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Oil prices are climbing again. Here's why this time could be different

NPR | By Ayesha Rascoe

Published July 26, 2026 at 4:58 AM PDT

Oil prices surpassed $100 a barrel last week. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Bob McNally, founder of the research firm Rapidan Energy Group, about how the Iran war is disrupting oil supplies.

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Ayesha Rascoe

Ayesha Rascoe is the host of Weekend Edition Sunday and the Saturday episodes of Up First. As host of the morning news magazine, she interviews news makers, entertainers, politicians and more about the stories that everyone is talking about or that everyone should be talking about.

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