Dr. Syed Moin Hassan was riled up. "I don't know who needs to hear this," he posted on Twitter, "BUT YOU ARE NOT LAZY IF YOU ARE WAKING UP AT NOON." Hassan speaks to Short Wave's Emily Kwong about de-stigmatizing sleeping in late, and why a good night's rest is so important for your immune system. (Encore episode)
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Consider This from NPR - ‘Where Are We Going?’ Inside The Deadly Decision to Evacuate An Entire Nursing Home
On a crisp morning in late March, health care workers in yellow hazmat suits arrived at St. Joseph's Senior Home in Woodbridge, New Jersey.
They were responding to an outbreak of COVID-19 at the facility. But that response would make St. Joe's different than every other long-term facility in the state: it was the only such facility in New Jersey to be completely evacuated.
NPR Investigations correspondent Dina Temple-Raston has been digging into why that happened — and whether some residents of St. Joe's might still be alive if it hadn't. More from her reporting is here.
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They were responding to an outbreak of COVID-19 at the facility. But that response would make St. Joe's different than every other long-term facility in the state: it was the only such facility in New Jersey to be completely evacuated.
NPR Investigations correspondent Dina Temple-Raston has been digging into why that happened — and whether some residents of St. Joe's might still be alive if it hadn't. More from her reporting is here.
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Short Wave - 2020: At Least It Was Good For Space Exploration?
Between the pandemic, protests, the recession — the list goes on — there was big space news in 2020. And there was a lot of it! To round it up, Maddie chats with NPR science correspondents Nell Greenfieldboyce and Geoff Brumfiel.
Check out our list of Nell and Geoff's reporting on all of the events they talk about.
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Check out our list of Nell and Geoff's reporting on all of the events they talk about.
For even more space and other science content, follow Nell and Geoff on Twitter at @nell_sci_npr and @gbrumfiel. Send terrestrial and extraterrestrial inquiries to the show at shortwave@npr.org.
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Consider This from NPR - BONUS: 12 Memorable Pop Culture Moments From 2020
At the end of every year, the hosts of NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour like to look back on some of their favorite things from the last 12 months. In this episode, they revisit some of the TV, film and music that helped us make it through 2020.
Here's the full list:
1. Moira's wedding officiant outfit in the series finale of Schitt's Creek
2. Ted Lasso and the year in escapism
3. Uncle Clifford and Lil Murda in the season 1 finale of P-Valley
4. Michael Jordan watching interviews about him on an iPad in The Last Dance
5. Parasite winning best picture at this year's Oscars, portending the further rise of non-English-language powerhouses
6. The first 10 minutes of The Invisible Man
7. Kentucky Route Zero
8. "Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)" from David Byrne's American Utopia
9. Fiona Apple chirping like a dolphin on "I Want You To Love Me"
10. Cassidy Diamond (played by Shalita Grant) in the third season of Search Party
11. "Uncle Naseem" (Season 2, Episode 9) of Ramy
12. The Good Place series finale
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Here's the full list:
1. Moira's wedding officiant outfit in the series finale of Schitt's Creek
2. Ted Lasso and the year in escapism
3. Uncle Clifford and Lil Murda in the season 1 finale of P-Valley
4. Michael Jordan watching interviews about him on an iPad in The Last Dance
5. Parasite winning best picture at this year's Oscars, portending the further rise of non-English-language powerhouses
6. The first 10 minutes of The Invisible Man
7. Kentucky Route Zero
8. "Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)" from David Byrne's American Utopia
9. Fiona Apple chirping like a dolphin on "I Want You To Love Me"
10. Cassidy Diamond (played by Shalita Grant) in the third season of Search Party
11. "Uncle Naseem" (Season 2, Episode 9) of Ramy
12. The Good Place series finale
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Consider This from NPR - How The Pandemic Is Reshaping Our Holiday Traditions
Nothing could stop Christmas from coming. Not even a pandemic. But this year many of our holiday traditions look a bit different.
NPR business correspondent Alina Selyuk reports on how hand sanitizer and face masks have become popular stocking stuffers this year.
And we asked you to send in stories about how you're rethinking your celebrations as previous plans have been put on hold.
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NPR business correspondent Alina Selyuk reports on how hand sanitizer and face masks have become popular stocking stuffers this year.
And we asked you to send in stories about how you're rethinking your celebrations as previous plans have been put on hold.
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Short Wave - Happy Holidays from Short Wave!
Maddie and Emily play a quick game of "Fact or Fiction?" with help from Ariela Zebede, our resident fact-checker. Plus, a little reminder that you can support the show by donating to your local public radio station at donate.npr.org/short. (If you're outside of the U.S., choose a lucky member station!)
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Consider This from NPR - Our Favorite Reads Of 2020 (And Hundreds More)
Every Fall NPR asks our critics and staff to pick their favorite books from the past year. Those nominations - there's hundreds of them - are then sorted down to a semi-manageable number. This year is our largest list yet with 383 titles.
Click here to visit NPR's Book Concierge for 2020.
