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The Sunday Story

Hosted by Unknown Host · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 5 episodes

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Episodes
5
Last ep.
9 days ago
Avg length
24m
Booking Probability™
27
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Listen Score
11
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Virality (30d)
45
Steady cadence.

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About this podcast

“The Sunday Story” from Up First is where storytelling meets the issues of the day. Hosted by Ayesha Rascoe, “The Sunday Story” is NPR’s weekly news and culture magazine exploring one topic in depth through conversations, interviews and deeply-reported narrative journalism. Publishing every Sunday in the Up First feed.

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Unknown Host hosts The Sunday Story, a news show with 5 episodes published.

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How 5 minutes of movement can change your life

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Scientists say that sitting is the new smoking. The average American adult now sits for 9-10 hours per day. What’s the least amount of movement someone can do to offset the harms of our modern sedentary lifestyle? Manous

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Trump is rolling back climate solutions. What can cities and states do?

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For people working to address climate change in the U.S., the last year has been a hard one. The Trump administration has been rolling back rules and regulations aimed at reducing planet-warming pollution. But some citie

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The human cost of building the Dubai of Africa

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For many of the poorest residents in Lagos, Nigeria, the land their families have lived on for generations is now being violently seized by the government to build luxury condos. The communities are fighting back, but ev

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Why more women are choosing to be single mothers

May 10, 202627m0

So you want to be a mother, but you don’t have a partner. More women are shedding the stigma of single motherhood and choosing to have children on their own. This week on The Sunday Story, NPR’s Pallavi Gogoi brings us s

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'The Bible is not a policy manual’: Christians reckon with immigration under Trump

May 3, 202624m0

Evangelicals in America are divided over immigration enforcement. So who gets to claim the side of God? This week on The Sunday Story, NPR’s Brittany Luse sits down with two people who think a lot about the separation of

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The hidden cost of separating 'emotionally disturbed' students

Apr 26, 202638m0

There’s a category of special education that stands out from the rest. It’s designed for kids who struggle with their emotions and behaviors, known at the federal level as “emotional disturbance.” More than 300,000 stude

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In one Iowa city, public schools compete in the free market. Are students better off?

Apr 19, 202631m0

Public education used to enjoy strong bipartisan support, but across the country, there’s a growing push to offer students alternatives to traditional public schools. The idea behind “school choice” is that competition i

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Dozens of Black pilots disappeared during WWII. Who are the men still lost?

Apr 12, 202617m0

Dozens of Tuskegee Airmen went missing in action during World War II. Most of them have not been found. Who were these men and what happened to them? In her book, "Forgotten Souls," NPR investigative correspondent Cheryl

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The Americans caught in ICE’s web of surveillance

Apr 5, 202623m0

Since taking office last year, the Trump administration has pushed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to ramp up deportations. This increase in enforcement operations has meant that American citizens and lawful re

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RFK Jr lauds Italy's addiction treatment. Can it work here?

Mar 29, 202629m0

As many as 50 million people in the United States are thought to struggle with an addiction to drugs or alcohol. The majority don’t get treatment for it, and of those who do seek treatment, about half relapse within the

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Trailer: The Sunday Story

Mar 23, 20261m0

Every news the week just keeps on coming; it's hard to make sense of it all. The Sunday Story from NPR is for people who want to go deeper. Every week, we dive into the political forces reshaping our country. Hosted by A

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Age
30-65
Consumer type
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Topics covered

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The Sunday Story is hosted by Unknown Host. The show is categorised under News (politics) and has published 5 episodes.

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The Sunday Story has published 5 episodes.

What topics does The Sunday Story cover?

The Sunday Story regularly covers News, Politics. It sits in the News category, with a politics focus.

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How long are The Sunday Story episodes?

Episodes of The Sunday Story average 24 minutes. a focused format where a clear narrative arc and tight preparation matter most.

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