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NPR's Book of the Day - ‘Patriot’ is a posthumous memoir by the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny

Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader, died in a Siberian prison this past February–and in his diary entries, Navalny wrote that he knew he might not make it out alive. Those diaries are part of Navalny's new memoir, Patriot, published posthumously with help from his widow, Yulia Navalnaya. The book details some of Navalny's darkest moments in his fight for a more democratic Russia, but also showcases the leader's characteristic humor. In today's episode, Navalnaya joins NPR's Ari Shapiro to talk about a pivotal conversation between the couple during a prison visit, the duality of her late husband's personality as a serious politician and an ordinary family man, and taking up the mantle of the Russian opposition movement after Navalny's death.

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Everything Everywhere Daily - The East Africa Rift (Encore)

Today, there is a giant rift that is tearing the continent of Africa apart.

..and I mean this quite literally because the rift isn’t cultural, economic, or political, it’s geologic.

In several million years, Africa will be split into two continents, and while the process will take a long time, you see ample evidence for it right now.

Learn more about the East African Rift and how it has shaped the modern continent of Africa on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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Pod Save America - Trump’s Halloween Costume

Donald Trump dresses up like a sanitation worker as a message stunt and says he'll "protect" women "whether the women like it or not." Kamala Harris seizes on those remarks in events in the swing states, sharpening her argument against Trump on abortion and health care. In the final Friday episode before Election Day, Jon and Dan discuss all the latest and what they're watching for in each of the battleground states on Tuesday. Then, Nebraska's independent Senate candidate, Dan Osborn, talks with Dan about how he's pulled even with the Republican incumbent in one of the reddest states in the country, and how he plans to win.

 

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The Indicator from Planet Money - The U.S. once banned Chinese immigrants — and it paid an economic price

In 1880, the Chinese were the biggest group of immigrants in the western U.S. But Sinophobic sentiments crystallized into racist policies and eventually the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. The rationale was that banning Chinese laborers would boost job opportunities for U.S.-born workers. Today, an economist explains how the Chinese exclusion laws affected the economies of western states and what it says about our current debate over immigration and jobs.

Read the working paper co-authored by Nancy Qian.

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For more on this period of history, check out At America's Gates: Chinese Immigration during the Exclusion Era, 1882-1943 by Erika Lee.

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What's missing in the immigration debate (Apple / Spotify)

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Bad Faith - Episode 419 – Tavis Smiley Speaks Out on Democratic Party Influence Attempt

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Renowned talk show host Tavis Smiley, formerly of BET Tonight & NPR's The Tavis Smiley Show, joins Bad Faith to give a firsthand account of the Democratic Party's attempt to bias his recent interview with Green Party presidential candidate Dr. Jill Stein. Smiley provides new details as to the nature of the email from a Democratic Party affiliate who attempted to feed Smiley opposition research on Dr. Stein and provides context for how unprecedented this activity is. Smiley also assesses the Harris campaign's approach to Black American voters via his new book Covenant with Black America - 20 Years Later, which assesses the progress (or lack thereof) Black Americans have made under Democratic leadership.

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Chapo Trap House - MM16 – City Frights: Wolfen, Candyman, and the Urban Wilderness

[Note: these Movie Mindset Horrortober Season 1 episodes were already unlocked for free this year over on the Patreon feed, just adding them to the public feed to make them more widely available. To get every Movie Mindset episode, subscribe at patreon.com/chapotraphouse.] In this final episode of this year’s Ghoulvie Screamset, Will & Hesse take a look at Michael Wadleigh’s “Wolfen” (1981) and Bernard Rose’s “Candyman” (1992). Two films taking advantage of real urban environments the horrors of city life, from the intrusion of primordial natural evil in Wolfen, to manifesting the everyday horror of urban poverty in Candyman. Thanks for listening to our second outing of Movie Mindset! Will & Hesse will be back next year with a full season 2 of the series. Let us know if there's anything you're dying for us to cover, and stay watchin’ everybody.