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'Two Sisters' Follows Norwegian Teenagers Who Left Home To Join ISIS FIghters In Syria

4:21pm April 03, 2018

by Ari Shapiro

When ISIS started expanding its hold on Iraq and Syria, tens of thousands of foreign fighters went to join the caliphate. In Norway, two teenage girls decided to leave their family for Syria. Their story is the subject of a new book by Norwegian journalist Asne Seierstad called, Two Sisters.

Madeleine Albright served as secretary of state under President Clinton from 1997-2001.

Madeleine Albright Warns: Don't Let Fascism Go 'Unnoticed Until It's Too Late'

4:17pm April 03, 2018

by Terry Gross

The former secretary of state describes President Trump as "the most anti-democratic leader that I have studied in American history." Albright's new book is Fascism: A Warning.

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Keir Dullea played astronaut David Bowman in Stanley Kubrick's 1968 film, 2001: A Space Odyssey.

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50 Years Later, '2001: A Space Odyssey' Is Still A Cinematic Landmark

1:19pm April 03, 2018

by John Powers

Stanley Kubrick's science-fiction epic — which opened to mixed reviews in 1968 — unknowingly foreshadowed the future of effects-driven blockbusters.

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Meg Wolitzer Asks The Big Questions In 'The Female Persuasion'

10:00am April 03, 2018

by Annalisa Quinn

At the start of Meg Wolitzer's new novel, a young woman is groped at a fraternity party — and her question, "Why is it like this, and what are we supposed to do about it?" echoes through the book.

"Look Alive Out There" by Sloane Crosley

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'Look Alive Out There' Elevates Its Anecdotes With Humor And Feeling

7:00am April 03, 2018

by Heller McAlpin

Sloane Crosley returns to form with her first essay collection in eight years, covering everything from an escalating battle with her neighbor's hip but noisy children to mountain climbing in Ecuador.

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'Inseparable' Recounts The Unusual Lives Of Conjoined Twins Chang And Eng Bunker

1:50pm April 02, 2018

Yunte Huang's new book chronicles the lives of the "original Siamese twins," who were brought to America in 1829 and forced to perform in a freak show. They later married and fathered 21 children.

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What Drives Men To Violent Extremism

8:16am April 01, 2018

Sociologist Michael Kimmel says some white men feel their place in American society is being threatened. Kimmel talks with NPR's Korva Coleman about his new book Healing from Hate.

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Zhuang Liehong with his wife, Little Yan, and one of his sons, Kaizhi, in 2013 â a year before immigrated to the United States.

Chinese Dissident Finds Struggles, Independence In America After Immigrating

11:06am March 30, 2018

Lauren Hilgers's new book Patriot Number One: American Dreams in Chinatown charts the journey of Chinese dissident Zhuang Liehong, who immigrates to Queens, N.Y., from his village in Guangdong, China.

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'I Basically Ran On Adrenaline': A Staffer Remembers Obama's White House

11:04am March 30, 2018

by Terry Gross

Alyssa Mastromonaco worked in the West Wing for six exhilarating and exhausting years, which she describes in her memoir, Who Thought This Was a Good Idea? She spoke to Fresh Air in 2017.

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In 'Hey Mom,' Louie Anderson Has A Laugh With His Leading Lady

6:34am March 30, 2018

The actor and stand-up comedian has channeled his late mother in his work for years. Hey Mom is Louie's way of catching her up on everything that's been going on in his life.

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