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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh.
Chapter 2: Who was Reverend Jesse Jackson and why is he being remembered?
Tributes abound today for the Reverend Jesse Jackson. His family, says Jackson, who battled progressive supernuclear palsy, died this morning. Jackson is being remembered as a protege of the late Martin Luther King Jr., who would continue to be a powerful force against racism and discrimination. He was also a powerful political force, one who paved the way for other African American leaders to
such as the nation's first African-American president, Barack Obama. Jackson was a two-time presidential candidate in 1984 and again four years later, where he delivered a speech at the Democratic National Convention that ended with this iconic refrain.
Keep hope alive! Keep hope alive! Keep hope alive!
The Reverend Jesse Jackson, he was 84 years old. A second round of nuclear talks between the U.S. and Iran has ended in Geneva. Both sides entrenched on key issues ahead of the negotiations, which took place amid a U.S. military buildup in the Middle East. Here's NPR's Jackie Northam.
The indirect talks were between Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner on the U.S. side and Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Arachi. Speaking afterwards, Adachi said the three-hour talks had made good progress and were more constructive than earlier negotiations, but that more work needed to be done. The U.S. has so far not commented on the talks.
President Trump is firm that Iran possessed no nuclear weapons, and so zero enrichment. Tehran insists it has the right to enrich uranium for research and civilian purposes. but has indicated it's willing to curb its nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief. It's unclear if or when another round of talks is scheduled. Jackie Northam, NPR News.
Now to the Winter Olympics, which offers a full spectrum of athleticism from figure skating to curling. But as NPR's Jonathan Lambert tells us, one sport may have the best athletes, at least by one scientific measure.
For an athlete to work hard, their muscle cells need oxygen. The more oxygen they can get, the harder they can go. Scientists call the maximum amount of oxygen an athlete can use during exercise VO2 max. Scientists have measured VO2 max across all kinds of athletes, and cross-country skiers consistently rank towards the top.
Stephen Seiler, an exercise physiologist at the University of Agder, explains why.
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Chapter 3: What were the recent developments in U.S.-Iran nuclear talks?
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