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    The Salt
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    An Illustrated Guide To Master The Elements Of Cooking — Without Recipes

    May 30, 2017
    In her new cookbook, Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat, Samin Nosrat says the key to good food is learning to balance those elements when cooking — and to trust your instincts.
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    'Destined For War' Explores How To Avoid Unnecessary Future Conflicts

    May 29, 2017
    NPR's Robert Siegel interviews Graham Allison, author of Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides's Trap?, about honoring the dead by avoiding unnecessary wars.
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    The Salt
    Ribs "mopped" with barbecue sauce on the grill. "We're not painting a house; we're fixing a meal. That's why we use a mop" instead of a brush, Mike explains.
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    'Praise The Lard': A Barbecue Legend Shows Us How To Master Smoked Chicken Wings

    May 26, 2017
    Mike Mills' chicken wings have been named the best in the country. He is even in the Barbecue Hall of Fame. His new book with daughter Amy Mills shares the gospel of barbecue with home cooks.
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    Peter Singer: How Can We Be More Effective Altruists?

    May 26, 2017
    Philosopher Peter Singer's work focuses on "effective altruism" — how to do the most good to make the world a better place. He argues effective giving involves balancing empathy with reason.
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    Larissa MacFarquhar: How Far Would You Go To Help Others?

    May 26, 2017
    Larissa MacFarquhar writes about extreme altruists, people who make great sacrifices to help others. She says most of us aren't prepared or willing to do that — which is why we don't give more.
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    'Smile Stealers' Recalls A Time When Dentists Routinely Reached For The Pliers

    May 23, 2017
    Medical historian Richard Barnett traces the history of dentistry in his new book. He says that prior to the 18th century, the profession was often practiced by charlatans with "big muscles."
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    'Times' Book Review Editor Shares Her Love Of Reading In 'My Life With Bob'

    May 23, 2017
    Pamela Paul of The New York Times talks about her own new book, which chronicles every book she's read since she was 17 years old. Even if a work isn't great, she refuses to brush it aside cavalierly.
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    Churchill, Orwell And The Fight Against Totalitarianism

    May 22, 2017
    Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Tom Ricks says the writings of Winston Churchill and George Orwell still resonate today. Ricks also discusses the generals serving in the Trump administration.
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    Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Writes About His Friendship With Coach Wooden

    May 21, 2017
    NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to writer and sports legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar about his book, Coach Wooden and Me, about his 50-year relationship with his UCLA basketball coach John Wooden.
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    'Standard Deviation' Is A Story Of Marriage And Origami

    May 20, 2017
    A husband and wife are complete opposites. She's charming and effusive, he's a buttoned-down man of routine. Katherine Heiny tells NPR's Scott Simon about her first novel, Standard Deviation.
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    Susan Burton is a fellow of the Soros Open Society Foundation. In 2010, CNN named her one of their "Top 10 Heroes."
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    After 6 Prison Terms, A Former Inmate Helps Other Women Rebuild Their Lives

    May 16, 2017
    For Susan Burton, getting on track after being released from prison was a daunting experience. Now she's determined to help other women follow in her footsteps. Her new memoir is Becoming Ms. Burton.
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    The Salt
    A typical grocery store now sells about 40,000 products, compared with about 7,000 a couple of decades ago, Ruhlman says.
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    Grocery Stores: 'The Best Of America And The Worst Of America'

    May 15, 2017
    In his new book, Michael Ruhlman explores how and why Americans have changed from corner-store customers to insatiable consumers of every edible product at our fingertips.
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    'The Captain Class' Defines The Greatest Sports Teams Ever Based On One Character

    May 14, 2017
    NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with author Sam Walker about his book The Captain Class, which takes a look at the common qualities of elite athlete team leaders, and how they create winning teams.
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    Gladstone's Book Answers The Question: What Ails Our Democracy?

