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  1. 15 minutes ago

    The death of Sonny Mehta and Dan Frank "came during rapid marketplace changes that forced publishers to adapt, but the values that Sonny and Dan both brought to publishing will, I believe, sustain it in the future," Jonathan Segal writes.

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    46 minutes ago

    Did u get mysterious seeds in the mail last summer? Dont sleep on this week’s Experiment - a mega delight. Chris Heath investigates a Chinese mailing conspiracy & reveals the danger of both our panic and our reason.

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    17 hours ago

    Want to stay infection-free? Have you ever considered just setting literally everything on fire

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  4. 48 minutes ago

    As keeps growing, we’re looking for new ways to tell stories and better serve our listeners. Please visit to share your thoughts with and Studios.

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    16 hours ago

    What it's like to live through a modern genocide. Right now, in our own time, not in history books, not in a movie.

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    16 hours ago

    "Vance has struck back at his many critics across the political spectrum by referring to them all as 'degenerate liberals,' which is exactly the kind of thing a smarmy and pretentious asshole would say." -- :

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    14 hours ago

    "Had she heard of the child tax credit? No. Had her family gotten the stimulus checks? No, she did not think so. But, she indicated in halting English—her fifth language—her family could use the help.”

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  8. 1 hour ago

    If someone had wanted to invent a surreal provocation designed to unnerve Americans in the summer of 2020, it’s difficult to conceive of a better one than a deluge of unsolicited Chinese seeds. But what was actually going on?

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    3 hours ago

    Remember last summer when people kept receiving mysterious packets of seeds they didn’t order? This is one of the wildest things I have ever read.

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    2 hours ago

    Which happiness concept fits best with your own definition? 1. Good relationships 2. Higher consciousness 3. Doing what you love 4. Feeling good More in my “How to Build a Life” column :

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    2 hours ago

    "I planned to speak with some of those who had received the packages, dissect the hullabaloo around them, and construct the definitive account of the seeds-from-China moral panic. "It seemed straightforward enough. I had no idea."

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    2 hours ago

    I thought I understand the full story of the mystery seeds from China but boy I did not! What can I say except that early 2020 was a wild, wild time

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  13. 6 hours ago

    Last summer, mysterious packages of seeds started showing up on doorsteps across America. In a new episode of , writer Chris Heath thinks he finally knows why. Listen here:

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  14. 17 hours ago

    Why is the most ambitious child-welfare policy in 50 years going to leave so many of the very poorest kids behind? reports:

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  15. 17 hours ago

    Join LeBron James on a wacky adventure through … the Warner Bros. intellectual-property archives! on why "Space Jam: A New Legacy" is more theme park than movie:

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  16. 19 hours ago

    Many have argued that a small silver lining to the pandemic was an opportunity to remake society for the better. Instead, writes, we're rushing back to normal. "The world has not been remade, and there are no signs that it will be."

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  17. 20 hours ago

    Little crustaceans called tongue biters drain the blood from the tongues of fish. Then things get weird. reports:

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  18. 20 hours ago

    It’s getting hot in here, so take off all your mites: Local wildfires, researchers have found, can help keep some lizards parasite-free, writes :

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    Jul 14

    "Even now, in the safety of a free country, every time I fold my clothes, I think of the days when I waited to be arrested at night."

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    23 hours ago

    This rare and incredible account by on his life in Xinjiang, and his eventual escape, is a must read, with truly beautiful translation by

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