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The Oreo is the best-selling cookie in the world. But it was originally a knock-off of another cookie: the Hydrox. A new podcast investigates. SCOTT DETROW, HOST: A hundred twelve years ago this month, the Oreo was born. Today, it is the best-selling cookie in the world, but few people remember the product that Nabisco,…

Videos show panicked concertgoers taking cover as shots and explosions ring out. Show more Russian investigators say the number of people killed in the attack by gunmen on a concert hall near Moscow on Friday has risen to 115. They said more bodies had been found in parts of Crocus City Hall where the ceiling…

Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them. Defining ‘Blackness’ Through Literature (First) | Responding to Fear on the Subways (Starts at 30:40 ) | A Tour of New York City’s Endangered Languages (Starts at 1:13:30) If you don’t subscribe to the Brian Lehrer Show on iTunes, you can do that here.…

Philanthropist and Founder and President of Emerson Collective Laurene Powell Jobs joins Helen Hong, Hari Kondabolu, and Adam Felber to tell us the real story of how she met her husband Steve and the secret to throwing the best Halloween parties in Palo Alto.Get access to bonus episodes, sponsor-free listening, and the chance to participate…

Ohio congressional candidate Derek Myers may have lost a primary election, but his campaign’s errant keystrokes and communication missteps have gotten him some attention. Gene J. Puskar/Associated Press Who among us hasn’t hit the Send button too soon? Before we noticed a misspelled word, a wrong number or an incomprehensible sentence? Whatever your politics, it’s…

Russian media say gunmen killed several dozens of people at a concert hall on the outskirts of Moscow. An ISIS terrorist group has claimed responsibility. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Russian authorities say they’ve arrested the gunmen who opened fire in a crowded concert hall just outside Moscow last night, killing over 100 people in the gunfire…

On Point news analyst Jack Beatty watches a Donald Trump campaign rally with a famous Franz Kafka quote about the normalization of the abnormal in mind. About: On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world. Read the…

Jewish men and children in Purim costumes celebrate in the Mea Shearim ultra-Orthodox neighbourhood in Jerusalem, on March 18, 2022. The Purim holiday is celebrated with parades and costume parties to commemorate the deliverance of the Jewish people from a plot to exterminate them in the ancient Persian empire 2,500 years ago, as recorded in…

What’s worse, pulling your dipstick and finding it covered with chocolate mousse or having to tie a porkchop around your neck just to get the dog to play with you? Our usual diet of kooky questions and the continuing saga of Click and Clack’s nephew, ‘porkchop boy’, on this episode of the Best of Car…

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