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‘Chemistry’ and ‘Trust’

“American Idol” breakout star Kelly Clarkson has long written anthems of love and heartbreak. Chronicling the end of a marriage for her recent album “Chemistry,” she tells staff writer Hanif Abdurraqib, was a very different thing. David Remnick talks with Hernan Diaz about “Trust,” Diaz’s very contemporary novel of financial misdeeds in the run-up to the crash of 1929. The novelist was interested in high finance as a realm of “pure abstraction” that isolates capital from the labor that produces it. Plus, Robert Samuels, a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer on race and politics, shares his secret pastime: watching classic figure-skating videos on YouTube. see more
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US and China Announce Climate Accord

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In this segment we'll talk about the climate accord reached yesterday between the US and China. The proposed deal has major environmental and political implications and has sparked wide range of reactions in Washington.

Guests:

Jamie Metzl, former U.S. Security Official, former executive vice president of the Asia Society and author of the new novel "Genesis Code"

Neela Banerjee, Los Angeles Times reporter

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