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Morning Edition
Comprehending COVID’s TollIs there any way to really comprehend the U.S. death toll from COVID? Morning Edition hears from a philosopher who has written extensively about mass death and trauma – and on how we mark great loss.
9:00 am – 10:00 am
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Murder, Corruption, Coverups: The Strange Dark History of Stanford UniversityJane Stanford and her robber baron husband Leland founded what would become Stanford University in 1885. Twenty years later, Jane Stanford was murdered, poisoned by strychnine. Historian Richard White dives into the corruption and coverups shrouding the unsolved murder in his new book, “Who Killed Jane Stanford?” His book is both a true crime mystery and a history of the corruption, inequality, yellow journalism, pseudo-science and racism of California’s Gilded Age. Forum talks with White about reviving a cold case more than a century old and the present day resonance of examining “the rich people who created monuments to themselves, and whose lives are reminders that the problem with philanthropy is very often philanthropists.”
10:00 am – 11:00 am
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'Love on the Spectrum' Celebrates the Beauty – and Challenges – of Neurodiverse DatingDating, for everyone, is full of tricky social conventions. How long should you wait to call someone after getting their number? Who should cover the dinner bill? And navigating some of these situations can be extra difficult for autistic people. Netflix’s new season of “Love on the Spectrum,” an American version of the original Australian docuseries, premieres on Wednesday and explores the unique hurdles – and joys – that autistic people face when entering the dating pool. We’ll talk about love, heartbreak and how autism plays into the beautiful messiness of it all with some of the people who made the show possible.
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Here & Now
COVID in North KoreaNorth Korea only acknowledged its first case of COVID-19 last week. Now, state media is reporting hundreds of thousands of infections, and the country's leader Kim Jong Un has placed cities under lockdown and mobilized the military. What we know about COVID in North Korea, on Here & Now.
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Simu LiuThe latest news from Ukraine and elsewhere. And actor Simu Liu. He starred as Marvel's first Asian superhero in "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings." In his new memoir, he writes about his parents' journey from China to Canada.
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All Things Considered
Since its debut in 1971, this afternoon radio newsmagazine has delivered in-depth reporting and transformed the way listeners understand current events and view the world. All Things Considered is one of the most popular programs in America. Every weekday, the program presents two hours of breaking news mixed with compelling analysis, insightful commentaries, interviews, and special - sometimes quirky - features. A one-hour edition of the program is produced on the weekend.
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