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Host Stephen Dubner has surprising conversations that explore the riddles of everyday life and the weird wrinkles of human nature-from cheating and crime to parenting and sports. Dubner talks with Nobel laureates and provocateurs, social scientists and entrepreneurs - and his Freakonomics co-author Steve Levitt.

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In this June 9, 2020, file photo ranking member Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)
National
Politics

No ‘dogma’: Democrats walk tightrope on Barrett’s faith

The nomination poses a politically risky test for lawmakers as they try to probe Barrett's views on issues of abortion, health care access and gay marriage.

5 years ago

In this April 15, 2020 file photo, protesters carry rifles near the steps of the Michigan State Capitol building in Lansing, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
National
Politics

Men accused in plot on Michigan governor attended lockdown protests

The revelation has sparked scrutiny of rallies that were organized by conservative groups opposed to the Democratic governor's orders and egged on by President Donald Trump.

5 years ago

In this July 7, 2020 photo a woman drops off a mail-in ballot at a drop box in Hackensack, N.J. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Elections
Pennsylvania

Judge rejects Trump lawsuit over Pa. ballot drop boxes

A federal judge in Pennsylvania rejected a suit from President Donald Trump’s campaign that sought to bar use of mail ballot drop boxes across the state.

5 years ago

Police officers congregating in West Philadelphia at 6:10 p.m. on May 31, 2020. (Photo anonymously provided)
Behavioral Health
Mental Health
Philadelphia
Policing

Philly police to start flagging 911 calls that involve a behavioral health crisis

The city of Philadelphia announced Friday a new initiative to improve police response to 911 calls coming from people having a behavioral health crisis.

5 years ago

Former officer Eric Ruch and Dennis Plowden (NBC10)
Policing
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

Former Philly police officer charged with murder for fatally shooting unarmed Black man

Former police Officer Eric Ruch, Jr. is being held without bail after turning himself in Friday morning. He was fired in 2018.

5 years ago

Nancy Nguyen is executive director of VietLead. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Immigration
Social Justice

Immigration activist arrested in Philadelphia after protesting ICE director

The arrest is said to stem from a Sept. 8 demonstration outside the Virgina home of Immigration and Customs Enforcement acting director Tony Pham.

5 years ago

Voters exchange ballots for “I Voted Today” stickers at City Hall in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Elections
Philadelphia

Bad lawsuits happen in Philly? Pa. judge tosses Trump complaint over polling place restrictions

The president's lawsuit connected to his now-famous "Bad things happen in Philadelphia" quote has been rejected.

5 years ago

Sisters Shelly Smith, back, and Glynnis Smith, right, braid hair for Bridget Dunmore, left, and Alicia McGee, front at their salon, Braid Heaven, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020 in Kansas City, Kan. Legislators are considering whether to revise their states' anti-discrimination laws to ban bias in housing, employment and public accommodations based on hairstyles. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Radio Times
Race & Ethnicity

Ending hair discrimination

We discuss hair discrimination and the CROWN Act, which passed recently in the U.S. House and would ban discrimination based on hairstyles.

Air Date: October 9, 2020 10:00 am

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The governor of Michigan, Gretchen Whitmer
National
Politics

AG: Michigan governor, family were moved as plotters tracked

Michigan's attorney general said the Democratic governor was consistently updated about the investigation over the past couple months.

5 years ago

Judge Amy Coney Barrett, U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee to the Supreme Court, meets with U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., October 1, 2020. (Erin Scott/Pool via AP)
Gender
Health Care

Scalia ‘heir’ Barrett may be open to reversing Roe v. Wade

At the center of that shared philosophy is a strict form of constitutional interpretation called originalism, which Scalia championed.

5 years ago

The sun rises behind the Supreme Court in Washington
Gender
Public Health

Justices say women can get abortion pill by mail, for now

The court did little more than defer its first action on an abortion-related issue since the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg last month.

5 years ago

Bill Cosby
Criminal Justice
Pennsylvania

Bill Cosby appeal set for Dec. 1 in Pennsylvania high court

The high court will also consider whether the jury should have heard evidence that Bill Cosby had given quaaludes to women in the past.

5 years ago

A National Lawyers Guild, Legal Observer who was arrested observing a protest is searched by police and put into a van which transferred her to the Hennepin County Jail in Minneapolis, United States on October 08, 2020. Protesters took to the streets over former Officer Derek Chauvin being released after posting 1 million USD bail. Derek was the officer known for his involvement in the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota on May 25, 2020. (Photo by Chris Juhn/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
NPR
National
Policing
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

51 arrested in Minneapolis protests following Derek Chauvin’s release

Protesters gathered outside of the Minneapolis 5th Police Precinct in Minneapolis on Wednesday following the release of former police officer Derek Chauvin.

5 years ago

Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Donald Trump's nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, meets with Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb., on Capitol Hill ahead of her confirmation hearings. (Graeme Jennings/AP)
NPR
Elections
Environment
Politics

How Trump’s Supreme Court pick might hinder climate action

Nearly all of President Trump's climate rollbacks have been challenged, and several are likely headed to the high court.

5 years ago

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Energy
Environment
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Whistleblower claims Mariner East construction lacks proper safety measures related to sinkholes, subsidence

In a legal claim, a professional geologist working on the Mariner East pipeline says Sunoco prevented proper inspections.

5 years ago

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