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

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

Former President Barack Obama talks with NPR's Michel Martin about his time in office, President Trump's pandemic response, the 2020 election and what he thinks President-elect Joe Biden says about the United States right now.

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

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Excerpts From 'A Promised Land': Listen To Former President Obama Tell His Story

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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Excerpts From 'A Promised Land': Listen To Former President Obama Tell His Story

In his memoir A Promised Land, Obama tells the story of his political rise through the first two years of his presidency. Here, listen to excerpts from the book before its release on Tuesday.

On The Days Before The Raid To Kill Osama Bin Laden

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

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'

In an interview with NPR, the former president offers some of his most wide-ranging remarks on the outcome of the election and says Trump will fail in "denying reality."

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

Douglas Stuart's debut novel follows a queer Scottish boy growing up in Thatcher-era Glasgow, with his alcoholic mother and taxi-driver father. It's an unvarnished tale of love, loss and survival.

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

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

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

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Harold McGee talks about how our sense of smell affects taste, why things smell the way they do and the ways different chemicals combine to create surprising (and sometimes distasteful) odors.

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

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

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'

The exiled Tibetan spiritual leader has co-written a book about climate change called Our Only Home. In an NPR interview, he suggests one step toward combating climate change is to stop eating meat.

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

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

"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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Katherine Standefer was uninsured and working as a hiking guide when diagnosed with a genetic heart condition. She chronicles her experience with an implanted heart device in Lightning Flowers.

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

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

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

"I think Madison, especially, would be very proud to see that when America deeply disagrees, as it does now, that things grind to a halt," Ricks, author of a new book, First Principles, tells NPR.

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

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White Supremacy And Its Online Reach

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

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

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Rapinoe has also been an outspoken advocate for pay equity and the Black Lives Matter movement. "I see patriotism as constantly demanding better of ourselves," she says. Her new book is One Life.

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

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In We Keep the Dead Close, author Becky Cooper revisits the killing of Harvard graduate student Jane Britton. The 440+ page book is overstuffed with suspects, motives, red herrings and interviews.

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

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