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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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International

A view of Jerusalem Old City seen from Mount of Olives, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017.
Courts & Law

Israel closes door to Philly Quaker group, other organizations advocating boycott

Israeli officials said they are defending their country's right to exist and will continuing fighting efforts to “delegitimtize” it.

9 years ago

These are some of the books from the study. (From left) The Cat That Eats Letters by Ge Jing; The Foolish Old Man Who Removed The Mountain by Cai Feng; The Jar of Happiness by Aisla Burrows. (Shandong Education Press; Shanghai people's Fine Arts Publishing House; Child's Play International)
NPR
Lifestyle

What’s the difference between children’s books in China and the U.S.?

What are the hidden messages in the storybooks we read to our kids?

9 years ago

A six-year-old Chinese immersion program in Delaware elementary schools now has more than 1,000 students in kindergarten through fifth grade. Next year the initiative will expand to middle school. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
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Education

Mandarin magic in Delaware K-5 classrooms

Foreign language has been a staple of high school education for years, but in Delaware, more than 1,000 Delaware elementary students spend half their day learning in Chinese.

9 years ago

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People who call themselves DREAMers protest in front of the Senate side of the U.S. Capitol to urge Congress in passing a legislative fix for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, on December 6, 2017, in Washington, D.C.
NPR
Politics & Policy

Republicans and Democrats seek path to DACA deal in coming weeks

Whether or not something passes will likely hinge on two key questions: How far Democrats are willing go to force a vote, and whether President Trump will compromise.

9 years ago

 In this file photo, Steve Bannon, then senior advisor to then President-elect Donald Trump, makes a call outside Trump Tower on Friday, Dec. 9, 2016, in New York. (Kevin Hagen/AP Photo)
NPR
Politics & Policy

‘He lost his mind,’ Trump says after Bannon reportedly slammed Russian meeting

Steve Bannon once called a now-famous meeting among Donald Trump Jr., Paul Manafort, Jared Kushner and a group of Russians "treasonous," according to an upcoming book.

9 years ago

A photo from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) taken and released on January 1 showing North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un delivering a New Year's speech and President Trump speaking during a cabinet Meeting on Dec. 20.
NPR
Politics & Policy

Trump taunts Kim: My ‘nuclear button’ is ‘much bigger’ than yours

President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are once again publicly comparing the size of their respective nuclear arsenals.

9 years ago

Radio Times
Politics & Policy

The foreign policy challenges that kicked off 2018

Guests: Trudy Rubin, Rosa Brooks 2018 has just begun but there are already a number of foreign policy challenges ...

Air Date: January 3, 2018

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PBS
Politics & Policy

Watch: Haley says U.S. will continue to withhold $255 million in aid to Pakistan

9 years ago

Radio Times
Arts & Entertainment

Poet Nikki Giovanni / Writer Adam Valen Levinson

Guests: Nikki Giovanni, Adam Valen Levinson We begin today’s show listening to Marty’s conversation with poet ...

Air Date: January 1, 2018

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Britain's Prince Harry, right, interviews former U.S. President Barack Obama
National Interest
Politics & Policy

Year-end trifecta: Churchill, Trump, Obama

Let's ring out the old year by cleaning out the cupboard.

9 years ago

Mustafa and Amal are Syrian refugees who moved to Morrisville, Pa. about a year ago. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Settling into Bucks County, Syrian family has year of worry — and progress

With their two young children, refugees Moustafa and Amal are making a new life for themselves far from Syria's civil war. Their first year in the U.S. hasn't been easy.

9 years ago

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9 years ago

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Protesters angered by President Donald Trump’s executive order that prevented refugees, visa and green card holders from entering the US chant pro-immigration slogans at Philadelphia International Airport.
Politics & Policy

In 2017, Pa. resettled nearly 1,000 fewer refugees than previous budget year

Following an uptick in refugee arrivals during President Barack Obama’s last year in office, the drop-off seems especially steep.

9 years ago

The U.N. headquarters in New York City is seen here in 2003.
NPR
Politics & Policy

Trump administration touts a smaller U.N. budget (and takes credit for it)

The Trump Administration said Sunday that the United Nations budget has been reduced for the coming year, and framed any cuts as the product of U.S. negotiation.

9 years ago

A man from Congo is frisked by Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers after illegally entering Canada, near the border with Champlain, N.Y. (Lorne Matalon)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Fearing deportation from U.S., migrants walk to Canada

They are taking advantage of a footnote in a Canada-U.S. treaty that says those who cross by foot won't be turned back from Canada until their case is heard.

9 years ago

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