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Oct
Note: The day the lights went out in Cuba
The day the lights went out in Cuba. The Republic of Cuba’s power grid finally collapsed on October 18.
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29
Oct
Note: ‘Rain & Snow’
111 MHz: ‘Rain & Snow.’ L.A. bassist Sam Wilkes from iiyo iiyo iiyo, a live record cut in 2022
29
Oct
Note: The things that I used to do
The things that I used to do. Giorgia Meloni can seem a little confusing. For years before becoming Italy’s
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29
Oct
Populismo al Italiano
How far right is the Italian far right? Leila Simona Talani on immigration, Ukraine, and the calculations of a new prime minister.
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28
Oct
Note: ‘Flying Blind’
5 W Main: Flying Blind. Last week, some 33,000 unionized Boeing workers in Washington state, who’ve been striking
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26
Oct
Weather report: Istanbul
Weather report: Istanbul. Looking out from Galata Bridge on the waterfront in Istanbul, Türkiye—Friday, October 18, just after 9:
24
Oct
Note: A mystery of fewer deaths
A mystery of fewer deaths. More than 100,000 Americans died of drug overdoses last year, according to the United
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24
Oct
Note: ‘Pursuance’
111 MHz: ‘Pursuance.’ A brief fragment from an expanded reissue of a 2015 record of glorious, ringing, solo electric guitar
24
Oct
Staying alive
Why are fewer Americans dying of drug overdoses? Magdalena Cerdá on what we know and don’t know about the the U.S. opioid crisis’s fourth wave.
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23
Oct
Note: Vladimir Putin calls a friend
Vladimir Putin calls a friend. North Korea has now sent 3,000 soldiers to Russia to support its war against
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