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'Eve' author says medicine often ignores female bodies. 'We've been guinea pigs'

Author Cat Bohannon says there's a "male norm" in science that prioritizes male bodies. Female bodies have been left out of countless clinical studies, and research is only just starting to catch up.

October 03, 2023
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By:
  • Tonya Mosley
Taylor Lorenz, columnist at The Washington Post and author of <em>Extremely Online: The Untold Story of Fame, Influence and Power on the Internet.</em>

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How did we come to live extremely online? Mommy bloggers, says one writer

Washington Post columnist and tech journalist Taylor Lorenz chronicles the history of the internet in her new book, Extremely Online.

October 03, 2023
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  • Claire Murashima

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'Sparks' author Ian Johnson on Chinese 'challenging the party's monopoly on history'

Xi Jinping and China's ruling Communist Party have displayed a dogged obsession with controlling the historical narrative. But there's a group of underground historians fighting back.

September 29, 2023
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  • John Ruwitch
GPB  NPR

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In conversation with Kerry Washington on her new memoir – Part I

Part I of NPR's Juana Summers' conversation with actress Kerry Washington about her new memoir, Thicker Than Water.

September 27, 2023
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  • Karen Zamora,
  • Ashley Brown,
  • and 1 more
Environmental journalist Ben Goldfarb says in nature, the weaker animals are usually the ones killed by predators. That changes when cars are involved: "Roadkill is not only eliminating animals, it's in many cases eliminating those healthy animals that populations need to remain strong,"

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  • Animals

Cars are a major predator for wildlife. How is nature adapting to our roads?

Environmental journalist Ben Goldfarb says cars are killing animals, while highways cut off them off from their food sources and migration paths. His new book is Crossings.

September 26, 2023
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  • Terry Gross

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How a DNA test inspired actress-activist Kerry Washington's journey of self-discovery

Washington was an adult when she learned that she had been conceived via artificial insemination and the man she considered her father was not her biological dad. Her new memoir is Thicker than Water.

September 25, 2023
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By:
  • Tonya Mosley
In <em>The </em><em>Enchanted Symphony</em>, a young boy named Piccolino harnesses the power of art, nature and community.

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  • Author Interviews

A concert audience of houseplants? A new kids' book tells the surprisingly true tale

The latest children's book from Julie Andrews, Emma Walton Hamilton and illustrator Elly McKay is about the power of nature and music. They discussed their creative process in an interview with NPR.

September 23, 2023
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman and
  • Samantha Balaban
Leslie Jones says she was 19 when Jamie Foxx told her she needed to live life — get hired, get fired, fall in love — in order to be truly funny.

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How comic Leslie Jones went from funniest person on campus to 'SNL' star

Jones says performing stand-up for the first time as a freshman in college felt like putting on a shirt that fit perfectly: "It was just so natural." Her memoir is Leslie F*cking Jones.

September 21, 2023
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  • Tonya Mosley
GPB  NPR

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  • Author Interviews

Comic Aparna Nancherla uses humor to confront self doubt and anxiety

Nancherla's starred in TV shows like BoJack Horseman and Master of None, and written for Late Night with Seth Meyers. She recounts her struggle with depression in the memoir, Unreliable Narrator.

September 19, 2023
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  • Ann Marie Baldonado
GPB  NPR

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  • Author Interviews

Historian Simon Schama's new book traces the roots of today's distrust of vaccines

NPR's Scott Simon asks historian Simon Schama about his latest book, Foreign Bodies, and about attitudes to inoculation.

September 16, 2023
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  • Scott Simon
GPB  NPR

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  • Author Interviews

Hollywood relies on China to stay afloat. What does that mean for movies?

Red Carpet author Erich Schwartzel says that film studios increasingly need Chinese audiences to break even — which can result in self-censorship. Originally broadcast Feb. 21, 2022.

September 15, 2023
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By:
  • Terry Gross
Author Lauren Groff's new book, <em>The Vaster</em> <em>Wilds, </em>is<em> </em>a tight and tense novel that takes place in 1610 Jamestown.

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  • Author Interviews

Lauren Groff has a go bag and says so should you

Acclaimed author Lauren Groff's new novel, The Vaster Wilds, is about a young girl on the run during Colonial times. But the writer is really questioning — what will it take to survive today?

September 11, 2023
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By:
  • Andrew Limbong
Ghassan Zeineddine, author of the short story collection, <em>Dearborn</em>.

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  • Books

Arab American stories interconnect in the new collection, 'Dearborn'

Author Ghassan Zeineddine's new collection of short stories, Dearborn, takes a tenderhearted look at interconnected characters in the largest Arab American community in the country

September 09, 2023
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By:
  • Neda Ulaby
GPB  NPR

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  • Author Interviews

'New Yorker' culture critic says music and mixtapes helped make sense of himself

Hua Hsu won the Pulitzer Prize for Stay True, his memoir about identity, musical obsessions and the sudden tragic murder of a close friend. Originally broadcast Oct. 18, 2022.

September 08, 2023
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By:
  • Terry Gross
"History is something we participate in together," says author Zadie Smith. "We are all involved in history, and all have something to gain from understanding what happened – exactly what happened." Her new novel, <em>The Fraud, </em>is based on real events.

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  • Author Interviews

In 'The Fraud,' Zadie Smith seeks to 'do absolute justice to the truth'

The historical fiction novel centers on a real-life Victorian Era trial. Smith says she doesn't look back on the past with a sense of superiority: In her view, human life is "a continued struggle."

September 05, 2023
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  • Terry Gross
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