Author Interviews

Left to Right: Naji, Ibrahim, Ahmed, Adeebah, Rahaf, Ammal and Hala Aldabaan in their Connecticut home.

A Syrian Refugee Family's Resettlement In The U.S. Is Captured In Graphic Novel

3:58pm September 29, 2020

by Deborah Amos

Welcome To The New World begins in 2016 when the Aldabaans arrive on election day — and wake up in Donald Trump's America. Author Jake Halpern began to document the newcomers in a comic strip.

Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller is sworn in before testifying on July 24, 2019 before a House Judiciary Committee hearing about his report on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.

A Lead Prosecutor On Mueller's Team Weighs In On Where The Investigation Fell Short

1:46pm September 29, 2020

by Dave Davies

Federal prosecutor Andrew Weissmann says the Mueller investigation was fundamentally shaped by the president's power to fire the team and to pardon key witnesses. His new book is Where Law Ends.

Queue Listen Now

Trump Nominee Could Solidify Supreme Court's Conservative Direction

8:26am September 29, 2020

Steve Inskeep talks to Republican Sen. Ted Cruz about Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett. Cruz is a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which begins confirmation hearings next month.

Queue Listen Now

Books

David S. Reynold's Book 'Abe' Reveals New Information About Lincoln

6:13am September 29, 2020

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with historian David S. Reynolds about his biography of Abraham Lincoln entitled Abe. In it, the acclaimed author reveals new information about the 16th president.

The LatinxPitch for Kid Lit group just held their first Twitter event where writers and illustrators pitched ideas.

Books
Arts

New Groups Aim To Get More Latinx Stories To Young Readers

4:37pm September 28, 2020

by Mandalit del Barco

Kids don't often get to read stories about Latinos; statistics show the American publishing industry is overwhelmingly white. Several new groups of writers, editors and agents are out to change that.

'The Bomb' Presents A 'Secret History' Of Nuclear War Planning In America

2:21pm September 28, 2020

by Dave Davies

Author Fred Kaplan reveals how U.S. presidents, their advisers and generals have thought about, planned for — and sometimes narrowly avoided — nuclear war. Originally broadcast Jan. 27, 2020.

Queue Listen Now

Rev. Al Sharpton speaks at the 2020 March on Washington, officially known as the Commitment March: Get Your Knee Off Our Necks, at the Lincoln Memorial on Aug. 28 in Washington.

Al Sharpton: Policing In America Will Change Because Of George Floyd's Death

12:35pm September 28, 2020

by Steve Inskeep

Rev. Al Sharpton spoke with NPR about his new book Rise Up. Of George Floyd's death, he said: "I had begun to see, by the time of the funeral, there had been a movement that was unlike others."

Queue Listen Now

Books

Juan Felipe Herrera Paints Portrait Of America In New Poetry Collection

7:42am September 27, 2020

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with former U.S. poet laureate Juan Felipe Herrera about his latest collection, Every Day We Get More Illegal.

Queue Listen Now

The cover of Kwana Jackson's Real Men Knit.

Books

Romance Meets The Real World In 'Real Men Knit'

6:18am September 27, 2020

by Karen Grigsby Bates

This week, Code Switch is talking about the books that are getting us through the pandemic. Today's conversation is with Kwana Jackson, author of a romance that doesn't leave real life behind.

Books

Author Interview: Adapting To Social Media's Disruptions In 'The Hype Machine'

6:57pm September 26, 2020

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with MIT professor Sinan Aral about his new book, The Hype Machine: How Social Media Disrupts Our Elections, Our Economy, and Our Health – and How we Must Adapt.

Queue Listen Now