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STAR WARS: The Empire Strikes Back | NPR Radio Drama | #RetroRadio
Retro Radio: Old Time Radio in the Dark· Jun 13, 2026
In 1983, the team behind NPR's record-breaking Star Wars returned for the darker, colder middle chapter — The Empire Strikes Back, told across ten episodes. Mark Hamill and Anthony Daniels were back as Luke and C-3PO, Bi…
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New NPR Series: "We Keep Us Safe" from the Embedded podcast
Planet Money· Jul 21, 2026
In the summer of 2020, sixteen-year-old Antonio Mays Jr. traveled a thousand miles to join the racial justice movement of his generation in the wake of George Floyd's killing. Antonio arrived in Seattle during the Capito…
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#2506 - Michelle Thaller
The Joe Rogan Experience· Michelle Thaller· May 28, 2026
Michelle Thaller, PhD, is an astrophysicist, award-winning science communicator, and retired NASA executive who worked at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and NASA Headquarters. Her work has appeared in documentaries, …
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#796: L.A. Paul — On Becoming a Vampire, Whether or Not to Have Kids, Getting Incredible Mentorship for $250, Transformative Experiences, and More
The Tim Ferriss Show· Feb 20, 2025
L.A. Paul is the Millstone Family Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Cognitive Science at Yale University. She is also the author of Transformative Experience. Her work on transformative experience has been covered…
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#197 Michaeleen Doucleff: The 4 Biggest Mistakes Parents Make
The Knowledge Project· Jun 25, 2024
What ancient wisdom and modern science reveal about raising exceptional children. Through years of anthropological research and scientific inquiry, NPR correspondent Michaeleen Doucleff uncovers the counterintuitive prin…
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Can World Cup mania grow MLS in the U.S.?
Planet Money· Jul 17, 2026
As the World Cup comes to a close, so does a massive real-time experiment happening just around the edges. Major League Soccer – the top men’s professional soccer league in the U.S. and Canada – has been scrambling to ta…
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Before Kalshi and Polymarket there was the Iowa Electronic Markets
Planet Money· Jun 24, 2026
Prediction markets aren’t new. Election betting was common until the 1940s, then mysteriously faded away.There was an entire political era when party bosses were expected to conspicuously gamble on their candidates (even…
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STAR WARS: Return of the Jedi | NPR Radio Drama | #RetroRadio
Retro Radio: Old Time Radio in the Dark· Jun 16, 2026
Thirteen years after The Empire Strikes Back, the long-delayed finale arrived in 1996 — six episodes that brought the original trilogy to a close. Funding cuts had stalled production for more than a decade, but the concl…
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STAR WARS: A New Hope | NPR Radio Drama | #RetroRadio
Retro Radio: Old Time Radio in the Dark· Jun 13, 2026
In 1981, National Public Radio turned the biggest movie in the world into a thirteen-episode radio epic that went on to break the network's listening records. George Lucas sold the rights for a single dollar and handed o…