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    The Total Eclipse Of 1878

    Jul 15, 2017
    NPR's Scott Simon interviews science writer David Baron about his new book American Eclipse, the story of the total solar eclipse of 1878.
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    Lawrence Osborne learns "bits and pieces" of the language wherever he lives. As a writer, he explains, "you're exploring how a language ticks, how it works, what its architecture is."
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    Lawrence Osborne Doesn't Care If You Like His Characters In 'Beautiful Animals'

    Jul 14, 2017
    "Likable characters are usually completely forgettable ... " he says. "We love villains ... because they show us these disturbing complexities." His sun-drenched summer novel is set on a Greek island.
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    'Schumer' Writer Jessi Klein On Barbies, Ageism And Pumping At The Emmys

    Jul 14, 2017
    Klein won an Emmy in 2015 for her work on Inside Amy Schumer. Her book, You'll Grow Out of It, is a collection of humorous personal essays. Originally broadcast July 12, 2016.
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    'Refuge' Captures Divide Between Father And Daughter Through Lens Of Immigration

    Jul 11, 2017
    NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Dina Nayeri about her new novel, Refuge, which tells the story of an elderly man in Iran and his adult daughter in Amsterdam.
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    Is The Justice Department Shying Away From To Prosecuting Corporations?

    Jul 11, 2017
    ProPublica reporter Jesse Eisinger says that the government undermines the notion of equity and fails to deter crime when it allows large corporations to settle lawsuits by paying fines.
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    Comedian Brandt Tobler Tells All In New Memoir

    Jul 10, 2017

    “Looking back on my 11 year Vegas experience, I realized I made it longer than most, but in the end, I never had a chance. I was far from an exception to the rule.

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    Bestselling Author Alexandra Fuller Talks New Novel: 'Quiet Until The Thaw'

    Jul 09, 2017
    Alexandra Fuller's new novel, Quiet Until the Thaw, follows the lives of two Oglala Sioux cousins who grow up to take very different paths.
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    'The Diplomat's Daughter' Is A Story Of Love In An Internment Camp

    Jul 09, 2017
    Karin Tanabe talks with host A Martinez about her new novel, The Diplomat's Daughter, which follows characters growing up and falling in love against the backdrop of World War II.
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    The Impact of War

    Life As A 'Drone Warrior'

    Jul 08, 2017
    Scott Simon speaks with Brett Velicovich about his memoir, Drone Warrior, which details his time hunting and killing alleged terrorists using drones in Iraq, Afghanistan and other places.
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    Jonathan Safran Foer On Marriage, Religion And Universal Balances

    Jul 07, 2017
    Safran Foer's latest novel, Here I Am, is told from the points of view of different members of a Jewish family. Originally broadcast Nov. 10, 2016.
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    Haroon Moghul is a fellow in Jewish-Muslim relations at the Shalom Hartman Institute.
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    'How To Be A Muslim' Author On Being A Spokesperson For His Faith

    Jul 06, 2017
    "Professional Muslim" Haroon Moghul says, "Every time something bad happens you're called upon to apologize. ... Your entire identity is pegged to events in other parts of the world."
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    Hoover Dam And The Rise Of The Multinationals

    Jul 06, 2017

    Bechtel Corporation is one of the largest closely held companies in this country.

    It reported more than $37 billion of revenue in 2014, and it employs 55,000 people around the world.

