Mallory Yu
Stories
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High school teachers reflect on 100 years of 'The Great Gatsby'
NPR's Scott Detrow talks with two educators about teaching F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel The Great Gatsby 100 years after its publication.
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Academy Awards add a new category — for stunt design
The Academy Awards added a new category that recognizes stunt design. We talk to a veteran stunt coordinator about the long road to recognition for stunt professionals.
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Drowning in Tariffs, American businesses try to stay afloat
Americans who run different kinds of businesses are trying to figure out what's going on with tariffs and how to respond.
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Son of ousted Myanmar leader speaks to NPR about her imprisonment
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Kim Aris, son of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, about her imprisonment and why he's advocating for her release.
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The history of the shopping cart
The modern shopping cart — as we know it — didn't always exist, which meant it had to be invented. The How Curious podcast explores the history of the shopping cart.
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Here's what 23andMe filing for bankruptcy could mean for your data
NPR's Juana Summers talks with John Verdi, senior vice president for policy at the Future of Privacy Forum, about 23andMe's bankruptcy filing and what a potential sale could mean for customers' data.
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Astronaut Amanda Nguyen discusses her new memoir and activism around sexual assault
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with activist and astronaut Amanda Nguyen on her new book, Saving Five: A Memoir of Hope,
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'An Arm and a Leg" podcast explores the cost of health care in the U.S.
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A new podcast traces how state lotteries became big business
"Scratch and Win" is a new WGBH News podcast about how a bunch of Massachusetts state bureaucrats set out to beat the mob at its own game — and ended up creating a $100 billion dollar obsession.
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Revisiting Club Quarantine, the dance party that DJ D-Nice brought to our homes
DJ D-Nice wanted to bring people together during the pandemic. In 2020, Club Quarantine was born, attracting hundreds of thousands of music lovers. DJ D-Nice reflects on that moment five years later and what's happened since then