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A Public School Enrollment Crisis, and a Nuclear Reactor on the Moon
9 minutes Posted Aug 5, 2025 at 10:00 am.
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Plus, remembering “the Willy Wonka of cheese.” 

On Today’s Episode: 

Public Schools Try to Sell Themselves as More Students Use Vouchers, by Dana Goldstein 

Trump’s Demand to Trading Partners: Pledge Money or Get Higher Tariffs, by Alan Rappeport 

Trump Administration Will Reinstall Confederate Statue in Washington, by Chris Cameron 

A Nuclear Reactor on the Moon? Come Again?, by Kenneth Chang 

Chemical Makers to Pay N.J. $875 Million to Settle ‘Forever Chemicals’ Claims, by Hiroko Tabuchi 

James Leprino, ‘Willy Wonka of Cheese’ Who Revolutionized Pizza, Dies at 87, by Michael S. Rosenwald 

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