The hosts of Consider This all submitted their picks to the list. Here are some of their favorites:
Ari Shapiro recommends Susanna Clarke's novel Piranesi. A mythic story about a man who is disoriented and trapped in a mysterious sort of house.
Mary Louise Kelly has a suggestion great for a book club. Maggie O'Farrell's Hamnet explores the connection between what was arguably William Shakespeare's greatest play, Hamlet, and the death of his only son four years before.
Ailsa Chang's pick is a good read for ages 10 and up. Everything Sad Is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri takes you on a journey through myth, youth and cultural clash as a young boy and his family flee Iran and end up in Oklahoma.
Audie Cornish chose to share Just Us by poet Claudia Rankine. It's a collection of essays, photos, poems and conversations that Rankine has been having with friends and strangers about race.
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Click here to visit NPR's Book Concierge for 2020.
The hosts of Consider This all submitted their picks to the list. Here are some of their favorites:
Ari Shapiro recommends Susanna Clarke's novel Piranesi. A mythic story about a man who is disoriented and trapped in a mysterious sort of house.
Mary Louise Kelly has a suggestion great for a book club. Maggie O'Farrell's Hamnet explores the connection between what was arguably William Shakespeare's greatest play, Hamlet, and the death of his only son four years before.
Ailsa Chang's pick is a good read for ages 10 and up. Everything Sad Is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri takes you on a journey through myth, youth and cultural clash as a young boy and his family flee Iran and end up in Oklahoma.
Audie Cornish chose to share Just Us by poet Claudia Rankine. It's a collection of essays, photos, poems and conversations that Rankine has been having with friends and strangers about race.
In participating regions, you'll also hear a local news segment that will help you make sense of what's going on in your community.
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Short Wave - Seeing Monsters? It Could Be Sleep Paralysis
It's a listener questions episode! Josh Smith wrote in to tell us that as a teenager, he was plagued by sleep paralysis. Now he's afraid his kid might be experiencing it too. Josh asks what the science says about this sleep disorder and what he can do to help his son. (Encore episode)
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Consider This from NPR - U.S. Secures More Vaccine Doses As Distribution Continues For Essential Workers
Americans got some good news on Wednesday morning when the White House announced that it had secured another 100 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine.
Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar released a statement afterward saying the U.S. will now have enough supply "to vaccinate every American who wants it by June 2021."
Even with these announcements questions remain on how exactly everyone will get vaccinated. States are having varying levels of success with the vaccine rollout process. Dr. Jose Romero, Arkansas health secretary and chair of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention immunization advisory committee, discusses the success Arkansas has had with vaccine distribution and the lessons learned in the process.
In Seattle, NPR's Will Stone has been following vaccine distribution, including to health care workers who have been caring for COVID-19 patients for nearly a year.
One of the questions that remains as more people get vaccinated is should volunteers who got a placebo during the vaccine trials now be offered the real thing? NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Dr. Steven Goodman of Stanford School of Medicine who is advising the Food and Drug Administration about this.
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Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar released a statement afterward saying the U.S. will now have enough supply "to vaccinate every American who wants it by June 2021."
Even with these announcements questions remain on how exactly everyone will get vaccinated. States are having varying levels of success with the vaccine rollout process. Dr. Jose Romero, Arkansas health secretary and chair of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention immunization advisory committee, discusses the success Arkansas has had with vaccine distribution and the lessons learned in the process.
In Seattle, NPR's Will Stone has been following vaccine distribution, including to health care workers who have been caring for COVID-19 patients for nearly a year.
One of the questions that remains as more people get vaccinated is should volunteers who got a placebo during the vaccine trials now be offered the real thing? NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Dr. Steven Goodman of Stanford School of Medicine who is advising the Food and Drug Administration about this.
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Consider This from NPR - Congress Passes Relief Bill, But For Many Americans It Comes Too Late
After seven months since the last coronavirus relief bill, Congress finally passed a new one on Monday. Neither Democrats or Republicans are completely happy with the $900 billion package, but it does provide some relief.
Included in the newest bill are extended unemployment benefits and $600 direct deposit payments to most Americans. But for many people who previously lost their jobs and livelihoods, this relief comes too late. NPR's Lauren Hodges reports on the millions of people who are have been in financial limbo since the COVID-19 pandemic hit.
And the financial impacts of the pandemic have not been felt evenly. Women and communities of color are bearing the greatest burden. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly spoke with associate professor of economics Michelle Holder of John Jay college at City University of New York, about how industries like retail and hospitality have been disproportionately gutted and when they might return to pre-pandemic levels.
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Included in the newest bill are extended unemployment benefits and $600 direct deposit payments to most Americans. But for many people who previously lost their jobs and livelihoods, this relief comes too late. NPR's Lauren Hodges reports on the millions of people who are have been in financial limbo since the COVID-19 pandemic hit.
And the financial impacts of the pandemic have not been felt evenly. Women and communities of color are bearing the greatest burden. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly spoke with associate professor of economics Michelle Holder of John Jay college at City University of New York, about how industries like retail and hospitality have been disproportionately gutted and when they might return to pre-pandemic levels.
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