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Mike Pesca is a contributor to National Public Radio, covering sports, and the host of Slate's podcast "The Gist."
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The legacy of the Charlottesville protest Should Confederate monuments come down?
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
In defense of Mr. Met's middle finger The New York Mets’ baseball-headed mascot - Mr. Met -- recently flipped off a fan. Reaction from the fans has been harsh, but there are some pockets of understanding.
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
We Need To Talk About The Children In the latest installment of our regular parenting segment “We Need To Talk About the Children,” we hear from Mike Pesca about a new book on fatherhood.
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
We Need to Talk About the Children Ever since Amy Chua popularized the term “Tiger Mom”, there’s been a lot of debate around the country over Eastern vs Western parenting practices. Now, Stanford researchers have compared the more strict approach of some Asian-American families to the more lenient approach of some European-American parents. We discuss the results in our regular parenting segment, “We Need to Talk About the Children.”
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
We Need to Talk About the Children Middle East politics at UCLA, trigger warnings, rising sea levels, and our new parenting segment "We Need to Talk About the Children."
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Cooling Off in Ukraine, Warming Up for the GOP Tensions in Ukraine cool off, GOP poll numbers heat up, and just what is the purpose of college sports.
Left, Right & Center
Russian Sanctions, NSA MYSTIC and the Hobby Lobby Case Sanctions and reverse sanctions, more from Edward Snowden, SCOTUS considers the right to contraception.
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Russians in Ukraine, Republican Future, the Inevitability of Hillary The Russians control most of Crimea, the CPAC Conference, and Hillary in 2016?
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Super Bowl Prep Sunday is the big game! The Denver Broncos take on the Seattle Seahawks in this weekend’s Super Bowl Matchup. NPR’s Mike Pesca joins us to discuss everything novice viewers need to know. Plus, Americans will eat 1 billion chicken wings during the game. Turns out, they’re eating them all wrong . We’ll find out why -- and how you dip a chip says a lot about your personality.
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Debating Filibusters, Gay Marriage and JFK's Legacy Senate Democrats squash part of the filibuster, the Cheney's are torn apart over gay marriage, and the 50th anniversary of JFK's assassination.
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To the Point
Trump's 'America First' goes missing abroad In the Middle East, President Trump is changing some policies of the Obama Administration—and reversing his own campaign attacks on Islam as a religion that "hates us." We hear about his visit to Saudi Arabia and what's at stake for the rest of his foreign excursion.
To the Point
The longest US war: Will Trump send more troops to Afghanistan? The Trump White House is divided over the Pentagon's request for more troops in Afghanistan—where the US has been fighting for the past 16 years. Is there a formula -- either for "victory" or a political settlement? Is there an end in sight for America's longest war?
To the Point
Venezuela spirals into economic and political chaos Venezuela, a country whose potential for prosperity is unmatched, finds itself on the verge of civil war. What sustains the repressive government? With time running out, guest host León Krauze looks at what the international community can do to pull the country from the edge of collapse.