The districts that will decide control of the House and Senate next year are spread across the country. Voting officials in those places may face scrutiny and pressure they've never experienced.
Local
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WCBE Presents Niladri Kumar Live From Studio A Tues. Oct. 26, 2026 @ 2PM!
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Jamie Moriarty, Ben Leeson, and Alex Girvin join the show to perform and chat about the band's latest album and upcoming show at Natalie's Nov. 14. They also stick around for a Fast Five, which became more like a Fast Fifteen.
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WCBE Presents Michaela Anne Live From Studio A Thurs. Oct. 22, 2026 @ 3PM!
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WCBE Presents Vitamin String Quartet & Girl Named Tom Live From Studio A Tues. Oct. 20, 2026 @ 2PM!
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Anne Gadd joins the show to chat about her acting roles, including this weekend's Next to Normal performances at the Willis Theater in Delaware, Ohio. We also hear the new single from her music project, Imber Solis.
National
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Lifting wallets was part of Turturro's training for the film The Only Living Pickpocket in New York. In it, he plays a small-time thief who's also the primary caretaker for his ailing wife.
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On the eve of the Nov. 3 election, the Trump administration is hoping the Supreme Court will reverse lower courts that rejected its request to order California to set aside the ballots of thousands of people it says are "likely" noncitizens.
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Democrats in Michigan are considering their options after Haley Stevens endorsed GOP candidate Mike Rogers for Senate. And the Gulf states are bracing for a possible U.S. attack on Iran after the midterms.
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After losing the Michigan Democratic Senate primary to Abdul El-Sayed, Congresswoman Haley Stevens revoked her endorsement of him Sunday and threw her support behind his Republican opponent.
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NPR's Leila Fadel speaks to Democratic Congresswoman Debbie Dingell of Michigan about Senate candidate Dr. Abdul El-Sayed losing the endorsement of his primary opponent Rep. Haley Stevens.
Health, Science, Technology, Environment
In Nairobi, a city prone to floods, workers in the "Green Army" are making preparations to prevent disaster when El Niño arrives.
Arts & Life
What makes special education teaching jobs so hard to fill? NPR set out to find some answers by talking to more than a dozen teachers who do this work every day.
The WCBE Podcast Experience
Centering Ohio and Columbus as testing grounds, this CMC forum explores how American communities can move from reflection to renewal—and what responsibility today’s leaders and citizens have to future generations of Americans.
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