Summary
President Trump's announcement that US sanctions on Syria would be lifted was met with elation by Syrians, but the country still has a long way to go to recover from years of civil war and brutal dictatorship. Also, the German government banned an extremist group known as the Kingdom of Germany, which believes Germany is a monarchy. And, a look back at the life of José Mujica, Uruguay's former president who lived staunchly below his means. Plus, the Swiss Moroccan musician who found his home in the underground art scene.
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| 0:00.0 | Has this ever happened to you? |
| 0:02.5 | You wake up, look at your phone, scroll through the news for a minute or two, and then think, wow, how did we get here? |
| 0:10.4 | Well, that's the question we tackle every week on NPR's ThruLine podcast. |
| 0:15.4 | We tell you the surprising stories of the people who made our history. |
| 0:19.7 | Carl Sagan was in people's living rooms talking about the wonders of the universe, making |
| 0:24.3 | science feel personal and important to an everyday person. |
| 0:29.9 | Listen to Thuringland from NPR, wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:41.3 | Music Missile strikes on Missile strikes on hospitals in Gaza with health care there already at a breaking point. |
| 0:49.4 | The healthcare system has been targeted since the beginning of the war. |
| 0:53.4 | We have accepted the risk. |
| 0:55.0 | Medical professionals remain in Gaza despite the danger. I'm Marco Wurman, also a landmark meeting |
| 1:00.6 | between the leaders of Syria and the U.S. and extreme heat in India. We are biologically built |
| 1:07.9 | and psychologically trained to deal with the daytime heat. |
| 1:11.8 | Nighttime heat? That's another story. And a global clothing giant using AI fashion models, |
| 1:18.0 | but there's a catch. The real models for those models are still getting paid. Plus, he was |
| 1:23.2 | known as the world's poorest president. Everything was very, very plain, and it was not unhacked. |
| 1:29.9 | Remembering Uruguay's Jose Mohica, all that and more today, here on the world. |
| 1:38.0 | This is the world. |
| 1:39.4 | Carolyn Beeler is away. |
| 1:40.6 | I'm Marco Wurman. |
| 1:41.5 | Thank you for tuning in today. |
| 1:43.1 | For the first time in 25 years, an American |
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