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Hosted by Robin Young, Here and Now is public radio's midday news magazine.

For one energetic hour each weekday, Here and Now combines the best in news journalism with intelligent, broad-ranging conversation to form a fast-paced program that updates the news from the morning and adds important conversations on public policy and foreign affairs, science and technology, and the arts: film, theater, music, food and more.

The guest roster boasts such notables as Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Halberstam, professor Anita Hill, actor and director John Malkovich, authors Isabel Allende, Jonathan Safron Foer, Marilyn Robinson, "The Wall Street Journal's" John Harwood, jazzman Sonny Rollins and actress Jane Fonda.

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Music From The Show

From Tracy Chapman to The Civil Wars.

Pastor Finds Son But Loses Two Of His Flock In Tornado

We speak with the pastor of St. Andrew's United Methodist Church in Oklahoma City, which served as a shelter during the tornado. A member of the church and her baby were killed in the storm.

What It’s Like To Grow Up In Tornado Alley

Kelly Frey, the editor of Oklahoma's big daily newspaper The Oklahoman, is from El Reno, Okla. and describes what it's like to grow up in "tornado alley."

Algorithm Finds Top Programmers, No Resume Required

The San Francisco-based company Gild is using complex algorithms to discover talented programmers that tech companies might want to hire. Can it be adapted for other industries?

Expert Tips On Surviving A Major Tornado

Are home-based shelters really enough to hold back an F5 category tornado, which can have winds upwards of 300 miles per hour? And what about people who don't have home-based shelters?

Apple Faces Senate Questions On Taxes

Apple's CEO Tim Cook is disputing assertions by a Senate panel that the company avoids billions of dollars in U.S. taxes by shifting profits to foreign affiliates.

Oklahoma Tornado: Updates And How To Help

The state medical examiner's office has revised the death toll from a tornado in an Oklahoma City suburb to 24 people, including nine children. Those numbers are expected to climb.

Music From The Show

From Kanye West to Bruno Coulais.

Longtime Everest Climber Calls Mountain A ‘Powder Keg’

This year's Mount Everest climbing season has already been marked by conflict. Mountaineer Peter Athans, who has reached the summit seven times, explains why.

‘Watergate: The Video Game’ Puts Player In Woodward’s Shoes

If you find yourself waxing nostalgic for the kind of 1970s investigative journalism that led to the Watergate hearings, you can now relive the chills and thrills of the Washington Post investigation.