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Big Books & Bold Ideas with Kerri Miller

Conversations on books and ideas, Fridays at 11 a.m.

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The invisibility of black women

Author Mychal Denzel Smith had some interesting things to say on the invisibility of black women on a previous show. He came back, and was joined by Rhonda Vonshay Sharpe, president of the Women's Institute for Science, Equity and Race, to talk about the challenges facing black women in America.
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'American Heiress:' The Minnesota members of the Symbionnese Liberation Army

Legal analyst and writer Jeffrey Toobin spoke at the Westminster Presbyterian Church about his book "American Heiress," which chronicles the Patty Hearst kidnapping and everything that followed.
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The presidential temperament: It's not the same as being a CEO

The presidential temperament: It's not the same as being a CEO

In the first presidential debates of the 2016 campaign, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton exchanged barbs on whether or not they had the necessary "temperament" for the presidency. We asked a historian and a political scientist to offer historic examples of presidential temperament and suggest how voters can see past the stereotypes and hyperbole to get to a candidate's credentials.
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James Patterson plans to write 'The Murder of Stephen King,' then cancels it

James Patterson plans to write 'The Murder of Stephen King,' then cancels it

James Patterson pitched a book in which Stephen King is stalked by characters from his own novels, like "It," "The Shining" and "Misery." But just a week after announcing it, Patterson said he would not release it.
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