    May 14, 2017
    NPR's Lulu Garcia Navarro talks to Brooke Gladstone, co-host of On The Media, about her new book, The Trouble with Reality: A Rumination on Moral Panic in Our Time.
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    The Power Of Genes, And The Line Between Biology And Destiny

    May 12, 2017
    Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee says genetics play a significant role in identity, temperament, sexual orientation and disease risk — but that environment also matters. Originally broadcast May 15, 2016.
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    Thordis Elva and Tom Stranger speak at TEDWomen 2016 in San Francisco, California.
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    Thordis Elva And Tom Stranger: How Do You Move Forward After Sexual Violence?

    May 12, 2017
    Tom Stranger raped Thordis Elva when they were dating in high school. Years later, they started a painful and painstaking dialogue about accountability and reconciliation.
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    Elizabeth Lesser: Why Is It So Hard To Ask For — And Offer — Forgiveness?

    May 12, 2017
    Before donating bone marrow to her sister — Elizabeth Lesser and her sister undertook a process of seeking forgiveness from each other. She says forgiveness is hard but necessary for our well-being.
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    Sue Klebold: When Your Son Does The Unthinkable, Can You Forgive Him And Yourself?

    May 12, 2017
    Sue Klebold's son Dylan was one of the two shooters at Columbine High School. Nearly 20 years later, she talks about her struggle to understand his actions, and to find forgiveness.
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    Jann Wenner, pictured in 1968, one year after founding <em>Rolling Stone</em> magazine.
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    'Rolling Stone' Founder Jann Wenner On 50 Years Of Rock And Roll History

    May 11, 2017
    When Wenner started Rolling Stone, he says, other publications weren't taking rock and roll seriously. Since then, the magazine has documented five decades of music, politics and culture.
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    The Salt

    'Tar Baby': A Folk Tale About Food Rights, Rooted In The Inequalities Of Slavery

    May 11, 2017
    Versions of the story of Bre'r Rabbit outwitting Bre'r Fox exist around the world. At heart, a new book argues, they're really about who controls access to food and subverting the powers that be.
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    'As We Get Older, We Become More Ourselves,' Says Author Mary Gaitskill

    May 09, 2017
    Before she turned to writing, the National Book Award nominee ran away from home and worked as a stripper. Her new collection of personal essays is Somebody with a Little Hammer.
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    'Small Victories' Aims To Make Home Cooking Accessible To All

    May 09, 2017
    Cookbook author Julia Turshen says cooking should be flexible: "[Recipes] are kind of sold to people as prescriptions, these really precise things, ... but I think there's very rarely a wrong answer.
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    Before landing her first film role, Gabourey Sidibe struggled to find work. "This is my path, and I'm really grateful that I'm on it," she says of acting.
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    Actress Gabourey Sidibe On Anxiety, Phone Sex And Life After 'Precious'

    May 08, 2017
    As a young woman, Sidibe struggled to find work before landing the film role that would change her life. "This is my path, and I'm really grateful that I'm on it," Sidibe says of her acting career.
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    Tommy Caldwell poses for a portrait after just climbing to the top of Tadrarate via a 500m, 7c climbing route. He's climbing with Alex Honnold in Taghia, Morocco. September 20th, 2016.
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    World-Renowned Rock Climber On Constantly Pushing The Limits

    May 07, 2017
    NPR's Lakshmi Singh talks to Tommy Caldwell, the first to free climb a 3,000 foot "Dawn Wall" granite cliff, about his book The Push: A Climber's Journey of Endurance, Risk and Going Beyond Limits.
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    Min Kym is shown at her debut recital at the Serenates D'Estiu Festival in Majorca in July 1992.
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    Her Violin Stolen, A Prodigy's World Became 'Unstrung'

    May 07, 2017
    Min Kym had found her perfect partner in a 1696 Stradivarius — until it was snatched in a London cafe. She comes to terms with the loss in her new memoir, Gone: A Girl, A Violin, A Life Unstrung.
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