Interviews

Mohamed Coulibaly, watches France's World Cup match against Peru at the Sarcelles A.A.S. complex on June 21. Coulibaly is the director of the soccer program at the club.

France's World Cup Team Brings Positive Attention To Suburban Fans

1:01pm June 24, 2018

by Eleanor Beardsley

Eight of France's World Cup team come from the suburbs of big cities — non-white areas known for poverty. France won in 1998 with a multi-ethnic team, bringing hope, but not much has changed since.

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Fresh Air Weekend: John Prine; Novelist Stephen McCauley

11:25am June 23, 2018

Prine explains why he never thought he'd be a recording artist. Critic Justin Chang reviews the documentary The King. McCauley's novel, My Ex-Life, centers on couple whose marriage ended decades ago.

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Glennette Rozelle (left) and Jennifer Mack at their StoryCorps conversation in Oklahoma City last month.

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'We Never Spoke Of It Again': A Night That Changed A Family Forever

10:20am June 22, 2018

At StoryCorps, half sisters Glennette Rozelle and Jennifer Mack recall the night their mother killed her husband. They were kids back then, and it took decades to understand what happened.

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In a handout photo, the inside of a U.S. Customs and Border Protection detention facility shows detainees inside fenced areas at Rio Grande Valley Centralized Processing Center in Rio Grande City, Texas, on June 17.

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Migrant Children Heard Crying On Tape Are The Voices 'Left Out' Of Conversation

6:35am June 20, 2018

by Mary Louise Kelly

Children separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border and held at a Border Patrol facility are heard wailing inconsolably in seven minutes of audio obtained by ProPublica.

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The South Korean soccer team poses for a photo prior to the 2018 FIFA World Cup match against Sweden at Nizhny Novgorod Stadium on June 18, 2018 in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia.

The Science Behind South Korea's Race-Based World Cup Strategy

7:06pm June 18, 2018

by Art Silverman

South Korea's men's soccer team tried to confuse scouts from Sweden's team by swapping jerseys so their opponent couldn't tell the players apart. But could a strategy like that actually work?

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In this Jan. 10, 2017, file photo, pharmaceuticals billionaire Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong waves as he arrives in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York for a meeting with President-elect Donald Trump. Soon-Shiong will take over the L.A. Times on Monday.

National

New 'LA Times' Owner Wants To Compete With 'New York Times' And 'Washington Post'

2:29pm June 18, 2018

by David Folkenflik

Patrick Soon-Shiong takes over the Los Angeles Times on Monday. He said he hopes it will be perceived "not just as a regional paper, but indeed a national paper and hopefully an international paper."

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Mj Rodriguez's Pose character, Blanca, is an HIV-positive ball competitor who decides to leave her drag house to create a new one from scratch.

Arts

'You Just Serve As Much As You Can': Mj Rodriguez On Ball Culture And 'Pose'

8:12am June 17, 2018

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

The FX drama stars several transgender actors, including Rodriguez. She says, "It's great that finally our stories are getting to be told."

Ethan Hawke stars as as a troubled minister who counsels a parishioner (Amanda Seyfried) in First Reformed.

Fresh Air Weekend: Paul Schrader And Ethan Hawke On 'First Reformed'; Michael Chabon

10:32am June 16, 2018

Shrader and Hawke discuss their new film about a minister who is having a crisis of faith. Justin Chang reviews The Incredibles 2. Chabon writes about fatherhood in Pops.

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Music & Culture

Geri Allen On Piano Jazz

2:46pm June 15, 2018

by NPR Staff

An unequivocal jazz figure, we remember and celebrate Geri Allen's genre-bending influence on contemporary jazz.

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Remembering D.J. Fontana, The Drummer For Elvis Presley's Band

1:38pm June 15, 2018

by Terry Gross

Fontana, who died Wednesday, played on some of Presley's biggest hits, including "Blue Suede Shoes," "Hound Dog" and "All Shook Up." Originally broadcast in 1987.

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