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2 weeks ago | 
wdet.org | Sam Corey |David Leins |Robyn Vincent
Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Economists are describing what’s happening in the markets as volatile. President Donald Trump placed double-digit tariffs on many countries around the world last week, including those in Europe, China and Japan, among others. After these actions, the markets tanked. Over two days the stock market lost over $6 trillion.
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wdet.org | David Leins
Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. About 30% of the food supply in the U.S. goes to waste, according to the USDA. Most of the time, food scraps end up in the sink or the garbage. But there’s something else you can do with your food scraps. Depending on where you live, it might be a program in your city, something that’s similar to recycling or trash collection.
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2 weeks ago | 
wdet.org | David Leins |Tia Graham
Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. All staff for the Institute for Library and Museum Services were put on administrative leave as part of the Trump administration’s efforts to cut federal spending and eliminate some government agencies on March 31.
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3 weeks ago | 
wdet.org | David Leins
Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Think about the last place you were in public. It could have been the grocery store, on the bus, or in the waiting room at the dentist. If you did manage to strike up a conversation with a stranger, how did it make you feel? While it might be uncomfortable, it turns out there are benefits to connecting with strangers, people you may not know.
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1 month ago | 
wdet.org | Robyn Vincent |David Leins
Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. College campuses have long been wellsprings for free speech and social movements. During the Civil Rights era, they were the site of sit-ins and student activism demanding equal rights for Black Americans. During the Iraq war, students marched across campuses nationwide to protest the U.S.-led invasion and occupation of Iraq. Those actions had impact.
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1 month ago | 
wdet.org | Robyn Vincent |David Leins
Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. If you are nervous about flying right now, you’re likely not alone. The last two months have been marked by a string of airplane crashes and incidents. In January, an American Airlines aircraft collided with a U.S. Army Blackhawk helicopter at Reagan Washington National Airport. All 67 people on both aircrafts died. It was the first time in 15 years that a U.S. airline had a fatal crash.
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1 month ago | 
wdet.org | Ryan Patrick Hooper |David Leins
Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. A major opera star is under the spotlight at the Detroit Opera this weekend. Anthony Roth Costanzo is a decorated counter-tenor singer who will play the lead in “Rinaldo.” The 18th century opera by Handel is getting a contemporary update, told through the lens of a child’s fantasy in a contemporary pediatric ward. It follows a trend at Detroit Opera to find new ways to present old operas.
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2 months ago | 
wdet.org | David Leins |Robyn Vincent
Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Artificial intelligence is entering nearly every profession. It can help gain insights into enormous, complex data sets, summarize technical writing and reports, and provide a bullet-point list of takeaways. In other words, AI is a powerful, sharp tool, but it cuts both ways. As much as it can aid us in our work, it comes with several risks, like inaccuracies, data security concerns, and job loss.
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2 months ago | 
wdet.org | John Filbrandt |David Leins
Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Reading is one of the most beneficial life skills one can have. It opens up so much: economic opportunity, quality of life, lifelong learning, personal expression. But reading abilities for students in America aren’t where they should be. One third of eighth graders nationwide test below the National Assessment of Educational Progress’ basic reading level, often referred to as the nation’s report card.
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2 months ago | 
wdet.org | John Filbrandt |David Leins
Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. On Tuesday, President Trump’s order to place 10 percent tariffs on Chinese imports went into effect. And China was apparently ready, placing retaliatory tariffs of 15 percent on U.S. goods.
