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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    How to Cope with Terrible News

    There doesn’t seem to be a day without news of horrible violence somewhere in the world. This latest attack in Nice has happened after a seemingly never-ending stream of news stories about tragic killings. Dallas. Police Shootings. The nightclub massacre in Florida. So how do we process another horrific event like this?

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    By Madeleine Brand • Jul 15, 2016 • 1 min read

    There doesn’t seem to be a day without news of horrible violence somewhere in the world. This latest attack in Nice has happened after a seemingly never-ending stream of news stories about tragic killings. Dallas. Police Shootings. The nightclub massacre in Florida. So how do we process another horrific event like this?

    The full episode

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    How to Cope with Another Terrorist Attack
    1. 0:30How to Cope with Terrible NewsYou’re reading this
    2. 10:24The Fight Against ISIS
    3. 19:05Remembering Author Carolyn See
    4. 29:09Movies: 'Ghostbusters' and More
    5. 43:24U.S. Olympic Trials
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Jolie Myers

      Managing Producer, 'Press Play'

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      Roxane Cohen Silver

      Research psychologist, University of California, Irvine

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    The full episode

    1 of 5
    How to Cope with Another Terrorist Attack
    1. 0:30How to Cope with Terrible NewsYou’re reading this
    2. 10:24The Fight Against ISIS
    3. 19:05Remembering Author Carolyn See
    4. 29:09Movies: 'Ghostbusters' and More
    5. 43:24U.S. Olympic Trials
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