Apple, The FBI And iPhone Encryption: A Look At What’s At Stake
The Justice Department wants Apple to help investigators get around iPhone security features so that the FBI can access data belonging to one of the San Bernardino killers. Apple is firmly opposed.
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NPR News: In ‘Doubter’s Almanac,’ Troubled Math Genius Tries To Solve The Unsolvable
In ‘Doubter’s Almanac,’ Troubled Math Genius Tries To Solve The Unsolvable
Author Ethan Canin says two odd talents contributed to his main character becoming a mathematician: He can always tell where he is on Earth and he can draw things perfectly.
NPR News: Kendrick Lamar Wasn’t The Only Prison-Themed Grammy Nominee
Kendrick Lamar Wasn’t The Only Prison-Themed Grammy Nominee
Meet the Zomba Prison Project. They’re a band of singers and musicians — and they’re all in a jail in Malawi.
Top Wonks Take Aim At Sanders’ Economic Plans
Top Wonks Take Aim At Sanders’ Economic Plans
Top economists are questioning the Sanders economic agenda. So do their opinions make a difference?
NPR News: Rayland Baxter On Mountain Stage
Rayland Baxter On Mountain Stage
The Nashville-born singer, the son of pedal-steel ace Bucky Baxter, performs live in West Virginia.
NPR News: ‘Furnace’ Burns With Horror And Wonder
‘Furnace’ Burns With Horror And Wonder
Livia Llewellyn’s new story collection is beautiful and hideous in the same breath, steeped in the traditions of H.P. Lovecraft. Critic Jason Heller calls it «bursting with blood and shadow and dust.»
NPR News: Viking’s Choice: Primitive Weapons, ‘Night Eyes’
Viking’s Choice: Primitive Weapons, ‘Night Eyes’
The New York post-hardcore band is adept at mixing metallic violence with eerie, melodic sweetness.
Canada To Launch Nationwide Investigation Into Murdered, Missing Aboriginal Women
Canada To Launch Nationwide Investigation Into Murdered, Missing Aboriginal Women
A study by Canada’s police found that nearly 1,200 Aboriginal women were murdered or went missing between 1980 and 2012. But two Canadian government ministers say that number could be far higher.
NPR News: New Recording Revives Ravel’s ‘L’Enfant Et Les Sortileges’
New Recording Revives Ravel’s ‘L’Enfant Et Les Sortileges’
The opera, by the late composer Maurice Ravel, spins a modern fairy tale about a naughty child at bedtime. Critic Lloyd Schwartz reviews a new recording of it by conductor Seiji Ozawa.
NPR News: ‘Strange Gods’ Chronicles The History Of Secularism And Conversion
‘Strange Gods’ Chronicles The History Of Secularism And Conversion
Journalist Susan Jacoby tells Fresh Air that more than half of Americans will change religion at least once in their adult life time. Her new book is Strange Gods: A Secular History of Conversion.
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