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A Knoxville woman taking part in the Global Sumud Flotilla’s land convoy mission to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza has been detained along with nine other volunteer negotiators in Libya.
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WUOT News
Our monthly newsletter brings you timely updates on our station as well as a review of the past month's essential stories from our East Tennessee Community.
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This week, Wait Wait is live in Austin with host Peter Sagal, special guest Elana Meyers Taylor and panelists Brian Babylon, Rachel Coster, and Tom Papa -
Hamnet novelist O'Farrell turns to her own family story in Land. Maureen Corrigan reviews Talking Classics, by Mary Beard. Richard Pryor's daughter, Elizabeth, is a scholar of the N-word. -
Teenagers looking for summer jobs face a tough labor market. But the personal benefits are huge. -
The Los Angeles Dodgers dedicated a permanent exhibit honoring two of MLB's gay trailblazers -including two former Dodgers who never publicly came out until after they retired.
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As the opening for the FIFA World Cup in Mexico City approaches, tensions in the city rise with multiple organized groups taking to the streets to force the government to address their demands.
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The next few weeks will bring decisions in several major Supreme Court cases from birthright citizenship and immigration to the president's power to fire federal officials.
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Tucked away in hot, dry, concrete and asphalt sprawl of Phoenix is a small sliver of the Salt River's green, damp natural beauty.
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President Trump faced some pushback to his agenda and policies this week from both the courts and Republican lawmakers in Congress.
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NPR's Eyder Peralta speaks with University of California, Berkeley math professor Zvezdelina Stankova about efforts to bring back standardized exams as part of the admissions process.
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NPR's Eyder Peralta speaks with immunologist Nicole Baumgarth about why ticks are spreading to new regions, and what this increase in ticks could mean for the spread of Lyme disease.
Conversations from the World Cafe serves up a blend of blues, rock, live performances, and intimate interviews each week, produced by WXPN-FM in Philadelphia.
Tune in every Saturday morning at 9:35 for this weekly science series from the American Museum of Science and Energy.
Click here to see all of the ways you can listen to the Metropolitan Opera productions this season.
The demise of hospitals in rural Tennessee is worsening. What’s being done to stop the bleeding? A special series from WPLN News and This is Nashville.