Two new novels explore technology's increasing access to our most intimate thoughts. First, the protagonist in The Mechanics of Memory can't remember her last year. Hope has found herself in a too-perfect mental health facility where she participates in questionable treatment, some involving virtual reality. Audrey Lee's novel follows Hope as she slowly starts to recall pieces of her life and questions what to believe. In today's episode, Lee joins Here & Now's Scott Tong for a conversation about memory and identity – and the extent to which our memories are malleable. Then, a new book by Laila Lalami imagines a world in which dreams are surveilled through special implants designed to aid sleep. The Dream Hotel is about a woman who's pulled aside when her dreams indicate she's on the verge of committing a crime. In today's episode, Lalami speaks with NPR's Emily Kwong about coming face to face with the surveillance state and the author's efforts to untether herself from certain technology.
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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - TBD | Trump Tariffs Hit Mushroom Kingdom
The same day Nintendo was officially introducing its latest console, Donald Trump was announcing his new global tariff plan. As a result, gamers were treated to an early preview of what a world bound up in tariffs would look like. Spoiler: It’ll probably cost you a lot more.
Guest: Jason Koebler, a co-founder of 404 Media
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What Could Go Right? - The Progress Report: All Aboard the 3D Express!
In this week’s Progress Report, Zachary Karabell and Emma Varvaloucas highlight some truly global good news—stories that are too often buried under the avalanche of daily doomscrolling.
Emma brings data from the World Health Organization showing that maternal mortality has dropped by over 40% since 2000, with real success stories in sub-Saharan Africa. Then they shift to Japan, where the world’s first 3D printed train station was built and installed in just a week. Also, electric buses are quietly transforming city transit worldwide, from the Netherlands to Nigeria, with China leading the charge.
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Episode: 1350 Vespucci and the naming of America. Today, we name America.
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It Could Happen Here - Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #11
The gang discuss tariff chaos, the IRS handing over data to ICE, student visa cancellations, “lethality” in the military, and the Supreme Court.
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A family from Spain is among the 6 people killed when a helicopter plummeted out of the sky into New York's Hudson River. After yesterday's relief rally, the markets plunge again on tariffs uncertainty. House Republicans narrowly pass a budget plan which calls for extending tax cuts and slashing government spending. CBS News Correspondent Jennifer Keiper with tonight's World News Roundup.
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The Gist - The Bond Market Doesn’t Do Ayahuasca
The bond market—stodgy, suit-clad, and deeply un-Instagrammable—has the economy feeling either “yippy” or “queasy,” Plus, Republicans are eager to wield the issue of trans athletes, especially when stocks are tumbling. And linguist John McWhorter returns to discuss the beauty of borrowed Yiddish verbs, the aesthetics of the letter X, and why “My wife, she…” is pure Rodney and pure syntax.
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Consider This from NPR - Drowning in tariffs, American businesses try to stay afloat
It's pretty rare for one person to do one thing that affects nearly every business in the United States. But that's the power of the presidency and the new tariffs that took effect this week.
Over the last few days, as the tariffs have gone up and down, NPR has been talking to Americans who run different kinds of businesses.
Even though their companies don't have much in common, all of them are doing the same thing right now: Trying to figure out what's going on and how to respond.
Trump's tariff plans affect nearly every company in America. We'll hear from a few business owners about what it means for them
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Over the last few days, as the tariffs have gone up and down, NPR has been talking to Americans who run different kinds of businesses.
Even though their companies don't have much in common, all of them are doing the same thing right now: Trying to figure out what's going on and how to respond.
Trump's tariff plans affect nearly every company in America. We'll hear from a few business owners about what it means for them
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