Cursive Law Writes New Chapter For Handwriting In Alabama's Schools RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: In the backpacks of returning elementary school students in Alabama, there's likely lined paper for handwriting. Alabama recently joined Louisiana and Californi...
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Discounts Aren't Enough to Halt Outrage At High EpiPen Prices KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: If you have a severe allergy to nuts or bee stings, you probably know what an EpiPen is. It's a plastic tube and needle that gives a dose of epinephrine when you press...
What Happens In The Brain Of An Extreme Procrastinator? GUY RAZ, HOST: So for all of Adam Grant's research about procrastination and slowing down, there is a right way to do it and a wrong way. Can you introduce yourself please, Tim? TIM URBAN: Yeah....
Who You Gonna Call? OPHIRA EISENBERG, HOST: Let's meet our next two contestants. First up, Josh Polenberg. You're a grant manager at Pfizer and you're obsessed with board games. JOSH POLENBERG: I am... EISENBERG: ...Obsessed. OK, what is a board game...
When Was The Last Time You Did Absolutely Nothing? GUY RAZ, HOST: It's the TED Radio Hour from NPR. I'm Guy Raz, and on the show today, ideas about slowing down, how to do it in a world that seems to be constantly speeding up. And that was a question...
House Hunters Intergalactic OPHIRA EISENBERG, HOST: Josh and Joey, we've got a great trivia game for you. Joining us on the line from Los Angeles, please welcome a voice that is very familiar to fans of HGTV. She's the narrator of HGTV's House Hunter...
Can Slow-Moving Art Disrupt Our Hectic Routines? GUY RAZ, HOST: On the show today, ideas about slowing down and savoring the moment. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) GABRIEL BARCIA-COLOMBO: It's kind of funny because I speak very fast. And I think my mind is ver...
Why Would Millions Tune Into 'Slow TV'? GUY RAZ, HOST: It's the TED Radio Hour from NPR. I'm Guy Raz. So if you've been watching TV in Norway on a Friday night a couple of years ago and you tuned into the country's public broadcasting channel, you wo...
What Can We Gain By Writing A Letter By Hand? GUY RAZ, HOST: And that hat, by the way, could be especially useful if you're as busy as Lakshmi Pratury. LAKSHMI PRATURY: I go back and forth between the Bay Area and Bangalore. RAZ: Lakshmi works in the...
Has Hillary Clinton Actually Been Dodging The Press? DAVID GREENE, HOST: There has been a lot of criticism of Hillary Clinton for failing to hold press conferences this year. Her last one - back in December. Last night in an interview with CNN, Clint...
I'm A Business, Man JONATHAN COULTON: From NPR and WNYC, coming to you from The Bell House in beautiful Brooklyn, N.Y., it's NPR's hour of puzzles, word games and trivia, ASK ME ANOTHER. I'm Jonathan Coulton. Now here's your host, Ophira Eisenberg. (...
What You Need To Know About The Alt-Right Movement DAVID GREENE, HOST: You know, the presidential campaign has really tipped into brutal new territory, with both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump accusing one another of racism and bigotry. Yesterday m...
Planned Parenthood Joins Campaign To Rid Miami Neighborhoods Of Zika DAVID GREENE, HOST: In Miami, Planned Parenthood has been helping in the fight against the Zika virus, sometimes getting the word out in neighborhoods where people have never even h...
Pie In The Skymall OPHIRA EISENBERG, HOST: Well, let's get started on your second challenge. Mary and Patrice, we have a guessing game for you called Pie In The Sky Mall. So, Mary, what is something that you've bought that you've never actually used?...
