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'Wild Card' with Jenny Slate
NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with comedian Jenny Slate for her new show Wild Card.
The Name Behind This Year's Most Popular Album? P.T. Barnum
by Ailsa Chang
The soundtrack to the movie The Greatest Showman is outselling Kanye West, Taylor Swift and Justin Timberlake this year. Critic Rob Harvilla reviewed the album for The Ringer and explains its success.
ICE Has New Ways To Keep Asylum-Seekers And Their Kids Apart, Critics Say
by John Burnett
In the case of a Honduran asylum-seeker jailed in Texas, ICE appears to be defying a court order to reunite parents and separated children as soon as possible, by setting bond amounts impossibly high.
GOP Congressmen Visit Moscow, Thaw Icy Relations Before Trump-Putin Talks
by Lucian Kim
This July Fourth, a congressional delegation is visiting Moscow for the first time since Russia's annexation of Crimea. They're all Republicans, and their visit is a prelude to the Trump-Putin summit.
As Others Slam The Door, Spain's New Government Opens Arms To Migrant Ships
by Lucia Benavides
While some European countries are turning away migrants rescued at sea, Spain is taking them in. A ship carrying dozens of asylum-seekers arrived today in prosperous and welcoming Barcelona.
America's Next Top Rest Stop: An App Compiles The Best Gas Station Bathrooms
by Ailsa Chang
Millions of Americans are hitting the roads for the holiday. With road trips come pit stops, and fuel price tracker Gas Buddy has compiled a list of the best bathrooms using user reviews.
Zero-Sum Tactics That Built Trump Inc. Could Backfire With World Leaders
by Ailsa Chang
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with David Honig, who teaches negotiations at Indiana University, on how President Trump has employed a technique called "distributive bargaining," and how that can backfire.
Encore: For 'God Bless America,' A Long Gestation And Venomous Backlash
by Robert Siegel
A book about the song "God Bless America" shows how early popularity of the Irving Berlin song, which debuted in 1938, reflected pre-war anxiety and sparked an anti-Semitic and xenophobic backlash.
Trump Says He's Not Asking Justice Candidates About Abortion. Why Bother?
by Ron Elving
The president says he won't ask about specific legal cases, including Roe v. Wade. But he doesn't have to, because everyone on his short list is a pre-vetted conservative.
All He's Ever Wanted Is To Mine Coal. How Long Can He Chase His Dream?
Kyle Johnson is a young man who wants to be a coal miner more than anything. NPR's Embedded podcast follows his search for a job in a region where the future of coal is in question.
As America Turns A Year Older, Poll Finds Patriotism Has Slipped A Bit
by Ailsa Chang
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Gallup Editor in Chief Frank M. Newport about a new poll that finds, for the first time, that less than half of Americans are extremely proud of their citizenship.
White House Launches Effort To Take Citizenship From Those Who Lied To Get It
by Ailsa Chang
When an immigrant becomes a naturalized U.S. citizen, there's a sense of permanence. But a Trump administration effort is seeking those who cheated to get citizenship, and plans to take it from them.