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NPR News: 05-18-2025 7PM EDT

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0:00.0

Know that fizzy feeling you get when you read something really good, watch the movie everyone's been talking about, or catch the show that the internet can't get over.

0:08.1

At the Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast, we chase that feeling four times a week.

0:12.4

We'll serve you recommendations and commentary on the buzziest movies, TV, music, and more.

0:18.1

From lowbrow to highbrow to the stuff in between.

0:21.9

Catch the Pop Culture Happy hour podcast from NPR. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Hurst.

0:29.5

Walmart CEO Doug McMillan recently warned tariffs will soon increase prices for customers at the

0:35.2

retail giant. NPR peers Luke Garrett reports,

0:38.4

now McMillan is on the phone with the White House after President Trump told Walmart

0:42.7

to eat some of the cost of the tariffs. Treasury Secretary Scott Besson is in direct talks

0:48.6

with the Walmart CEO. He tells CNN consumers could see price hikes. Walmart will be absorbing some of the tariffs, some may get passed on to consumers.

0:58.1

The Treasury Secretary also defended the whiplash of the on-again and off-again reciprocal

1:02.3

tariffs. Besson called it strategic uncertainty. He also threatened that the Trump administration

1:07.7

will bring back high reciprocal tariffs if certain countries don't

1:11.1

come to the table. President Trump has put them on notice that if you do not negotiate in good

1:16.7

faith, that you will ratchet back up to your April 2nd level. Besson said this goes for 18

1:23.1

important trading partners, but he did not say which ones or how quickly these tariffs would

1:27.6

return. Luke Garrett, NPR News, Washington. Former President Biden has been diagnosed with an

1:35.0

aggressive form of prostate cancer, according to a statement from his office. NPR's Tamara Keith has

1:40.8

more. The prostate cancer has metastasized to the former president's bone, which

1:46.0

means it is a more aggressive form of the disease. But according to a statement from his office,

1:52.1

the cancer appears to be hormone sensitive, which allows for effective management. The statement

1:57.2

goes on to say that the president and his family are reviewing treatment options.

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