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'Give Me Your Hand' Explores Female Mysteries And Monstrosities

8:18am July 15, 2018

by Lulu Garcia-Navarro

Abbott's new thriller Give Me Your Hand is set partly in a scientific lab studying a severe form of PMS — she says she's fascinated by "this sort of idea that the female body is monstrous."

Pictures Of The Motherland He Never Knew

7:00am July 15, 2018

by Cassandra Vinograd

The son of Pakistani immigrants in the U.K., Mahtab Hussain was often taunted: "Go home." One day he did just that to see what his life might have been like if his parents had not left.

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Russia — And Grandma — Defy Expectations In 'A Terrible Country'

8:28am July 14, 2018

by Renee Montagne

When Andrei Kaplan returns to Moscow to care for his grandmother, he hopes to write an article based on her Soviet-era stories. But things don't go according to plan in this new novel by Keith Gessen.

Evangelical minister Rob Schenck says change is a part of spirituality: "Any time we stop changing, we stagnate spiritually, emotionally [and] intellectually."

Once Militantly Anti-Abortion, Evangelical Minister Now Lives 'With Regret'

6:54pm July 11, 2018

by Terry Gross

After decades working to block access to clinics, the Rev. Rob Schenck says he had a change of heart and sees abortion as an issue that should be resolved by "an individual and his or her conscience."

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Dallek's FDR Book Invites Comparisons To Trump's Presidency

6:29am July 11, 2018

Presidential historian Robert Dallek, author of, Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Political Life, talks to Morning Edition's Steve Inskeep about the parallels between the presidencies of FDR and Donald Trump.

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By some accounts, almost half of the incarcerated population in the U.S. suffers from mental illness.

Behind Bars, Mentally Ill Inmates Are Often Punished For Their Symptoms

2:19pm July 10, 2018

by Dave Davies

While visiting jails and prisons across the country, author Alisa Roth witnessed mentally ill inmates in solitary confinement, wearing restrictive jumpsuits and receiving very limited therapy.

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Author James Crabtree On India's Growing Income Divide And 'The Billionaire Raj'

5:01pm July 09, 2018

by Ari Shapiro

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with author James Crabtree about his book The Billionaire Raj. The book talks about the growth of super-wealthy Indians and why there are so many.

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The Science — And Environmental Hazards — Behind Fish Oil Supplements

1:37pm July 09, 2018

by Terry Gross

Author Paul Greenberg says the harvesting of tiny fish for omega-3 supplements is having a ripple effect, leading to less healthy and bountiful oceans. His new book is The Omega Principle.

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'Safe Houses' Explores The Past And The Present Of The Cold War

8:07am July 07, 2018

Dan Fesperman's Safe Houses is spy story set in both the present day and the Cold War era. Fesperman speaks with NPR's Linda Wertheimer about the book.

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A Phone Call Changes Everything In Ann Tyler's 'Clock Dance'

7:32am July 07, 2018

by Scott Simon

Tyler's new novel — her 21st — follows a woman who thinks she's at the end of the road, widowed and settled into a lonely life, when a mistaken call for help turns her world upside down.