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A Concrete 'Colossus': The Hoover Dam At 75.
When the Hoover Dam was finished in 1935, it was three times larger than any other dam on the planet. Journalist Michael Hiltzik examines the humongous engineering achievement — including how the Hoover Dam was conceived, designed and built — in a new book, Colossus.
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This doctor turned a 31-foot RV into one of the country's only mobile OB-GYN clinics
Tonya Mosley interviews Dr. MARY FARIBA AFSARI, a board-certified ob-gyn who walked away from a traditional practice, bought a 31-foot RV, and turned it into one of the country's only mobile gynecology clinics. Her book, Labor: One Woman’s Work, recounts her decision to leave traditional practice to reach communities most abandoned by our current healthcare system.
Inside Linda McMahon's effort to dismantle the Department of Education
Dave Davies interviews New Yorker Staff Writer ZACH HELFAND about his profile of Linda McMahon, President Trump’s Secretary of Education.
Even when Arsenio Hall's show was a hit, 'everyone wanted it to be something else'
Tonya Mosley interviews late night host Arsenio Hall about his new memoir, Arsenio