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'Weapons Of Math Destruction' Outlines Dangers Of Relying On Data Analytics

6:18pm September 12, 2016

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with data scientist Cathy O'Neil about her new book, Weapons of Math Destruction, which describes the dangers of relying on big data analytics to solve problems.

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Feline behavior specialist Sarah Ellis says that contrary to conventional wisdom, cats are more trainable than many people assume.

Who Says You Can't Train A Cat? A Book Of Tips For Feline-Human Harmony

5:50pm September 12, 2016

In The Trainable Cat, feline behavior specialist Sarah Ellis explains how you can train your kitty to come on command, take medicine and stop waking you up in the middle of the night.

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Insecurity, Anxiety Were Constant Companions, ABC News' Vargas Says

7:41am September 12, 2016

by David Folkenflik

ABC News TV anchor Elizabeth Vargas opens up about a life dogged by anxiety, insecurity and the hidden shame of alcoholism. Her new memoir is titled, Between Breaths.

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Mara Wilson's writing has appeared in Jezebel, The Toast, McSweeney's and The Daily Beast. She lives in New York City.

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'Where Am I Now?' Mara Wilson Explains What Happened When Matilda Grew Up

8:05am September 11, 2016

by NPR Staff

The former child actor says that the most complicated relationship she's ever had is with a fictional, 6-year-old girl. "I wanted to be her so badly," she says.

'Wolf Boys' Tells The Story Of Americans Lured To Join Mexican Drug Cartel

5:11pm September 10, 2016

Former legal affairs reporter Dan Slater's new book Wolf Boys tells the true story of two American teenagers recruited to a Mexican drug cartel, and the Texas detective obsessed with capturing them.

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Teddy Wayne's 'Loner' Paints A Chilling Study Of The Effects Of 'Toxic Masculinity'

8:44am September 10, 2016

Teddy Wayne's talks to NPR's Scott Simon about his new novel, a study of a young man who stalks a woman at Harvard University.

Non-Politicians Talking Politics: Author Victor Davis Hanson On 2016 Election

8:44am September 10, 2016

Victor Davis Hanson, "Carnage and Culture" author and a senior fellow at Stanford's Hoover Institution, talks politics with Scott Simon. He calls the election cycle a continuation of populist outrage.

Thinking Of Leaving Home? Here's A Bit Of Advice From Young Adult Authors

6:01am September 10, 2016

Starting that next chapter can be difficult in any young person's life. And YA writers know it well. Sandra Cisneros, Jacqueline Woodson, Tamora Pierce and Jason Reynolds offer some words of wisdom.

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Margaret Atwood: 'I Finally Got To Do My Cat With Wings'

5:57pm September 09, 2016

by NPR Staff

As a child, Atwood loved drawing flying cats. Now, nearly 70 years later, Atwood's dream has been realized in a graphic novel called Angel Catbird. "I'm very fond of him," she says.

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'NeuroTribes' Examines The History — And Myths — Of The Autism Spectrum

1:27pm September 09, 2016

Steve Silberman talks about how Nazi extermination plans and a discredited scientific paper about childhood vaccines shaped our current understanding of autism. Originally broadcast Sept. 2, 2015.

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