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Twin Private Investigators In 'This Body's Not Big Enough For The Both Of Us'

8:13am August 12, 2018

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Edgar Cantero about his book This Body's Not Big Enough for Both of Us. It stars A.Z. Kimrean, a brother and a sister — twins — trapped in the same body.

cover image for The Line That Held Us by David Joy

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'The Line That Held Us': Noir In Appalachia

8:13am August 12, 2018

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

Novelist David Joy, whose books chronicle the rural, working-class South of his own milieu, has penned a new book where a hunting accident triggers a thriller of violent vengeance.

Understanding Horizontal Gene Transfer In 'The Tangled Tree'

8:19am August 11, 2018

NPR's Scott Simon asks science writer David Quammen about horizontal gene transfer and how it changes how we think about humankind's place in the world. Quammen's new book is The Tangled Tree.

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In Satirical 'Severance,' A Stricken Country Works Itself To Death

6:16pm August 10, 2018

by Ari Shapiro

When a disease wipes out most of the U.S. population, Candace Chen is the last one left at the office. Ling Ma began work on the apocalyptic novel right before she got laid off from her own job.

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David Sedaris On The Life-Altering And Mundane Pages Of His Old Diaries

1:29pm August 10, 2018

by Terry Gross

Sedaris' Theft by Finding is a collection of excerpts from those diaries. In it, he revisits major turning points, including how he met his longtime boyfriend. Originally broadcast May 31, 2017.

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'Lies My Teacher Told Me,' And How American History Can Be Used As A Weapon

10:41am August 09, 2018

by Anya Kamenetz

James Loewen's 1995 book explained how history textbooks got the story of America wrong. Now, in a new edition, Loewen champions critical thinking in the age of fake news.

What 1 Journalist Learned From Researching The Causes Of The Opioid Epidemic

5:59pm August 08, 2018

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with journalist Beth Macy about her new book Dopesick, after she spent the last three years digging into the causes of the opioid epidemic, from rampant overprescribing of painkillers to stigma of heroin addiction in white suburban communities.

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'Into The Hands Of The Soldiers' Explores How The U.S. Contributed To Chaos In Egypt

4:15pm August 07, 2018

by Terry Gross

New York Times correspondent David Kirkpatrick says the Obama White House watched Arab democracy fall, and now the Trump administration is embracing Egypt's autocratic president.

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How Can America Reduce Mass Incarceration?

1:31pm August 06, 2018

by Terry Gross

Julian Adler, co-author of Start Here, and Judge Victoria Pratt discuss alternatives to jail, including community service, social services and even personal essays.

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Time With White Nationalists Recorded In 'Everything You Love Will Burn'

5:59am August 06, 2018

Noel Kings talks to journalist Vegas Tenold, who spent several years embedded with white nationalist groups — culminating in last year's Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Va.

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