Here & Now
Weekdays at noon on 88.5 NEPM
Here & Now brings you the news that breaks after Morning Edition, and before All Things Considered. Produced at WBUR in Boston, and hosted by Robin Young and Jeremy Hobson, Here & Now combines the best in news journalism with intelligent, broad-ranging conversations on public policy and foreign affairs, science and technology, as well as features on arts and culture.
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Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin faced senators during a confirmation hearing on Wednesday to become the next Secretary of Homeland Security.
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The book by Andy Weir centers around a middle school science teacher who finds himself aboard a spaceship light-years away from Earth and entrusted with saving the planet. -
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March Madness — the premier college basketball tournament — is underway. -
When the Ford Model T first hit the road in the early 20th century, it didn’t just change how Americans got around. It transformed the country itself. -
A new study answers long-held questions about how tiny woodpeckers drill into huge trees. -
NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts have inspired a family-owned grocery store to put on live music in the produce section. -
It’s not a great time to be a country that relies on imports of oil and gas as the war with Iran disrupts global energy markets. But countries that have invested in technologies like solar energy, batteries, and electric vehicles are finding themselves less vulnerable to price shocks.
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Joe Kent, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, resigned Tuesday in protest over the war.
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For years, reports have circulated about rich foreigners traveling to Sarajevo in the early 1990s and paying for the opportunity to kill innocent civilians.
