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How Nvidia dominated the AI chip market
Monday, March 18, 2024
The chip designer Nvidia is now worth more than Amazon, Meta and Alphabet. New Yorker contributor Stephen Witt talks about how Nvidia cornered the market for the chips fueling artificial intelligence.
Daniel Lewis explored the roles of different trees play his new book, 'Twelve Trees'
Thursday, March 14, 2024
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with writer Daniel Lewis about his new book, Twelve Trees, which zeroes in on a different tree species in each chapter.
Nearly all of Uranus' 27 moons have Shakespearean names. What'll this one be called?
Friday, March 08, 2024
Scientists have found a 28th moon around Uranus. In keeping with tradition, they plan to name it after a Shakespearean character. Scholar Michael Dobson weighs in on the suggested name, "Violenta."
Why one AI expert was pleased Biden addressed AI during his State of the Union
Friday, March 08, 2024
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Fei Fei Li, the co-director of the Human-Centered AI Institute at Stanford University, about President Biden's State of the Union remarks about harnessing the power of AI.
Amid mass killings and hunger in Gaza, Ramadan takes on a new meaning for Muslims
Friday, March 08, 2024
Ramadan is approaching at a challenging time for Muslims worldwide as they watch atrocities unfold in Gaza. NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Imam Omar Suleiman about how to approach Ramadan this year.
Generations after Trinity Test, New Mexico downwinders seek compensation
Thursday, March 07, 2024
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Tina Cordova, a downwinder of the Trinity Test and a cancer survivor, and Sen. Ben Ray Lujan about their fight to get compensation for New Mexico radiation victims.
New Alabama law protects IVF, but still identifies embryo as a child
Thursday, March 07, 2024
NPR's Ari Shapiro checks in with fertility specialist Dr. Beth Malizia following the new Alabama law that protects IVF.
Climate Envoy John Kerry is giving up the job title — but not the fight
Wednesday, March 06, 2024
Outgoing climate envoy John Kerry talks about leaving the job, how another Donald Trump presidency could impact the fight against climate change, and how he remains hopeful.
How foreign conflict can shape an electorate
Tuesday, March 05, 2024
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Michael Bustamante, a University of Miami professor and author of Cuban Memory Wars, about how foreign conflicts can shape the voting patterns of immigrant communities.
Airdropping aid is inefficient--so why is the U.S. doing it anyway?
Monday, March 04, 2024
Ari Shapiro speaks to Refugees International president Jeremy Konyndyk about airdrops, when they work and how oftentimes, they don't.
Caitlin Clark smashes another record in her unprecedented college basketball run
Monday, March 04, 2024
Ari Shapiro talks with ESPN's Michael Voepel about Caitlin Clark's latest record. This time, it's the NCAA all-time points record for both men's and women's basketball.
McConnell is stepping down from leadership. Here's how he got there
Friday, March 01, 2024
This week, Mitch McConnell announced he will step down as Republican leader in the Senate. NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with journalist and biographer Michael Tackett about McConnell's career.
Scientists have new details on an Antarctic glacier crucial to future sea level rise
Friday, March 01, 2024
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with glaciologist Ted Scambos about the conclusion of a multi-year study of Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier, the "plug" holding back a formidable amount of ice.
Prepositions are permissible, now — will English language be ok?
Friday, March 01, 2024
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with John McWhorter, Columbia University linguist and New York Times columnist about the recent Merriam-Webster declaration that English sentences may end with prepositions.
The fickle, golden magic of the Yosemite "Fire Fall"
Thursday, February 29, 2024
For a few weeks each year, Horsetail Fall at Yosemite national park glows gold just before sunset. They call it the "Fire Fall." But it only happens if conditions are perfect.
Jacob Collier on the four-album project 'Djesse'
Thursday, February 29, 2024
Jacob Collier's latest record is the culmination of a four-album project he calls Djesse. NPR's Ari Shapiro chats with Collier about the power of the human voice and the growth of a prodigy.
The internet is obsessed with a woman's TikTok story about marrying a compulsive liar
Wednesday, February 28, 2024
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Rachelle Hampton and Candice Lim, hosts of the Slate podcast ICYMI, about "Who the F Did I Marry," the TikTok saga that now has tens of millions of views.
Ronna McDaniel's expected departure as RNC chair will happen early March
Monday, February 26, 2024
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Washington Post political reporter Josh Dawsey about the end of Ronna McDaniel's tenure as RNC chair and what is next for the organization.
Writer Phillip B. Williams brought the power of conjuring into his debut novel 'Ours'
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with writer Phillip B. Williams about his debut novel, Ours, a sprawling American epic that centers on a woman who frees enslaved people and builds a hidden town for them.
What happens when a wind farm comes to a coal town?
Friday, February 16, 2024
Coal jobs have been declining for generations. Now in the town of Keyser, West Virginia, there's a different energy source on the horizon.