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Sylvan Esso's fifth studio album, Ow ∞ ("ow infinity"), was released Sept. 11 on the band's own label, Psychic Hotline.
Graham Tolbert
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Psychic Hotline
'They touch everything': Sylvan Esso confronts the Spotify dilemma, again
Brian Burns
A year after pulling its music in protest, the duo is back on Spotify. For Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn, that journey has been frustrating, eye-opening — and full of smaller victories.
The sun creates a "Chicagohenge" effect in Chicago, as the sun rises and falls straight down streets such as Kinzie and Madison one or two days each year, as seen here on Sept. 22, 2017.
Bilgin S. Sasmaz
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Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
What the equinox 'henge' effect tells us about U.S. cities
Bill Chappell
"There's times I'm playing the banjo and I just feel the ancestors," Rhiannon Giddens says.
Karen Cox
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Nonesuch Records
Rhiannon Giddens' banjo connects her to her ancestors: 'The spirits come through'
Terry Gross
An American Eagle plane takes off from Hollywood Burbank Airport in October 2025 in Burbank, California.
Mario Tama
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Aviation regulators turn to AI to help manage the nation's airspace
Joel Rose
Texas Standard
Man shot by ICE in Austin says he has a bullet lodged in his back and was denied medical care
The shooting happened Sunday afternoon near an intersection on the north side of the city. The man’s lawyer says he has been released from the hospital into ICE custody.
Texas nature doc celebrates waterways and issues a challenge for sustaining them
A town 14 miles from Dallas has no clean drinking water. She’s trying to fill the gap
The VA is reaching out to female veterans, who sometimes are hesitant to identify as veterans at all
Today on Texas Standard: ‘Deep in the Heart 2’ explores the rivers and aquifers that sustain Texas
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