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Brownie Wise revolutionized how we store our food. She was one of the first female corporate executives in U.S. history. But she’s not a household name. This we…

Cobalt mining is one of the world's most dangerous jobs. And it's also one of the most essential: cobalt is what powers the batteries in your smartphone, your l…

NPR’s Anas Baba is one of the last remaining journalists in Gaza working full-time for an American news organization. A year into the ceasefire, more than 1400 …

Call it standing ovation inflation: these days, it feels like it's mandatory to stand and clap for live performances. Has our please clap era gone too far? That…

(Warning: this episode includes description of a *******). The newest generation of Iranian girl soccer fans take a bold new approach. They cross-dress as men t…

This episode starts with two questions: If women equally led the 1979 revolution, why were their rights stripped away first? How does this happen to an embolden…

As WWI rages, Hobey arrives in France to prepare for aerial combat. He embraces being a fighter pilot, finding the **********-fueled commonality between war and…

Five years ago, Americans woke up on March 11 2020 in one reality and, by the time they went to sleep that night, they were living with a new one. Hear the stor…

In one of the more amusing sidequests that Shaquille O’Neal has undertaken in his life, the former NBA All-Star is set to appear in a game show where players tr…

Discover the best new books releasing in November 2026, featuring anticipated releases from Rebecca Yarros, John Scalzi, Jason Pargin and Nick Harkaway.