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NPR's Book of the Day - ‘The Black Agenda’ and ‘Solitary’ tackle criminal justice reform

In interviews with the authors of The Black Agenda and Solitary, the issue of criminal justice reform is central. First, writer Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman talks about an essay collection from Black writers that tackles issues the U.S. faces today – that stem from racism and racist policies. She told NPR's Leila Fadel the book is arguing for the humanity of Black people. The second interview is with Alfred Woodfox, who served 43 years in prison – most of those in solitary confinement — for a crime he says he didn't commit. Woodfox told NPR's Scott Simon he struggles with claustrophobia even now.
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Everything Everywhere Daily - The Trinity Test: The World’s First Atomic Explosion

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On July 16, 1945, at 5:29 am, 35 miles southwest of Socorro, New Mexico, the world’s first nuclear bomb was detonated. 


This was the culmination of the Manhattan Project, one of the largest, and most expensive programs in world history. 


Yet, just before the event, the scientists and engineers who worked on the project weren’t entirely sure it would work, and if it did, just what the results would be. 


Learn more about the Trinity Test, the world's first nuclear detonation, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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Curious City - Chicago’s Old Morton Salt Warehouse Becomes A Music Venue

Chicago has budgeted about 18 million dollars for salt for the winter 2022. And the city gets all that salt from one vendor: Morton Salt. Now, the company’s iconic warehouse is getting transformed into a multi-use development, including a music venue called “The Salt Shed.” In this episode historian Paul Durica traces the history of Chicago’s salt industry and tells us how some of that history will be preserved in the new concert space.
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Curious City - Chicago’s Old Morton Salt Warehouse Becomes A Music Venue

Chicago has budgeted about 18 million dollars for salt for the winter 2022. And the city gets all that salt from one vendor: Morton Salt. Now, the company’s iconic warehouse is getting transformed into a multi-use development, including a music venue called “The Salt Shed.” In this episode historian Paul Durica traces the history of Chicago’s salt industry and tells us how some of that history will be preserved in the new concert space.
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NPR's Book of the Day - ‘Girl, Woman, Other’ celebrates Black British women

Bernardine Evaristo didn't think there were enough books being published about Black British women, so she wrote one herself. Girl, Woman, Other looks at the lives of many different British women, mostly Black women, from 19 to 93 years old. Some of their stories intertwine while others stay separate. Evaristo told NPR's Scott Simon that she wanted "to show the heterogeneity of who we are in this society, and to explore us as fully realized, complex, driven, flawed individuals whose stories are as worthy of telling as anyone else's."
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Everything Everywhere Daily - The Lindbergh Kidnapping

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On March 1, 1932, one of the most famous men in the world, Charles Lindbergh, woke up to find that his 20-month-old son had been taken from his crib. 


It was the biggest news story of the era and it has been called the crime of the century. 


90 years later, people are still enthralled with the crime and are searing for clues.


Learn more about the Lindbergh Kidnapping on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.





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NPR's Book of the Day - ‘Anthem’ considers the world we are passing down to the next generation

Noah Hawley is a world builder. He created the TV shows Fargo and Legion, so he is no stranger to getting an audience immersed in his worlds. His new novel Anthem is no different. But it doesn't take that much imagination, despite the fantasy creatures: This world is remarkably similar to ours. Hawley was interested in looking at the state of the world that is getting passed down to future generations. Hawley told NPR's Ayesha Rascoe his goal was to write "a fantasy novel about our real world or a realistic novel about the fantasy world that we're living in." Mission accomplished.
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Everything Everywhere Daily - How SCUBA Diving Works

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SCUBA diving is a popular activity that has recreational and commercial uses. 


Most people who have never gone SCUBA diving think that it is just a matter of breathing air out of a tank when you are underwater. However, there is a lot more to it.


In fact, solving the problem of underwater breathing wasn’t solved until after humans discovered artificial flight and split the atom. 


Learn more about SCUBA diving, its history and how it works, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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NPR's Book of the Day - ‘Moon Witch, Spider King’ takes us back into Marlon James’ fantastical world

Author Marlon James is following up Black Leopard, Red Wolf with a new fantasy novel Moon Witch, Spider King. It tells the same story as Black Leopard, Red Wolf but this time it's from the perspective of the character Sogolon as she hunts for a missing child. James is inviting the reader to question his narratives by telling the story twice but from different points of view. He told NPR's Michel Martin that the novels are non-linear in the tradition of African folklore.