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Up First from NPR

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Airstrikes On Gaza, Shutdown Pressure Points, Venezuela Boat Strikes

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Consider This from NPR

Make sense of a major news story and what it means for you.

A rare bipartisan move to rein in Donald Trump on Venezuela

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The NPR Politics Podcast

Daily analysis of the biggest news out of Washington.

Roundup: Bolton In Court, Zelenskyy In Washington, Military In The Caribbean

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Trump's Terms
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Trump's Terms

NPR covers the 47th President as he challenges precedent and upends political norms.

He was detained by ICE. Here's what happened when he lawyered up

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State of the World from NPR

The most vital international story of the day, five days a week.

Author Oscar Wilde Gets Back His Library Card Over A Century After His Death

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Here & Now Anytime

The news you need to know today — and the stories that will stick with you tomorrow.

Hidden Levels: Mr. Boomshakalaka

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1A

Getting to the heart of news, politics, & culture.

The News Roundup For October 17, 2025

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Morning Edition
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Morning Edition

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All Things Considered

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Weekend Edition Saturday

Wrapping up the week's news every Saturday morning.

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Weekend Edition Sunday

Interviews with newsmakers, artists, scientists, and more.

Sources & Methods

Sources & Methods

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Trump threatens a Venezuela escalation and Pentagon press walk out

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How To Do Everything

Kind of an advice show. Kind of.

HTDE: Earthquakes, Dentists, and How To Talk To Your Dog

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Wild Card with Rachel Martin

The game where cards control the conversation.

Nick Offerman

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Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

Have a laugh and test your news knowledge.

WWDTM: Anna Kendrick, Jeff Gordon, and more!

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Fresh Air

The Peabody Award-winning weekday arts and issues magazine.

Best Of: Julian Brave NoiseCat / Laufey

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Pop Culture Happy Hour

Pop cultural commentary in high spirits.

Black Phone 2 And What’s Making Us Happy

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Code Switch

Fearless conversations about race, politics, and culture.

RR WW ANTI ZIONIST

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Car Talk
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The Best of Car Talk

America's funniest mechanics take calls from car owners.

#2583: Tell Us Your Fantasies

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NPR's Book of the Day

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Ken Liu’s latest novel ‘All That We See or Seem’ is speculative fiction about AI

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It's Been a Minute

How culture happens.

Why the internet sucks (and keeps getting worse)

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Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

Your curated guide to brilliant creators.

Yaya Bey

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StoryCorps

Conversations about love, loss, family, and friendship.

Never Give Up

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Tiny Desk

Intimate concerts, recorded live at NPR Music headquarters.

Chika: Tiny Desk Concert

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Alt.Latino

A spotlight on the world of Latinx arts and culture.

Silvana Estrada's stunning sophomore album

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All Songs Considered

The week's best new music and chats with emerging artists.

Our no. 1 songs: 2014

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From the Top

Music and humor from America's best classical musicians.

20 Years of Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist Awards and Accomplished Alums

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Jazz Night In America

Christian McBride presents jazz concerts from across the nation with NPR Music and WBGO.

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Mountain Stage
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Mountain Stage

West Virginia Public Broadcasting presents live concerts: folk, country and the blues

Sam Weber on Mountain Stage

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World Cafe Words and Music Podcast

Live music and conversation from a variety of important musicians.

World Cafe: Dorothy Williams

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Louder Than A Riot

How the double standard became hip-hop's standard.

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

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Learn Something New

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Planet Money
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Planet Money

The economy explained.

How Russia’s shadow fleet is sailing around oil sanctions

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The Indicator from Planet Money
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The Indicator from Planet Money

Your friendly economic sidekick

Why are veterinarian bills getting so ruff on the wallet?

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Short Wave

New science discoveries and everyday mysteries in 15 minutes.

Should Scientists Genetically Engineer Wild Species?

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TED Radio Hour

Tackling big questions with the world's greatest thinkers.

The art of choosing what to do

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Life Kit

Tools to help you get it together.

How to take a refreshing nap (without ending up more tired)

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Body Electric
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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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Dive Deep

Immersive storytelling and investigative journalism.



Throughline
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Throughline

Throughline is a time machine. We travel beyond the headlines to answer, "How did we get here?"

The Rise of the Right Wing in Israel

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Embedded

Audio documentaries that bring untold stories to light

Alternate Realities: A Question for Listeners

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Radio Ambulante

Long-form, neglected, and under-reported Latino Stories.

El doble

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Invisibilia

Stories that will make you see your own life differently.

"The Network" from NPR's Embedded

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Rough Translation

Cultural mistranslations and what we can learn from them.

Rough Translation New Years Message

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The Last Cup
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La última copa/The Last Cup

The story of Lionel Messi and his last chance for vindication.

"El gran varón" — ¿Quién era Simón?

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White Lies

A decades-long story about immigration, indefinite detention, and a secret list.

The Excludables

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Taking Cover
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Taking Cover

Uncover an Iraq war cover-up.

A Good Guy from NPR's Embedded

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No Compromise

A Pulitzer Prize-winning series that takes you deep inside the gun debate.

A Good Guy from NPR's Embedded

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How Wild
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How Wild

A journey through wilderness, how it's changing, and what that says about us as humans.

Wild Times: Live Event with Former Parks Director Jon Jarvis

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Extremely American Season 2
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Extremely American

An inside look at Christian nationalism.

Onward Christian Soldiers: What Trump's Victory Means For Christian Nationalism

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Road to Rickwood

Road to Rickwood explores Birmingham's civil rights history through the lens of a baseball field

Extra Innings: Roy Wood Jr. reflects on Road to Rickwood

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Inheriting

Inheriting explores how one event in history can ripple through generations of a family.

Inheriting Presents: "Willie, Shig, and a Bird Named Maggie" by StoryCorps

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Track Change
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Track Change

The soundtrack to rebuilding a life after incarceration.

Track Change Presents "Inside Music" from Ear Hustle

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Landslide

Revisiting America's closest presidential primary race and how its partisan rifts still divide us.

Engines of Outrage Pt. 4

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Bright Lit Place

The decades-long fight over land, water and the will power to save what's left of the Everglades.

Land of Juice and Honey

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