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The Takeaway explores a new delivery service being pushed by Amazon, a new memoir on the hydrogen bomb, and a film the chronicles the story of a stolen work of art. (episode)
Nuclear negotiations between Iran and the West have been going on for over 12 years. A decade ago, Seyed Hossein Mousavian sat at the negotiating table on behalf of Iran.
Physicist Ken Ford witnessed the hydrogen bomb's creation, an event he tries to shed some light onto in his new memoir. But the U.S. government says his book contains state secrets.
It's a bird ... It's a plane ... It's an Amazon drone carrying a package weighing less than 55 lbs.
After a hard fought campaign about eradicating corruption, there's a new leader in Nigeria.
High rates of uninsurance plague Hispanic communities. Del Barrio Clinic in San Antonio, Texas is trying to turn the tide.
"Woman in Gold," which stars Helen Mirren and Ryan Reynolds, tells the story of a Klimt painting stolen by the Nazis, and of the legal battle to get the painting back.
Today's Takeaways: Drug Addiction Among Mormons, A Rising Hip-Hop Star, and College Rejection (episode)
The Mormon faith forbids alcohol, tobacco and drugs, yet they have a surprising problem with prescription overdoses. We investigate why.
After 12 years of negotiations, will Iran and six world powers come to an agreement?
The private group behind the effort to bring the 2024 Olympics to Boston is calling for the voters of Massachusetts to decide whether the city should bid to host the Games.
Governor Mike Pence of Indiana under pressure after signing a bill last week that allows business to deny services based on religious faith.
Australian-born to Nigerian immigrants, Remi is a rising hip-hop star. The "intelligent" tagged rapper joins us to discuss the influence that Nigerian politics is having on his work.
Rejection hurts, but will it define you?
This weekend, the Takeaway Weekender Podcast looks at family. (episode)
This week's new releases aren't particularly unique, but that doesn't necessarily mean they're bad dates. (article)
Today's Takeaways: A Troubled Co-Pilot, A Retiring Senate Leader, and Tying the Internet to the Real World (episode)
Co-pilot Andreas Lubitz might have 'hidden' evidence of illness from his employers according to prosecutors in Germany. Pilot and science writer Jeff Wise join us.
Senate minority leader from Nevada, Harry Reid, announced that he will not seek re-election in 2016. It's a surprise move that leaves open a leadership position for the Democratic party.
Officials in Indiana have declared a health emergency after an HIV outbreak in rural Scott County.
Studio 360 producer Sean Rameswaram rounds up another five amazing gifts from the Internet. Charlie XCX skewers social media, and Vin Diesel trolls the planet.
With U.S. forces absent from Yemen, one of the world's leading Yemen experts says it will weaken the local fight against Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
A social media company called Banjo is trying to sort that nebulous cloud of tweets, trends, and posts to geography. The idea is to create an instant snapshot of any place at any time.
At 250 miles above the earth's surface, astronaut Scott Kelly will experience time a bit slower than his twin brother back home. Meaning, at the end of a 342 day trip, he'll be younger.
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According to reports, there was a terrifying life and death battle between members of the crew in the final moments before the crash.
Yemen's leader has fled, and the nation's defense minister was arrested. Amidst the chaos, Saudi Arabia is hitting back. Here's what the crisis means for a region beset by instability.
"Vote-a-rama" empowers senators to offer an unlimited number of amendments to the budget. The last "vote-a-rama" took place in 2013 and included votes on 100 amendments over 13 hours.
Writer Meghan Daum joins us for an honest conversation about why many adults chose not to have children.
The prosecution in the trial of the admitted Boston Marathon bomber, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, is winding down.
Takeaway listeners from around the country explain why they have decided to forgo parenting.
Ahead of the Nigerian elections, we look at how shady government practices can lead to instability and violence.
A year after the release of his book "Flash Boys," which exposed the dodgy practices of high frequency traders, author Michael Lewis says it is business as usual on Wall Street.
The Takeaway explores a new initiative on birth records in Ohio, the hard decisions faced by people with a high risk of cancer, and the emotional toll of war for U.S. veterans. (episode)
The EPA says power plants that run on coal and oil emit too many harmful chemicals like mercury and arsenic. But industry backers say reducing emissions is too expensive.
Selfish, shallow, and self-absorbed: that's how a lot of adults get pegged for their decision to forego parenthood. Not so fast. Our listeners weigh in on being childless by choice.
Starting last week, people in Ohio adopted between 1964 and 1996 could file to receive their original birth certificates, and with them, a piece of their own histories.
A highly anticipated autobiography under the working title, "The Presidential Years" is due to be published posthumously by Nelson Mandela.
In an effort to take America's temperature, a new report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation ranks the health of each county across the nation.
Allison Gilbert has a lot in common with Angelina Jolie Pitt. Both women lost their mothers to cancer, and both also made decisions to remove their ovaries and their breasts.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has said that a majority of U.S. veterans have "left their hearts in Afghanistan." Author & vet Elliot Ackerman reflects on the emotional aftermath of war.
The Takeaway examines the NSA's secret court, how defectors are using Western media to change to North Korea, and we have the details on a lost Tennessee Williams story. (episode)
The FISA Court issues classified warrants for domestic intelligence information—a key underpinning of the warrantless wiretapping program that was being used by the Bush Administration.
So no one told you life was gonna be this way...in North Korea.
The results of a DOJ investigation into the Philadelphia Police Department found that officers are shooting at citizens frequently and not receiving adequate training.
Texas Senator Ted Cruz has officially announced that he is running for president. What is about Texas politics that produces so many colorful characters that rise to political office?
The Strand Magazine's Andrew Gulli is something of a detective when it comes to lost literature. His latest discovery is a never-before published horror story by Tennessee Williams.
Navigating mass transit is hard enough for those who see. It poses even more challenges for those who are blind. But new technologies are changing that.
The Takeaway talks with the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, a physicist stops by to explain his latest research, and we look at the legacy of David Foster Wallace. (episode)
We joined Samantha Power, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, to observe a new art installation that captures the raw horror of the conflict in Syria. Hear her reaction.
The 2016 presidential election is heating up, and Texas Senator Ted Cruz has officially thrown his hat in the ring.
Physicist John Learned was looking for life up in space and wound up discovering a new pattern of behavior among the stars.
Sen. Ted Cruz sounded a lot like John Lennon today when he announced that he would seek the 2016 Republican nomination for president. So we mashed his speech up with Lennon's "Imagine."
The man known as Dr. Death got the nation talking about doctor-assisted suicide. Now some states have laws allowing the practice.
When Wallace won a "genius grant" in 1997, he moved to Illinois, started taking tax accounting courses at a state college, and discovered the spiritual side of khakis and the IRS.
Welcome to The Takeaway Weekender Podcast! (episode)