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  • 'The Sixth Sense' and a career of plot twists

    'The Sixth Sense' and a career of plot twists
    Aug 16 2024
    Twenty-five years ago this month, one film, and one filmmaker, became synonymous with the big plot twist.

    So what was it about The Sixth Sense that made it such a cultural phenomenon at the time of its release? And how did that shape the rest of controversial director M. Night M. Night Shyamalan career?

    Haley Joel Osment joins Scott Detrow in conversation to reflect on the impact it had on his work, and how he used that success to propel his career forward.

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  • Trump is promising mass deportations. His own record shows it's not so simple

    Trump is promising mass deportations. His own record shows it's not so simple
    Aug 15 2024
    Donald Trump is pledging to go further on immigration than he did in his first term as president, if he is re-elected in November.

    Internal emails and documents from Trump's time in office — obtained by NPR through the Freedom of Information Act — shed light on how realistic his plan is to radically expand the United States' deportation system.

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  • A new Israel-Hamas cease-fire talk starts this week. Is anything different?

    A new Israel-Hamas cease-fire talk starts this week. Is anything different?
    Aug 14 2024
    So often, telling the story of the Israel-Hamas war is reduced to a catalog of numbers.

    But this war is much more than all of that. It is the daily life of the people living in the midst of the war that has now been raging for 10 months.

    The war has also come to encompass a sense of insecurity that permeates, as the humanitarian crisis worsens in Gaza through famine, unclean water and dwindling resources. Pair that with the prospect of a wider regional conflict with Iran that looms nearby.

    On Thursday, U.S. and Arab mediators will launch new talks to attempt a cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas. But hopes for tensions to be diffused are not high.

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  • The plan to tackle customer service bots and subscription fatigue

    The plan to tackle customer service bots and subscription fatigue
    Aug 13 2024
    This week, the Biden administration announced it is taking on more of what it calls "everyday headaches and hassles that waste Americans' time and money."

    And it's doing that by having federal agencies make new business rules.

    There are actions to simplify health insurance paperwork, crack down on fake product reviews, streamline parent-teacher communications in schools and circumvent those automated customer service calls that the White House labels "doom loops."

    It's all part of a wider economic mission to eliminate modern business practices that the Biden administration believes exploit Americans.

    Neera Tanden, the director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, breaks down why this is happening and how it will work in reality.

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  • How a candidate's military service can help or hurt their campaign

    How a candidate's military service can help or hurt their campaign
    Aug 12 2024
    By most measures, the new Democratic ticket has had an impressively smooth launch.

    But there is one caveat to that — controversy over how vice presidential nominee Tim Walz described his military service.

    A spokeswoman for the Harris-Walz campaign has said in a statement that the Democratic vice-presidential nominee "misspoke" when talking about his military service.

    Walz, who served for 24 years in the National Guard, had made a comment that sounded like he had been to war.

    Walz's Republican opponent, JD Vance, pounced on that comment to accuse Walz of what's called "stolen valor," a serious charge among veterans.

    But there's also a history of playing politics with military service – one that's been used in past elections.

    Is Tim Walz guilty of deliberately misrepresenting his military record or the victim of a familiar political smear tactic?

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  • Young people are dying of opioid overdoses. Are students and campuses prepared?

    Young people are dying of opioid overdoses. Are students and campuses prepared?
    Aug 11 2024
    Overdose death rates have spiked dramatically for young adults, rising 34 percent between 2018 and 2022, according to recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

    Yet, there are ways to mitigate the risk of overdose, and even ways to reverse it.

    Notably there's Narcan.

    It's a brand of the medication naloxone, and it's often used in the form of nasal spray. If administered quickly, it can fully reverse an opioid overdose.

    Are college campuses and their students prepared?

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  • How is the plot to attack a Taylor Swift concert related to ISIS-K?

    How is the plot to attack a Taylor Swift concert related to ISIS-K?
    Aug 9 2024
    Three Taylor Swift concerts were canceled in Austria this week, after authorities foiled planned attacks on the venue.

    Three young men are now in custody, and at least two of them recently pledged allegiance to the Islamic State — specifically an affiliate group known as ISIS-K.

    This isn't the first time Islamic State-related groups have been tied to attacks in Europe — over 140 people were killed in an attack on a Moscow concert hall earlier this year, and an explosion at an Ariana Grande concert in 2017 killed 22 and injured more than a thousand.

    So - what exactly is ISIS-K, and how should we think about their presence in Europe?

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  • How Team U.S.A. weightlifter Olivia Reeves became a gold-medal favorite

    How Team U.S.A. weightlifter Olivia Reeves became a gold-medal favorite
    Aug 8 2024
    Ever since women began competing in weightlifting in the Olympics, in the year 2000, only one American woman has won a gold medal.

    This year, there are hopes that might change.

    And many of those hopes rest on the (very strong) shoulders of a 21-year-old college student in Chattanooga, Tenn. named Olivia Reeves.

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