Author Interviews

2 Of Paris Climate Negotiators Lay Out 2 Scenarios In Their New Book

7:27am February 23, 2020

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with climate scientists Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac about their new book, "The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis."

Former Watergate Lawyer Reflects On Her Role In The Case

7:31am February 22, 2020

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with former Watergate assistant special prosecutor Jill Wine-Banks about her new book, "The Watergate Girl: My Fight for Truth and Justice Against a Criminal President."

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Rahm Emanuel Says Mayors Are Democracy's Real Engines Of Change

7:31am February 22, 2020

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon talks to the former Chicago mayor and Obama official about his new book, "The Nation City: Why Mayors Are Now Running The World."

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Books

The Complicated Pursuit Of Perfect

7:31am February 22, 2020

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon talks with author Elizabeth Tallent about her new memoir, "Scratched," which recounts her lifelong struggle with perfectionism.

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A growing field of science shows that friendship is vital to our health.

Survival Of The Friendliest: How Our Close Friendships Help Us Thrive

7:01am February 22, 2020

by Elena Renken

In her new book, Lydia Denworth makes the case for the vital necessity of friendship, tracing its effects on your genes, on your brain and even on animals like sheep and fish.

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Arts

Daughter Of A Numbers Runner Witnessed An Underground Economy In Action

1:14pm February 21, 2020

by Terry Gross

Growing up, Bridgett M. Davis' mother booked and banked bets from their home in Detroit. She writes the role of "the numbers" in the black community in her memoir. Originally broadcast Feb. 4, 2019.

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"Spice pet" Jared Miller, photographed on Skid Row in Los Angeles.

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Human Connections Light Up 'This Brilliant Darkness'

8:05pm February 20, 2020

by Ari Shapiro

Journalist Jeff Sharlet's new book is a memoir told through images and stories of other people; it grew out of a series of Instagram posts about night shift workers he met and photographed.

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The 'American Sherlock' Was A Pioneer Of Forensic Science

4:11pm February 19, 2020

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Kate Winkler Dawson, author of American Sherlock: Murder, Forensics, and the Birth of American CSI. It's about Edward Oscar Heinrich, an early, great forensic scientist.

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National

'Russians Among Us' Author On Actual Russian Spycraft

4:05pm February 18, 2020

It's not a lost episode of The Americans — Russians Among Us dives into the very real, decades-long Russian spy campaign in the U.S. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with author Gordon Corera.

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Arts

Remembering Ernest Hemingway Biographer A. E. Hotchner

1:31pm February 18, 2020

by Terry Gross

Hotchner, who died Feb. 15, met the famed novelist in '48, and went on to adapt several of his works for TV. Hotchner's memoir, Papa Hemingway, detailed their friendship. Originally broadcast in 1999.

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