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Hillary Clinton on the 'clear and present danger' of collusion with Russia Hillary Clinton harbors no doubts that political allies of Donald Trump astutely "guided" the release of hacked e-mails by WikiLeaks and the planting of fake news in order to sabotage her. In a new book, What Happened, Clinton is by turns angry, accusatory, and apologetic about the 2016 election and its outcome.
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After Charlottesville, the limits of free speech The author of a new book about the leftist movement explains why its members will resort to violence as a form of political action. Jenny Slate reads a story about a magical time of unfettered creativity, and zero productivity.
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An isolated tribe emerges, and a visit with Harry Belafonte Jon Lee Anderson journeys up the Amazon to witness the emergence of an isolated tribe from the forest to make contact with other civilizations. Harry Belafonte believes that the civil-rights movement is in decline.
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Steamy summer reads: Spies, sex, and a total eclipse Jason Matthews, a spy novelist who used to work for the CIA in the Soviet bloc, talks with David Remnick about Russian intelligence and the Trump campaign.
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Syrian War Crimes, Country Music, and a Central Park Salad Writer Patricia Marx tries her hand at urban foraging, picking a salad in New York's Central Park. And we hear about a group that’s secretly making a war crimes case against the Syrian government.
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A rookie reporter covers the Vietnam War; and Maggie Haberman's White House White House correspondent Maggie Haberman tells David Remnick about what she calls "gang war" in the White House.
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The man who would be king (of Mars), and Trumpcare revisited David Remnick on the past and future of American healthcare law, and a mild-mannered Englishman claims that he owns Mars.
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Ai Weiwei, and doing business with China The Chinese artist Ai Weiwei explains why Donald Trump's Tweets about other countries may be a blessing in disguise.
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Virtual reality, and the politics of genetics Author Siddhartha Mukherjee explains how genetics and environment shape our daily lives. And comedian Reggie Watts gives us an insider's view on virtual reality.
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