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Michael Chertoff On Privacy In The Digital Age

5:40am July 12, 2018

How should we rethink the balance between privacy and security in the digital age? Former Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff joins NPR's Noel King to discuss his new book, Exploding Data.

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Evangelical minister Rob Schenck says change is a part of spirituality: "Any time we stop changing, we stagnate spiritually, emotionally [and] intellectually."

Once Militantly Anti-Abortion, Evangelical Minister Now Lives 'With Regret'

6:54pm July 11, 2018

by Terry Gross

After decades working to block access to clinics, the Rev. Rob Schenck says he had a change of heart and sees abortion as an issue that should be resolved by "an individual and his or her conscience."

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'The Fall Of Wisconsin' Puts The State's 2016 Presidential Choice In Context

5:12pm July 11, 2018

by Ron Elving

In 2016, Wisconsin picked a Republican for president for the first time since 1984. In his new book, Dan Kaufman, who grew up in the state, tries to show the vote for Trump was part of a larger story.

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Lead Like A Girl

12:53pm July 11, 2018

Young women are encouraging each other to lead by sharing their stories.

Hulu Presents "Triumph's Election Special" Produced By Funny Or Die

Attorney Alan Dershowitz On How The Law Applies (Or Doesn't) To Trump

12:53pm July 11, 2018

The legendary lawyer makes the case against impeachment.

What One Pairing could ever be more True than that of roséwave and romance fiction?

Bed Of Rosés: 24 Steamy Songs For That Summer Romance-Novel Tryst

12:00pm July 11, 2018

by Margaret H. Willison

Jeremy Messersmith, Lizzo and, of course, Bon Jovi not only soundtrack a delightfully predictable romance novel, but mimic the arc of one in song.

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Floating Prison Drones Equal Menace In 'The Furnace'

7:00am July 11, 2018

by Etelka Lehoczky

Prentis Rollins' new graphic novel is set in a near future where the government uses drone-powered mobile invisibility fields to control its prisoners, keeping them out of sight and incommunicado.

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Dallek's FDR Book Invites Comparisons To Trump's Presidency

6:29am July 11, 2018

Presidential historian Robert Dallek, author of, Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Political Life, talks to Morning Edition's Steve Inskeep about the parallels between the presidencies of FDR and Donald Trump.

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June (Elisabeth Moss) faces big changes in the season finale of The Handmaid's Tale.

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The Truck, The Choice And The 'Handmaid's Tale' Finale

5:00am July 11, 2018

by Linda Holmes

The second season finale of The Handmaid's Tale was released on Wednesday, and it brought some truths about the series into sharp focus.

By some accounts, almost half of the incarcerated population in the U.S. suffers from mental illness.

Behind Bars, Mentally Ill Inmates Are Often Punished For Their Symptoms

2:19pm July 10, 2018

by Dave Davies

While visiting jails and prisons across the country, author Alisa Roth witnessed mentally ill inmates in solitary confinement, wearing restrictive jumpsuits and receiving very limited therapy.

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