The NewsWorthy - Israel Strike in Qatar, Kids’ Health Plan & ‘iPhone Air’  – Wednesday, September 10, 2025

The news to know for Wednesday, September 10, 2025!

We’re discussing how the war in the Middle East might have expanded with an unprecedented attack. 

Also, new health advice for American children that's being called “historic.”

And why experts believe an increasing number of American high schoolers lack basic reading and math skills (hint: it’s not just the pandemic). 

Plus: data indicating the job market might be struggling more than we realized, Apple’s latest releases—including the skinniest iPhone ever—and this year’s new Girl Scout cookie inspired by ice cream.

 

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What A Day - Chicago Teachers Fight To Keep ICE Out Of Schools

Millions of kids have started school over the past few weeks – that includes students in Los Angeles, Washington, D.C, and now Chicago, all cities targeted by the Trump administration for immigration enforcement and, of course, crime. It's worth saying that, like in other cities that Trump has mentioned as evil dens of criminal miscreants, violent crime has gone down in the city of Chicago over the last year. But the president, who posted an "Apocalypse Now" inspired meme over the weekend, implying he wants to go to "war" with Chicago, doesn't seem to care much about facts and figures. But teachers do. So to learn more about how teachers in Chicago are handling a new school year and the potential for more federal incursions on the city, we spoke to Stacy Davis Gates, the president of the Chicago Teachers Union. 

And in headlines: revised job numbers show a much weaker job market than previously thought, Israel strikes Qatar, dealing a major blow to ceasefire talks, and American high school students' test scores hit a historic low.

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The Best One Yet - 🤏 “Ozempic iPhone” — Apple’s iPhone “Air”. Ben & Jerry’s revolt. Sphere’s 4D Wizard of Oz. +Anti-Shoe-Startups.

Apple just unveiled the iPhone Air… for Apple, it’s survival by a thousand features.

Wizard of Oz at the Sphere is basically the metaverse… and the blockbuster of 2025.

Ben & Jerry are calling for their namesake brand to be freed from Unilever.

Plus, the hot new startup trend… is no shoes allowed in the office.


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Short Wave - Brain Implants Are Here — And Getting Better

Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) are surgically implanted devices that link the brain to a computer. They can be helpful for people who’ve lost the ability to move or speak. 


And they’re making progress. New generations of BCIs could go as far as to detect a person’s inner monologue.


But that progress is raising questions about the future privacy of our brains, and has some scientists asking, “What happens when you want to keep some things to yourself?”


NPR brain correspondent Jon Hamilton talks to Short Wave’s Emily Kwong about the future of BCIs.


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Ologies with Alie Ward - Ceramology (POTTERY) with Potted History’s Graham Taylor & Sarah Lord Taylor

Porcelain. Earthenware. China. Archaeology. Stoneware. Anthropology. Amphora. Throwing wheels. We got it all. Master potters, history aficionados and Potted History’s icons Sarah Lord Taylor and Graham Taylor are here for our 8th anniversary episode. We get the dirt on ceramics versus pottery, where clay comes from, if there’s enough in the world, how can you spot clay in the wild, how long have humans being making pots, what were the first ceramics, what is glaze exactly, why did your pots explode, what excavations of stoneware have revealed about our ancient ancestors, the Venus figurines of history, the hidden ingredients that might surprise you, and how to feel about thrift store finds. Also: how to bond with a potter instantly.  

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Planet Money - Asking for a friend … which jobs are safe from AI?

There’s one question we seem to be hearing everywhere: “Is my job safe from AI?

Dozens of you, our listeners, have written to us about this. Saying things like, “Maybe my yoga teacher side gig is actually my safest bet now,” and “My parents were in real estate, and I never thought I’d say it ... but maybe that’s what I should do?”  

If only there were a list that could tell you which jobs are safe from AI. We go looking for that list…and find that the AI future is going to be even weirder than we’d imagined.

Today on the show: We talk to two researchers who have come up with some first drafts of the future. We learned more about the machines that might be coming for our jobs, and also, more about what it actually means to be human.

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NPR's Book of the Day - ‘Misbehaving at the Crossroads’ is a lesson in the complexity of reconciliation

In her first nonfiction book Misbehaving at the Crossroads, Honoree Fanonne Jeffers weaves together history, political commentary and poetry that centers Black women. The poet and novelist’s essays explore what it’s like to occupy an intersectional identity while excavating the past. In today’s episode, Jeffers speaks with NPR’s Juana Summers about how writing this book led to a surprising reconciliation within her family.


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The Indicator from Planet Money - Can shareholders influence Elon Musk’s trillion dollar pay package?

Tesla’s board of directors recently proposed  a pay package for CEO Elon Musk that could pay him about a trillion dollars if he meets certain goals. It’s not a done deal yet—Tesla shareholders will vote on the proposal at the company’s annual meeting in November. But just how much of a say do shareholders actually have in that decision? Or any decision?

Today on the show, we look at what it takes for a shareholder to get their voice heard and how this may be changing under the Trump administration. Plus we talk to one Tesla investor agitating for changes at the company.

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Impact investing, part 1: Money, meet morals

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What Could Go Right? - Democracy’s Next Chapter: Hope or Decline? with Brink Lindsey

What really went wrong with global politics? Emma welcomes Brink Lindsey, Senior VP at the Niskanen Center and author of The Captured Economy: How the Powerful Enrich Themselves, Slow Down Growth, and Increase Inequality. Lindsey traces how politics, culture, and economics became unstable, from the development of liberal capitalism since the 1990s to the resulting rise of right-wing populism. He explores the contradictory ways this crisis manifests in society and culture, and how individuals and societies might chart a way out.
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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - Trump Blew Up 11 People. Is That Legal?

Last week, Donald Trump announced the military had blown up what he said was a drug-smuggling boat. This week, we still don’t know why he believes the boat was full of smugglers.

But even if they were trafficking drugs, can the president  legally blow up 11 people in international waters? 

Guests: Shane Harris, staff writer covering national security and intelligence for The Atlantic

Ana Vanessa Herrero, journalist based in Caracas, Venezuela and reporting on South America for the Washington Post.  

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