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"Weird Al" and Tony Hale

"Weird Al" Yankovic has parodied generations of pop stars --- and outlasted most of them. Now he's scored his first Billboard #1 with Mandatory Fun. He plays his first hit, "Eat It," live, mashing up Michael Jackson and Eric Clapton. Kurt talks with actor Tony Hale, who name playing desperately co-dependent man-children on Arrested Development and now on Veep. And a live performance from tUnE-yArDs. (Segments in this week's show aired previously.)

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Lake Palcacocha is located in Peru's Ancash region, at 15,000 feet above sea level.

Environment

'We are worried': Melting glaciers lead to dangerous overflow in this Peruvian lake

Iraqi cellist and conductor Karim Wasfi leads a performance at the National Theatre in Iraq, Baghdad, March 11, 2023.

Music

Iraq’s revived art scene is helping to heal the country’s wounds

As vaccination levels drop in Ghana, the threat of a measles outbreak looms.

Health & Medicine

'Red alert for child health': A nationwide vaccine shortage hits Ghana amid measles outbreak

Singer Gloria Estefan performs at the Statue of Liberty Museum opening celebration at Battery Park, in New York, May 15, 2019.

Gloria Estefan is set to be the first Hispanic woman to be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame

Afghanistan

Prominent Afghan news organization reports on life under Taliban rule from Maryland 

The view from the Emerald Line commuter rail, which follows the Pinheiros river and ends at Vila Natal, one of the enclaves of Venezuelan migrants in São Paulo.

Migration

'We have to fight': Venezuelan women lead migration to Brazil  

A visitor takes in the painting “Red Sunset," by Mariupol painter Arkhyp Kuindzhi. 

Ukraine

Art historians debate identity of iconic Mariupol painter

Guyana faces risks from climate change that include rising sea levels that could eventually submerge the capital Georgetown.

Energy

Guyana’s discovery of oil reserves has the nation split between boosting the economy and preserving the environment

Faith and family sustain this Kyiv family in wartime Ukraine

Young men chat near Al-Mutanabbi street in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Feb. 24, 2023.

Conflict & Justice

Young Iraqis reflect on the US-led invasion, its aftermath and their hopes for the future

Weird Al Yankovic

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