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The Provincetown Monument in the 21st Century
The Provincetown Monument in the 21st Century

Originally built to commemorate white Christians, a new crew has taken over Provincetown’s towering monument and tells us it honors native Americans, Portuguese fishing families, LGBTQIA, and everyone who’s ever been a Pilgrim in Provincetown.

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Ira WoodJune 24, 2021Comment
Viral Scammers, Grifters, and Con Artists
Viral Scammers, Grifters, and Con Artists

Gabrielle Bluestone broke the story of the notorious Fyre Festival. In Hype she tells us how millennial scammers, Instagram Influencers, and tweeting A-list models lay traps for the average loser who wants to live like a celebrity.

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Ira WoodJune 14, 2021Comment
Jennifer Weiner on Marketing Women's Bestsellers
Jennifer Weiner on Marketing Women's Bestsellers

Jennifer Weiner has sold 15 million books about the longings of young women that are often dismissed as chic lit. So, why aren’t books about young men called dude lit? We dive into book marketing and her new bestseller That Summer.

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Ira WoodJune 7, 2021Comment
What's the Meaning of Civil War Monuments...
What's the Meaning of Civil War Monuments...

…to White Supremacists? A war that never ended. To African Americans? A crime against humanity. Connor Towne O’Neill unpacks it all in Down Along with That Devil’s Bones.

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Ira WoodJune 1, 2021Comment
The Global Quest to Transform the Toilet
The Global Quest to Transform the Toilet

Journalist Chelsea Wald traveled the world studying something everyone does and no one wants to talk about. In Pipe Dreams she helps us over the ‘ick’ factor and talks about smart solutions to the problem too toxic to flush away.

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Ira WoodMay 25, 2021Comment
Our Human Passion for Swimming
Our Human Passion for Swimming

We do it for fun, for health, for exercise; in arctic waters and shark-infested seas. Bonnie Tsui does it everyday without a wet suit in cold, choppy San Francisco Bay and tells us Why We Swim.

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Ira WoodMay 17, 2021Comment
How the First Women Doctors Changed the World of Medicine
How the First Women Doctors Changed the World of Medicine

Women in White Coats tells us women had been healers since civilization began but once they attempted to get MD degrees they were turned away, ridiculed, and physically attacked…by their fellow students and male doctors.

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Ira WoodMay 3, 2021Comment
A Lonely Little Girl and a Serial Killer
A Lonely Little Girl and a Serial Killer

Tony Costa was a convicted killer whose butchered victims were found in a shallow grave in the Truro woods. But the lonely little girl for whom he was The Babysitter tells a very different story of the man.

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Ira WoodApril 17, 2021Comment
How to Counter Violent Extremist Gangs
How to Counter Violent Extremist Gangs

In his book, Alt Right Gangs, criminologist Matt Valasik tells us that the government has long known how to eliminate political gangs it deems dangerous. Remember the Black Panthers? So, why not white supremacists?

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Ira WoodApril 5, 2021Comment
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