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What happens when big philanthropy efforts fail?

by Kai Ryssdal and Daisy Palacios
Sep 22, 2015
A new book explores the flaws in Zuckerberg's $100 million gift to Newark schools.
Dale Russakoff's "The Prize: Who’s in Charge of America’s Schools?" explores the flaws in one group's plans to reform education in New Jersey.
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Detroit: Then and Now

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Sep 17, 2015
A new book looks at how Motor City shaped American culture.
David Maraniss in front of the home in which he spent the first six years of his life. It's now a pile of rubble.
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U.S. mortgage giants under the microscope

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Sep 14, 2015
What's the deal with our strange relationship with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac?
The headquarters of Freddie Mac in McLean, Virginia.
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Gaming to ease mental and emotional health problems

by Molly Wood and Daisy Palacios
Sep 8, 2015
Jane McGonigal tells how looking for a personal 'power-up' helped her heal.
A still from website SuperBetter.
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Felicia Day and the guild of geek

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Aug 21, 2015
A million hats weren't enough for her, so the producer-performer wrote a memoir.
"I have signed on for the career of a million hats," Felicia Day says.
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Man eats way through NYC, one pizza slice at a time

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Aug 11, 2015
'Slice Harvester' author celebrates the pie's 'utopia in your mouth.'
Urban Outfitters is getting into the pizza business.
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Richard Nixon 'wanted to be a good prince'

by Kai Ryssdal , Mukta Mohan and Daisy Palacios
Jul 2, 2015
Author looks into the psyche of the anxious introvert who was 37th president.
“Nixon's become kind of a cartoon to us," says author Evan Thomas. "We think he's wicked and evil. I just didn't believe that.”
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Judd Apatow on his band of comedians and radio roots

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Jun 24, 2015
His interviews are compiled in a new book, "Sick in the Head."
Judd Apatow
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A Boeing 747 pilot writes a love letter to flight

by Kai Ryssdal and Mukta Mohan
Jun 2, 2015
Chatting with Mark Vanhoenacker about his book "Skyfaring: A Journey With a Pilot"
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America's infrastructure isn't sexy

by Kai Ryssdal
May 19, 2015
What it'll take to put America's infrastructure back in the lead.
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