The Indicator from Planet Money - How states are scooping up federal workers

It's Jobs Friday and all eyes are on government workers. Will the Trump administration's layoffs finally show up in the latest jobs report? Today on the show, we look at the numbers for federal workers and who's trying to hire them.

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Everything Everywhere Daily - The History of Pasta (Encore)

There is a very good chance that many of you listening have had pasta, maybe within the last week. 


Pasta is a simple, affordable food that comes in a wide variety of forms. It can be served with almost anything and in a wide variety of styles. 


Despite its current global nature, pasta is a food that originated in Italy……or did it?


Learn more about pasta, how it originated, and how it spread around the world on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.



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NPR's Book of the Day - Authors of two new novels draw inspiration from history in wildly different ways

Today on the show, we hear from authors who were inspired by history in wildly different ways. First, when Emma Donoghue encountered a famous photo of the 1895 Montparnasse derailment, she says she couldn't believe no one had written a novel about it. Donoghue's The Paris Express imagines what life was like for passengers on the old-fashioned steam locomotive. In today's episode, she talks with NPR's Steve Inskeep about the extensive historical research she conducted in order to write the book. Then, Bob the Drag Queen has called Harriet Tubman "the first Black superhero." In Bob's debut novel Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert, Tubman returns to continue her work as an abolitionist through hip-hop. In today's episode, Bob speaks with NPR's Ayesha Rascoe about the idea of freedom, Tubman's military service, and a recent appearance on The Traitors.

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Everything Everywhere Daily - Mass Extinction Events

We like to think of the Earth as a very stable place. While there might be seasonal variation in the weather, things don’t really change that much within our lifetimes. 


However, if you take a longer perspective, a much longer perspective, things can change a lot. 


In fact, there have been five times in the history of the Earth when life on Eath completely changed. When over half of the species on the planet completely disappeared. 


Learn more about the Earth’s mass extinction events and what caused them on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.



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the memory palace - Episode 229: Teammates

Order The Memory Palace book now, dear listener. On Bookshop.org, on Amazon.com, on Barnes & Noble, or directly from Random House. Or order the audiobook at places like Libro.fm.

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Music

  • La Copla from Atahualpa Yupanqui
  • Yes, Brick by Brick and Waende by Caeys
  • Space in Between by Federico Albanese
  • Kieke by Shida Shihabi


Notes

  • My favorite work on Mays is James Hirsch's glorious biography, Willie Mays: The Life, the Legend. I also recommend John Klima's Willie's Boys, about the Black Baron's 1948 season.
  • If you're looking to get more context for the city during those years, I'd recommend Diane McWhorter's history, Carry Me Home. 


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NPR's Book of the Day - To confront radical change, ‘Slate’ writer Scaachi Koul wrote a new book of essays

Three years ago, Scaachi Koul went through a divorce, a process that she says was "disorienting." But divorce, the Slate writer says, also offered a framework for rethinking everything: her relationship with men, family, conflict, and herself. Her new book of essays Sucker Punch works through this personal evolution. In today's episode, Koul speaks with NPR's Leila Fadel about one of the primary relationships in these essays: the writer's relationship with her mother. They also discuss Koul's shifting perspective on fights, her interest in speaking with the man who sexually assaulted her, and her loose interpretation of Hindu fables.

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