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New York Times investigative reporter Michael Schwirtz gained access to the dashboard of DarkSide, a Russian ransomware operation that’s pulled in more than $90 million since it began last August. Source link

Time correspondent Simon Shuster says that Andriy Derkach, a seven-term member of the Ukrainian parliament, gave misleading information to Rudy Giuliani to discredit Biden during the 2020 campaign. Source link

Clint Smith is a staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of the poetry collection Counting Descent. Carletta Girma/Courtesy of Broadside hide caption toggle caption Carletta Girma/Courtesy of Broadside Clint Smith is a staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of the poetry collection Counting Descent. Carletta Girma/Courtesy of Broadside Growing up in New Orleans, Atlantic writer Clint Smith was surrounded by reminders the […]

TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I’m Terry Gross. My guest, Nick Corasaniti, has been reporting on what he describes as how the Republican Party is attempting to lock in political control for years to come by pushing through new laws to restrict voting access, limit ballot initiatives that could undermine Republican goals and stiffen penalties for poll workers and election officials who make even […]

Juneteenth celebrates the day slavery ended in Texas, June 19, 1865. Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Annette Gordon-Reed studies the early American republic and the legacy of slavery. Source link

It’s estimated that one in 10 women experience endometriosis during their reproductive years, a condition where cells that line the uterus go rogue by moving to other organs, taking root and spreading there, leading to terrible pain. Many women who have the disorder struggle to be properly diagnosed. It was years before Linda Griffith, a top biological engineer at MIT, knew why she was experiencing exceptionally […]

Residents of Chicago’s majority Black Englewood neighborhood (shown above in 2014) have a life expectancy that’s about 30 years shorter than residents of the mostly white Streeterville neighborhood. Warren Skalski/The Washington Post via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Warren Skalski/The Washington Post via Getty Images Residents of Chicago’s majority Black Englewood neighborhood (shown above in 2014) have a life expectancy that’s about 30 years shorter […]

Alison Bechdel Takes On Exercise Trends In ‘The Secret to Superhuman Strength’ : NPR Alison Bechdel Takes On Exercise Trends In ‘The Secret to Superhuman Strength’ Bechdel’s new graphic memoir is about her lifelong obsession with exercise. She says she has a “predisposition of being extremely self-conscious and very caught up in my head” — and exercise helps. Source link

Nicole Lynn Lewis is the author of Pregnant Girl: A Story of Teen Motherhood, College, and Creating a Better Future for Young Families. Elissa Nadworny/NPR hide caption toggle caption Elissa Nadworny/NPR Nicole Lynn Lewis is the author of Pregnant Girl: A Story of Teen Motherhood, College, and Creating a Better Future for Young Families. Elissa Nadworny/NPR When Nicole Lynn Lewis got pregnant in high school, she […]

Lauren Hough struggled to adjust after escaping a doomsday cult. “There’s an aspect of trauma that’s hard to explain,” she says. “It’s exhausting to be scared all of the time. That anxiety just starts to weigh on you.” Karl Poss IV/Knopf Doubleday hide caption toggle caption Karl Poss IV/Knopf Doubleday Lauren Hough struggled to adjust after escaping a doomsday cult. “There’s an aspect of trauma that’s […]

Saidu Tejan-Thomas Jr. was born in Sierra Leone and came to the U.S. when he was 8. He regrets that he no longer has an accent. “The accent is like a reminder of who you are and it’s a reminder of where you come from,” he says. Aundre Larrow/Spotify hide caption toggle caption Aundre Larrow/Spotify Saidu Tejan-Thomas Jr. was born in Sierra Leone and came to […]

DAVE DAVIES, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. G. Gordon Liddy, the former FBI agent who planned the Watergate burglary that led to President Richard Nixon’s downfall, died Tuesday at his daughter’s home in Virginia. He was 90. Known for his dark, bushy mustache and fierce loyalty to the president, Liddy was among the most colorful of the Watergate figures. Working for Nixon and his reelection campaign, […]

Elizabeth Neumann resigned from the Department of Homeland Security in 2020. She says the Trump administration ignored the threat — and fanned the flames — of violent domestic extremism. Source link

For people serving time in jail or prison, it may seem like punishment ends on the day of release. But in fact, thousands of restrictions dictate the terms of life after incarceration, too. University of Chicago professor Reuben Jonathan Miller estimates that there are 45,000 “laws, policies and administrative sanctions” in the U.S. that target people with criminal records. Some ban the formerly incarcerated from serving […]

This year, Batiste took his music to the streets, performing at protests and vaccination sites. “I wanted to articulate … that we’re all in this together,” Batiste says. His new album is We Are. (Image credit: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images) Source link

Katie Engelhart details the right-to-die movement in her new book, The Inevitable. She says that many patients in the U.S. are forced to act alone, without their loved one’s knowledge, because they fear their loved ones will be prosecuted after the fact. Germán Vogel/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Germán Vogel/Getty Images Katie Engelhart details the right-to-die movement in her new book, The Inevitable. She says […]

TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I’m Terry Gross. Some of the most viewed, most remarkable and revealing video of the January 6 Capitol riot was shot inside the Senate chamber by my guest, Luke Mogelson. Some of his video was used as evidence by House managers prosecuting Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial. Mogelson was reporting for The New Yorker on the Trump […]

Increased household responsibilities during the pandemic have forced many working mothers to scale back on their hours or to leave the workforce entirely. ljubaphoto/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption ljubaphoto/Getty Images Increased household responsibilities during the pandemic have forced many working mothers to scale back on their hours or to leave the workforce entirely. ljubaphoto/Getty Images The COVID-19 pandemic has left many American families without child […]

