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In this evocative biography, presidential historian and former White House speechwriter Kasey Pipes explores President Richard Nixon's post-White House life, beginning with his days in virtual exile and ending with his unlikely redemption through the work he did later in life.

There seems to be quite a bit of the old "Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall" (Mishlei/Proverbs 16:18) going around these days. Your hosts Diana and Teresa give you their take on what's happening and how to practice the art of never being overtaken by events.

From Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Will Bunch, the epic untold story of college—the great political and cultural fault line of American life Winner of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia Literary Award | Longlisted for the PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction | ""This book is simply...

Socialism was man's most ambitious attempt to supplant religion with a doctrine claiming to ground itself in "science". Each failure to create societies of abundance or give birth to "the New Man" inspired more searching for the path to the promised land: revolution, communes, social democracy, communism, fascism, Arab socialism, African socialism. None worked, and some exacted a staggering human toll. Then, after two centuries of wishful thinking and bitter disappointment, socialism imploded in a fin de siecle drama of falling walls and collapsing regimes.

"The Fallout after a Family Fought for Its Transgender Child" is from the June 06, 2016 Entertainment section of The New York Times. It was written by Cara Buckley and narrated by Fleet Cooper.