In the midst of what many have dubbed a “loneliness epidemic,” local bookstores are building relationships with customers that are far more than transactional.
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 Milwaukee with host Peter Sagal, special guest Jason Narducy and panelists Alonzo Bodden, Adam Burke, and Negin Farsad
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Huge crowds of train fans turn out as the 1940s era Big Boy steam locomotive is making a rare trip cross country.
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Populist British MP Nigel Farage resigned from Parliament over questions about his finances, and is running for re-election in his constituency. His biggest rival? Count Binface.
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In some towns in India, a visitor to the post office who's squinting at fine print might be asked: Do you want an eye test?
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President Trump refused to sign a housing bill, now law, in protest over Congress not passing new restrictions on voting.
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The nation's oldest continuously operated weather observatory in Milton, Massachusetts, keeps track of a surprising climate indicator: the date the first blueberry ripens.
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NPR's Scott Simon asks Republican strategist Liam Donovan about his party's approach to November's Senate races.
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NPR's Scott Simon and sportswriter Howard Bryant discuss the World Cup quarterfinals.
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The sport of beep baseball uses sound to guide visually impaired players to hit the ball and run the bases.
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NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Swarthmore College political science professor Dominic Tierney about the U.S.-Iran war and other conflicts that have left the U.S. in drawn-out entanglements.
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.
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.