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Globalization and free trade won the day for decades, leading to remarkable growth and growing inequality. @spaikin spoke with @RanaForoohar (@FT @CNN) about her book, “Homecoming,” which diagnoses what happened, and what should come next. https://t.co/NLXteyp8ql

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Phyllis Taylor has counselled thousands of inmates in prisons across Ontario. She spoke to @spaikin about her book, "The Prison Lady: True Stories and Life Lessons from Both Sides of the Bars." https://t.co/IMhB1swSr1

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"Son of Elsewhere" author @elamin88 (@BuzzFeedNews, @popchatcbc) talks to @spaikin about immigration, identity, making a home in a new country, and dealing with hate. At 8/11pm | Producer: @sandragionas https://t.co/OHlxBEauz6

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Are attention spans in crisis? @johannhari101, author of "Stolen Focus: Why You Can’t Pay Attention – and How to Think Deeply Again," spoke to @spaikin about how everything from technology to sleep deprivation has wreaked havoc with the ability to focus. https://t.co/0OzX0uxLaI

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Do rituals give life greater significance? Tonight @spaikin speaks with anthropologist and cognitive scientist @xygalatas (@uconnanthro) about his book, "Ritual: How Seemingly Senseless Acts Make Life Worth Living." At 11pm | Producer: @PreetiBhuyan https://t.co/FDaiBnFZ8l

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Author @RonaMaynard didn’t want or see the point of having a dog, until one arrived to change her life. She talks with @spaikin about her memoir "Starter Dog: My Path to Joy, Belonging, and Loving This World," tonight at 11pm | Producer: @wodekszemberg https://t.co/kYeJ7s61lx

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‘The rich and everybody else’: John Peters (@crimt2013), author of "Jobs With Inequality," talks to @KatEschner about the billionaire class, deregulation, and why the workforce is becoming more precarious https://t.co/dHF1RyxCVH

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During her final two years in a Halifax high school, @HaalaBeeba kept a journal of her experience of racism, microaggressions and violence. The author of “#BLACKINSCHOOL” talks to Nam Kiwanuka, tonight at 11pm | Producer: @sandragionas https://t.co/A5Jg2APuIL

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Financier @Billbrowder has been on a mission to impose sanctions on Russian oligarchs for about a decade. He spoke to @spaikin about his book "Freezing Order: A True Story of Money Laundering, Murder, and Surviving Vladimir Putin's Wrath." https://youtu.be/MLFGWEdA4Bs

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What does written Chinese have in common with those little smiley faces you add to your texts? Xiao Mina, @jenny8lee, and @jasonli, authors of "The Hanmoji Handbook" explain what emojis reveal about 4,000-year-old languages. — by @tlmsy https://t.co/l3YeviAyJs