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Music writer Geoffrey Himes traces singer-songwriter Willie Nelson's 7-decade career in a richly detailed compendium of the country music legend's 150+ albums.

Author Alex "Sandy" Pentland offers a compelling counter to popular foreboding about AI's impact on human civilization: using AI, he writes, we can build more dynamic, open societies.

Some of the very best non-fiction suggestions for holiday gift giving or a little treat for yourself.

Sportswriter Jane Leavy's latest book is a fact-rich pitch for new rules in baseball to bring more fairness — and fun — back to "America's pastime."

Pulitzer prize-winning novelist Elizabeth Strout's latest book engages characters both familiar and new, as the author explores human relationships and the value of unnoticed, 'unrecorded' lives.

Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalists Carol Leonnig and Aaron Davis discuss their probe into Trump's decade-long efforts to subvert the DOJ, and the nation's rule of law.

Big stories about big European families.

Tom talks with Ebony Marshall, the Mid-Level Gifts Manager at Baltimore Public Media

Indian-American novelist Megha Majumdar's new work tells the story of two families set on a collision course by a looming climate catastrophe.

NYTimes reporter David Gelles sizes up the UN's contentious climate meeting, and discusses his new book about a billionaire CEO who's giving it all away to save the planet.