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    Remembering Neil Sheehan, Vietnam War Correspondent Who Revealed The Pentagon Papers

    Jan 15, 2021
    Sheehan, who died Jan. 7, broke the story of the Pentagon Papers and wrote A Bright Shining Lie, a Pulitzer Prize-winning book about the Vietnam War. Originally broadcast in 1988.
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    War On Terror Birthed Pentagon's Automated Biometrics Identification System

    Jan 14, 2021
    NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to investigative reporter Annie Jacobsen, author of the new book, First Platoon, about how the U.S. has employed the use of biometric data during warfare.
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    'Black Radical' Traces The Life And Legacy Of Activist William Monroe Trotter

    Jan 13, 2021
    Trotter was a Black newspaper editor in the early 20th century who advocated for civil rights by organizing mass protests. Historian Kerri Greenidge tells his story in her new book.
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    'Kill Switch' Examines The Racist History Of The Senate Filibuster

    Jan 12, 2021
    Adam Jentleson traces the history of the filibuster, which started as a tool of Southern senators upholding slavery and then later became a mechanism to block civil rights legislation.
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    There's Not A Single Off Note In 'That Old Country Music'

    Jan 12, 2021
    In his new story collection, Kevin Barry proves to be a master at evoking the landscapes of both western Ireland and the human heart; he seems to have an innate sense of why people do what they do.
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    Daniel Loedel Releases Dark New Novel

    Jan 10, 2021
    NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with author Daniel Loedel about his his new novel, Hades, Argentina.
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    'Ambitious Girl' Reminds Kids: Your Dreams Are Not A Drawback

    Jan 09, 2021
    When now Vice President-elect Kamala Harris was "accused" of being "too ambitious" on the campaign trail, it spurred her niece, activist and author Meena Harris, into action.
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    Escape To A Picturesque Scotland In Sarah Moss' 'Summerwater'

    Jan 09, 2021
    Scott Simon speaks with Sarah Moss, author of the new novel Summerwater.
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    Seyward Darby Delves Into Women's Role In The Far-Right Movement

    Jan 09, 2021
    NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Seyward Darby, author of Sisters in Hate: American Women on the Front Lines of White Nationalism.
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    Obituaries

    Remembering Nature Writer Barry Lopez

    Jan 08, 2021
    Lopez, who died Dec. 25, won the 1986 National Book Award for Arctic Dreams, an account of his travels in the far north over a period of four years. Originally broadcast in 1989 and 2013.
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    Facial Recognition And Beyond: Journalist Ventures Inside China's 'Surveillance State'

    Jan 05, 2021
    Kai Strittmatter says the Chinese state has amassed an astonishing amount of data about its citizens, which it uses to punish people for even minor offenses. His new book is We Have Been Harmonized.
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    To 'Keep Sharp' This Year, Keep Learning, Advises Neurosurgeon Sanjay Gupta

    Jan 04, 2021
    CNN's chief medical correspondent says it's never too late to develop new brain pathways. Even small changes, like switching up the hand you use to hold your fork, can help optimize brain health.
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    'One Of The Good Ones' Tackles Police Violence, Young Adulthood and Sisterhood

    Jan 03, 2021
    NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Maika and Maritza Moulite about their young adult novel, One of the Good Ones. It's about a teenager and the death of her sister in police custody.
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    Stephen King Is Sorry You Feel Like You're Stuck In A Stephen King Novel

    Dec 29, 2020
    The horror writer says he understands why fans have said the pandemic feels like living inside one of his novels. In April 2020, King told Fresh Air that COVID-19 filled him with a "gnawing anxiety."
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    Poetry Escapes The Beauty Bind In 'Wound From The Mouth Of A Wound'

    Dec 28, 2020
    In her debut collection, poet torrin a. greathouse explores what it means to be both trans and disabled, and the ways beauty can be a trap for trans women — so why not write towards ugliness?
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    Trump Isn't The 1st President To Have Had A Tense Relationship With The Media

    Dec 26, 2020
    NPR's Don Gonyea speaks with Harold Holzer about his book, "The Presidents vs. The Press: The Endless Battle Between The White House and the Media from the Founding Fathers to Fake News."
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    How To Be An Elite Athlete, According To The Data

    Dec 22, 2020
    A new book digs into the social science of athletic greatness and reveals patterns leading to glory.
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    Michael J. Fox Reflects On Life With Parkinson's In 'No Time Like The Future'

    Dec 21, 2020
    The Family Ties star was diagnosed with early onset Parkinson's disease in 1991. He says that if he doesn't know if he can do something, he fakes it — a strategy that works 80 percent of the time.
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    Law

    Lawyer Combats America's 'Huge Crisis' Of Mass Incarceration

    Dec 09, 2020
    Brittany Barnett works on behalf of people serving harsh sentences as a result of the war on drugs. Nine of her clients have been granted clemency. Her new memoir is A Knock at Midnight.
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    Bob Gruen calls this 1970 photograph of Tina Turner "one of the best pictures I've ever taken."
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    Cameras, Chaos And Cognac: How Bob Gruen Photographed The Spirit Of Rock 'N' Roll

    Dec 08, 2020
    Gruen has photographed countless rock stars, including the Rolling Stones, Chuck Berry, Tina Turner and John Lennon. "For me, rock 'n' roll is all about freedom," he says.
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    'Wintering' Is Painful, But Embracing The Cold Makes It Hurt Less

    Dec 03, 2020
    Writer Katherine May describes "wintering" as the times we feel frozen, hopeless cast out — but, she says, embracing that feeling will help us endure it better, and return to the world renewed.
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    Cheryl Strayed, Author Of 'Wild,' Brings Back 'Dear Sugar' Column

    Dec 02, 2020
    NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with author Cheryl Strayed, who is reviving her Dear Sugar advice column. This time as a monthly newsletter.
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    Dyson's Book, 'Long Time Coming,' Aims To Help America Reckon With Race

    Dec 01, 2020
    NPR's Noel King speaks with author Michael Eric Dyson about his new book on reckoning with race in America. It's called: Long Time Coming: Reckoning with Race in America.
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    Author Tracks The Life And Liberal Legacy Of Sen. Ted Kennedy

    Nov 30, 2020
    A liberal voice in the U.S. Senate for decades, Kennedy led a life marked by tragedy and scandal. Historian Neal Gabler talks about the first volume of his two-part biography, Catching the Wind.
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    Politics

    How To Fix The Weaknesses The Pandemic Exposed In The U.S.

    Nov 30, 2020
    NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Bloomberg Editor-in-chief John Micklethwait — coauthor of The Wake-Up Call — who says the pandemic has revealed weaknesses in the U.S., and lays out a way to fix it.
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