A new novel follows the love lives of three generations of Palestinian American women

A new novel follows the love lives of three g...

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New memoirs by Evan Gershkovich and Mahmoud Khalil chronicle political imprisonment

Today’s episode features memoirs by two men whose incarceration became international headlines. Evan Gershkovich is an American journalist who spent 16 months in a Russian prison. Two years after his release, his new memoir This Cursed Beautiful Land details the time he spent lis ...  Show more

Biography 'American Pope' follows Leo XIV's life from Chicago to Vatican City

In American Pope: Leo XIV’s Road from the South Side of Chicago to Vatican City, NPR host Scott Detrow and religion editor Daniel Burke chronicle Pope Leo XIV’s path to leading the Catholic Church as the first American to take the position in its 2,000 year history. Reported acro ...  Show more

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