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This is Ira Glass with This American Life, each week on our show. We choose a theme, tell different stories on that theme. All right, I'm just going to stop right there. You're listening to an NPR podcast, chances are you know our show. So instead, I'm going to tell you, we've just been on a run of really good shows lately. Some big epic emotional stories, some weird funny stuff too. Download us, This American Life. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. President-elect Trump has yet to name other key posts, including that of Treasury Secretary.

Possible contenders whose names have surfaced in media reports include former Federal Reserve member, Kevin Warsh, and longtime hedge fund investor, Scott Besson. Who members confirmed to the cabinet post could play a role in advising Trump on steep tariffs that many analysts have warned could harm economic growth. Sweeping tariffs could affect the cost of nearly everything from construction materials to groceries. NPR's Windsor-Johnston reports some of the nation's largest retailers are warning of

potential price increases when the new administration takes over next year. Jonathan Gold is the vice president of supply chain and customs policy at the National Retail Federation. He says if Trump goes forward with the proposed tariffs, consumers can expect to pay more. The impact to products such as apparel, footwear, furniture, home appliances, toys, and travel goods would be pretty significant. Consumers would lose about 46 to 78 billion dollars worth of spending power as prices on those products would increase.

During his first term in office, Trump imposed tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars worth of Chinese goods. This time around, he's proposing even more, 60% or more on China, while up to 20% on other countries. Windsor-Johnston, NPR News, Washington. Comparing to 20 years ago, young people now spend nearly 1,000 fewer hours being social in a single year. That's a statistic from the Surgeon General's report on the epidemic of loneliness. NPR's Katie Riddle reports this has inspired a project to encourage people who are Gen Z to socialize more. The One More Hour campaign is an initiative from a research group called the Foundation for Social Connection. Jillian Rakuzin is the executive director there.

She says this epidemic of loneliness started even before the pandemic. Really, the data showed in 2019, 2020 and beyond that Gen Z is reporting the loneliest generation. To help young people spend more time together, this project gave small grants to affinity groups that socialize in person. Things like a surfing club, a filmmaking club, and a reading club. Rakuza says young people want to socialize more. They're just out of practice. Katie Ariddle, NPR News. Katie Harjes A commemoration is expected to be held today in Cleveland to mark the 10th anniversary of Tamir Rice's death. He was the 12-year-old black boy shot and killed outside a rec center by police who were responding to a call of

someone wielding a firearm. Turned out to be a pellet gun. Timothy Lowman, the officer who shot Rice, was not charged, but years later Cleveland police fired him for lying on his job application. US stocks are trading higher this hour. The Dow is up 368 points from Washington. This is NPR News. The Northwestern U.S. is closing out a week of intense weather, more than a foot of flood-generating rainfall and broad electricity-cutting wind gusts.

Blame it on the atmospheric river. And Piers Lawrence-Summer explains. Atmospheric rivers are basically these plumes of moisture that move across the Pacific Ocean. And if you look at a weather map, it actually kind of looks like a fire hose is pointed at the West Coast. It's pretty narrow, so it doesn't affect the whole coast. These storms are important. They're how California gets as much as half

of its rainfall every year. And this one has been affected by another weather system nearby, which is a bomb cyclone. NPR's Lauren Summer reporting. A group that lobbied to reintroduce wolves in Colorado has announced it's offering a $50,000 reward to stop wolf poaching. Aspen Public Radio's Hallie Zander reports there has been tension over the wolves in the state. Several wolves were

reintroduced in Colorado last December and it's illegal to kill them unless they're actively attacking livestock or a threat to human safety. So for information on wolf poachers, the state awards between $500 and $1,000 as long as it leads to formal charges. But the new Colorado wolf reward will offer 50 times more. The announcement comes less than a week after a coalition of 26 rural organizations urged wildlife officials to delay further wolf reintroductions as several ranchers struggle to adapt.

The agency is scheduled to release additional wolves between December and March. For NPR News, I'm Hallie Zander in Aspen. US stocks trading higher. The Nasdaq is up 24. S&Ps climb 16. The Dow is risen 368. It's NPR.