Month: November 2021

A U.N. climate summit is underway this week in Glasgow, Scotland. Many of the world’s top carbon emitting-countries will be represented there. Scientists say they need to do more to curb greenhouse gas emissions in order to avoid the most catastrophic effects of climate change.

The U.S, along with the China, are the world’s top greenhouse gas emitters. India is third. And Brazil plays a crucial role in global climate, because it is home to vast rainforests that feed on carbon. But those rainforests are disappearing faster until the current government.

Ahead of the summit, NPR international correspondents in China, India, and Brazil gathered to discuss what climate action those countries are taking: Emily Feng in Beijing, Lauren Frayer in Mumbai, and Philip Reeves in Rio de Janeiro.

NPR’s Lauren Sommer outlined the stakes at the Glasgow summit here.

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In this episode of NPR’s investigative podcast Embedded, Chris Benderev reports on the trial of a man who shot and killed five people in the office of an Annapolis newspaper in 2018.

Embedded‘s series of episodes on the Capitol Gazette began in February of 2021. Listen via Apple, Spotify, or Google.

A final girl in the horror genre is the woman who is left to deal with the aftermath of surviving a terrifying killer. From The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, to Friday the 13th, to Halloween.

The term ‘Final Girl’ was first coined by writer Carol J. Clover in her book Men, Women, and Chainsaws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film.

Society knows this trope well. But after the credits roll, audiences typically don’t know much about what actually happens to that final girl. Or whether she can live a normal life after being hunted down by a masker killer.

Author Grady Hendrix unpacks that in his latest novel, The Final Girl Support Group.

“The ultimate faceless killer they can’t escape is the forces of market capitalism. There’s always a sequel. So even if you survive Part I and II, they’re going to get you in Part III. And there’s something terrible about that to me, that you never get to let your guard down,” Hendrix said.

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