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The Actor Behind 'Robocop' On Detroit And Art History

By editor • Oct 6, 2018

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He's part-man, part-machine - all cop.

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PETER WELLER: (As RoboCop) Let the woman go. You are under arrest.

UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: (As Creep's Friend) You better back up, pal.

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Saturday Sports: Baseball Playoffs

By editor • Oct 6, 2018

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You know what we could all use this week? Sports.

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Sans Forgetica: A Font To Remember

By editor • Oct 6, 2018

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Phoenix Residents Respond To Flake And Kavanaugh

By editor • Sep 29, 2018

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The High Drama Of The Wrigley Rat

By • Sep 29, 2018

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Saturday Sports: Free Agents In The NFL, The Patriots, Tiger Woods

By • Sep 29, 2018

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Finally, time for sports.

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Red Sox Win AL East, Browns Win A Game And Vontae Davis Retires

By editor • Sep 22, 2018

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Now it's time for sports.

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First Debate Held In Surprisingly Close Texas Senate Race

By editor • Sep 22, 2018

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In Texas, a race that no one expected to be this competitive. The candidates for Texas Senate battled in a debate last night. KERA's Christopher Connelly reports from Dallas.

Working On A Cathedral, Roofer Finds His Grandfather's Message In A Bottle

By editor • Sep 22, 2018

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W.Va. Plan Would Allow Some Service Members To Vote Via Smartphone

By editor • Sep 22, 2018

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A Minneapolis Theater 'Prop God' Retires

By editor • Sep 15, 2018

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Saturday Sports: End Of Baseball Season

By editor • Sep 15, 2018

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Cajun Navy Volunteer Rescuer On Responding To Storm

By editor • Sep 15, 2018

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Bobi Wine Is Willing 'To Die Trying' To Win Freedom For Uganda

By • Sep 8, 2018

"I'm supposed to be a dead man," says Bobi Wine, a Ugandan musician turned politician.

His driver Yasin Kawuma was shot dead on Aug. 13. Wine tweeted a graphic picture he said was of the man's dead body. Wine says police were the ones who shot Kawuma, but Wine says he was their real target.

Emma Thompson On 'The Children Act'

By editor • Sep 8, 2018

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The Bug Black Market

By editor • Sep 8, 2018

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Leaving Billions Behind In 'Lake Success'

By editor • Sep 8, 2018

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Former Presidents Bush and Obama Eulogize John McCain

By • Sep 1, 2018

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Quinn Cummings On Working With Neil Simon

By editor • Sep 1, 2018

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Coca-Cola Buys Moxie Soda

By editor • Sep 1, 2018

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This week, Coca-Cola announced it will buy Moxie, a tiny soda brand that's Maine's official state soft drink. The beverage has a cult-like following - kind of like B.J. Leiderman, who writes our theme music. Jay Field visited Lisbon Falls, Maine, the soda's unofficial home

Saturday Sports: Colin Kaepernick, Williams Sisters

By • Sep 1, 2018

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The new NFL season is upon us, but the league can't shake some unfinished business. And the Williams sisters hit the hard courts of the U.S. Open. Hard-headed analysis already from Tom Goldman. Tom, thanks so much for being with us.

Elderly Mexican Parents See Their Children In The U.S. For The First Time In Decades

By editor • Aug 25, 2018

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A new program started in Mexico that is helping people living in the U.S. without legal documentation who cannot travel back home to see their families. Ashley Lopez, with member station KUT in Austin, reports.

'A River Of Stars' Is An Asian-American, 'Pregnant Thelma & Louise'

By • Aug 25, 2018

A River of Stars is a kind of road story.

Scarlett, a factory worker from China, and Daisy, a Taiwanese-American teenager, go on the lam. They're fleeing Perfume Bay, a secret home in Los Angeles where pregnant women from China are sent — by rich husbands, married lovers or prosperous parents — to give birth such that their babies may enjoy "the most precious gift of all": U.S. citizenship.

But Scarlett and Daisy have their own suspicions about what might happen to them after they give birth.

Eyeliner On Spiders: It's For Science

By editor • Aug 18, 2018

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We learned this week that scientists in Florida are putting eyeliner on spiders. Why? Well, to understand, you need to know male jumping spiders are pretty flamboyant during mating rituals. They vibrate and dance. And they're pretty colorful too.

Musician (And Landscaper) Ryan Culwell On Making Ends Meet

By editor • Aug 18, 2018

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Ryan Culwell followed up his critically acclaimed album in 2015 by taking a break to spend time with his growing family. He had two more daughters - four total. And, well, Culwell needed to pay the bills.

Saturday Sports: NFL Preseason, Lindsay Whalen

By editor • Aug 18, 2018

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Time now for sports.

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Man Steals Airplane From Seattle Airport, Crashes On Island

By editor • Aug 11, 2018

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Understanding Horizontal Gene Transfer In 'The Tangled Tree'

By editor • Aug 11, 2018

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Where The Streets Have Men's Names (And How To Change That)

By editor • Aug 11, 2018

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A Brief History Of The Drum Set

By editor • Aug 4, 2018

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Hollowed logs, stretched animal skins...

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SIMON: Historian and drummer Daniel Glass says humans have been beating on things since the beginning of time.

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