Dissident filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof talks about how he escaped Iran on foot after making his new political thriller, The ...

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Chef Jose Andres talks about his work around the world as founder of World Central Kitchen, and how he spends Thanksgiving.

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President-elect Trump wants to roll back spending that Congress has already approved. But a 1974 law may stand in his way.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks with professor Beth Gazley of Indiana University about a U.S. House bill that would punish nonprofits that allegedly support terrorism.

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