Hanif Abdurraqib's new book, There's Always This Year, is difficult even for the author to summarize — it's part memoir, part basketball analysis, part poetry and essay collections. In today's episode, the MacArthur Fellow and writer speaks with NPR's Scott Detrow about how growing up in Columbus, Ohio, watching LeBron James' spectacular ascent, and understanding the passage of time all led to a meditation on mortality and success.
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Audio Poem of the Day - To the Man Who Shouted “I Like Pork Fried Rice” at Me on the Street
By Franny Choi
Everything Everywhere Daily - The Kidnapping of Charley Ross (Encore)
Most children growing up are admonished not to take candy from strangers.
It is good advice, but it isn’t advice that comes from nowhere. It comes from a particular incident 150 years ago that shocked the world and changed how we view children’s safety.
It was an event, the echos of which can be seen today in efforts to find abducted children.
Learn more about the kidnapping of Charley Ross on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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Audio Poem of the Day - War the War
by Jack Underwood
Everything Everywhere Daily - Solar Eclipses
Every few years, somewhere on Earth, is witness to one of the planet's greatest sights: a total eclipse.
A total solar eclipse is rare, but it can be calculated centuries in advance.
However, that wasn’t always the case. For thousands of years, solar eclipses were rare events that were considered to be bad omens.
Learn more about solar eclipses, how they work, and how people have dealt with them throughout history on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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Cato Daily Podcast - Does the Great Realignment Make More Room for Libertarian Ideas?
Amid the shifting ideological commitments among the voting public, how welcoming will voters be toward more liberty-friendly ideas? Stephanie Slade of Reason comments.
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More or Less: Behind the Stats - Is loneliness as bad for you as smoking?
Is loneliness as bad for you as smoking 15 cigarettes per day? That?s the claim circulating on social media.
We trace this stat back to its source and speak the scientist behind the original research on which it is based, Professor Julianne Holt-Lunstad.
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The Indicator from Planet Money - Do I need a four-year degree?
The U.S. labor market continues its hot streak, adding 303,000 jobs last month — more than expected. Many of these jobs will require a four-year degree despite a push among some employers to eliminate these requirements. On today's show, we look at the state of the job market for people without a four-year college degree.
Related episodes:
The lopsided market for higher ed
Enough with bachelor's degrees
The cost of student debt
Failing college
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Related episodes:
The lopsided market for higher ed
Enough with bachelor's degrees
The cost of student debt
Failing college
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Cato Daily Podcast - Ensuring Election Speed, Efficiency, and Security
Separating credible election reforms from those born of conspiracy theories is a valuable task, especially when some current proposed reforms threaten to make elections slower, less efficient, and less secure. Walter Olson provides details.
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Audio Poem of the Day - Walking Away
By Cecil Day-Lewis