Westend61/Getty Images/Westend61 Westend61/Getty Images/Westend61 Law professor and human rights activist Rosa Brooks wanted to better understand police violence and the racial disparities in America’s criminal justice system, so she decided to join the police force as a volunteer. As a reserve officer with the Washington, D.C. police department, Brooks received the same training as officers at the police academy and was sent on patrol like other […]

New York Times reporter Nicole Perlroth says it may take years to fully understand the extent of the SolarWinds cyber security breach. Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images New York Times reporter Nicole Perlroth says it may take years to fully understand the extent of the SolarWinds cyber security breach. Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images In December 2020, […]

Sgt. Alice White has been with the Minneapolis Police Department since 2004. She’s one of four officers profiled in the documentary Women in Blue, on the PBS Independent Lens series. Erica Tricknor/PBS hide caption toggle caption Erica Tricknor/PBS Sgt. Alice White has been with the Minneapolis Police Department since 2004. She’s one of four officers profiled in the documentary Women in Blue, on the PBS Independent […]

Evan Osnos talks about Joe Biden’s enduring quest to become president. He says Biden has a different mindset today than he once had: “He’s a man who is at peace.” Originally broadcast Oct. 27, 2020. Hear The Original Interview Politics Biography Traces Political Mistakes And Personal Scars That Shaped Joe Biden Source link

With the pandemic, many people are turning to at-home workouts and walks in their neighborhoods. That’s good, says Exercised author Daniel Lieberman. “You don’t have to do incredible strength training … to get some benefits of physical activity.” Grace Cary/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Grace Cary/Getty Images With the pandemic, many people are turning to at-home workouts and walks in their neighborhoods. That’s good, says […]

Sean Gladwell/Getty Images Sean Gladwell/Getty Images Interested in learning a new skill in the new year? CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta says that will also improve your brain health. “The act of experiencing something new — or even doing something that’s typical for you, but in a different way — can all generate these new brain cells,” says Gupta, a practicing neurosurgeon and associate […]

“You have a group of 650 people whose wealth has gone up a trillion dollars since mid-March,” says Chuck Collins of the Institute for Policy Studies. He recommends taxing a portion of those gains. Source link

‘Bad Behavior By People In High Office’: Rachel Maddow On The Lessons Of Spiro Agnew : NPR ‘Bad Behavior By People In High Office’: Rachel Maddow On The Lessons Of Spiro Agnew Richard Nixon’s first vice president resigned amid charges of bribery and tax evasion. Maddow and Mike Yarvitz revisit Agnew’s story in the podcast (and now book) Bag Man. Originally broadcast in ’19. Source link

President Trump, shown here in Miami on Nov. 2, is driven by a quest for power, White House correspondent Maggie Haberman says. “Almost everything about Donald Trump for 50 years at this point has been about power and dominance,” she says. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images President Trump, shown here in Miami on Nov. 2, is driven […]

Brittany Barnett works on behalf of people serving harsh sentences as a result of the war on drugs. Nine of her clients have been granted clemency. Her new memoir is A Knock at Midnight. Source link

The legendary aviator, who died Dec. 7, served as a fighter pilot in World War II. Later, as a test pilot, he was the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound. Originally broadcast in 1988. Source link

Journalist Stephen Kinzer reveals how the CIA worked in the 1950s and early ’60s to develop mind control drugs and deadly toxins that could be used against enemies. Originally broadcast Sept. 9, 2019. Source link

Former President Barack Obama speaks at a Biden-Harris drive-in rally in Miami on Oct. 24. In his first interview with Terry Gross, Obama talks about what he misses most about being president and reflects on the turmoil of the Trump White House. Obama’s new memoir is A Promised Land. Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images Former President Barack […]

TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I’m Terry Gross. Presidents typically reserve their most controversial decisions for their last weeks in office, writes my guest, journalist Garrett Graff. He says, so imagine what might happen in a post-election period when Donald Trump, a president who has spent four years demonstrating his lack of interest in norms and practices of a democracy, retains all the powers […]

TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I’m Terry Gross. This election has not only been a political contest, it’s been a stress test of our election system and how it holds up in a divisive time, a time of disinformation and a time when the president was unwilling to say that he’d accept the vote if he lost and peacefully hand over power. The election […]

TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I’m Terry Gross. My guest, Jerald Walker, is the author of a new collection of personal essays called “How To Make A Slave And Other Essays.” The title comes from Frederick Douglass’ famous line, you have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man. The book includes essays about […]

When his wife and young daughter were killed in a car accident in 1972, Biden struggled to acknowledge his grief publicly. “He didn’t want to become a symbol of human vulnerability. But it was thrust upon him and he had to decide whether to embrace it,” Evan Osnos says. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images When his wife […]

DAVID BIANCULLI, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I’m David Bianculli, editor of the website TV Worth Watching, sitting in for Terry Gross. Today, we’re marking the centennial of the birth of psychologist Timothy Leary, considered the father of the psychedelic movement of the 1960s and its experiments with mind-altering drugs. He was born 100 years ago yesterday. We’ll listen to an excerpt of our 1983 interview […]

Nina Totenberg became NPR’s legal correspondent in 1975. “In the beginning, NPR was a tiny little place,” she says. Wanyu Zhang/NPR hide caption toggle caption Wanyu Zhang/NPR Nina Totenberg became NPR’s legal correspondent in 1975. “In the beginning, NPR was a tiny little place,” she says. Wanyu Zhang/NPR NPR legal correspondent Nina Totenberg has spent decades covering major shifts in the Supreme Court and breaking major […]