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Hester Prynne has been marked as an outcast from the society of colonial Boston for the sin of bearing a child out of wedlock. Her punishment? When she is released from jail, she must endure public shaming at the pillory with her baby. And then—worse yet—she is forced to spend the rest of her life wearing a red letter “A” on her breast, to mark her as an Adulterer. Although compelled by the puritanical town fathers to wear the scarlet letter, Hester refuses to name the baby’s father.

In a world expected to reach a staggering population of 10 billion by 2050, and with global temperatures rising fast, humanity must fundamentally change the way it grows and consumes food. Uncertain Harvest brings together scientists, chefs, activists, entrepreneurs, farmers, philosophers, and engineers working on the global future of food to answer questions on how to make a more equitable, safe, sustainable, and plentiful food future.

February, 1944. Washington, DC. With the war entering its most dangerous phase, Louise Pearlie is thrilled to be reassigned to the London office of the OSS. But in order to take up her new post, she must make a perilous crossing of the Atlantic Ocean in the SS Amelia Earhart. Accompanying her on the voyage to Liverpool is an eclectic group of passengers, including the aloof Blanche Bryant, whose husband, Eddie, died in mysterious circumstances on the ship’s voyage out to New York, three months before.

On a bitterly cold night in December, 1943, government girl Louise Pearlie and her friend Joe Prager are enjoying a quiet drink in the Baron Steuben Inn, when a bloodstained body is discovered behind the bar. Although the victim had been a regular customer, no one seems to know anything about him. When it turns out there is a link to Louise’s top-secret work at the OSS, she is ordered to find out as much as possible about the murder while keeping the connection secret from those involved, including the investigating police detective.

The 1940s, Washington, DC. Government girl Louise Pearlie has a new job inside the OSS - the Office of Strategic Services: recruiting German prisoners of war for a secret mission inside Nazi Germany. It’s a big chance for her, and Louise hopes she can finally escape her filing and typing duties. With the job comes two new colleagues: Alice Osborne, a propaganda expert, and Merle Ellison, a forger from Texas who just happens to speak fluent German. But when the three arrive at Fort Meade to interview the first German POWs to arrive there, their mission is beset by complications.

It’s 1942 in Washington, DC. Louise Pearlie is now a chief file clerk at the legendary OSS, the precursor to the CIA, and enjoys being an independent working woman despite wartime privations. But a casual friendship struck up with Alessa di Luca, a secretive war refugee, sucks Louise into a dangerous game of mafia bosses, Nazi spies, banished royalty, and Sicilian aristocracy - placing not only her job but her life in jeopardy.

It’s 1942. Louise Pearlie, a young widow, has come to Washington, DC, to work as a clerk for the legendary OSS, the precursor to the CIA. When, while filing, she discovers a document concerning the husband of a college friend, Rachel Bloch—a young French Jewish woman she is desperately worried about—Louise realizes she may be able to help get Rachel out of Vichy France. But then a colleague whose help Louise has enlisted is murdered, and she realizes she is on her own, unable to trust anyone.

The 1940s, Washington, DC. Government girl Louise Pearlie is asked to review the file usage of a missing analyst from the Office of Strategic Services - the United States’ wartime intelligence agency - only to learn he’d drowned in the Tidal Basin days before. The OSS confirms it was an accident, and Louise is sent back to her regular job in the file rooms. Her time spent investigating Paul Hughes at least has one positive outcome, though: Louise meets a young woman in the OSS Reading Room, who asks her to join her “salon".

Young widow Louise Pearlie seizes a chance to escape the typewriters and files of the Office of Strategic Services, the United States’ World War II spy agency, when she’s asked to investigate a puzzling postcard referred to the OSS by the US Censor. She heads off to St. Leonard, Maryland, to talk to the postcard’s recipient, one Leroy Martin. But what seemed like a straightforward mission to Louise soon becomes complicated.

Elizabeth Clarke gave her brother a silver locket to remind him of home as he left for war in June of 1917. But as the Great War ends for America, it continues on for Elizabeth. While carrying out duties for the US State Department, her father went missing in the chaos of the Russia Revolution. When word arrives that he is alive and needs assistance moving a valuable and mysterious “package” out of Russia, it is up to his children to organize the rescue.

"Online Lenders Move to Clean up Their Acts" is from the October 19, 2016 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Victoria Finkle and narrated by Jenny Hoops.

"Drug-Smuggling Tunnel Found in San Diego Is Longest Yet" is from the April 21, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Richard Pérez Peña and narrated by Jenny Hoops.

"The Case for (Finally) Bombing Assad" is from the August 03, 2016 Opinion section of The New York Times. It was written by Dennis B. Ross and Andrew J. Tabler and narrated by Jenny Hoops.

"New Climate-Friendlier Coolant Has a Catch: It’s Flammable" is from the October 22, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Danny Hakim and narrated by Jenny Hoops.

"Art Dealers Move out of the Gallery and into a Taco Bell" is from the October 29, 2016 Entertainment section of The New York Times. It was written by Alan Feuer and narrated by Jenny Hoops.

"Once Propelled by Hope for a Modern Syria, Green Buses Now Run on Tears" is from the October 29, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Anne Barnard and Hwaida Saad and narrated by Jenny Hoops.

"Trump’s Early Backers in State Government May See Rewards" is from the November 24, 2016 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Monica Davey and narrated by Jenny Hoops.

"Consumer Protection Director Braces for a Reckoning" is from the November 24, 2016 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Stacy Cowley and narrated by Jenny Hoops.

"Red-Flag Time: Your Broker Offers a Can't-Miss Sales Contest" is from the October 21, 2016 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Paul Sullivan and narrated by Jenny Hoops.

"How Do We Choose What We Like?" is from the November 24, 2016 Opinion section of The New York Times. It was written by David Brooks and narrated by Jenny Hoops.