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Big Books & Bold Ideas with Kerri Miller

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Big Books & Bold Ideas with Kerri Miller
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Where readers meet writers, Fridays at 11 a.m. Listen live or stream later on your favorite podcast app.

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Don Winslow’s final chapter as a novelist

Don Winslow’s final chapter as a novelist

Don Winslow draws his Danny Ryan trilogy — and his writing career — to a close with his new novel, “City in Ruins.”
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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The feminists who built America

The feminists who built America

Many of their names are unknown, but early American feminists fought hard for the freedoms that are cornerstones to democracy. This week on Big Books and Bold Ideas, historian Elizabeth Cobbs and our new series, “Big Books, Bold Americans.”
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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Can the fabric of a friendship be rewoven?

Can the fabric of a friendship be rewoven?

In her new novel, “Village Weavers,” author Myriam J. A. Chancy draws on her Haitian roots to share a story about friendship, family and what can stitch us back together after we are ripped apart.
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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What the deepest ocean reveals and how to save it

What the deepest ocean reveals and how to save it

Journalist Susan Casey descended to some of the deepest parts of the ocean in tiny submersibles while researching her new book, “The Underworld.” What she saw is astounding.
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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How memory works

How memory works

Why is music so evocative? Why do some memories stick and others fade? How important is slow-wave sleep to the way memory works? One of the country’s leading neuroscientists joins MPR News host Kerri Miller on Big Books and Bold Ideas this week to talk about why memory isn’t so much who we were as who we are.
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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A prescription to modernize public health

A prescription to modernize public health

The pandemic was a crucible for public health. What are the key takeaways? Epidemiologist Dr. Sandro Galea offers his diagnosis and a prescription for public health going forward in his new book, “Within Reason: A Liberal Public Health for an Illiberal Time.”
by Kerri Miller and Kelly Gordon

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