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One researcher shares her experience studying and living with bipolar disorder

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One researcher shares her experience studying and living with bipolar disorder

Around 40 million people around the world have bipolar disorder, which involves cyclical swings between moods: from depression to mania. Kay Redfield Jamison is one of those people. She's also a professor of psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and has written extensively about the topic, from medical textbooks to personal memoirs. Today on Short Wave, she joins us to talk about the diagnosis process, treating and managing bipolar disorder.

One researcher shares her experience studying and living with bipolar disorder

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In 'Words with Wings and Magic Things,' poetry is beautifully illustrated — and fun!
'Words with Wings and Magic Things' by Matthew Burgess and Doug Salati, published by Tundra Books

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In 'Words with Wings and Magic Things,' poetry is beautifully illustrated — and fun!

What do you get if you add poems that are "Shel Silverstein meets Rumi for kids" with pictures of yetis and primordial slime? Words with Wings and Magic Things, a book of illustrated poems for kids.

PICTURE THIS: WORDS WITH WINGS AND MAGIC THINGS

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Author Jane Borden on 'Cults Like Us'

Jane Borden is a writer with bylines in Vanity Fair, the Washington Post, and the New York Times Magazine. Jane is kind of obsessed with cults. She enjoys reading books on them, watching documentaries, and vintage news pieces on the subject. Jane's obsession has become her latest book. She joins us on Bullseye to talk about Cults Like Us. The book is not just a study on the history of cults, but an examination on why they seem to be a uniquely American phenomenon.

Author Jane Borden on 'Cults Like Us'

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A syndicated, AI-generated summer reading list featuring fake books by real authors was published in major newspapers this week. Above, a reader enjoys the sunshine in Hyde Park in London in 2009.

A syndicated, AI-generated summer reading list featuring fake books by real authors was published in major newspapers this week. Above, a reader enjoys the sunshine in Hyde Park in London in 2009. Oli Scarff/Getty Images hide caption

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How an AI-generated summer reading list got published in major newspapers

Newspapers around the country, including the Chicago Sun-Times and at least one edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer, published a syndicated book list featuring made-up books by famous authors.

Joe Biden attends a roundtable session at the G7 world leaders summit in Italy, June 13, 2024.

Joe Biden attends a roundtable session at the G7 world leaders summit in Italy, June 13, 2024. Christopher Furlong/Getty Images Pool/Associated Press hide caption

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In 'Original Sin,' Jake Tapper describes a 'cover-up' of Joe Biden's decline

Tapper's book, co-authored by Alex Thompson, describes a president who struggled to function: "One person told us that the presidency was, at best, a five-person board with Joe Biden as chairman."

In 'Original Sin,' Jake Tapper describes a 'cover-up' of Joe Biden's decline

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Axios reporter Alex Thompson (left) and CNN's Jake Tapper during an interview at NPR on Thursday.

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This new book explores how Biden's inner circle kept his mental decline from voters

A new book by CNN's Jake Tapper and Axios' Alex Thompson paints the story of how President Biden believed he was capable of serving a second term even though his inner circle hid that he wasn't.

This new book explores how Biden's inner circle kept his mental decline from voters

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'The Emperor of Gladness' is a beautiful novel about hard work and found family
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'The Emperor of Gladness' is a beautiful novel about hard work and found family

Ocean Vuong's sweeping new novel centers on a depressed 19-year-old college dropout who becomes the caregiver to a widow with dementia.

'The Emperor of Gladness' is a beautiful novel about hard work and found family

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Kids notice everything — here's what one child sees 'Next to Me'
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Kids notice everything — here's what one child sees 'Next to Me'

When they became parents, Dragons Love Tacos illustrator Daniel Salmieri and artist Sophia Haas noticed that they were ... noticing more. So they wrote Next to Me, their first kids' book together.

PICTURE THIS: Next To Me

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Novelist Salman Rushdie promotes the German-language edition of his book Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder in Berlin on May 16, 2024. In the book, Rushdie confronts the 2022 attack that left him blind in one eye.

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Man who attacked author Salman Rushdie is sentenced to 25 years in prison

Hadi Matar got the maximum sentence for attempted murder. He was found guilty in February for repeatedly stabbing author Salman Rushdie during a 2022 lecture and wounding another person on stage.

British author and creator of James Bond Ian Fleming (1908-1964) with two pieces of original artwork from the American hardback editions of his books, circa 1960.

British author and creator of James Bond Ian Fleming (1908-1964) with two pieces of original artwork from the American hardback editions of his books, circa 1960. Horst Tappe/Getty Images/Archive Photos hide caption

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Culture

Newly published stories show a different side of Ian Fleming and Graham Greene

The latest issue of "The Strand Magazine" contains rare stories by the iconic midcentury writers Ian Fleming and Graham Greene.

Newly published stories show a different side of Ian Fleming and Graham Greene

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Attorney Todd Blanche listens as his client former U.S. President Trump speaks as he arrives for his hush money trial at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 30, 2024, in New York City.

Todd Blanche in May 2024 at the Manhattan Criminal Court during the hush money trial of President Donald Trump. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images hide caption

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Culture

The President has named a new Acting Librarian of Congress. It's his former defense lawyer.

Todd Blanche, a former personal lawyer for President Trump, is now acting Librarian of Congress. According to his public profile, Blanche has no experience working in libraries or archives.

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Where does the ginseng in your tea come from? A new graphic memoir explains the trade

Craig Thompson, author of the award-winning graphic memoir Blankets returns with its spiritual successor. It's a look at his childhood growing up on ginseng farms, and the intricate balance of the global ginseng trade.

Where does the ginseng in your tea come from? A new graphic memoir explains the trade

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