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Latest episodeNew memoirs by Evan Gershkovich and Mahmoud Khalil chronicle political imprisonmentOctober 30, 2026 · 16 min

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1. New memoirs by Evan Gershkovich and Mahmoud Khalil chronicle political imprisonmentOctober 30, 2026 · 16 min
2. Biography 'American Pope' follows Leo XIV's life from Chicago to Vatican CityOctober 29, 2026 · 10 min
3. In 'Friends and Family,' a police encounter strains a friendship between two momsOctober 28, 2026 · 9 min
4. Kevin Roose on the quasi-religious pursuit of artificial general intelligenceOctober 27, 2026 · 10 min
5. 'Lessons in Chemistry' author Bonnie Garmus on her new novel 'Peck & Peck'October 26, 2026 · 11 min
6. Two collections of horror stories modernize the genreOctober 23, 2026 · 17 min
7. Shirley Jackson's biographer on the writer's ability to find evil in the ordinaryOctober 22, 2026 · 8 min
8. George Saunders' 'Vigil' is a ghostly novel about an oil tycoon in his final hoursOctober 21, 2026 · 9 min
9. Jordan Peele on his Black horror story collection 'Out There Screaming'October 20, 2026 · 7 min
10. In 'The Eleventh Hour,' Salman Rushdie writes about morality, revenge and ghostsOctober 19, 2026 · 12 min

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