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The midterm map is beginning to take shape
Beginning in March, voters will start picking their preferred candidates to run for House and Senate races throughout the country. With a record number of incumbents retiring, we look at what seats are especially competitive & the issues that might play big roles in how voters make up their minds.
The midterm map is beginning to take shape
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The false promise of a tech job.
Learn to code, they said! And then the layoffs started happening...
Coding jobs are no longer in demand. What's taken their place?
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How Pam Bondi has reshaped the Justice Department
Attorney General Pam Bondi is set to testify before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, where she’s likely to face questions about the Epstein Files, the Minnesota immigration crackdown and the attempt to prosecute several of President Trump’s perceived political enemies.
How Pam Bondi has reshaped the Justice Department
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Daily News
Get clued-in on what's happening today.
Up First from NPR
The three biggest stories of the day in 10 minutes.
US-Iran Talks, Texas ICE Shooting Trial, Rev. Jesse Jackson Dies At 84
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Consider This from NPR
Make sense of a major news story and what it means for you.
Transgender troops speak up as they're forced out
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The NPR Politics Podcast
Daily analysis of the biggest news out of Washington.
Trump administration eliminates greenhouse gas regulations
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Trump's Terms
NPR covers the 47th President as he challenges precedent and upends political norms.
Trump administration tries to resolve three crises with Iran, Ukraine and Gaza
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State of the World from NPR
The most vital international story of the day, five days a week.
Street markets light up for Ramadan in Cairo and the Lunar New Year in Beijing
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Here & Now Anytime
The news you need to know today — and the stories that will stick with you tomorrow.
Cottage cheese, possum, aspic: How to eat like a president
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1A
Getting to the heart of news, politics, & culture.
'If You Can Keep It': A.I. And Our Democracy
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Culture and Entertainment
Get to know the world around you.
How To Do Everything
Kind of an advice show. Kind of.
Forks and Ice Masters
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Wild Card with Rachel Martin
The game where cards control the conversation.
Wagner Moura
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Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
Have a laugh and test your news knowledge.
Our panel heads to Milan and Arden Cho hunts demons
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Fresh Air
The Peabody Award-winning weekday arts and issues magazine.
The American Presidency, Redefined
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Pop Culture Happy Hour
Pop cultural commentary in high spirits.
How To Get To Heaven From Belfast
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Code Switch
Fearless conversations about race, politics, and culture.
Trump shared a racist "joke." That humor is an American tradition
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The Best of Car Talk
America's funniest mechanics take calls from car owners.
#2614: The Sludgehammer
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NPR's Book of the Day
Hand-picked great reads.
'Crux' is a novel about rock climbing, but risk exists far beyond the mountain’s edge
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It's Been a Minute
How culture happens.
Make life harder (and better): Learn another language.
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Bullseye with Jesse Thorn
Your curated guide to brilliant creators.
Remembering Catherine O'Hara
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Music
All things music.
Tiny Desk
Intimate concerts, recorded live at NPR Music headquarters.
Alt.Latino
A spotlight on the world of Latinx arts and culture.
Puerto Rico takes the field at the Bad Bunny Super Bowl
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All Songs Considered
The week's best new music and chats with emerging artists.
Andrew Bird on ‘The Pitt,’ Gia Margaret and more of the best new songs
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From the Top
Music and humor from America's best classical musicians.
Beethoven to Bluegrass and Special Guest Victor Wooten
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Jazz Night In America
Christian McBride presents jazz concerts from across the nation with NPR Music and WBGO.
Mountain Stage
West Virginia Public Broadcasting presents live concerts: folk, country and the blues
Sam Weber on Mountain Stage
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World Cafe Words and Music Podcast
Live music and conversation from a variety of important musicians.
World Cafe: Nirvanna the Band
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Louder Than A Riot
How the double standard became hip-hop's standard.
Watch the queen conquer: MC Lyte, Quay Dash, the cast of 'Rap Sh!t'
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Learn Something New
Tips, tricks, insights, and inspiration.
Planet Money
The economy explained.
Betty Boop, Excel Olympics, Penny-isms: Our 2026 Valentines
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The Indicator from Planet Money
Your friendly economic sidekick
How Iran's flagging economy inflamed its protests
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Short Wave
New science discoveries and everyday mysteries in 15 minutes.
Tea time... with an ape?
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TED Radio Hour
Tackling big questions with the world's greatest thinkers.
How you see yourself
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Life Kit
Tools to help you get it together.
How to 'shift' your emotions
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Body Electric
Our bodies are adapting and changing to meet the demands of the Information Age.
Life Kit: Don't always depend on GPS. Your sense of direction will thank you
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Dive Deep
Immersive storytelling and investigative journalism.
Throughline
Throughline is a time machine. We travel beyond the headlines to answer, "How did we get here?"
The lasting legacy of the slave patrols
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Embedded
Audio documentaries that bring untold stories to light
Alternate Realities: Double or Nothing
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Radio Ambulante
Long-form, neglected, and under-reported Latino Stories.
El doble
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Invisibilia
Stories that will make you see your own life differently.
"The Network" from NPR's Embedded
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Rough Translation
Cultural mistranslations and what we can learn from them.
Rough Translation New Years Message
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La última copa/The Last Cup
The story of Lionel Messi and his last chance for vindication.
"El gran varón" — ¿Quién era Simón?
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White Lies
A decades-long story about immigration, indefinite detention, and a secret list.
The Excludables
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Taking Cover
Uncover an Iraq war cover-up.
A Good Guy from NPR's Embedded
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From the NPR Network
Recommendations from local stations.
How Wild
A journey through wilderness, how it's changing, and what that says about us as humans.
Introducing the American Storytelling collection
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Extremely American
An inside look at Christian nationalism.
Introducing the American Storytelling collection
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Road to Rickwood
Road to Rickwood explores Birmingham's civil rights history through the lens of a baseball field
Introducing the American Storytelling collection
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Inheriting
Inheriting explores how one event in history can ripple through generations of a family.
Introducing the American Storytelling collection
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Track Change
The soundtrack to rebuilding a life after incarceration.
Introducing the American Storytelling collection
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Landslide
Revisiting America's closest presidential primary race and how its partisan rifts still divide us.
Introducing the American Storytelling collection
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Bright Lit Place
The decades-long fight over land, water and the will power to save what's left of the Everglades.
Introducing the American Storytelling collection
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