Terry Gross

November 23, 2020

43:16

'Waste' Activist Digs Into The Sanitation Crisis Affecting The Rural Poor

An Alabama native, Flowers has been awarded a MacArthur fellowship for her work on behalf of rural Americans living without proper sewage treatment. She says the hookworm study was a "smoking gun," that highlighted the sanitation and environmental problems the rural poor face.

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Catherine Coleman Flowers

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November 20, 2020

41:59

The CIA's Secret Quest For Mind Control: Torture, LSD And A 'Poisoner In Chief'

Journalist Stephen Kinzer reveals how the CIA worked in the 1950s and early '60s to develop mind control drugs and deadly toxins that could be used against enemies. Originally broadcast Sept. 9, 2019.

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Stephen Kinzer

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November 19, 2020

52:30

Democracy Is 'Strained' But Not 'Broken,' Former President Obama Tells 'Fresh Air'

In his first interview with Terry Gross, Obama talks about what he misses most about being president and reflects on the turmoil of the Trump White House. Obama's new memoir is 'A Promised Land.'

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Barack Obama

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'Waste' Activist Digs Into The Sanitation Crisis Affecting The Rural Poor

The CIA's Secret Quest For Mind Control: Torture, LSD And A 'Poisoner In Chief'

Democracy Is 'Strained' But Not 'Broken,' Former President Obama Tells 'Fresh Air'

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