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This refreshing combination of news, analysis and features provides wrap-ups and perspectives on the week's events, as well as a taste of what makes weekends special-from sports and gardening to entertainment.

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NPREurope

Italy is spending hundreds of millions to save dying villages. Will it work?

August 13, 2022

Using pandemic recovery funds from the European Union, Italy is trying to bring back one dying village in each of its regions. The villages will each get $20 million.

NPRMusic Interviews

Superorganism reaches into all the musical corners of the Earth on 'World Wide Pop'

August 13, 2022

NPR's Daniel Estrin talks with Superorganism's singer, Orono, about the band's latest album, "World Wide Pop."

NPRBook Reviews

Books We Love: 3 recommendations for a non-fiction read

August 13, 2022

A summer edition of NPR's Books We Love. Today, we hear recommendations from our staff for three non-fiction titles: "Making Videogames," "The Nineties," and "Korean American."

NPRSports

Saturday sports: Serena Williams to retire; Fernando Tatis Jr. 80-game suspension

August 13, 2022

NPR's Daniel Estrin talks with Howard Bryant of Meadowlark Media about Serena Williams' retirement announcement and a baseball all-star's 80-game suspension.

OPB | National

The Nez Perce tribe resumes annual powwows after pandemic hiatus

August 13, 2022

The Nez Perce tribe has resumed its annual powwows after canceling them for the pandemic. They are an important way for the tribe to assert its presence in northeastern Oregon.

NPRAsia

What daily life in Afghanistan looks like, 1 year after the Taliban takeover

August 13, 2022

A look at what ordinary Afghans have lost, and gained, since August 15, 2021, when the Taliban abruptly took over the country.

NPRPolitics

Democrats pass major climate, health and tax bill

August 13, 2022

The House provided final approval to the Democrats' bill that calls for historic climate investments, curbs to prescription drug costs, changes to corporate taxes and more.

NPRLaw

Unsealed documents tell the what and why of the FBI's search of Trump's property

August 13, 2022

The FBI recovered classified information in its search of former President Trump's Mar-a-Lago property this week. Unsealed court filings are offering clues about the investigation.

NPRMovie Interviews

Aubrey Plaza goes from art school to fraudster in 'Emily The Criminal'

August 13, 2022

NPR's Daniel Estrin speaks with actor Aubrey Plaza about her new thriller, "Emily The Criminal," which centers around a woman who turns to crime to pay off student loan debt.

NPRAuthor Interviews

Short 'Stories from the Tenants Downstairs' describe the gentrification of their home

August 13, 2022

NPR's Daniel Estrin talks with author Sidik Fofana about his debut collection, "Stories from the Tenants Downstairs."

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