New York Nurse Erica in Conversation with President Biden

Because of the selfless dedication of nurses like Erica — and countless other folks across the country — we’re going to beat this virus. I called to thank her and discuss what we can do to help. pic.twitter.com/XRfNDgwNkX

— President Biden (@POTUS) February 27, 2021

Happy Birthday Johnny Cash!

NASA’S Perseverance Rover’s First 360 View of Mars (Official)

This video shows the first 360-degree view of the landing site of NASA’s Perseverance rover on Mars, as captured by the rover’s color Navigation Cameras, or Navcams. The Navcams are on the remote sensing mast (or “head”) of the rover.  Perseverance possesses the most cameras of any Mars rover to date, with 19 on the rover. Perseverance landed on Mars’ Jezero Crater on February 18, 2021. These images were obtained on February 20, 2021. 

A key objective for Perseverance’s mission on Mars is astrobiology, including the search for signs of ancient microbial life. The rover will characterize the planet’s geology and past climate, pave the way for human exploration of the Red Planet, and be the first mission to collect and cache Martian rock and regolith.

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For more information about Perseverance, visit https://mars.nasa.gov/perseverance​

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Barack and Bruce - Renegades: Born in the USA | A Spotify Original Podcast

Catching Up with The Curator: Watch Meeting--Dec. 31st 1862--Waiting for the Hour

American painter William Tolman Carlton’s Watch Meeting—Dec. 31st 1862—Waiting for the Hour depicts a group of enslaved men, women, and children waiting for President Abraham Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation the following day. Originally placed in the Lincoln Bedroom at the White House, President Obama had it moved to the exterior of the Oval Office in 2013.

In recognition of the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, White House curator Bill Allman explained the painting and shared why President Obama selected it to hang near the Oval Office:

Ï'm here live. I'm not a cat."

Miley Cyrus: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert

The Tiny Desk is working from home for the foreseeable future. 

Introducing NPR Music's Tiny Desk (home) concerts, bringing 

you performances from across the country and the world. 

It's the same spirit — stripped-down sets, an intimate setting 

— just a different space.

Miley Cyrus has always understood that music is theater. 

So it's no surprise that, visiting the imaginative space 

that is the Tiny Desk, she transforms it into something 

both fantastical and true to her topsy-turvy Mileyness.

Cyrus ruled preteen hearts on the small screen before 

mastering pop stardom's big stages, and throughout 

her career she's played with sound and image 

in unexpected and even controversial ways. 

And she's never balanced pop's glorious artifice 

with her own soulful authenticity more self-assuredly 

than she does on her latest album, 

the rock and roll manifesto Plastic Hearts.

The songs Cyrus offers are as direct and affecting 

as the set is whimsical. Cyrus has lately proven herself one of pop's 

great interpretive vocalists, and she scores another triumph with 

her version of Mazzy Star's "Fade Into You," a hazy psychedelic 

anthem that she infuses with just the edge of the next day's hangover. 

The two songs from Plastic Hearts that follow are her own bids 

at classic-rock timelessness. In "Golden G-String" Cyrus assesses 

her own life in the spotlight with Leonard Cohen-esque charm. 

And "Prisoner" is the power ballad that lets Cyrus really break out – 

as she leaves the tiny room — just a box, it turns out, on a soundstage – 

and joins her band, she's as free and self-confident as she's ever been.

SET LIST

"Fade Into You"

"Golden G-String"

"Prisoner"

MUSICIANS

Miley Cyrus: vocals

Stacy Jones: drums

Mike Schmid: keys

Max Bernstein: guitar

Jamie Arentzen: guitar

Joe Ayoub: bass

CREDITS

Producer: Johnny Pascucci

Director: Alana O'Herlihy

Assistant Director: Steve Bagnara

Director of Photography: Jordan Ritz

Set Design: Eamonn McGlynn

Sound Tech: Johnny Karlsson

FOH/Broadcast Engineer: Paul Hager

TINY DESK TEAM

Producers: Bob Boilen, Bobby Carter

Video Producer: Morgan Noelle Smith

Audio Mastering: Josh Rogosin

Tiny Production Team: Kara Frame, Maia Stern

Executive Producer: Lauren Onkey

Senior VP, Programming: Anya Grundmann

Phoebe Bridgers: I Know The End (Live) - SNL

Bruce Springsteen - The Middle

Jill Biden Mask PSA - Puppy Bowl XVII

Woof! 

The Band – The Weight (Live At Royal Albert Hall)