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News Articles: Author Interviews

Intense physical activity may not be as helpful in losing weight as you may hope.

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  • Health

Why Crash Weight Loss Programs Don't Work: Clues From Hunter-Gatherer Societies

Evolutionary anthropologist Herman Pontzer shares why some of the most physically active people in the world don't burn more calories than office workers. And what that means for your fitness goals.

July 16, 2021
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  • John Henning Schumann
GPB  NPR

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  • Food

Anthony Bourdain: The 'Fresh Air' Interview

We listen back to our 2016 interview with the late food writer and TV host, who killed himself in 2018 while in France to film Parts Unknown. Bourdain is the subject of a new documentary, Roadrunner.

July 16, 2021
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By:
  • Dave Davies
GPB  NPR

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  • Music Interviews

Re-Revising 'The History Of Jazz'

Ted Gioia first published his History of Jazz in 1997, updating it for the first time in 2011. This year he did so again, after a very important decade for the genre.

July 15, 2021
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By:
  • Natalie Weiner
Dr. Ayodele "WordSlanger" Nzinga

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  • Author Interviews

Meet Oakland's First Poet Laureate: Dr. Ayodele 'WordSlanger' Nzinga

Oakland, Calif., has named its first Poet Laureate. Dr. Ayodele Nzinga — also known as WordSlanger — will serve a two-year term aimed at making poetry more accessible to Oaklanders.

July 15, 2021
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  • David Exumé

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  • Technology

Reporters Reveal 'Ugly Truth' Of How Facebook Enables Hate Groups And Disinformation

In a new book, Cecilia Kang and Sheera Frenkel say Facebook failed in its effort to combat disinformation. "Facebook knew the potential for explosive violence was very real [on Jan 6]," Kang says.

July 13, 2021
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  • Terry Gross
The Startup Wife, by Tahmima Anam

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  • Author Interviews

'Startup Wife' Satirizes Tech Culture And Boardroom Sexism — From Experience

Tahmima Anam's new novel is about a married couple who found a tech startup. The platform's success turns the husband into a messiah figure — even though it was his wife who designed it.

July 12, 2021
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  • Terry Gross

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  • Health

How An Anti-Vice Crusader Sabotaged The Early Birth Control Movement

The Comstock Act, which passed in 1873, virtually outlawed contraception. In The Man Who Hated Women, author Amy Sohn writes about the man behind the law — and the women prosecuted under it.

July 07, 2021
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  • Terry Gross
T.J. Newman drew on her experiences as a flight attendant while writing the thriller <em>Falling.</em>

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  • Author Interviews

Fasten Your Seat Belts: Flight Attendant-Turned-Novelist Shares Stories From The Sky

During her 10 years as a flight attendant, T.J. Newman became an expert in guessing drink orders and calming unruly passengers. She drew on those experiences to write the hijack thriller Falling.

July 06, 2021
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  • Dave Davies
Writer Chaney Kwak says his book, <em>The Passenger</em>, was inspired by the isolation of the pandemic.

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  • Author Interviews

Author Chaney Kwak Turned A Cruise Ship Ordeal Into A Metaphor — And Memoir

He was one of nearly 1,400 people stranded aboard the Viking Sky cruise ship off the coast of Norway in 2019. It changed his life.

July 06, 2021
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  • Noel King

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  • Book Reviews

Immigration Doesn't Just Mean Coming To America. These 4 Books Are Good Reminders.

Author Ocean Vuong recommends four books on the immigrant experience — but he wants to de-center America in these stories: "Immigration is a species-wide legacy," he says, and always has been.

July 03, 2021
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  • Rachel Martin
A Pakistani shopkeeper cleans toilets on display inside his shop in Lahore.

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  • Global Health

Half The World Lacks Proper Sanitation. Is It Possible To 'Transform The Toilet'?

In Pipe Dreams, Chelsea Wald examines the health issues related to sanitation and looks at global efforts to manage human waste, including turning it into fuel and fertilizer.

June 30, 2021
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  • Dave Davies
Graham Norton

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  • Author Interviews

Forgiveness Is A Super Power In Graham Norton's New Novel

British talk show host Graham Norton is also an accomplished novelist — his latest, Home Stretch, follows the people of a small Irish town after a fatal car accident upends everyone's lives.

June 26, 2021
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  • Petra Mayer
GPB  NPR

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  • Author Interviews

'The Quiet Americans' Examines Tragic Miscalculations In The CIA's Formative Years

Author Scott Anderson chronicles the formative years of America's spy agency by focusing on four soldiers who became intelligence agents after World War II. Originally broadcast Sept. 1, 2020.

June 25, 2021
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  • Dave Davies
Ibram X. Kendi

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  • Author Interviews

Ibram X. Kendi Recommends 6 Books To Help Your Kids Understand Race

Ibram X. Kendi has been reading a lot of books about "the human rainbow" to his daughter — so we asked him to recommend some books kids can read to gain a better understanding of race in America.

June 22, 2021
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  • Steve Inskeep

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  • Author Interviews

A Father's Day Gift From Meghan To Harry Is Now A Kids' Book

For Prince Harry's first Father's Day, the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan, got him a bench — and wrote a poem about the moments she hoped her husband and their son would share together there.

June 20, 2021
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  • Samantha Balaban
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