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Our panelists read three stories about someone having an unlikely excuse for losing $22,000 this week, only one of which is true.

<em>The Moscow Rules</em> looks at how CIA officers evaded the suffocating security environment during the Soviet era.

'Moscow Rules': How The CIA Operated Under The Watchful Eye Of The KGB

When CIA officers walk out of the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, they're shadowed by Russian security. A new book examines how they have operated with this round-the-clock surveillance.

Lori Lightfoot, who won a landslide victory in Chicago's runoff election, was sworn in as mayor on Monday.

In Historic First, Lori Lightfoot Inaugurated As Chicago's Mayor

Lightfoot is the city's first black female and openly gay mayor. After her swearing in, she laid out a plan to make Chicago "a city that families want to move to, not run away from."

A paramedic takes a blood sample from a baby for a HIV test in Larkana, Pakistan, on May 9. The government is offering screenings in the wake of an HIV outbreak.

Medical Investigation: How Did 494 Children In 1 Pakistani City Get HIV?

In late April, a tragedy began to unfold in Larkana. First one, then 15, now hundreds of youngsters have been found to be HIV-positive. Who is responsible?

A file photo shows the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. Dr. Anthony Rostain, co-author of <em>The Stressed Years of Their Lives, </em>says today's college students are experiencing an "inordinate amount of anxiety."

College Students (And Their Parents) Face A Campus Mental Health 'Epidemic'

Anthony Rostain and B. Janet Hibbs say college students today face an "inordinate amount of anxiety" — but parents can help their kids cope. Their book is The Stressed Years of Their Lives.

Not My Job: We Quiz Politician Stacey Abrams On Bromances

When Abrams isn't busy doing things like delivering national speeches and running for office, she's also a romance writer — under the pen name Selena Montgomery. Originally broadcast Feb. 9, 2019.

Filmmaker John Waters, 73, has plenty of advice for his fellow elders: "Whenever any magazine says, 'What photographer do you want to shoot you?' I always just say, 'The one that has the biggest retouch budget!' "

'Filth Elder' John Waters Says There Are Still 'Plenty Of Rules' Left To Break

The cult filmmaker, 73, has plenty of ideas about what older people should and shouldn't do. "You can't be trying too hard to rebel [when] you're older," Waters says. His new book is Mr. Know-It-All.

Jeff Daniels as Atticus Finch in "To Kill a Mockingbird." (Julieta Cervantes)

The Evolution Of Jeff Daniels: From Will McAvoy To 'Mockingbird,' And More

"To Kill a Mockingbird" is now a Broadway smash. Tony-nominee Jeff Daniels is in the studio.

Tilda Swinton And Joanna Hogg On 'The Souvenir'

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Tilda Swinton and Joanna Hogg, who are childhood friends, about their new film, The Souvenir. The movie is part memoir and based on a personal relationship of Hogg's.

Amid controversy and criticism from religious groups on the right and left about their decisions in recent death penalty cases, the U.S. Supreme Court's five-man majority is striking back.

Supreme Court's Conservatives Defend Their Handling Of Death Penalty Cases

Amid controversy and criticism from religious groups on the right and left about their decisions in recent death penalty cases, the court's five-man majority is striking back.

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