Days before the beginning of the conclave to select the next pope, NPR's Scott Detrow is in Rome. He speaks with Sylvia Poggioli about the rituals and ceremonies involved in the upcoming election at the Vatican.
We also hear from Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the Archbishop of New York, about this moment for the Catholic Church, and what it's like being a seasoned veteran of the conclave process.
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Chuck Todd, former moderator of Meet the Press and host of The Chuck ToddCast, joins Dan to assess how the news media has responded to Trump 2.0. His read? Not great. He and Dan lament cable news' tired playbook, discuss Craigslist's indirect role in electing Donald Trump, and question whether broadcast news may be in the early stages of a kleptocracy. Then, turning to the Democratic Party, Chuck and Dan debate which fights Democrats should focus on, what voters will want from the party in 2028, and whether the right is exploiting President Biden's decline to undermine the left's faith in journalism.
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Over the past few months, world leaders and diplomats have talked about grand plans for ending the war in Ukraine. But what about daily life there right now?
For our reporter's notebook series, we'll get on the ground with NPR correspondent Joanna Kakissis, who's been living and working in Ukraine for almost the entire war. We'll hear how everyday Ukrainians have adapted to a new normal. People go to work and kids go to school, but most nights Russian attacks continue.
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Over the past few months, world leaders and diplomats have talked about grand plans for ending the war in Ukraine. But what about daily life there right now?
For our reporter's notebook series, we'll get on the ground with NPR correspondent Joanna Kakissis, who's been living and working in Ukraine for almost the entire war. We'll hear how everyday Ukrainians have adapted to a new normal. People go to work and kids go to school, but most nights Russian attacks continue.
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Over the past few months, world leaders and diplomats have talked about grand plans for ending the war in Ukraine. But what about daily life there right now?
For our reporter's notebook series, we'll get on the ground with NPR correspondent Joanna Kakissis, who's been living and working in Ukraine for almost the entire war. We'll hear how everyday Ukrainians have adapted to a new normal. People go to work and kids go to school, but most nights Russian attacks continue.
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On the 29th April US President Donald Trump took to the stage in Michigan to celebrate his first 100 days in office.
This is a milestone in American politics, but is everything he claims the administration has achieved true?
The BBC?s US National Digital Reporter Mike Wendling joins us to fact-check President Trump?s claims on immigration, the stock market, fentanyl and?.eggs.
Presenter: Lizzy McNeill
Producer: Tom Colls
Production Coordinator: Brenda Brown
Sound mix: Jack Morris
Editor: Richard Vadon
The U.S. has sent people it has detained — people it calls terrorists — to a prison overseas — indefinitely.
This is true in 2025, after the Trump administration deported at least 261 foreign nationals to a maximum security prison in El Salvador.
And it was also true two decades ago, following the attacks of Sept. 11, after the U.S. government began to house captured Taliban and al-Qaida fighters in the military prison at the U.S. Naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
During the George W. Bush administration, John Yoo wrote the legal justification for the treatment of Guantanamo detainees, now widely referred to as "the torture memos."
Yoo argues that there are key legal differences between what the Bush administration did – and what the Trump administration is attempting in El Salvador.
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The U.S. has sent people it has detained — people it calls terrorists — to a prison overseas — indefinitely.
This is true in 2025, after the Trump administration deported at least 261 foreign nationals to a maximum security prison in El Salvador.
And it was also true two decades ago, following the attacks of Sept. 11, after the U.S. government began to house captured Taliban and al-Qaida fighters in the military prison at the U.S. Naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
During the George W. Bush administration, John Yoo wrote the legal justification for the treatment of Guantanamo detainees, now widely referred to as "the torture memos."
Yoo argues that there are key legal differences between what the Bush administration did – and what the Trump administration is attempting in El Salvador.
For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.
The U.S. has sent people it has detained — people it calls terrorists — to a prison overseas — indefinitely.
This is true in 2025, after the Trump administration deported at least 261 foreign nationals to a maximum security prison in El Salvador.
And it was also true two decades ago, following the attacks of Sept. 11, after the U.S. government began to house captured Taliban and al-Qaida fighters in the military prison at the U.S. Naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
During the George W. Bush administration, John Yoo wrote the legal justification for the treatment of Guantanamo detainees, now widely referred to as "the torture memos."
Yoo argues that there are key legal differences between what the Bush administration did – and what the Trump administration is attempting in El Salvador.
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President Trump's federal cuts and scrutiny of academic institutions are forcing some U.S. scientists to head for the border. On today's show, an entomologist keeping America's farms safe from pests reconsiders America. And a CEO of a Canadian hospital explains how they are benefiting from the exodus.
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