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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Dodgers open the season in front of adoring fans in Tokyo

    The team continues their effort to “paint Japan blue” with Dodger pride, and USC and UCLA women’s basketball teams kick off March Madness as No. 1 seeds.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Mar 18, 2025 • 1 min read

    The team continues their effort to “paint Japan blue” with Dodger pride, and USC and UCLA women’s basketball teams kick off March Madness as No. 1 seeds.

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    Impact of EPA and NIH cuts, remembering cinematographer Halyna Hutchins
    1. 0:00EPA considers eliminating its office of scientific research
    2. 10:15Potential cuts to science research grants hurts everyone, says UCLA professor
    3. 22:56‘Last Take’ remembers ‘extraordinarily beautiful’ work of Halyna Hutchins
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    The full episode

    4 of 4
    Impact of EPA and NIH cuts, remembering cinematographer Halyna Hutchins
    1. 0:00EPA considers eliminating its office of scientific research
    2. 10:15Potential cuts to science research grants hurts everyone, says UCLA professor
    3. 22:56‘Last Take’ remembers ‘extraordinarily beautiful’ work of Halyna Hutchins
    4. 40:23Dodgers open the season in front of adoring fans in TokyoYou’re reading this
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