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[Contains explicit content] Storytelling aficionado and inquisitive host Eugene Mirman (Bob’s Burgers) sits down with special guests and hits “pause” to mine for funny details they might have left out of their true, entertaining, and personal stories. Hilarious tangents, amusing sidebars, and deep digressions abound in this peek at the stories behind the stories.

Well-heeled American corporations have long had a financial stake in undermining scientific consensus and manufacturing uncertainty. In The Triumph of Doubt, former Obama and Clinton official David Michaels details how corrupt science becomes public policy - and where it's happening today. 

In Go Long, authors Dennis Carey, Brian Dumaine, Michael Useem, and Rodney Zemmel take you behind the scenes to witness the business decisions that are enabling leading organizations to outsmart and outlast the competition.   

The incredible, harrowing account of how American democracy was hacked by Moscow as part of a covert operation to influence the US election and help Donald Trump gain the presidency.

You've heard of the burgeoning consumer markets in China and India that are driving the world economy. But do you know enough about these new consumers to convert them into customers? In The $10 Trillion Prize, bestselling author Michael J. Silverstein and The Boston Consulting Group colleagues in China and India provide the first comprehensive profile of the emerging middle class, primed to transform the global marketplace.

Competition on the Internet is breaking down industry barriers and creating fierce battles between industry giants and small-scale start-ups. The Netscape-Microsoft battles show how start-ups can avoid those conflicts by moving quickly to uncontested ground and, when that's no longer possible, by turning the strengths of dominant players against them. This article, which originally appeared in the January-February 1999 Harvard Business Review, is offered in audio form exclusively through Audible.

Fun, bright, and playful, power pop is a sometimes adored, sometimes maligned, often misunderstood genre of music. From its heyday in the '70s and '80s to its resurgence in the '90s and '00s, power pop has meant many things to many people. In Go All the Way, today's best and brightest writers go deep on what certain power pop bands and songs mean and have meant to them. Whether they love or hate it, Go All the Way is a dive into the Beatles-inspired pop rock of the last five decades.

"Trustees Elect Carnegie's Hall's First African-American Chairman" is from the June 03, 2016, Arts section of The New York Times. It was written by Michael Cooper and David Gelles and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

The United States has the best military in the world today, by far. US forces have few, if any, weaknesses, and in many areas - from naval warfare to precision-strike capabilities, to airpower, to intelligence and reconnaissance, to special operations - they play in a totally different league from the militaries of other countries. Nor is this situation likely to change anytime soon, as US defense spending is almost three times as large as that of the United States’ closest competitor, China.

"So HBO and Zack Snyder Are Talking 'Watchmen'? TV Series Would Surely Be a Rorschach Test for Fans" is from the October 03, 2015 Life and Entertainment section of The Washington Post. It was written by David Betancourt and Michael Cavna and narrated by Jill Melancon.

"Data Debate Hits Home" is from the March 13, 2016, Tech section of The New York Times. It was written by Michael D. Shear, David E. Sanger and Katie Benner and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"Janet Yellen Says Global Uncertainty Justifies Slower Path of Rate Increases" is from the March 29, 2016, Economy section of The Wall Street Journal. It was written by David Harrison and Michael S. Derby and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"Apple Standoff Reveals Cracks in Policy Front" is from the Tech section of The New York Times. It was written by Michael D. Shear and David E. Sanger and narrated by Paul Ryden.

"Treasury Imposes Sanctions on North Korea" is from the June 01, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by David E. Sanger and Michael Corkery and narrated by Kristi Burns.

With recounts underway and President-elect Donald Trump alleging that Democrats benefited from illegal voting, the Nov. 8 election is under intense scrutiny. Although voter fraud in US elections is extremely rare, Trump, Mike Pence and others have claimed during the campaign, during early voting and again this week that Trump might be the victim of voter fraud.

"For AT&T Chief, Time Warner Deal Is the Peak of an Ambitious Climb" is from the October 30, 2016 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by David Gelles and Michael J. De La Merced and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"For House Democrats, Support for Obama Agenda Came at a Cost" is from the U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by David M. Herszenhorn and Michael D. Shear and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

Innovate: You hear the word, but what does it mean and how can you do it? Let the expert authors from FT Press, including Jim Champy and Robert Brunner, not only define innovation, but teach you how to succeed at it.

President-elect Donald Trump, who has pledged to reset relations with Russia, may have been tossed a lifeline Friday by President Vladimir Putin. The Russian leader, skilled at keeping several steps ahead of his adversaries, announced that he would not retaliate in kind against the Obama administration for imposing new sanctions and expelling Russian diplomats from the United States.

"Trump gets a Russia Opening, but the Path is Risky" is from the December 31, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by David E. Sanger, Eric Schmitt and Michael R. Gordon and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

Frank Sinatra desperately wanted to be part of John F. Kennedy, Jr.'s gang. He had his own famed "Rat Pack", made up of hard drinking, womanizing individuals like himself - guys like Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., and Peter Lawford - but the guy "Ol' Blue Eyes" really wanted to hang with was Lawford's brother-in-law, the real chairman of the board, John F. Kennedy. In Sinatra and the Jack Pack, Michael Sheridan delves deep into the acclaimed singer's relationship with the former president.