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Pulitzer Prize Winner Gilbert King's Latest Book: 'Beneath A Ruthless Sun'

6:24am April 24, 2018

In the book, a white, mentally impaired man is falsely accused of rape in Jim Crow-era Florida and a journalist pushes to uncover the story. Noel King talks to King about Beneath a Ruthless Sun.

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The U.S. Army's Autonomous Remote Engagement System is mounted on the Picatinny Lightweight Remote Weapon System and coupled with an M240B machine gun. It's part of a program that reduces the time to identify targets using automatic target detection and u

Autonomous Weapons Would Take Warfare To A New Domain, Without Humans

8:17pm April 23, 2018

by Ari Shapiro

Former special operations agent Paul Scharre helped create U.S. military guidelines on autonomous weapons. His new book Army of None, looks at the advances in technology, and the questions they raise.

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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is an original play by John Tiffany, Jack Thorne and J.K. Rowling.

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Muggles Rejoice: 'Harry Potter And The Cursed Child' Is Now On Broadway

5:08pm April 23, 2018

by Jeff Lunden

The play, co-written by J.K. Rowling, opened on Sunday and picks up where the last novel left off, with Harry sending his son off to Hogwarts.

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Ronan Farrow On #MeToo, Diplomacy, And The 'War On Peace'

3:22pm April 23, 2018

The newly minted Pulitzer winner talks about his latest work.

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Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poet Reflects On 'Ambition And Manhood In America'

2:26pm April 23, 2018

by Terry Gross

Gregory Pardlo's new memoir, Air Traffic, chronicles his complicated relationship with his father, a labor organizer who lost his job following the air traffic controllers' 1981 strike.

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The Art of the Wasted Day by Patricia Hampl

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'Art Of The Wasted Day' Makes A Case For Letting The Mind Wander

1:09pm April 23, 2018

by Maureen Corrigan

Patricia Hampl's sharp new book argues that daydreaming is a vital part of life. Maureen Corrigan says, after reading it, "you'll understand more of what makes life worth living."

Goldberg's 'Suicide Of The West' Tackles Ills Of Identity Politics

6:17am April 23, 2018

Steve Inskeep talks to National Review senior editor Jonah Goldberg about his new book, Suicide of the West. Goldberg argues that the "miracle" of liberal democratic capitalism is at risk.

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In 'At My Table,' Nigella Lawson Celebrates Home Cooking

6:15am April 23, 2018

Steve Inskeep talks to author Nigella Lawson about her latest cookbook: At My Table: A Celebration of Home Cooking. She says that home cooking is a creative arena.

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Inez Burns' Abortion Clinic Was One Of San Francisco's Worst Kept Secrets

7:42am April 22, 2018

by Chloe Veltman

Inez Burns performed illegal abortions in California in the early 1900s. She was a shrewd real estate entrepreneur, and eventually became the target of a politician who ruined her.

Zoologist Lucy Cooke says we infantilize pandas because they look cute. "We don't think of them as bears," she says. "We think of them as helpless evolutionary mishaps." Though captive breeding programs get a lot of press, she wishes that there were more

Who Cares If They're Cute? This Zoologist Accepts Animals On Their Own Terms

7:42am April 22, 2018

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

Zoologist Lucy Cooke says humans aren't doing animals any favors when we moralize their behavior. Her book The Truth About Animals is organized around "fact and not sentimentality."