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NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Marlon Bishop and Julio A. Pabón, the creators of the podcast LOUD, about the history of the popular musical genre Reggaeton.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Ohio Republican Congressman Steve Chabot, the ranking member of the subcommittee overseeing Afghanistan, about President Biden defending his decisions in Afghanistan.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Dr. Christina Bergin, a hospitalist in Phoenix, Ariz. Dr. Bergin is urging the governor to require masks in schools after her child was exposed to COVID-19.

The Senate has passed an infrastructure package worth more than $1.2 trillion dollars. NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, a Democrat of Massachusetts, about the hurdles ahead.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Rebecca Keegan, senior editor for The Hollywood Reporter, about the resignation of Time's Up board chairwoman Roberta Kaplan.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with reporter Margaret Elysia Garcia about the eulogy she wrote for her town of Greenville, Calif., which was mostly devastated by the Dixie Fire this week.

Australia was once seen as a safe haven from COVID-19. NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Bloomberg's Georgina McKay in Sydney about the rise in new cases and Australians' protests of lockdown measures.

Rufino Rodriguez worked as a respiratory therapist in a newborn intensive care unit in Utah. He died of COVID-19 after receiving his first vaccine shot. He was 65 years old.

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle in Minnesota are putting forth bills to change the voting process in the state.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough about the VA's recent decision to offer gender confirmation surgery to transgender veterans, lifting a longstanding ban.