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Sophia Amoruso, founder-author-podcaster-extraordinaire

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Oct 4, 2016
Sophia Amoruso founded her clothing company, Nasty Gal, over ten years ago. Now she's well on her way to becoming a media empire.
Sophia Amoruso attends Girlboss-Prudential Brunch at NeueHouse Los Angeles on September 9, 2016 in Hollywood, California.
Randy Shropshire/Getty Images for Girlboss, Inc.
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How to solve a plane crash

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Sep 28, 2016
Christine Negroni's new book, "The Crash Detectives" details how investigations work and what they find.
The Joint Investigation Team presents the first results of its criminal probe into the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 in Nieuwegein, The Netherlands.    
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How to get to space without NASA

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Sep 22, 2016
Julian Guthrie's new book, "How to Make a Spaceship" details the founding of the XPRIZE.
Joel Kowsky/NASA via Getty Images
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Doing farm to table in the 1800s (before it was cool)

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Sep 20, 2016
Paul Freedman on his new book, "Ten Restaurants That Changed America."
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How Angela Merkel and Theresa May are the same

by Kai Ryssdal
Aug 23, 2016
Author Matthew Qvortrup on his new book "Angela Merkel: Europe's Most Influential Leader"
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia Hannelore Kraft and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge attend the celebrations of the 70th anniversary of North Rhine-Westphalia on August 23, 2016 in Duesseldorf, Germany.
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A look inside the secretive world of Hollywood agents

by Kai Ryssdal
Aug 16, 2016
James Andrew Miller on his new book, “Powerhouse: The Untold Story of Hollywood’s Creative Artists Agency”
Actor Jack Nicholson (L) and executive Michael Ovitz attend the game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the San Antonio Spurs on November 28, 2003 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.
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How Helen Gurley Brown made sex profitable

by Kai Ryssdal
Jul 12, 2016
A new biography looks at the prolific life of this feminist icon.
Cosmopolitan is one of the most widely read women's magazines in the world.
Sarah Menendez
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The economic legacy of our most recent ex-President

by Kai Ryssdal
Jul 1, 2016
A new biography takes a look at Bush's eight year term.
A new biography looks at George W Bush's foreign and domestic policy decisions.
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Inside the new One World Trade Center

by Kai Ryssdal
Jun 22, 2016
Judith Dupré takes us through the 1,776-foot-tall skyscraper and looks back at the dozen years it took to plan and develop it.
A view of the new World Trade Center. 
Daisy Palacios/Marketplace
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Constant surveillance is a good thing...wait, what?

by Kai Ryssdal
Jun 9, 2016
Kevin Kelly on the future of technology in his new book "The Inevitable."
A surveillance camera overlooking a traffic stop in England. 
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