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"Frenchman Flat: The Rise and Fall of Atomic Bombs"

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Dad Brain - The New Science of Fatherhood and How It Shapes Men's Lives

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"Technology, Politics, and the Fight for the Soul of San Francisco"

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"A Pox on Fools" The History of Vaccine Skepticism

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The American Way of Welfare

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Stories of Patriotism and Purpose with Martha Raddatz

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Joanna Stern's Year Using AI to Do (Almost) Everything

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Amazon Labor Union Co-Founder, Chris Smalls

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A Woman's-Eye View of the Revolutionary Era

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"Don’t Tell the President" Stories from Presidential Advance

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A True Story of War, Obsession, and a Global Art Conspiracy

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Stuck - How Money, Media and Violence Prevent Change in Congress

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Managing Chronic Pain with Dr. Sanjay Gupta

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Political Realignment and the "New Right"

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The Politicization of the Justice Department

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American Struggle with Jon Meacham

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Screen People - How We Entertained Ourselves into a State of Emergency

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Defending Taiwan: A Strategy to Prevent War with China

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The Future is Peace with Palestinian Aziz Abu Sarah and Israeli Maoz Inon

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Suing the NSA and Fighting Digital Surveillance

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"Poisoned Ivies" with R-NY Rep. Elise Stefanik

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The Pilots who Evacuated Ebola Patients in 2014

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Modern Russian History through the Experiences of its Women

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Reimagining Western Mental Health Care

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The 1990s Golden Era of Black Sitcoms

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Palantir's CTO on Rebuilding the American Industrial Base

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What is conciousness? with Michael Pollan

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The Problem with Plastic

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Reagan's Invasion of Grenada During the Cold War

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The Jewish Entrepreneurs Who Created the Toy Industry in America

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The Impact Of Wealth Concentration On Society And Politics

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A Former US Marine's Journey from Russian Prison to the Ukrainian War

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How AI is Transforming Healthcare

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America's Black Botanical Legacy

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Sam Bankman-Fried, Elite Fraud, and the Cult of Techno-Utopia

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The Biggest Stolen Artifacts Case in FBI History

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The State and the Soldier

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The Thrill of (and Threat to) the Modern Dictionary with Stafan Fatsis

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Dave Barry and Carl Hiaasen Discuss Satire and American Culture

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Jonathan Mahler on Power, Politics, and the Making of Modern New York

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Ben Shapiro Argues the World Is Divided Over the Future of Western Civilization

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Rachel Corbett Explores Online Harassment in Monsters We Make

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Bill McKibben on Climate Change: Why Solar and Wind Power Are the Best Path Forward

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Piers Morgan "Woke Is Dead: How Common Sense triumphed in an age of total madness"

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The Art Spy: Michelle Young Chronicles Rose Valland’s WWII Mission

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David Gelles on How Patagonia Founder Yvon Chouinard Built a Purpose-Driven Company

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Ken Vogel’s “Devils’ Advocates”: Inside Rudy Giuliani, Hunter Biden, and D.C.’s Hidden Foreign Influence Networks

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Former CNN Moscow Bureau Chief Jill Dougherty on Understanding Today’s Russia

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George Selgin, "False Dawn: The Rise and Decline of Bitcoin"

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2025 Printers Row Lit Fest: Maureen Dowd on the Culture of Celebrity in America

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Eric Trump, "Under Siege: My Family's Fight to Save Our Nation"

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Karen Hao on Sam Altman’s Leadership and Her Book "Empire of AI"

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Rocket Dreams, C. Davenport, Musk, Bezos and Space Race

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Jane Goodall, "Hope For Animals and Their World: How Endangered Species Are Being Rescued from the Brink"

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Trump 2024: Joe Concha on Strategy, Media, and The Greatest Comeback Ever

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The Mission: Tim Weiner on How the CIA Operates in the Modern Era

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Lee Tilghman on ‘If You Don’t Like This I Might Die’: Life Inside Influencer Culture

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Gianno Caldwell, "The Day My Brother Was Murdered" — Crime, Justice, and Loss

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Heath Hardage Lee, "The Mysterious Mrs. Nixon"

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Kathleen deLaski, "Who Needs College Anymore?"

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Michael Grynbaum, "Empire of the Elite"

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Isabel Allende, "My Name Is Emilia del Valle"

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Josh Dawsey, Tyler Pager & Isaac Arnsdorf, "2024"

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"Framed," John Grisham and Jim McCloskey

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Patrick McGee, "Apple in China"

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Bill Clinton and James Patterson, "First Gentleman"

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Sen. Lisa Murkowski, "Far From Home.."

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José Andrés , "Change the Recipe"

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Dave and Dina McCormick, "Who Believed in You?"

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Mark Bauerlein, The Dumbest Generation Grows Up: From Stupefied Youth to Dangerous Adults

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Teresa Ghilarducci, "Work, Retire, Repeat - The Uncertainty of Retirement in the New Economy"

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Stephanie Land "Maid"

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Senator James Lankford (R-OK), "Turnaround - America's Revival"

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Michael Lewis, "Who is Government?"

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Leah Litman, "Lawless - How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, and Bad Vibes"

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Sophie Gilbert, "Girl on Girl - How Pop Culture Turned a Generation of Women Against Themselves"

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David Graham, "The Project - How Project 2025 Is Reshaping America"

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Stephen Witt, "The Thinking Machine - Jensen Huang, Nvidia, and the World's Most Coveted Microchip"

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Viet Thanh Nguyen, "To Save and to Destroy - Writing as an Other"

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Senator James Lankford (R-OK), "Turnaround - America's Revival"

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David Enrich, "Murder the Truth"

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Paul Blustein, "King Dollar - The Past and Future of the World's Dominant Currency"'

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Michael Lewis, "Who is Government?"

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Dr. Adam Ratner, "Booster Shots -The Urgent Lessons of Measles and the Uncertain Future of Children's Health"

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Omar El Akkad, "One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This"

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Kevin Fagan, "The Lost and the Found - A True Story of Homelessness, Found Family, and Second Chances"

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Eve Ewing, "Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism"

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Anson Frericks, "Last Call for Bud Light"

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Omo Moses, "The White Peril - A Family Memoir"

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Eva Dou, House of Huawei - The Secret History of China's Most Powerful Company"

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Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), "It Takes Chutzpah - How to Fight Fearlessly for Progressive Change"

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Adam Chandler, "99% Perspiration - A New Working History of the American Way of Life"

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Rep. Mark Green (R-TN), "We Before Me"

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Andy Puzder, "A Tyranny for the Good of Its Victims"

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James Rickards, "MoneyGPT - AI and the Threat to the Global Economy"

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T.J. English, "The Last Kilo"

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Rep. Mike Waltz, "Hard Truths - Think and Lead Like a Green Beret"

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Stephanie Gorton, "The Icon and the Idealist - Margaret Sanger, Mary Ware Dennett, and the Rivalry That Brought Birth Control to America"

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Vince Beiser, "Power Metal - The Race for the Resources That Will Shape the Future"

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Tom Fitton, "Rights and Freedoms in Peril - An Investigative Report on the Left's Attack on America"