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Former President Barack Obama at a campaign rally in Miami for then Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden the day before Election Day. In his new memoir, A Promised Land, Obama focuses on his first term in the White House. Lynne Sladky/AP hide caption

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Barack Obama On Trump's Defeat And Cooperation In A Divided America

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Former President Barack Obama speaks during a drive-in campaign rally for Joe Biden on Oct. 31 in Flint, Michigan. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption

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On The Days Before The Raid To Kill Osama Bin Laden

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Former President Barack Obama speaks at a rally for Joe Biden in Flint, Mich. on Oct. 31. In an interview with NPR, Obama said Trump was "denying reality" by refusing to concede the election to Biden. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption

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Obama Calls Trump's Refusal To Concede Another 'Breach Of Basic Democratic Norms'

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'Shuggie Bain' Will Lift You Up — And Tear You Up

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Butyric acid gives some cheeses their distinctively strong scent. Alexander Spatari/Getty Images hide caption

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From Stinky Cheese To Cat Pee, Author Takes A 'Nose Dive' Into The Science Of Smell

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The Dalai Lama, Tibet's spiritual leader, sits on his ceremonial chair as he presides over the inauguration of the Namgyal Monastery School in Dharamshala, India, on Nov. 2, 2017. Ashwini Bhatia/AP hide caption

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The Dalai Lama Offers A Take On Climate Change: 'Promote Vegetarianism'

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"One of the greatest gifts is to feel alive while you are alive," Katherine Standefer says. She writes about her experiences living with an implantable cardiac defibrillator in Lightning Flowers. Luke Parsons/Hachette Book Group hide caption

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Author Details 'Living With Death' In Her 20s And Scrambling For Life-Saving Care

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First Principles: What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country, by Thomas Ricks Harper hide caption

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Author And Journalist Tom Ricks: Founding Fathers Expected Today's Political State

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Talia Lavin infiltrated white supremacist online groups for more than a year to research her book Culture Warlords: My Journey into the Dark Web of White Supremacy. Courtesy of Talia Lavin hide caption

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White Supremacy And Its Online Reach

Talia Lavin went undercover in white supremacist online communities, creating fake personas that would gain her access to the dark reaches of the internet normally off-limits to her, a Jewish woman. That research laid the groundwork for her book, Culture Warlords: My Journey Into the Dark Web of White Supremacy. Lavin talks to Sam about what it was like to infiltrate those online spaces, what she learned, and how white supremacy cannot exist without anti-Semitism.

White Supremacy And Its Online Reach

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Megan Rapinoe celebrates scoring her team's first goal during the 2019 Women's World Cup quarter-final match between France and the United States. Franck Fife/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Soccer Star Megan Rapinoe On Equal Pay, And What The U.S. Flag Means To Her

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How A 1969 Murder At Harvard Turned Into A Cold Case And A 'Cautionary Tale'

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