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CIA chemist Sidney Gottlieb headed up the agency's secret MK-ULTRA program, which was charged with developing a mind control drug that could be weaponized against enemies.

The CIA's Secret Quest For Mind Control: Torture, LSD And A 'Poisoner In Chief'

6:18pm September 09, 2019

by Terry Gross

Journalist Stephen Kinzer reveals how CIA chemist Sidney Gottlieb worked in the 1950s and early '60s to develop mind control drugs and deadly toxins that could be used against enemies.

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Tinfoil Butterfly, by Rachel Eve Moulton

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'Tinfoil Butterfly' Spreads Twitchy, Monstrous Wings

3:53pm September 09, 2019

by Gabino Iglesias

Rachel Eve Moulton's story about a young woman in an abandoned town in the Black Bills of South Dakota will crawl into you and give you the shudders — just let it.

Cover detail of The Testaments, by Margaret Atwood

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Atwood Hints At A Brighter Future In 'Handmaid' Sequel 'The Testaments'

2:40pm September 09, 2019

by Maureen Corrigan

Margaret Atwood's The Testaments opens about 15 years after the end of The Handmaid's Tale. Critic Maureen Corrigan says the follow-up gives her what she wants most: the promise of an end to Gilead.

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Smart, Snarky 'Gideon The Ninth' Swears Her Way Through The Stars

2:00pm September 09, 2019

by Jason Sheehan

Tamsyn Muir's new novel is a sci-fi-horror-fantasy-romance mashup that's entirely its own thing, full of snark and darkness, sometimes deep and sometimes shallow, and unexpectedly heartbreaking.

Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell

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In 'Talking To Strangers,' Malcolm Gladwell Explores Why It's So Hard To Do

1:09pm September 09, 2019

by Brian Naylor

The latest book by the author of Outliers and The Tipping Point looks at miscommunication throughout history — and finds it's really hard to know whom to believe.

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'She Said' Documents The Reporting Leading To Harvey Weinstein's Arrest

11:51am September 09, 2019

The new book, She Said, by two New York Times reporters, reveals the lengths to which Harvey Weinstein went to silence women who claimed sexual harassment, and how his allies looked the other way.

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New Book Examines How Television Enabled Trump's Political Rise

6:28am September 09, 2019

James Poniewozik, chief TV critic for The New York Times, talks about his new book: Audience of One: Donald Trump, Television, and the Fracturing of America.

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'She Said' Tracks The Remarkable Reporting Leading To The Arrest Of Harvey Weinstein

9:47am September 08, 2019

by Annalisa Quinn

New York Times reporters Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey broke the story that ended the Hollywood producer's alleged reign of terror and helped to ignite the #MeToo movement.

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'The Secrets We Kept' Imagines What CIA Secretaries Knew

7:56am September 08, 2019

by Lynn Neary

Novelist Lara Prescott became curious about the women who worked at CIA headquarters during the real-life mission to smuggle Dr. Zhivago into the Soviet Union during the Cold War.

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2 Women And A Magical Cat Hit The Road In 'Are You Listening?'

7:01am September 08, 2019

by Etelka Lehoczky

Magical realism can be tricky, but Tillie Walden gets it right in a spare yet powerful tale of two women on a road trip through West Texas who pick up a possibly magical cat.