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Jim Fusilli
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Author, journalist, host and executive producer of the "Writers at Work" podcast. www.jimfusilli.com www.writersatworkpodcast.com
Authors whose books made NPR's "Books We Love" '25 list were featured on Writers at Work include Craig Thompson whose graphic novel "Ginseng Roots: A Memoir" reveals the history of agriculture in Wisconsin and hardships not always overcome by ginseng farmers such as his parents
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Craig Thompson
Podcast Episode · Writers at Work · 06/19/2025 · 26m
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November 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Did you see NPR's "Books We Love" 2025 list? apps.npr.org/best-books/

Several authors whose books made the list were featured guests on Writers at Work. I'll post links to the conversations during the next few days. Let's start with "The CIA Book Club" by Charlie English. tinyurl.com/3hcncuvx
Charlie English
Podcast Episode · Writers at Work · 09/25/2025 · 49m
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November 25, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Our annual reading guide returns with 380+ new titles handpicked by NPR staff and trusted critics. Find 13 years of recommendations all in one place — that's more than 4,000 great reads. n.pr/44gSAPS
Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
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November 24, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Jimmy Cliff died earlier today in Kingston, Jamaica, at age 81. youtu.be/YA5f6vyy304?...
You Can Get It If You Really Want - Jimmy Cliff - Live at The Howard Theatre
YouTube video by Howard Theatre
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November 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Senate Democrats Investigate Kennedy Center Deals With Trump Allies

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Senate Democrats Investigate Kennedy Center Deals With Trump Allies
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November 24, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Books That Examine the Past and Present of the Middle East Take National Book Awards www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/b...
Books That Examine the Past and Present of the Middle East Take National Book Awards
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November 21, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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Look at the other nominees and remember how much funding got cut this year. We love you all! To the Secret Museum…!

And watch the full episode here:
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#inspiration #love #jackierobinson #xavierriddle #ordinarypepplechangetheworld #fyp
Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum FULL EPISODE | I am Jackie Robinson | PBS KIDS
YouTube video by PBS KIDS
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November 21, 2025 at 12:01 AM
November 20, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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The Corporation for Public Broadcasting agreed Monday to fulfill a $35.9 million, multi-year contract with NPR that it had yanked after pressure from the Trump White House.
CPB agrees to revive a $36 million deal with NPR killed after Trump's pressure
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting agreed Monday to fulfill a $35.9 million, multi-year contract with NPR that it had yanked after pressure from the Trump White House.
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November 18, 2025 at 12:29 AM
The Mysterious ‘Louvre Detective’ Was a 15-Year-Old Passer-by www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/w...
The Mysterious ‘Louvre Detective’ Was a 15-Year-Old Passer-by
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November 16, 2025 at 9:41 PM
November 16, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Very nice afternoon at the Frick Collection. Thomas More and Thomas Cromwell are still glaring at each other across the centuries.
November 15, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Fox News used footage from the 2020 protests after the police killing of George Floyd and said it was from 2025. Fox also mislabeled two other dates of actions shown on screen, and one broadcast implied that a protest from elsewhere was happening in Portland.

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“Riots Raging”: The Misleading Story Fox News Told About Portland Before Trump Sent Troops
After reviewing coverage from the network and hours of social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision, ProPublica found that Fox’s portrayal of “Portland rioters” routinely instigating violence wa...
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November 14, 2025 at 12:40 PM
How did the MLB betting scandal involving Guardians' pitcher Emmanuel Clase work? Here you go: youtu.be/Y_RwNr8rgcM?...
Andy Pages accidentally ruins a rigged Clase at bat - explained
YouTube video by Indergaard
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November 12, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Is there anything Trump can't ruin?

"Your favorite Italian-origin fusilli and macaroni are poised to disappear from U.S. supermarket shelves.

"Italy’s biggest pasta exporters say...duties totaling 107% on their pasta brands will make doing business in America too costly."

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Italian Pasta Is Poised to Disappear From American Grocery Shelves
The Trump administration is set to impose duties of 107% on Italian pasta imports, among most punitive of the tariffs it has levied.
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November 11, 2025 at 7:28 PM
To Help SNAP Recipients, Bookstores Set Up as Food Banks www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
To Help SNAP Recipients, Bookstores Set Up as Food Banks
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November 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The villain here is Lucy, not Charlie Brown...
"I promise there will be a vote in December to extend healthcare subsidies. I mean it this time."
November 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Eddie Muller's intro to this past weekend's "Noir Alley" feature. Eddie never forgets that the writer matters most: tinyurl.com/3eeab797
Noir Alley - Blind Spot (1947) intro 20251109
Noir Alley - Blind Spot (1947) intro 20251109 by Eddie Muller shown on Nov 9, 2025 From TCM's Noir Alley (Saturdays at Midnight ET and Sunday 10am ET) hosted by the Czar of Noir, Eddie Muller.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Patti Smith's "Horses" was released 50 years ago today. For the Wall Street Journal, I wrote about the album on its 30th anniversary.

"Yeah, it was mission accomplished, a culmination of all the stuff I was doing in the early '70s. I never dreamed I'd do another album." tinyurl.com/3bk4k2yc
November 10, 2025 at 6:13 PM
When will the additional seasons of "Babylon Berlin" come to America? NSFW youtu.be/uekZpkYf7-E?...
Severija - Zu Asche, Zu Staub (Psycho Nikoros) – (Official Babylon Berlin O.S.T.)
YouTube video by BMG
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November 9, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Joining me on this episode of Writers at Work is Todd Goddard, author of “Devouring Time: Jim Harrison, a Writer’s Life,” the first biography of the protean American novelist, poet and screenwriter Jim Harrison.

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Todd Goddard
Podcast Episode · Writers at Work · 11/06/2025 · 35m
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November 8, 2025 at 3:19 PM