Here & Now
Here & Now reflects the fluid world of news as it’s happening in the middle of the day, with timely, smart and in-depth news, interviews and conversation.
Episodes
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'Idlewild' helped author James Frankie Thomas discover his own transgender identity
Workshopping the book at the Iowa Writer's Workshop revealed to Thomas the transgender nature of one of his characters as well as himself.
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The world's longest trackway of dinosaur footprints is just a hike away
More than 150-million years ago, a dinosaur longer than a school bus tromped through a squishy riverbed in southwest Colorado. Its footprints stayed there, frozen in time.
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One of the deadliest attacks in Ukraine war strikes central town of Poltava
In Ukraine on Tuesday, Russian missile strikes killed at least 50 people and wounded more than 200.
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How one high school in Indiana is trying to curb drunk driving among teens
Nearly 40 people die in a drunk driving accident in the U.S. every day, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
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Puente Hills fault poses bigger earthquake threat than the San Andreas
A 4.4 magnitude earthquake in Los Angeles in August was along the Puente Hills fault system, a thrust fault that runs beneath one of the city's oldest and most densely populated areas.
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U.S. Open: Big favorites head home with American hopes still alive
Both reigning U.S. Open singles champions are headed home after a weekend of upsets.
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Israel protests erupt over hostage deaths, failure to reach a ceasefire
Anger spilled over in Israel this weekend over the death of the hostages with much ire directed at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Sen. Sherrod Brown faces challenge from Republican businessman Bernie Moreno
The race that could decide the balance of power in the Senate.
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What people on a double-decker bus in Bangladesh's capital hope for the future
Passengers on battered red double-deckers weaving through Dhaka, Bangladesh, discuss their hopes after protests toppled their autocratic leader.
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How a man became an unwilling participation in China's control over Uyghurs
In the Xinjiang region of western China, the government has rounded up and detained at least hundreds of thousands of Uyghurs and other Muslim ethnic groups.
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'Is Anybody Out There?' explores the search for life in space
The book is technically for young readers but it tackles big questions we all want answers to.
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Hotel workers strike after contract negotiations break down
Workers are demanding better pay to keep up with inflation and a return to staffing levels deployed before the pandemic.