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CBC Radio: The Current

It's been a year since the U.S. Capitol building was stormed in an attempt to overturn the 2020 election results, and the story is far from over.  Listen to authors Mark Bowden and Matthew Teague discuss what happened and their new book, The Steal.  https://t.co/NovxncxCGN

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With his new book, Psych: The Story of the Human Mind, Canadian psychologist Paul Bloom probes the mystery of consciousness and whether artificial intelligence will ever match human thought. https://t.co/TSZMKNo9Cq

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From Cuba to Outlook, Sask., Cheuk Kwan has sought out Chinese restaurants all over the world. He documents what those travels taught him about migration & community in his new book, Have You Eaten Yet?: Stories from Chinese Restaurants Around the World. https://t.co/gAUSs57dJf

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CBC Radio: The Current

When you think of George Orwell, you probably jump to his novel 1984. But as author Rebecca Solnit discovered, Orwell's antifascist politics was closely entwined with his love of gardening. She tells us more at 9:30am https://t.co/E9FSOwrcbP

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What would it take to slow down the pace of work, and rescue people from burnout? As part of our Work in Progress series — https://t.co/EEj9E1wCwE — author and professor Cal Newport joins us at 9am to talk about his concepts of "Slow Productivity" and "Deep Work"

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Criminal defence lawyer Marie Henein says she felt compelled to write her memoir Nothing But The Truth to combat a "caricature" of both herself and her job. Henein has defended several high-profile cases, including Michael Bryant, Vice-Admiral Mark Norman, and Jian Ghomeshi. https://t.co/ibvtytZojA

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Margaret Atwood’s new book looks at loss, but she says you don’t really find out what a book is about “until other people read it.” “You publish stories like this — and you find out who needs them. As it turns out, quite a few people,” she said. https://t.co/WSmZZkd9z0

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Whether it's gulls committing vandalism or bears being blamed for breaking and entering, it's easy to see humans aren't the only creatures capable of disregarding the law. At 9:37, Mary Roach talks about her book, Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law. https://t.co/OAmXkyR6hs

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Environmental activist Clayton Thomas-Müller is a member of Mathias Colomb Cree Nation in northern Manitoba, and the author of Life in the City of Dirty Water: A Memoir of Healing. He joined the show as part of our series Reasons for Optimism. https://t.co/qL4A6biwPm

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