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    Goats and Soda
    Kawthar, 16, says she was beaten and raped on her wedding night after being married to a 32-year-old Syrian man from a nearby refugee camp. "I wish to become a dragon and burn the scarves and everything in that tent," she said.
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    Stunning Photos Depict Migrants 'As They'd Rather Be Seen'

    Oct 07, 2018
    The photos avoid war, destruction and poverty — and instead focus on the beauty and resilience of people who leave home in search of a better life.
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    Fresh Air Weekend
    Paul Giamatti and Kathryn Hahn play a couple who are desperate to have a child in the Netflix film <em>Private Life.</em>
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    Fresh Air Weekend: Infertility And 'Private Life'; Evan Osnos On Mark Zuckerberg

    Oct 06, 2018
    Writer and director Tamara Jenkins says her experiences with IVF inspired her new film. David Edelstein reviews A Star is Born. Osnos discusses his recent New Yorker article about the Facebook CEO.
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    World
    Cui Tiankai, China's ambassador to the U.S., speaks during a reception at the Chinese Embassy in Washington, D.C., in July.
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    China Wants To End Trade War But 'U.S. Position Keeps Changing,' Ambassador Says

    Oct 03, 2018
    China's Ambassador to the U.S. Cui Tiankai tells NPR his country is "ready to make a deal" with the United States, if they could find a trustworthy partner in Washington.
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    Asia
    Cui Tiankai, China's ambassador to the United States, listens during a meeting at the U.S. State Department in Washington D.C., in 2015.
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    Transcript: NPR's Interview With China's Ambassador To The U.S.

    Oct 03, 2018
    In a rare interview, Cui Tiankai, China's ambassador to the U.S., talks to NPR's Steve Inskeep about trade, better understanding President Trump and China's social credit system.
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    Fresh Air Weekend
    Jon Batiste performs with The Dap-Kings at the Monterey Jazz Festival in Monterey, Calif. on Sept. 22, 2018.
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    Fresh Air Weekend: Jon Batiste; Robbie Fulks And Linda Gail Lewis

    Sep 29, 2018
    Batiste, the band leader for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, demonstrates his "everything in the pot" style of piano. Fulks and Lewis share songs from their new album, Wild! Wild! Wild!
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    Sports
    Hannah Storm (shown here) and Andrea Kremer are Amazon Prime Video's sportscasting team and are set to call 11 NFL games this season.
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    Hannah Storm, Part Of First All-Women NFL Broadcast Team, Is Set For Kickoff

    Sep 27, 2018
    On Thursday, Hannah Storm and Andrea Kremer will become the first all-women broadcast team to call an NFL game. To critics of the pair, she says it's "myopic" to think that football is only for men.
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    GOP Strategist Explains Why She Still Supports Kavanaugh's Nomination

    Sep 25, 2018
    Rachel Martin talks to Republican strategist Sara Fagen about her continued support for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Fagen worked with Kavanaugh in George W. Bush's White House.
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    Ex-State Department Diplomat Criticizes Trump's State Department

    Sep 24, 2018
    Steve Inskeep talks to former diplomat Uzra Zeya about what she sees as declining diversity at the State Department. She worked there for 27 years but walked away from her job in the spring.
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    Fresh Air Weekend
    Maggie Gyllenhaal stars as a sex worker who gets off the streets by becoming an actress in — and then a director of — porn films in HBO's<em> The Deuce. </em>She's also a producer on the series.<em> </em>
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    Fresh Air Weekend: Maggie Gyllenhaal; Breaking Free From The Purity Movement

    Sep 22, 2018
    Gyllenhaal takes on the power imbalance of sex work in The Deuce. Critic Justin Chang reviews The Sisters Brothers. Linda Kay Klein reflects on the shame caused by the Evangelical purity movement.
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    Colin Jost and Michael Che will host the Emmy Awards on Monday, Sept. 17, on NBC.
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    Fresh Air Weekend: Michael Che And Colin Jost Of 'SNL'; Chef José Andrés

    Sep 15, 2018
    The SNL head writers have different attitudes toward co-hosting the Emmy awards Monday night. Jost admits to being nervous, but Che says, "there's nothing to be afraid of."
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    Fresh Air Weekend
    Khalida Brohi grew up Kotri, Pakistan, and was the first girl in her village to go to school.
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    Fresh Air Weekend: Women's Rights Activist Khalida Brohi; 'Blaze'; John Kerry

    Sep 08, 2018
    Brohi says her father gave her the courage to speak out against "honor killings." David Edelstein reviews the film Blaze. Kerry reflects on smear campaigns and not taking anything for granted.
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    TED Radio Hour
    Lux Narayan on the TED stage.
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    Lux Narayan: What Do Obituaries Teach Us About Lives Well-Lived?