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    I Want To Be 'Popular': Psychologist Examines Our Lingering Teenage Selves

    Jul 05, 2017
    NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with psychologist Mitch Prinstein about his new book, Popular, and how our teenage selves often stick with us long into adulthood.
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    The 'End Of Loyalty' And The Decline Of Good Jobs In America

    Jul 05, 2017
    Author Rick Wartzman says that jobs offering security, decent wages and good benefits are becoming harder to find, in part because of automation, globalization and the weakening of unions.
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    When She's Told Girls Can't Be Superheroes, 'Lucia La Luchadora' Grabs Her Mask

    Jul 02, 2017
    After she realized there weren't enough girl superheroes in the world, Cynthia Leonor Garza created one. She talks with NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro about her new book, Lucia the Luchadora.
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    Alexandra Silber lives in New York. <em>After Anatevka</em> is her first book.
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    How 'Fiddler On The Roof' (And Writing Its Sequel) Helped An Actress Find Closure

    Jul 01, 2017
    Alexandra Silber's father died when she was just 18 — the same age as Fiddler's Hodel when she leaves her dad at a train station. Silber's new novel, After Anatevka, tells the rest of Hodel's story.
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    'Who Is Rich?' He's A Hard Man To Like But He Makes You Laugh

    Jul 01, 2017
    Scott Simon talks to author Matthew Klam about his new novel, Who is Rich? Rich is a middle-aged cartoonist whose art, marriage and life seems stuck in middle-gear. The novel unfolds over 4 wild days.
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    Shots - Health News
    Before becoming president and CEO of Children's National, Newman was a surgeon at the hospital.
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    'Healing Children': A Surgeon's Take On What Kids Need

    Jul 01, 2017
    Dr. Kurt Newman has spent his career caring for children. In a new book, he argues that children are not just smaller adults, and the differences matter for their treatment.
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    The Salt
    McGovern says that Chateau Jiahu, from China, is the earliest chemically confirmed fermented beverage he's ever found.
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    Meet The Indiana Jones Of Ancient Ales And Extreme Beverages

    Jun 30, 2017
    Patrick McGovern searches for and studies the residues of fermented drinks that can be thousands of years old — and then re-creates them. His new book explores these brews and their cultural value.
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    Shift Work: What To Do If Your Sleep Is Broken

    Jun 30, 2017

    On Nevada Public Radio's "State of Nevada" we talk about shift work and sleep health. 

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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    Michael Wallis has written several books about the American West. He's also a voice actor who plays the sheriff in the animated <em>Cars</em> films.
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    'What Would You Do?' Author Wants To Stop Sensationalizing The Donner Party

    Jun 27, 2017
    In The Best Land Under Heaven, Michael Wallis chronicles the saga of a band of pioneers who resorted to cannibalism after getting stranded en route West. He says "there's so much more" to the story.
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    Book News & Features
    Copies of <em>Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone</em>, on sale in an Arlington, Virginia bookstore in 2000.
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    On Harry Potter's 20th Anniversary, Listen To His NPR Debut

    Jun 26, 2017
    The first Harry Potter book came out 20 years ago today. One year later, in 1998, was the first time we mentioned the book, on All Things Considered. Here's Margot Adler's piece in its entirety.
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    The Call-In: Your Questions About Making Relationships Last

    Jun 25, 2017
    It's wedding season! For this week's Call-In, Mandy Len Catron, author of the new book How to Fall in Love with Anyone, answers your questions about love and relationships.
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    Shots - Health News
    Dr. Vanessa Grubbs was a primary care doctor when she met Robert Phillips. She says seeing how difficult life can be for people with chronic kidney disease was part of what led her to further specialize in nephrology.
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    'Interlaced Fingers' Traces Roots Of Racial Disparity In Kidney Transplants

    Jun 24, 2017
    When Dr. Vanessa Grubbs fell in love with a man whose kidneys were failing, he'd been waiting for a transplant for years. Her book explores the ways racial inequity is embedded in the system.
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    Code Switch
    In <em>Destroyer</em>, the monster from Mary Shelley's <em>Frankenstein </em>is disturbed after centuries of solitude, and sets himself on a collision course with his creator's last-living descendant — an African-American scientist named Josephine Bake
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    Updating Frankenstein For The Age of Black Lives Matter

    Jun 22, 2017
    The classic tale of the Monster resurrected from the dead gets a new treatment in Victor LaValle's new limited-series comic.

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