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Influence: Who Gains It and Who Wields It and Who Abuses It
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English - November 08, 2019 11:00 - 40 minutes - 93.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsSociety & Culture Arts Books Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: The Hole in My Soul: A Reading by Sara Eckel
Head of Audience Catherine Cusick, Head of Fact-Checking Matt Giles, Books Editor Dana Snitzky, and Culture Columnist Soraya Roberts share what they've been reading and working on.
This week:
[0:30] R.I.P. Deadspin
[10:40] “I Accidentally Uncovered a Nationwide Scam on Airbnb” (Allie Conti, October 31, 2019, Vice)
[19:35] “Whitney Houston’s Longtime Confidante Breaks Her Silence” (Jon Caramanica, November 7, 2019, The New York Times)
[23:14] “Under The Influence: White Lies” (Soraya Roberts, October 2019, Longreads)
[29:51] Profiling Wakefield Press
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