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Premieres Monday, Oct. 21, 2024 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. A debt-laden grad turns Tokyo Uber Eats biker, confronting the gig economy's harsh truths. Pedaling along the city's deserted streets, he wonders about the "Uberization" of society and what it offers to an unemployed young person with student debt.

Eden Alonso-Rivera of Grandville, Mich. is the high school winner of NPR's Student Podcast Challenge. Her winning entry, "A Relationship Behind Bars," is about her father's incarceration.

Bob Woodward speaks to NPR about the revelations in his new book, and recounts how key moments and meetings in recent years played out behind closed doors.

"In the late 1960s and early 70's a collection of musicians colonized a eucalyptus-scented canyon deep in the Hollywood Hills to create folk, rock, and American pop into a sound that captured the hearts of the music world. Back to the Garden, recreates the music and vibe of the era featuring the music of the Byrds, The Doors, Joni Mitchell, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Carole King, The Eagles, James Taylor, Buffalo Springfield, Mammas and the Papas, Jackson Browne including music from Woodstock and the Last Waltz. These special shows will also includes Robert John Hughes as Story teller along with special guests Calman Hart and Danielle Tucker. The featured members of the band include Cactus Jim Soldi, Marc Intravaia, Rick Nash, Larry Grano, and Sharon Whyte."

In the town of Juntas, in the city of Buenaventura, Colombia, the community gathers for Holy Week every year to celebrate the Manacillos festival, an ancestral ritual originating in the upper part of the Yurumangui River.

Many residents impacted by inland flooding near Tampa can't return home as floodwaters slowly recede. One church in Valrico is providing food and other resources to residents in the neighborhood.

In the year since the Hamas-led attacks on Israel, the occupied West Bank has seen an increase in Israeli military raids and attacks by Israeli settlers. More than 600 Palestinians have been killed.

Maybe you rented them from Blockbuster on VHS, or maybe you're seeing them for the first time — but there was an age when nearly every movie actor took a swing at romantic comedy. And it was glorious.

San Diego County Fair presents: Paddock Concert Series Thunderous low end and pulsating rhythm embody the powerful music of A Hundred Drums. Stomping the stage in a tangle of hair and a blur of motion, her high-octane live show is the result of years of searching for that perfect primal pulse that connects humans on the dance floor. Gabrielle Watson has been cultivating a sound that moves with the times but also continues the narrative of the scene from the birth of electronic music to its journey across continents, vanguards, and movements. After a decade of crafting her sonic signature in cutting-edge spaces, A Hundred Drums has emerged onto the main stage to bring the sounds of the underground to the masses. Visit: https://www.sdfair.com/events/2024/a-hundred-drums sdfair.com Facebook: facebook.com/sdfair Instagram: Instagram.com/sandiegocountyfair

"We couldn't believe it, honestly, that he was OK," a pilot said as he described finding a man who spent the night of Hurricane Milton's landfall 30 miles from land.