Ann Neumann joins us to talk about how some people view assisted suicide as merciful while others see it as the ultimate betrayal. She writes about the topic for Harper’s magazine.
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Unpacking Tornillo
Reporter Tanvi Misra joins us to tell the story of the tent city Tornillo – how it ended up there and how it came to such an abrupt end – which she writes about for CityLab.
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I Fell In Love With A Con Artist
Author Abby Ellin joins us to talk about how her life was turned upside down by a duplicitous partner, which she writes about in “Duped: Double Lives, False Identities, and the Con Man I Almost Married.”
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What Happens After Exoneration
Lara Bazelon joins us to talk about how exoneration can lead to long periods of despair for the wrongfully convicted and the victim.
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You Love It When People Fail – Here’s Why
Tiffany Watt Smith joins us to talk about why we find perverse pleasure in the pain of others.
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Estrangement As Salvation
Harriet Brown joins us to talk about how walls develop between loved ones.
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Trading A C-Suite For A Cop’s Beat
Sarah Cortez joins us to talk about her reflections on what it means to protect and serve.
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Elizabeth Smart On Happily Ever After
The teenage kidnapping victim joins us to talk about her work with others who have survived traumatic events.
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You Love It When People Fail – Here’s Why
Tiffany Watt Smith joins us to talk about why we find pleasure in the pain of others.
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The President’s Book of Secrets
This hour, we’ll talk about how that information is gathered – and how presidents have used it through the years – with David Priess, who served as an intelligence officer in the Bill Clinton and George W. Bush administrations. His new book is called “The President’s Book of Secrets: The Untold Story of Intelligence Briefings to America’s Presidents from Kennedy to Obama.”
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Finding Purpose In The Workplace
This hour, we’ll hear accounts of everyday people who’ve found jobs that provide both money and meaning with StoryCorps founder Dave Isay, whose collected these tales of career success in “Callings: The Purpose and Passion of Work.”
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The Modern First Ladies
This hour, as we broadcast from NPR Headquarters in Washington, we’ll talk about the many roles first ladies have served in the White House with Kate Andersen Brower. She’s the author of “First Women: The Grace and Power of America’s Modern First Ladies.”
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