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Michael Green: What Does GDP Not Tell Us?

10:04am August 17, 2018

by NPR/TED Staff

To fully understand progress, economist Michael Green says we must weigh social well-being and wealth. But by using this new measurement, he noticed something striking — the U.S. falls far behind.

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Paul Gilding: How Do We Continue To Grow If The Earth Has Reached Its Limit?

10:04am August 17, 2018

by NPR/TED Staff

Environmental activist Paul Gilding says the world has been growing too fast for too long. And now...the Earth is full. The only solution, he says, is to radically change the way we consume.

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After Families Disown Them, 2 Transgender Vets Share A Bond

7:44am August 17, 2018

Two transgender Vietnam vets talk about their friendship and how they supported one another. (The conversation originally aired on June 30, 2018 on Weekend Edition Saturday).

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Jennifer Fox's film, The Tale, has been nominated for an Emmy Award for best television movie. Fox wants the film to change people's understanding of child sexual abuse: "Let's use my story to change the world."

Fresh Air Weekend: A 'Tale' Inspired By Real-Life Trauma; Reducing Mass Incarceration

10:58am August 11, 2018

Jennifer Fox's HBO film, The Tale, is based on the sexual abuse she experienced as a child. Justin Chang reviews BlacKkKlansmen. Julian Adler and Judge Victoria Pratt discuss alternatives to jail.

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Matt Mikkelsen carries "Fritz," his microphone system, to the path in the Hoh Rain Forest that leads to One Square Inch of Silence in Washington's Olympic National Park.

Are You Listening? Hear What Uninterrupted Silence Sounds Like

7:23pm August 10, 2018

by Samir S. Patel

Inside the Hoh Rain Forest in Washington state, acoustics experts have attempted to preserve a location free of human-made noise. They call it One Square Inch of Silence.

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Heather Heyer was killed while protesting against white nationalists at last summer's "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville. Her supervisor, Alfred Wilson, and Heyer's mother, Susan Bro, talk about losing Heyer, during a StoryCorps interview.

National

Loved Ones Of Charlottesville Victim Heather Heyer Cope With Their Loss Together

1:09pm August 10, 2018

"Grief is like standing in the shallows of the ocean, knee-deep in the water," Heyer's mother Susan Bro tells her daughter's former supervisor Alfred Wilson in a StoryCorps interview.

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A scene from Storybook Lane features The Mad Hatter from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

How A Labor Of Love Grew Into An 'Enchanted Forest' In Oregon

6:25pm August 09, 2018

by Matt Ozug

A family road trip in 1963 inspired Roger Tofte to build a fairy tale theme park. At first, he made everything on his own, by hand. Now, more than 100,000 people a year visit his dream come to life.

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Joshua Tree National Park lies about two hours south of Los Angeles.

National

Joshua Tree Provides Beacon For Artists And Seekers In The California Desert

7:09pm August 06, 2018

by Ailsa Chang

Travel website Atlas Obscura and All Things Considered team up for a West Coast summer road trip from California to Washington. The journey starts in the desert outside Los Angeles.

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Gackenbach, whose duties included documenting the event with his camera, is the last surviving member of the Hiroshima mission.

Last Surviving Crew Member Has 'No Regrets' About Bombing Hiroshima

7:09pm August 06, 2018

by Nellie Gilles

Russell Gackenbach was a 22-year-old second lieutenant on Aug. 6, 1945, when he flew in the Necessary Evil, one of three planes in the mission that dropped the first nuclear weapon used in warfare.

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In this July 17 photo provided by Aziz Abdul, a man standing on a balcony at the East Lorengau Refugee Transit Center on Manus Island, Papua New Guinea. The question of what will become of the hundreds of asylum-seekers banished by Australia to sweltering

World News

An Asylum-Seeker Wrote A Book By Phone Texts From Manus Island Detention

8:27am August 06, 2018

Behrouz Boochani has lived in detention on Manus for five years. He tells NPR about the book he wrote using WhatsApp that tells the story of his failed attempt to flee Iran for asylum in Australia.

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