<p>Guests: Susan Pfeffer, author of post-apocalyptic childrens books, &#8220;Life as We Knew It&#8221; (2006) and &#8220;The Dead and the Gone&#8221; (2008), and Dr. Frank Gaskil, child psychologist</p>


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Lifestyle & Belief

New animated film for Muslim children hits US and Canadian theaters

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Arts, Culture & Media

First animated feature made by, for and about Muslims hits US and Canadian theaters this weekend

Buddhist monks on national walk for peace

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Buddhist monks on national Walk for Peace receive flowers, tears and gratitude along a NC highway

Sabbath observance dwindling on the islands of Outer Hebrides

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Sabbath observance is dwindling on the islands of the Outer Hebrides

The origin story of the human species is still being written

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Out of Eden Walk

Out of Eden Walk: The origin story of the human species is still being written

The Takeaway

North America

Books

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Children’s books: the G-rated apocalypse

The US's forgotten occupation of Haiti

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At a time of crisis for Haiti, a filmmaker reflects on past US intervention

French moving to right as local elections loom

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French elections

France moving to the right as voters head to the polls for local elections

Oil depot fires in Iran are affecting people's health

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US-Israel-Iran War

After Israeli strikes on Tehran’s fuel depots, residents face a toxic aftermath

Turkey's third-largest city is running out of water

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Environment

Turkey’s Izmir facing severe shortages as water levels continue to drop

AI is rapidly changing math and mathematicians are defining their role in the equation

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Science & Technology

AI is rapidly changing math, and mathematicians are defining their role in the equation

Minnesota's Hmong community feeling betrayed

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Immigration

Minnesota’s Hmong community feeling a sense of betrayal amid ICE crackdowns

How to eat surströmming — the world's smelliest food — the Swedish way

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Food

Surströmming challenge: How Swedes actually eat the world’s worst-smelling food

A brief history of US, Israeli and Iranian relations

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The computer will see you now

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Health & Medicine

Measuring patients’ vital signs virtually in the heart of the Amazon

Formal concerts in informal places

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Music

This family in Prague holds classical music concerts in their own living room

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