
Julia Corcoran
Senior Producer, Here & Now
Julia Corcoran is a senior producer and acting senior editor for Here & Now.
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More people are consulting AI to pick wine in a restaurant. Where does that leave sommeliers?
Sommeliers are people who know all about wine and make recommendations to customers based on their tastes and what they're ordering to eat. Now, some people are tuning them out...

Possum and sweet potatoes, cottage cheese and ketchup. Here's how to eat like a president
You can learn a lot about people and the times they lived in by looking at what they ate. That includes presidents.

'KPop Demon Hunters': Meet the man behind the film's chart-topping soundtrack
Ian Eisendrath worked from the story's conception to make the music stand out and tell a story. The movie's hit song "Golden" is up for Best Original Song at this...

'Cover-Up': How one investigative journalist uncovered lies, corruption and abuse of power
Seymour Hersh exposed the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War, the CIA spying on American college students and torture by the CIA and U.S. military at Abu Ghraib in...

Why is car insurance so expensive?
The Bureau of Labor Statistics says that average policies have gone up 55% since 2022.
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How to make great coffee at home
The cost of coffee is up, especially when you buy it at a coffee shop. Coffee expert James Hoffmann has some tips for how to brew a good cup at...

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand says new Pentagon rules on reporting misconduct may 'silence people'
In his speech before military leaders this week, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth spoke of new guidelines that aim to curb what he called “frivolous” accusations.

New book explores how to raise kids in a high-tech world
Research links kids' use of social media with depression and anxiety. A lot of content online isn't appropriate for kids, and there's not much keeping them from accessing it.

Tribal history and new evidence tell a different, fuller story of Sacagawea
Sacagawea's story was mostly told by the white American and European men who kept journals of the expedition, but the Hidatsa tribe and other tribes have a long oral history...

How to redirect negative thought spirals
The triggers for these spirals can be minor, but they can lead to major self-doubts and questioning our sense of belonging, skills, or value.