Here and Now on WBAA News
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Here & Now is Public Radio’s daily news magazine, bringing you the news that breaks after “Morning Edition” and before “All Things Considered.”
Emmy and Peabody award winning Robin Young brings more than 25 years of broadcast experience to her role as host of Here & Now. Co-host Jeremy Hobson worked at Marketplace for six years and was also a producer for NPR's All Things Considered and Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! in addition to experience as a reporter for several NPR member stations.
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Up until a few years ago, the municipal transfer station in Plympton, Massachusetts, had a problem: The residents of the small town were producing so much trash that it was putting a huge burden on the town's finances.
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When WBOR station manager Mason Daugherty got a notification of a spike in listenership to his small station off the charts, he assumed it was spam. However, after a little digging, he found out that it was legitimate.
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Only 10% of the plastic we send for recycling actually gets recycled.
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Inspired by the cleansing water of spiritual baths, aja monet's new poetry collection "Florida Water" explores ways a poem can rinse, unravel and reveal hard truths.
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The Dalai Lama said on Wednesday that he will not be the last Dalai Lama.
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Two world wars when the country was on the wrong side of history have taught Germans to be cautious about the pitfalls of a big army.
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High-protein diets are one of the latest food trends. Protein is being added to snacks and drinks. Social media influencers are encouraging people to eat more protein every day.
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We remember Medgar Evers, the civil rights activist assassinated in 1963, on the 100-year anniversary of his birth.
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Congress is racing to pass the bill by July 4.
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Hip-hop mogul Sean Combs was found not guilty of one count of racketeering conspiracy and two counts of sex trafficking, but guilty of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution.