Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Photojournalist Lynsey Addario on why she still covers the most dangerous places on earth
Lynsey Addario has risked her life to document the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq; and civil wars and humanitarian crises in Libya, South Sudan, and Syria. She’s come out with a book of some of her most striking images, called “Of Love and War.”
By Madeleine Brand • • 48m ListenLynsey Addario has risked her life to document the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq; and civil wars and humanitarian crises in Libya, South Sudan, and Syria. She’s come out with a book of some of her most striking images, called “Of Love and War.” She tells us remarkable stories from the field, how she was kidnapped in Libya, why journalists are in more danger now.
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4 storiesWhy big real estate companies are spending millions to defeat Prop 10
Prop 10 would allow cities in California to enact stricter rent control laws. The campaign to defeat Prop 10 has raised nearly $75 million. About half of that has come from some of California's biggest real estate companies.
Read the story8 minLt. Gov candidate Ed Hernandez on making health care and higher ed more affordable
Ed Hernandez is running against fellow Democrat Eleni Kounalakis to be California’s next lieutenant governor. He’s an optometrist and state senator representing parts of the San Gabriel Valley. He terms out of that position this year.
Read the story12 minPhotojournalist Lynsey Addario on why her job is more dangerous now
Photographer Lynsey Addario.
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We talk to a marine biologist about some new sea slug discoveries, including a Halloween-colored sea slug he named after former President Barack Obama.
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