    Sep 07, 2018
    Lux Narayan analyzed 2000 New York Times obituaries, of both famous and not-so-famous people, over a two-year period. One common thread among them? A fierce desire to help others.
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    Interviews
    Reporter April Ryan raises her hand during a press briefing at the White House in 2017. Her pointed questioning has often earned her the ire of the Trump administration's communications team, as she writes in <em>Under Fire</em>.
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    In The Trump Era, Journalist April Ryan Finds Herself 'Under Fire'

    Sep 05, 2018
    The longtime White House correspondent, one of the few black reporters in the press corps, has frequently clashed with the current administration's press officers — which she details in a new book.
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    Fresh Air Weekend
    John Oliver's HBO show, <em>Last Week Tonight, </em>returned for its fifth season in February.
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    Fresh Air Weekend: John Oliver; Allison Janney; A Tribute To Roger Miller; Neil Simon

    Sep 01, 2018
    Oliver talks about hosting Last Week Tonight. Janney says her relationships with her own family inform her role on Mom. Ken Tucker reviews King of the Road. Fresh Air remembers playwright Neil Simon.
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    Goats and Soda
    Tima Kurdi is the aunt of Syrian refugee Alan Kurdi, who, along with his brother Ghalib and their mother Rehanna, were found drowned on a Turkish beach in 2015, after the raft they were traveling on capsized.
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    An Aunt's Memoir: Remembering The Drowned Syrian Boy On The Beach

    Aug 31, 2018
    Tima Kurdi has written a book that tells the story of the family's attempt to cross from Turkey to Greece in a rubber boat — and the struggle to make sense of the tragedy.
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    Encore: Longtime Partners Find Treasure Among Trash

    Aug 31, 2018
    In 2010, Angelo Bruno and Eddie Nieves talked about the bond they forged working together to clean up New York City. They've since retired from the job, but their friendship hasn't gone to waste.
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    Goats and Soda
    Kennedy Odede (in blue shirt) is dancing for a good reason. The charity he and his wife started has been awarded the $2 million Hilton Humanitarian Prize. He's joined by residents of Kibera, the neighborhood in Nairobi where his nonprofit group provides
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    Whatever Happened To ... The Street Kid Whose Life Was Saved By Kindness

    Aug 29, 2018
    Kennedy Odede was a homeless kid in the slum of Kibera in Nairobi, Kenya. Now he's the founder of a successful nonprofit helping his community. How's he and his group faring?
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    Fresh Air Weekend
    André Holland did research with the Equal Justice Initiative in order to prepare for his role as a lawyer on the Hulu series <em>Castle Rock.</em>
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    Fresh Air Weekend: Actor André Holland; 'Crazy Rich Asians' Author Kevin Kwan

    Aug 25, 2018
    Castle Rock star Holland talks about growing up in rural Alabama. Kevin Whitehead reviews Andy Biskin's Songs from the Alan Lomax Collection. Kwan reflects on the screen adaptation of his novel.
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    TED Radio Hour

    Tyler Cowen: Do The Numbers Give Us The Full Picture?

    Aug 17, 2018
    When it comes to global progress, Tyler Cowen says there's much more to the story than numbers can tell. And it's important, he says, to pay attention to the inherent "messiness" of the data.
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    TED Radio Hour
    Hanna Rosin on the TED stage.
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    Hanna Rosin: Data Shows Women Have Progressed. But What's Next?

    Aug 17, 2018
    Post-recession, journalist Hanna Rosin noticed an economic shift: jobs dominated by men were on the decline, jobs dominated by women were on the rise. But does that data signify meaningful progress?
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    TED Radio Hour
    Michael Green on the TED stage.
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    Michael Green: What Does GDP Not Tell Us?

    Aug 17, 2018
    To fully understand progress, economist Michael Green says we must weigh social well-being and wealth. But by using this new measurement, he noticed something striking — the U.S. falls far behind.
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    TED Radio Hour
    Paul Gilding on TED Stage.
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    Paul Gilding: How Do We Continue To Grow If The Earth Has Reached Its Limit?

    Aug 17, 2018
    Environmental activist Paul Gilding says the world has been growing too fast for too long. And now...the Earth is full. The only solution, he says, is to radically change the way we consume.
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    Fresh Air Weekend
    Jennifer Fox's film, <em>The Tale,</em> has been nominated for an Emmy Award for best television movie. Fox wants the film to change people's understanding of child sexual abuse: "Let's use my story to change the world."
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    Fresh Air Weekend: A 'Tale' Inspired By Real-Life Trauma; Reducing Mass Incarceration

    Aug 11, 2018
    Jennifer Fox's HBO film, The Tale, is based on the sexual abuse she experienced as a child. Justin Chang reviews BlacKkKlansmen. Julian Adler and Judge Victoria Pratt discuss alternatives to jail.
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    Summer Road Trip With Atlas Obscura
    Near Hoh River Trail in Washington state's Olympic National Park.
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    Are You Listening? Hear What Uninterrupted Silence Sounds Like

    Aug 10, 2018
    Inside the Hoh Rain Forest in Washington state, acoustics experts have attempted to preserve a location free of human-made noise. They call it One Square Inch of Silence.
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    Summer Road Trip With Atlas Obscura
    Roger Tofte in front of his first creation, the Castle, at the Enchanted Forest in Turner, Ore.
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    How A Labor Of Love Grew Into An 'Enchanted Forest' In Oregon

    Aug 09, 2018
    A family road trip in 1963 inspired Roger Tofte to build a fairy tale theme park. At first, he made everything on his own, by hand. Now, more than 100,000 people a year visit his dream come to life.

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