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A podcast delving into the power of the media to prevent the spread of disinformation during the COVID-19 crisis.

ISIS - the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria - has taken on the mantle of being the single most dangerous terrorist threat to global security since al-Qaeda. In Defeating ISIS, internationally renowned intelligence veteran, author, and counterterrorism expert Malcolm Nance gives an insider's view to explain the origins of this occult group, its violent propaganda, and how it spreads its ideology throughout the Middle East and to disaffected youth deep in the heart of the Western world.

As one of al-Qaeda's most respected bomb-makers, Aimen Dean rubbed shoulders with the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks and swore allegiance to Osama bin Laden himself. As a double agent at the heart of al-Qaeda's chemical weapons program, he foiled attacks on civilians and saved countless lives, brushing with death so often that his handlers began to call him their spy with nine lives. This is the story of how a young Muslim, determined to defend his faith, found himself fighting on the wrong side - and his fateful decision to work undercover for his sworn enemy.

The FBI’s chief hostage negotiator recounts harrowing standoffs, including the Waco siege with David Koresh and the Branch Davidians, in a memoir that inspired the miniseries Waco, now on Netflix. “Riveting . . . the most in-depth and absorbing section is devoted to the 1993 siege near Waco...

The world has learned a lot from the financial crisis, but the central lesson is an old one: never grow complacent about the prospect of financial disaster. 

"Wave of Positive Tests for Meldonium Adds to Doping Crisis" is from the March 13, 2016, Sports section of The New York Times. It was written by Christopher Clarey and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"Senate Approves Funding for Flint Water Crisis" is from the September 15, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Coral Davenport and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"A Cheaper Airbag, and Takata's Road to a Deadly Crisis" is from the August 26, 2016 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Hiroko Tabuchi and narrated by Corey M. Snow.

"California's Midlife Crisis" is from the May 27, 2016, Opinion section of The New York Times. It was written by Héctor Tobar and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

"The Mental Health Crisis in Trump’s America" is from the December 12, 2016 Opinion section of The New York Times. It was written by Richard A. Friedman and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"A Potent Side Effect to the Flint Water Crisis: Mental Health Problems" is from the April 30, 2016 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Abby Goodnough and Scott Atkinson and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

"India Hobbles Through a Cash Crisis, and Electronic Payments Boom" is from the December 13, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Geeta Anand and Hari Kumar and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"Sweet-Toothed Egypt Endures a Sugar Crisis: 'People Are Going to Snap'" is from the October 20, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Diaa Hadid and Nour Youssef and narrated by Corey M. Snow.

"Global Crises Shadow, and Overshadow, Obama's Foreign Trips" is from the March 23, 2016, World section of The New York Times. It was written by Mark Landler and narrated by Keith-Sellon Wright.

"Flint Water Crisis Yields First Criminal Charges" is from the April 20, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Monica Davey and Richard Pérez Peña and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"Facing Migrant Crisis, EU Makes a Dubious Deal With Turkey" is from the March 10, 2016, World section of The New York Times. It was written by Steven Erlanger and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"A Hunger Crisis in the LGBT Community" is from the July 18, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Roni Caryn Rabin and narrated by Sam Scholl.

The hotly anticipated final book of bestselling author Tim Shipman’s Brexit quartet. The Johnson Years to Rishi Sunak 'Magnificent… Pacy and packed with delicious details… Shipman puts you in the room… His analysis is sharp and full of insight… For those seeking a moment-by-moment...

A frank, feminist examination of the hidden crisis of rage facing American mothers—and how we can fix it Mothers aren’t supposed to be angry. Still, Minna Dubin was an angry mom: exhausted by the grueling, thankless work of full-time parenting and feeling her career slip away, she would find...

"For Some Living with Flint Water Crisis, Obama Visit Is Overdue" is from the May 3, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Julie Bosman and Michael D. Shear and narrated by Caroline Miller.