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Politics & Government

William F. Buckley's 'Firing Line' Returns With Margaret Hoover

8:10am June 09, 2018

Almost 20 years since Firing Line ceased production, Margaret Hoover is stepping in to become the next host of the conservative talk show on PBS. She talks with Scott Simon.

How Celebrity Deaths And The Coverage Of Them Can Contribute To More Suicides

4:37pm June 08, 2018

After the deaths this week of Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain, NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with author and historian Jennifer Michael Hecht about suicide, its portrayal in the media and subsequent copycat effects.

Chefs Masa Takayama (left), Eric Ripert and Anthony Bourdain chat during a screening of Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown in 2016 in New York City.

National

Anthony Bourdain, Chef And Television Host, Has Died At 61

1:30pm June 08, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

"It is with extraordinary sadness we can confirm the death of our friend and colleague," his employer, CNN, said in a statement. The network and a French official said the cause of death was suicide.

Books

Seymour Hersh Reports On A Life In Journalism

3:49pm June 05, 2018

The "scoop artist" has written a memoir.

Politics & Government

'Atlantic': Franklin Foer On Paul Manafort And The Fall Of Washington

7:52am June 05, 2018

Rachel Martin talks to Franklin Foer of The Atlantic about Paul Manafort potentially tampering with witnesses in the Robert Mueller investigation. Foer profiled Manafort for the magazine in March.

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BBC Host Misses His First Show In Decades

6:38am June 05, 2018

Nicholas Parsons, the host of the BBC program called Just a Minute went 50 years without missing a show — until this week. The BBC says Parsons, 94, just took some time off.

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National

Facebook Defends Giving Device-Makers Access To Users' Data For Years

7:54pm June 04, 2018

by Bill Chappell

The company says it shared the data only to help Apple, Samsung and other device-makers "recreate Facebook-like experiences." It denies a New York Times report that "deep access" was granted.

National

Calculating The Hurricane Maria Aftermath

6:15pm June 02, 2018

NPR's Michel Martin talks to Carla Minet, journalist and executive director of the Center for Investigative Journalism in Puerto Rico.

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Barbershop: Puerto Rico Journalists

5:52pm June 02, 2018

In the Barbershop this week, NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Puerto Rican journalists Adriana De Jesús Salamán, Ezequiel Rodríguez Andino and Jay Fonseca.

Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko, who Kiev police said Tuesday had been killed, showed up alive at a press conference Wednesday. His death was faked as part of a sting operation by the Ukrainian Security Service.

World News

Russian Journalist Said To Be Killed Shows Up At News Conference Very Much Alive

3:32pm May 30, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

"I'm still alive," Arkady Babchenko said, apologizing to friends and family who believed he was dead. The Ukrainian Security Service said it faked his death to flush out people trying to kill him.