NPR's Book of the Day - Rebecca Yarros on literary tropes, writing through chronic illness and ‘Fourth Wing’

Rebecca Yarros is the author of The Empyrean series, a wildly popular collection of "romantasy" novels. In a conversation with NPR's Emily Kwong at this year's National Book Festival, Yarros said she wanted to plot an enemies-to-lovers story when she began writing Fourth Wing, the first book in this series. In today's episode, Yarros talks about the genre tropes she tries to embrace and avoid in her writing. She also discusses working through a chronic illness, how history and politics shape her stories, and the influence of her husband's military experience on how she approaches themes of violence in her work.

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More or Less: Behind the Stats - Is Trump right about violent crime in Venezuela and the US?

On the campaign trail for the US presidency, former president Donald Trump has been saying that the US is becoming a more dangerous than Venezuela.

He also claims that the crime data for the US that the FBI collects is missing the most violent cities.

Is he right? Tim Harford investigates, with the help of Bastian Herre from Our World in Data and Jay Albanese from Virginia Commonwealth University.

Presenter: Tim Harford Producer: Bethan Ashmead Latham Series producer: Tom Colls Production co-ordinator: Katie Morrison Sound Mix: Annie Gardiner Editor: Richard Vadon

It Could Happen Here - It Could Happen Here Weekly 153

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  1. An Alex Jones Update feat. Knowledge Fight

  2. Infiltrating Local Nazi Groups
  3. How Trump Rigged an FBI Investigation for Brett Kavanaugh
  4. Economists Win Worst Nobel Prize Yet, Asked to Please Stop
  5. Charlie Kirk vs College Students

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CBS News Roundup - 10/25/2024 | World News Roundup Late Edition

Federal authorities investigate hacking by China-based actors targeting Trump, Vance and Democratic party officials. ice President Harris and former President Trump campaign in Texas. And President Biden apologizes for the treatment of Native Americans at boarding schools.

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Planet Money - Why do hospitals keep running out of generic drugs?

There's something strange going on in hospitals. Cheap, common drugs that nurses use every day seem to be constantly hit by shortages. These are often generic drugs that don't seem super complicated to make, things like dextrose and saline (aka sugar water and salt water).

So what's going on? The answer, as with anything in healthcare, is complicated.

On today's show: why hospitals keep running out of generic drugs. The story behind these shortages tells us a lot about how these drugs are made, bought and sold–and, it shows us how these markets can falter without the proper care.

This episode was hosted by Sally Helm and Alexi Horowitz-Ghazi. It was produced by Willa Rubin, with help from James Sneed and Sam Yellowhorse Kesler. It was edited by Martina Castro. Fact-checking by Dania Suleman. Planet Money's executive producer is Alex Goldmark.

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1A - The News Roundup For October 25, 2024

Early voting is underway in the 2024 election.

Donald Trump's former chief of staff revealed some upsetting details of the former president times in office this week. John Kelly, the former Marine general who worked for the Trump administration, said that the 45th president once remarked he needed "Hitler's generals" during a conversation about Germany.

Meanwhile, overseas, a top Hezbollah leader was killed this week in an Israeli air attack. Hashem Safieddine was expected to assume control of the armed group following the death of his cousin Hassan Nasrallah, their former leader.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said during a visit to Israel that the death of a top Hamas leader last week could lead to an opening for peace and more aid to flow into Gaza.

We cover all this and more during this week's Roundup.

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Consider This from NPR - Election battles are being waged at the ballot box and in the courtroom.

Election day is almost here, and we could soon find out who will become our next president.

But winning doesn't only happen at the ballot box, and the results of this election are already being litigated in court.

Trump and his allies filed a slew of lawsuits alleging widespread fraud. These efforts failed. But four years later, they are already trying to employ the same strategies again.

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Consider This from NPR - Election battles are being waged at the ballot box and in the courtroom.

Election day is almost here, and we could soon find out who will become our next president.

But winning doesn't only happen at the ballot box, and the results of this election are already being litigated in court.

Trump and his allies filed a slew of lawsuits alleging widespread fraud. These efforts failed. But four years later, they are already trying to employ the same strategies again.

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Consider This from NPR - Election battles are being waged at the ballot box and in the courtroom.

Election day is almost here, and we could soon find out who will become our next president.

But winning doesn't only happen at the ballot box, and the results of this election are already being litigated in court.

Trump and his allies filed a slew of lawsuits alleging widespread fraud. These efforts failed. But four years later, they are already trying to employ the same strategies again.

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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - The Ongoing Amish Abuse Scandal

For most people in the United States, the Amish are a sociological curiosity: a group of people motivated by theological imperatives that require them to exist within society, yet separate from all its secular trappings. However, as we dive into this episode, Matt, Noel and I learn there's something rotten within this community... a series of intergenerational, likely ongoing, conspiracies involving sexual abuse, crime and more. Please note this episode may not be appropriate for all audiences.

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