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NEPR News Now Podcast: Confederate Speech V. Safety, Heroin Tests, Time Zone Changes, A Tree Witness

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Author Lynda V. Mapes smells a piece of red oak bark covered in lichens, from the 'Witness Tree' in The Harvard Forest, Petersham, Mass.
Carrie Healy

NEPR News Now is a collection of recent features, interviews and commentaries.

On this episode:

  • Confederate Flag In Schools: A Question Of Safety Or Speech? (NEPR)
  • As Fentanyl Deaths Rise, An Off-Label Tool Becomes A Test For The Killer Opioid (NEPR via WBUR)
  • New England States Could Band Together to Join Atlantic Time, Stop Changing Clocks (NEPR via Maine Public)
  • Embedded In Harvard Forest For One Year, To Study One Tree (NEPR)

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Sam Hudzik has overseen local news coverage on New England Public Media since 2013. He manages a team of about a dozen full- and part-time reporters and hosts.