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Trump's tariff tumult

On the campaign trail, Donald Trump promised to enact tariffs on some of the United States' largest trading partners. As president, he has made good on that promise — but with more than a few exceptions and caveats.

Trump's tariff tumult

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Health Insurance in America

Millions of Americans depend on their jobs for health insurance. But that's not the case in many other wealthy countries. How did the U.S. end up with a system that's so expensive, yet leaves so many people vulnerable? On this episode, how a temporary solution created an everlasting problem. This episode originally ran in 2020 as The Everlasting Problem.

Health Insurance in America

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The controversy over Tyson Foods' hiring of asylum seekers

Last year, Tyson Foods shuttered a meat processing plant in Perry, Iowa. The company said it made the decision because the plant was old and inefficient. But the closure was devastating for the residents of Perry. The plant had employed some 1200 workers in a town with a population of only 8000.

The controversy over Tyson Foods' hiring of asylum seekers

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Terrible but bingeable TV shows

What is it about a show that turns you into a bitter-ender, that keeps you dutifully watching every last episode, long after the train has jumped the tracks? Even when you know it's not good, but, for you anyway, it's just good enough to muddle through, all the way to the finale? Today, we're revisiting our conversation about terrible but bingeable TV shows

Terrible but bingeable TV shows

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Alternate Realities: A Strange Bet

Episode 1: Reporter Zach Mack thinks his dad has gone all in on conspiracy theories, while his father thinks that Zach is the one being brainwashed. In 2024, after the latest round of circular arguments, they decided to try something new, an attempt to pull each other out of the spell each of them thinks the other is under. Can one family live in two realities?

Alternate Realities: A Strange Bet

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Learn Something New

Tips, tricks, insights, and inspiration.

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Planet Money

The economy explained.

How to start a bank

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The Indicator from Planet Money

Quick insights into work, business, and the economy.

Can ... we still trust the monthly jobs report?

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Short Wave

New science discoveries and everyday mysteries in 15 minutes.

Early humans made tools from bones 1 million years sooner than scientists thought

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TED Radio Hour

Tackling big questions with the world's greatest thinkers.

A neuroscientist's guide to managing our emotions

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Life Kit

Tools to help you get it together.

The key to happiness? Know thyself, says Gretchen Rubin

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Body Electric

Our bodies are adapting and changing to meet the demands of the Information Age.

Life Kit: Don't always depend on GPS. Your sense of direction will thank you

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New and Notable

Trump's tariff tumult

Health Insurance in America

The controversy over Tyson Foods' hiring of asylum seekers

Terrible but bingeable TV shows

Alternate Realities: A Strange Bet

Daily News

NPR News Now

NPR News: 03-09-2025 5AM EST

Up First

Who gets to be an American?

Consider This from NPR

Marco Rubio pivots to America First diplomacy

The NPR Politics Podcast

Roundup: DOGE's power checked; Vance's role evolves

Trump's Terms

What cuts to global air monitoring could mean for the U.S. — and other countries

State of the World from NPR

The Dangerous Popularity of Skin Whitening Products in Nigeria

Here & Now

The loneliness cure: How to cope with isolation at work

1A

The News Roundup For March 7, 2025

Morning Edition

All Things Considered

Weekend Edition Saturday

Weekend Edition Sunday

Culture and Entertainment

How To Do Everything

"Study Break" is back again

Wild Card with Rachel Martin

Zadie Smith lives more in the world than on the page

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

Lauren Graham talks The Z-Suite and being the mom we wish we had

Fresh Air

Best Of: Jazz Clarinetist Doreen Ketchens / 'White Lotus' Actor Natasha Rothwell

Pop Culture Happy Hour

'Mickey 17' sends Robert Pattinson to the printer, but is the toner low?

Code Switch

A look at the human toll of the construction of the Panama Canal

The Best of Car Talk

#2519: Click and Clack's Wild Kingdom

NPR's Book of the Day

Picture book biographies introduce children to Toni Morrison and Ruby Bridges

It's Been a Minute

Is Hollywood soft censoring Palestinian art?

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

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StoryCorps

You're That Light

Music

Tiny Desk

Chika: Tiny Desk Concert

Alt.Latino

New Music: Something Old, Something New, Something Found... and Jazz

All Songs Considered

New Music Friday: The best albums out March 7

From the Top

Celebrating Musicians with Disabilities

Jazz Night In America

Isaiah Collier explores 400 years of Black history — one movement at a time

Mountain Stage

Sam Weber on Mountain Stage

World Cafe Words and Music from WXPN

Ringo Starr on World Cafe

Louder Than A Riot

Watch the queen conquer: MC Lyte, Quay Dash, the cast of 'Rap Sh!t'

Learn Something New

Planet Money

How to start a bank

The Indicator from Planet Money

Can ... we still trust the monthly jobs report?

Short Wave

Early humans made tools from bones 1 million years sooner than scientists thought

TED Radio Hour

A neuroscientist's guide to managing our emotions

Life Kit

The key to happiness? Know thyself, says Gretchen Rubin

Body Electric

Life Kit: Don't always depend on GPS. Your sense of direction will thank you