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He's Leaving On A Jet Plane, Should You Follow Him?

1:24pm May 21, 2017

Dear Sugar Radio is a podcast offering "radical empathy" and advice for the lost, lonely and heartsick. Today the hosts consider whether to move to a new place for a relationship.

Week In Politics: Fallout Continues Over Firing Of FBI Director Comey

4:36pm May 19, 2017

NPR's Ari Shapiro joins regular political commentators E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post and Brookings Institution and David Brooks of The New York Times to review the week in political news, namely the ongoing fallout over the firing of FBI Director James Comey and the ongoing investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

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The majority of health aid to poor countries targets children under five.

Ethics Of Aid: Should Donated Health Dollars Go To 'Children First'?

1:56pm May 17, 2017

by Malaka Gharib

That's how health aid is now allocated in the developing world. Should more money go to old people with chronic diseases? Our audience shares their views.

Tapping into millennials' compassion and activism might be the best way to motivate them to buy health coverage, says Aditi Juneja, a New York University law student.

From A Millennial To Her Peers: Want to Help The Underserved? Sign Up For Insurance

9:36am May 17, 2017

by Aditi Juneja

A law student was touched when she had a seizure during a big exam and classmates dropped everything to help. But if you really want to help sick people, she says, "you'll sign up for health care."

Linguist Geoff Nunberg says that people often use spurious quotations to create a version of Abraham Lincoln that suit a political purpose.

Lincoln Said What? Bogus Quotations Take On A New Life On Social Media

1:42pm May 15, 2017

by Geoff Nunberg

Many of those quotes we see on Facebook or Instagram are attributed to authors who never said them. Does it matter when we get a quotation wrong? Linguist Geoff Nunberg says, not always.

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Arts

Death Is Not The End (Of Your Problems)

1:00pm May 13, 2017

Dear Sugar Radio is a podcast offering "radical empathy" and advice for the lost, lonely and heartsick. Today the hosts talk about complications that can arise after somebody close to you dies.

Week In Politics: Trump Fires FBI Director James Comey

4:30pm May 12, 2017

NPR's Kelly McEvers speaks with political commentators, Matthew Yglesias, columnist, editor and co-founder of Vox, and Kelly Jane Torrance, deputy managing editor of The Weekly Standard. They discuss the firing of FBI Director James Comey.

Sports

I'll Pass On The $495 Sneakers, Pablo Torre Says

4:53am May 10, 2017

by Pablo Torre

Did you pay a little extra for a sports star's name on your latest pair of sneakers? Well, a budding NBA player's dad is relentlessly promoting the chance to pay even more for potential star power.

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Arts

A Family, A Traffic Ticket And A 2-Year Lie

4:52am May 07, 2017

Dear Sugar Radio is a podcast offering "radical empathy" and advice for the lost, lonely and heartsick. Today the hosts hear about a few problems, including a family cover-up over a sister's ticket.

The Muslim "identity matrix" reduces and commercializes at the same time.

I Am Not Your Muslim

4:36am May 06, 2017

by Nesrine Malik

An "identity matrix" is a trap that presents itself as the answer to broad-brush generalizations about Muslims as terrorists or radicals, but actually ends up being similarly simplistic.