Author Scott Carney talks about his new book, "What Doesn't Kill Us." Looking at case studies, Carney investigates how the body uses its environment to build resistance to normally extreme conditions.
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Folge vom 08.01.2017'What Doesn't Kill Us' ... Invites Practical Medical Benefits
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Folge vom 08.01.2017Raised In A Prison, 'The Warden's Daughter' Decides It's Time To Find A MomCammie O'Reilly lost her mother when she was a baby — so she seeks out maternal support from female inmates. Author Jerry Spinelli says the book was inspired by a real-life story from his hometown.
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Folge vom 07.01.2017Richard Haass Sees A 'World In Disarray' As Trump Prepares To Take OfficeRichard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations discusses his book, A World in Disarray, and what U.S. foreign policy could look like under Donald Trump.
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Folge vom 07.01.2017A Memoir Of Taking Christianity 'To The Extreme'Comedy writer Maggie Rowe was 19 when she checked herself into an evangelical psychiatric facility. She says she had a fear of sin and eternal damnation. That's the focus of her memoir Sin Bravely.