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Kate's new husband, who she reunites with 50 years after they were high school sweethearts, has just confessed that he was behind the Tylenol murders — a real, unsolved series of deaths in 1982 from poison-laced Tylenol pills in the Chicago area. When Kate tries to report him, the killer convinces everyone around her that her age, 70, is deteriorating her memory. This is the beginning of Bonnie Kistler's new thriller, Shell Games. In today's episode, Kistler speaks with NPR's Scott Simon about psychological manipulation and how the idea for the book came from a dream where she was the wife in question.

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It was the worst economic depression that the United States had ever seen. 

The stock market crashed. Thousands of businesses went bankrupt. The unemployment rate hit 20% There were soup lines and an army of homeless scattered throughout the country. 

It was not the Great Depression.

Learn more about the Panic of 1893, the forgotten depression that realigned American politics, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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Since the ratification of the United States Constitution in 1788, there have been 60 presidential elections, which have been run every four years. 

Over time, a system was developed for the election of the president, including how parties select a candidate and how votes are selected. Some of this has been done via legislation, some via tradition, and some via constitutional amendments. 

However, before any of this was established, the very first presidential election was held, which was unlike any other. 

Learn more about the Election of 1788 and how the United States figured out how to elect a president on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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A little over 400 years ago, the world was undergoing a revolution, although most people who lived at that time probably didn’t know it. 

For better or worse, the long-term and short-term changes were underway.

Parts of the Earth that had never been in contact with each other began to make contact with each other, even if they weren’t looking to do so.

Learn more about the world during the year 1600 on the 1600th episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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Two nonfiction books question the efficacy of financial systems that are meant to help lift people out of poverty. In Unjust Debts, law professor Melissa Jacoby argues that bankruptcy in the United States exacerbates existing racial and economic inequalities. While filing for bankruptcy is supposed to offer individuals and families a fresh start, Jacoby suggests that the system often benefits corporations instead. In today's episode, she speaks with Here & Now's Deepa Fernandes about the favorable treatment afforded to corporations and possible strategies of reform. Then, journalist Mara Kardas-Nelson's We Are Not Able to Live in the Sky takes a critical look at microcredit through the stories of women borrowers in Sierra Leone. Microcredit was introduced in the 1970s as an anti-poverty measure and ultimately won its creator the Nobel Peace Prize. But in today's episode, Kardas-Nelson talks with NPR's Fernandes about the way these loans have kicked off vicious cycles of debt.

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There is an excellent chance that you know someone who has a twin sibling. In fact, there are some of you listening who have a twin brother or sister.

Multiple births are something that isn’t common but also isn’t super rare, either. However, multiple births have actually become more common over time despite the fact that there are some types of multiple births that are exceedingly rare. 

Learn more about multiple births, twins, triplets, and more, and how they happen, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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In the late 1900s, Protestants and Catholics were in conflict over who should rule Northern Ireland, the British or the Irish. The time was dubbed "The Troubles." Journalist Patrick Radden Keefe's Say Nothing tells the story of this conflict through the disappearance of a woman, Jean McConville. His nonfiction book has now been adapted into an FX show by the same name. In today's episode, we revisit a 2019 conversation between Keefe and NPR's Mary Louise Kelly about the conflict, McConville, and how The Troubles left a wound on Ireland's history that remains open today.

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California isn’t just another US state. It is the most populous state in the union, and it has an economy which, if it were an independent country, would be the 5th largest in the world. 

Yet, this wasn’t always the case. In the 19th century, California wasn’t much at all. Hardly anyone lived there. It was far away from the American center of power and was technically part of Mexico.

Yet despite its late start, it more than made up for lost time in the 20th century. 

Learn more about California, its history and what makes it so special on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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Since leaving the White House more than two decades ago, Bill Clinton has remained a leader in the Democratic Party, but has mostly focused on philanthropy and public service. He has aimed to address the HIV/AIDS crisis globally and he worked to help free two American journalists incarcerated in North Korea. Clinton's new memoir, Citizen, takes stock of these post-presidential years – but also serves as a vehicle for the former president to address past controversies. In today's episode, Clinton joins NPR's Leila Fadel for a discussion that touches on how the Democratic Party should respond to this political moment, and how writing his new book has helped him let go of the past.

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One of the most important inventions in human history was the bow and arrow. 

A bow and arrow is a rather simple device but it was a revolutionary advancement for humanity’s ability to hunt and to fight. 

Unlike many very early human inventions, the bow and arrow have had an extremely long lifespan. For thousands of years it remained virtually unchanged. That was until the last 100 years when this age old device changed dramatically. 

Learn more about the history of the bow and arrow and how it changed the world on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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