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'Urban Mining' explores how discarded electronics and wind turbines are being turned into a domestic source of rare earth elements. We hear from the filmmaker behind the documentary and two of the Iowans at the center of this work. The film will be showing at 4 p.m., Saturday, June 27 at the Interrobang Film Festival in Des Moines.

The Des Moines Gay Men's Chorus sings music with a message. On this episode of Talk of Iowa, we hear from two members as the chorus turns 25 years old. Then, we hear from the founder of 'The Healing Obituary.' She teaches how to write obituaries and makes the case for why they should be done by humans.

There are fewer Iowans enrolled in SNAP since a federal law change. The governor has appointed a new director of the state's largest agency. And Des Moines area residents are still under a lawn watering ban.

The U.S. has temporarily lifted oil sanctions on Iran as peace talks continue. And, a federal judge ruled that the Trump administration's data system, known as SAVE, is unlawful.

The U.S. on Monday lifted sanctions on Iranian oil as part of the interim agreement.

It's still unclear who would fund a proposed $300 billion reconstruction plan for Iran. Former National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan called the whole approach "something entirely new."

Denver renters are celebrating falling housing costs. But sometimes cheaper housing is a sign of economic decline. How can you tell the difference?

As U.S.-Iran talks continued, a break in the shipping bottleneck through the Strait of Hormuz appeared to be in the works.

An NPR analysis of more than a thousand Trump endorsements in House, Senate and governor races over the last decade finds the president now picks candidates earlier — and in safer races.

A biography of Hannibal Lecter. A meditation on trees. A memoir by a child prodigy violinist. A treatise on the way we poop. These are just a few of the nonfiction books our NPR colleagues are enjoying.