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NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Elizabeth Threlkeld, a Senior Fellow and Director of the South Asia Program at the Stimson Center, about rising tensions between India and Pakistan.
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The Rubber Duck Museum in Pt. Roberts, Wash., is moving because Canadians are no longer coming to the border town. Neil and Krystal King tell NPR's Scott Simon why.
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1 Composer John Adams' opera 'Antony and Cleopatra' opens in New York 5:00
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John Adams has been called America's greatest living composer. His adaptation of Shakespeare's "Antony and Cleopatra" opens at the Metropolitan Opera, in New York, next week.
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1 'Class Clown' looks back on Dave Barry's sometimes-dark past with his trademark humor 8:36
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Dave Barry says he's always been the "class clown." His new book looks back at his "first 77 years," examining the funny but also the tragic. NPR's Scott Simon speaks to the Pulitzer Prize winner.
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1 India and Pakistan continue attacks even as they say they are open to de-escalation 3:41
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After targeting each other's airbases, Pakistan and India say they are open to de-escalation.
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is meeting with Chinese officials in Geneva, Switzerland, for trade talks as the Trump administration pushes for progress in its trade wars.
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1 Week in politics: U.S. stays away from new conflict, shakeup in Trump's appointees 4:40
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The Trump administration is not eager to involve itself in international conflicts like the one between India and Pakistan.
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1 Russia marks the 80th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany 3:55
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Russia's celebration this weekend of the Soviet victory over the Nazis 80 years ago comes under the shadow of its invasion of Ukraine.
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1 After lynx were spotted in the Scottish highlands, experts suspect 'rogue rewilding' 4:58
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The reappearance of lynx in Scotland raised concern about an illegal reintroduction effort. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Peter Cairns of Scotland The Big Picture about what rogue rewilding entails.
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NPR's Scott Simon talks with Natalie Moore about the legacy of soap operas. She is host and writer of "Stories Without End," the new season of the WBEZ podcast "Making."
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News of an American pope, and a Chicagoan, causes NPR's Scott Simon to remember what it was like attending Mass in his hometown.
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1 Americans are relying more on therapy than medication for their mental health needs 2:32
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The number of Americans relying on psychotherapy went up between 2018 and 2021, whereas the number of people using psychiatric medications went down.
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1 50 years after the war, a new generation in Vietnam reflects on their life and choices 4:22
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Development has brought many changes to Vietnam in the 50 years since the end of the Vietnam War.
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