We're telling you about what could be a new phase of the war in Ukraine, with the Ukrainians reportedly putting American weapons and training into action.
Also, what's shaping up to be Canada's worst wildfire season on record is starting to impact more of the United States.
Plus, Prince Harry is becoming the first British royal to testify in court in 130 years; Apple held its first major product launch in a decade; and one movie created a worldwide paint shortage.
In Nicole Cuffy's novel, Dances, CeCe Cordell becomes the first Black woman to be named principal dancer at a major ballet company; but this big break also comes with big expectations. In today's episode, Cuffy speaks with NPR's Juana Summers about how CeCe navigates the world of ballet's preoccupation with white bodies, how it affects her relationship with her mother and brother, and how Misty Copeland's very real accomplishments informed CeCe's story.
Amanda Holmes reads James Still’s poem “Leap Minnows Leap.” Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us: podcast@theamericanscholar.org. If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman.
This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by Chad Crouch.
US and China tensions heat up. Investigation into Cessna Jet that crashed in Virginia. Former President Donald Trump's legal woes continue. CBS News Correspondent Matt Pieper has tonight's World News Roundup.
Wayward plane sets off scare in DC, crashes in Virginia. Presidential candidates converge on Iowa. Oil production cut expected to push up gas prices. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has today's World News Roundup.
There was no product more important to the economy of the ancient world than silk.
Silk was transported thousands of miles to be purchased by people so far away from its source that they had no clue where it came from.
The source of silk, however, was China, and for centuries, they had a monopoly, which brought them tremendous wealth.
That was until they didn’t.
Learn more about how the secret to silk was smuggled out of China, and the silk monopoly was broken on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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We'll tell you how a new decision out of Saudi Arabia could impact summer gas prices for Americans and what likely caused a deadly triple train crash in India over the weekend.
Also, there was a shock in the nation's capital as military fighter planes broke the sound barrier.
Plus, we'll explain a historic deal for big Hollywood directors, why YouTube says it's going to start allowing untrue election theories on its platform, and how much the average American wedding costs these days. Not surprisingly, it's a lot.
Journalist Rachel Louise Snyder has covered gender-based violence around the world for a number of media outlets and in her widely-acclaimed book, No Visible Bruises. But in her new memoir, Women We Buried, Women We Burned, she examines the role it played in her own life. After the loss of her mother early in life, Snyder was raised in a strict evangelical household, where corporal punishment was the norm. In today's episode, she tells NPR's Scott Simon about how that upbringing eventually pushed her to leave home, and the kindness she discovered waiting for her on the other side.
