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Married Couple In Idaho Racks Up 2nd Guinness World Record

By editor • May 27, 2020

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'Running For Your Life': A Community Poem For Ahmaud Arbery

By Rachel Martin • May 27, 2020

After the death of Ahmaud Arbery, Morning Edition asked for your reactions to the killing in the shape of a poem. The 25-year-old black man was shot and killed by two white men while he was out for a jog in February in Glynn County, Ga.

Students In Pennsylvania School District Perform Porch Concerts

By editor • May 27, 2020

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Music students in northeastern Pennsylvania are turning their streets into concert halls.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "ALL MY LOVING")

UNIDENTIFIED PERSON: (Singing) Close your eyes and I'll kiss you. Tomorrow, I'll miss you.

Minneapolis Crowd Protests Black Man's Death While In Police Custody

By editor • May 27, 2020

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There were protesters clashing with police and stopping traffic in Minneapolis last night; this after the death of George Floyd.

(SOUNDBITE OF PROTEST)

News Brief: Minn. Protests, Texas COVID Testing Sites, Trump Tweet

By editor • May 27, 2020

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Demonstrators brought traffic to a halt in south Minneapolis after a black man was killed in police custody on Monday night.

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HBO Max's Original Series: A Guide For The Perplexed

By Linda Holmes & Glen Weldon • May 27, 2020

HBO Max, WarnerMedia's new streaming service launching Wednesday, grants subscribers access to all HBO series and hundreds of movies, as well as some shows in the Warners stable that were originally broadcast on other networks — like The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and The Big Bang Theory.

The service also launches with a handful of original series. We've got a quick preview of those that were made available to media early.

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How To Cope With Anxiety During The Pandemic

By editor • May 26, 2020

How Small Businesses Could Prepare For Reopening, Continued

By Danielle Kurtzleben • May 26, 2020

NPR's politics and economics reporter answers listener questions about what small businesses should be ready for as states slowly reopen their economies.

How Small Businesses Could Prepare For Reopening

By Danielle Kurtzleben • May 26, 2020

NPR's politics and economics reporter answers listener questions about what small businesses should be ready for as states slowly reopen their economies.

Obituary Writer Aims To Show How Coronavirus Impacts 'All People In Our Society'

By Courtney Dorning & Mary Louise Kelly • May 26, 2020

As the number of COVID-19 deaths continues its upward march, many of the rituals designed to help people navigate the loss of a loved one aren't possible.

How The Pandemic Is Affecting Book Publishing Industry

By editor • May 26, 2020

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Renters In Arizona Struggle To Get Relief From State

By editor • May 26, 2020

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Workers At Garment Factories In Bangladesh Face Harsh Conditions During The Pandemic

By Lauren Frayer • May 26, 2020

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Autism Spectrum Diagnosis Helped Comic Hannah Gadsby 'Be Kinder' To Herself

By Terry Gross • May 26, 2020

Growing up, Hannah Gadsby always felt she was different. She struggled to read social cues, she had trouble applying for jobs, and spent a few living in a tent and doing farm labor. But Gadsby, who's from Tasmania, had always been funny. On a whim, in 2006 she entered a stand-up comedy competition — and won.

"I'd never held a microphone before. ... I'd never even been to a comedy show — but all of a sudden, I kind of knew what I was doing," she says. "As soon as I told my first joke ... it really made people engage with me, and I held the audience in my hand."

'St. Christopher On Pluto' Follows The Adventures Of 2 Friends In An Old Buick

By Maureen Corrigan • May 26, 2020

I'm feeling so cooped up these days that I sometimes find myself getting in the car and taking aimless rides to nowhere. Maybe that's what prompted me to finally check out an on-the-road novel that came out in February, right before the pandemic brought life-as-we-know-it to a hard stop.

As U.S. Nears 100,000 COVID-19 Deaths, Where Is The Country Headed?

By editor • May 26, 2020

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N.C. Car Wash Worker Tracks Down Owner Of $1,200 Stimulus Check

By editor • May 26, 2020

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Businesses Complain Generous Jobless Benefits Make It Hard To Find Workers

By Scott Horsley • May 26, 2020

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Tens of millions of people are out of work because of the coronavirus. But if they apply for unemployment, they get $600 a week, which is more than some were making in their previous jobs. That was a deliberate effort by Congress to cushion the economic fallout from the pandemic, but now those benefits are getting a second look. Here's NPR chief economics correspondent Scott Horsley.

How The Crisis Is Making Racial Inequality Worse

By Greg Rosalsky • May 26, 2020

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Oklahoma Church Members Find Musical Inspiration In Their Kitchens

By editor • May 26, 2020

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Good morning. I'm David Greene. Members of an Oklahoma church found inspiration in their kitchens during a Zoom call to recreate a song for our times. It started with appliances opening and closing.

(SOUNDBITE OF BANGING KITCHEN APPLIANCES)

NASA Astronaut Doug Hurley Prepares To Return To Space

By editor • May 26, 2020

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In Homes Left Empty By COVID-19, This Georgia Woman Packs Up The Memories

By editor • May 26, 2020

On a Tuesday morning in Albany, Ga., Cathy Cody is walking through the empty hallways of a home left vacant by COVID-19.

"Right now, I'm standing in a home we started on, packing up their loved one's belongings because that's all they have left," Cody says during a Facebook Live video.

Despite Trump's Demand, Not All Houses Of Worship Reopen

By Tom Gjelten • May 26, 2020

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Listeners Share Their Stories Of Random Acts Of Kindness During The Pandemic

By editor • May 25, 2020

Experts Help Listeners Make Tough Choices During The Pandemic, Continued

By editor • May 25, 2020

Experts Help Listeners Make Tough Choices During The Pandemic

By editor • May 25, 2020

How Definitive Image Of Pandemic Could Help Explain Tragedy

By editor • May 25, 2020

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What Movies Hollywood Prepared For The Reopening Of Theaters

By Bob Mondello • May 25, 2020

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Turkish President May Call Elections 2 Years Before The End Of His Term

By Peter Kenyon • May 25, 2020

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An Essential Worker Shares His Experience Of Working At A Clorox Plant

By editor • May 25, 2020

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST:

In the upside-down world that we now live in, the everyday can quickly morph into the essential. That's true of institutions, industries and people, too, which is what we'll hear in today's essential worker diary.

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