legalization of same-sex marriage has changed America.

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Shut the front door, we're revisiting an episode about profanity.

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$#@*! we're talking profanity in pop culture

3:00am August 14, 2024

We've got dirty words on the brain, and we're chatting about the use and functions of profanity in entertainment. In this encore episode from 2013, we cover everything from Anchorman to South Park to Shakespeare.

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Flava Flav made a bronze clock necklace for Jordan Chiles amid medal controversy

10:15pm August 13, 2024

While American gymnast Jordan Chiles waits to learn whether she'll keep her Olympic bronze medal, Flavor Flav has stepped up with a one-of-a-kind bronze clock necklace, just for her.

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Writer Taffy Brodesser-Akner on how God helps her understand the world

10:15pm August 13, 2024

Writer Taffy Brodesser-Akner draws a question from the Wild Card deck. She tells NPR's Rachel Martin about needing God to help her understand the world.

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Meet some up-and-coming standups from this year's Lucille Ball Comedy Festival

10:15pm August 13, 2024

by Elizabeth Blair

The news has been heavy the past few years — a lot of us could use a laugh. Some up-and-coming standups performed at this year's Lucille Ball Comedy Festival.

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VP nominee Tim Walz, Vice President Kamala Harris, and former President Donald Trump.

Why 'weird' works for Tim Walz and Kamala Harris

6:34pm August 13, 2024

Ever since Minnesota governor and Democratic vice-presidential nominee Tim Walz called Republicans "weird," we've seen other Democrats embrace this name-calling strategy and deploy it in interviews and in memes online. We've also seen Republicans lobbing the "weird" moniker right back at Democrats. To get into how "weird" this all is, Brittany chats with NPR culture reporter Andrew Limbong and NPR political correspondent Danielle Kurtzleben about this new political strategy and redefining "normalcy" in 2024.

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Sports
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WNBA star Dearica Hamby sues the league and her former team for discrimination

3:13pm August 13, 2024

by Rachel Treisman

The suit accuses the Las Vegas Aces of trading Hamby because she was pregnant and retaliating against her for speaking out. Her lawyers say the WNBA's response amounted to a "light tap on the wrist."

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'You’re Embarrassing Yourself' is author Desiree Akhavan's memoir about shame

2:20pm August 13, 2024

by Leila Fadel

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with award-winning Iranian American filmmaker Desiree Akhavan about how she overcame years of self doubt.

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Black Southern and Filipino BBQ meet on the grill

10:10pm August 12, 2024

by Neda Ulaby

A chef in New Orleans is bringing two grilling traditions from opposite ends of the world together on one plate.

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'White Robes and Broken Badges' exposes the inner workings of the Ku Klux Klan

4:40pm August 12, 2024

by Tonya Mosley

Joe Moore, a former Army sniper turned FBI informant, shares how he infiltrated the KKK and helped foil a plot to assassinate then Sen. Barack Obama. Moore explains how hate groups are growing.

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