Author Paula Hawkins is best known for her 2015 novel The Girl on the Train. Her new book, The Blue Hour, is also a thriller, this time set on a remote but idyllic Scottish island. The novel focuses on the death of artist Vanessa Chapman, who leaves behind her diaries and a piece of art that sets off a shocking discovery. The story that follows involves secrets, lies and murder. In today's episode, Hawkins speaks with Here & Now's Deborah Becker about how the ownership and interpretation of Vanessa's legacy is disputed among the book's other characters. They also discuss the complexity of long-term female friendships, how women are treated in the public eye and the unreliability of our own narratives.
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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - How to Prepare for the Worst
How are politicians and civil society leaders preparing to meet the challenges of President Trump’s second term? For starters, they’re gaming out the worst-case scenarios.
Guest: Barton Gellman, senior advisor at the Brennan Center.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1278: Quonset Huts
Episode: 1278 The Quonset hut: a design with remarkable staying power. Today, we build an instant house.
The Government Huddle with Brian Chidester - 161: The One about Military Values in Government Contracting
Matthew Thompson, Former Army Ranger and the Chief Revenue Officer at Socure joins the show for a special Veteran’s Day episode to discuss the importance of weaving military values into the culture of an organization. He also shares some stories from his time serving and what these values have done for him over his life and career.
It Could Happen Here - Life For Trans People Under Trump
Gare and Mia discuss Trump's policies targeting trans rights, and how we can prepare to mitigate harm.
Sources:
https://diyhrt.wiki/
https://www.glad.org/transgender-id-project-updating-your-passport/#ds-11
https://www.transjusticefundingproject.org/
https://www.transincomeproject.org/
https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/united-states-v-skrmetti/
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/11/harris-trump-trans-rights-election-lgbtq/
https://www.axios.com/2023/01/31/trump-transgender-rights-lgbtq
https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/rcna178755
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/08/us/politics/trump-republican-transgender-ads.html
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/why-anti-transgender-political-ads-are-dominating-the-airwaves-this-election
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/8/26/21374948/trump-second-term-lgbtq-people
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Roman Abramovich was known as the "stealth oligarch" before he stepped into the limelight as Chelsea football club’s sugar daddy owner. The man loves a yacht: his largest cost $427m, and has bullet-proof windows and an escape submarine. Abramovich made his fortune from post-Soviet privatisation, aided by a man known as the “Godfather of the Kremlin”, Boris Berezovsky, and close ties to Vladimir Putin in the early years of his presidency. But with recent reports of a suspected poisoning and sanctions against him in the wake of the Russia-Ukraine war, Abramovich’s luck might be changing.
BBC business editor Simon Jack and journalist Zing Tsjeng track Abramovich’s meteoric rise from being a hard-up orphan to making billions from oil and aluminium. Then they decide if they think he’s good, bad, or just another billionaire.
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The Economics of Everyday Things - 70. Prison Labor
Incarcerated people grow crops, fight wildfires, and manufacture everything from motor oil to prescription glasses — often for pennies per hour. Zachary Crockett reports from North Carolina.
SOURCES:
- Laura Appleman, professor of law at Willamette University.
- Christopher Barnes, inmate at the Franklin Correctional Center.
- Lee Blackman, general manager at Correction Enterprises.
- Brian Scott, ex-inmate, former worker at the Correction Enterprises printing plant.
- Louis Southall, warden of Franklin Correctional Center.
RESOURCES:
- "Prisoners in the U.S. Are Part of a Hidden Workforce Linked to Hundreds of Popular Food Brands," by Robin McDowell and Margie Mason (AP News, 2024).
- "Ex-Prisoners Face Headwinds as Job Seekers, Even as Openings Abound," by Talmon Joseph Smith (The New York Times, 2023).
- "Captive Labor: Exploitation of Incarcerated Workers," by the American Civil Liberties Union and the University of Chicago Law School Global Human Rights Clinic (2022).
- "Bloody Lucre: Carceral Labor and Prison Profit," by Laura Appleman (Wisconsin Law Review, 2022).
- "Prison Labor Is on the Frontlines of the COVID-19 Pandemic," by Eliyahu Kamisher (The Appeal, 2020).
- Correction Enterprises.
EXTRAS:
- "Can Data Keep People Out of Prison?" by People I (Mostly) Admire (2023).
Motley Fool Money - “Pretty soon we’ll all be trillionaires, or whatever.”
While the storylines in crypto have gone quieter, coin prices have not.
Zeke Faux is the author of “Number Go Up: Inside Crypto's Wild Rise and Staggering Fall”. Mary Long caught up with Faux for a conversation about:
- The most genuine argument for crypto adoption.
- Why more politicians have warmed up to the space.
- What you have to believe, to be a Bitcoin maximalist.
- A shoestring crypto operation that’s more profitable than Nike.
Coins discussed: BTC, SOL, ETH, DOGE, WIF, USDT
Host: Mary Long
Guest: Zeke Faux
Producer: Ricky Mulvey
Engineer: Desireé Jones
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Consider This from NPR - What happens to Trump’s criminal cases now that he’s won re-election?
Today, we're sharing an episode of Trump's Trials for listeners.
Now that Donald Trump is headed back to the White House the three remaining criminal cases against him will most likely go away.
Host Scott Detrow speaks with NPR justice correspondent Carrie Johnson.
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Consider This from NPR - What happens to Trump’s criminal cases now that he’s won re-election?
Today, we're sharing an episode of Trump's Trials for listeners.
Now that Donald Trump is headed back to the White House the three remaining criminal cases against him will most likely go away.
Host Scott Detrow speaks with NPR justice correspondent Carrie Johnson.
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