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  • Why workers in India are training their AI robot replacements

    Why workers in India are training their AI robot replacements
    2026/10/20
    Sometimes it feels like when we aren’t worried about AI destroying humanity — we worry about it replacing white collar jobs like lawyers, accountants, coders. But tech companies have plans for AI-powered robots to replace blue collar jobs as well.

    We go to southern India, where our correspondent found domestic and factory workers being enlisted to train AI, sometimes without their knowledge.

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    9 分
  • Israel prepares for a high-stakes election

    Israel prepares for a high-stakes election
    2026/10/19
    Israel holds an election on October 27th, electing members of the Knesset, their parliament. And this election will decide the future of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

    It is the first vote since Hamas-led attacks of October 7th, 2023 and the Gaza war. And a major question shaping the elections is whether the prime minister should be held responsible for the Hamas attacks. We go to Israel, to hear how Israelis are thinking about this election.

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  • A conversation with President Volodmyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine

    A conversation with President Volodmyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine
    2026/10/16
    Ukraine finds itself in a difficult situation. It has endured increased airstrikes from Russia, especially in the capital Kyiv.

    One way the country fights back is by hitting Russian energy infrastructure, a way to deny Russia the money it needs to conduct the war. But President Trump has blamed those strikes on the high cost of diesel in the United States. He has pressured Ukraine to stop its attacks and he has temporarily lifted sanctions on Russian diesel.

    In today’s episode we hear from Ukraine’s President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, about his relationship with President Trump, whether Ukraine is to blame for energy prices, and what he thinks a path to peace looks like.

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    14 分
  • A Gaza war documentary sparks outrage in Israel

    A Gaza war documentary sparks outrage in Israel
    2026/10/15
    In the new documentary “NAZA”, two dozen anonymous Israeli military and intelligence officers describe how they used an AI-powered system to kill Palestinians in Gaza. The film’s premiere received a 25-minute standing ovation at Venice International Film Festival. But in Israel, it has caused a major backlash.

    We hear from the filmmakers and reaction from Israelis.

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  • Desperate Iranians head to Turkey in search of work

    Desperate Iranians head to Turkey in search of work
    2026/10/13
    With a battered economy made worse by war, many Iranians are looking for ways to provide for their families. Some decide to travel days over land to make their way to Turkey where they can work under the table. But the jobs they’re looking for don’t always materialize. We meet a bus of Iranians arriving in Istanbul in search of employment.


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  • Encore: What 9,000 year old remains in Germany tell us about human development

    Encore: What 9,000 year old remains in Germany tell us about human development
    2026/10/12
    In this encore episode, we learn about our evolving understanding of an ancient find. When a 9,000 year-old grave of a shaman was discovered in 1930s Germany, the discovery was quickly politicized to support Nazi propaganda. But new analysis shows those assumptions were all wrong.

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  • The roots of the Mexican music known as fandango

    The roots of the Mexican music known as fandango
    2026/10/09
    We go to Mexico’s gulf coast to learn about fandango. It is a joyous musical tradition born in the Mexican state of Veracruz that’s been going on for more than 300 years and whose popularity has spread around the world.

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    7 分