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Bill Kurtis reads three news-related limericks: We're Gonna Need a Disco Boat, Surfs Up in SOHO and Hyatt: The Final Frontier.

Mount Sinai's Dr. Eric Genden with patient Sonia Sein after performing her tracheal transplant. A trachea is basically a tube that transports air to and from the lungs.

Woman Gets New Windpipe In Groundbreaking Transplant Surgery

A medical team in New York City says it has performed the first complete surgical transplant of a trachea. These kinds of transplants are one of the last big transplant challenges.

Carsie Blanton's Open-Hearted Protest Album Is Equal Parts 'Love & Rage'

Blanton describes many of the songs on her new album as "anti-fascist anthems." Critic Ken Tucker says Love & Rage doesn't sound like typical protest music — which makes it all the more effective.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., says there are now enough votes in the Senate to pass legislation to move cases of sexual assault in the military out of the chain of command. Above, Gillibrand talks about the bill outside the U.S. Capitol last week.

Bill To Combat Sexual Assault In Military Finally Has Votes To Pass, Senators Say

The bill, long-championed by New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, would dramatically reshape how the military addresses assault cases by removing them from the chain of command.

The research vessel Marcus Langseth approaches the Port of Seattle on July 11, 2021, after a 41-day seismic survey of the Cascadia Subduction Zone.

Seismic research ship goes boom-boom to seek answers at origin of the next Big One

Earthquake researchers are eager to dig into a trove of new data about the offshore Cascadia fault zone. The valuable new imaging of the geology off the Oregon, Washington and British Columbia coasts comes from a specialized research ship. The National Science Foundation seismic survey ship Marcus Langseth zigged and zagged over the full length of the undersea Cascadia Subduction Zone -- from the Oregon-California border north to Vancouver Island.

The second volume of <em>G Stands For Go-Betweens: The Go-Betweens Anthology</em> features prime-era albums <em>Liberty Belle and the Black Diamond Express</em>, <em>Tallulah</em> and <em>16 Lovers Lane</em>, plus tons of rarities.

The Go-Betweens' Perfect Pop Cracked Open

The Go-Betweens made music that hit people's pop-pleasure receptors in an almost sneaky, definitely brainy sort of way. The band's second anthology hints at what might have been.

Limericks

Bill Kurtis reads three news-related limericks: The Missing Lonely Link; Political Cards and Voyeur Suites.

<p>Clackamas County Jail staff, like those at many other Northwest jails, are working with people in difficult situations while dealing with a lack of funding and overcrowding.</p>

Jail Suicide Epidemic Doesn't Extend To Northwest Prisons

The discrepancy between suicides in jails and prisons not only points to the scale of the suicide epidemic in the region’s county jails, but also the challenges local jail officials face in trying to keep people safe.

Paul Lubell used to vape medical marijuana to manage his chronic back and neck pain, instead of using opioid medications. Now, after getting hospitalized for lung sickness, he doesn't vape.

He Started Vaping THC To Cope With Chronic Pain. Then He Got Sick

A Navy veteran from Cleveland tried vaping marijuana to deal with his chronic pain. He landed in the hospital, becoming one of over 2,200 Americans who have suffered serious lung injury from vaping.

Automaker Provision In Tri-Nation Trade Deal Will Benefit U.S., Navarro Says

NPR's Noel King talks to White House trade adviser Peter Navarro about the agreement signed by the U.S. Mexico and Canada. NPR's Scott Horsley weighs in on the conversation.

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