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New Policies, Old Wounds: Brexit's Impact on Good Friday's Legacy

April marked the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday agreement, which brought decades of violence known as “The Troubles” to an end. But the chaotic implementation of Brexit and a new Northern Ireland Troubles “reconciliation” law from the U.K. are threatening that historic peace deal. From our friends at Foreign Policy’s “The Negotiators,” Jonathan Powell, Tony Blair’s chief negotiator of the Good Friday agreement, shares what actually happened in the room. Then, Ray Suarez speaks with Jude Webber, The Financial Times’ Ireland correspondent, about where Northern Ireland goes from here. see more
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Richard Dawkins Looks Back on a Life of Intellectual Adventure

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Evolutionary biologist Richards Dawkins joins us to discuss his latest book, "Brief Candle In The Dark: My Life in Science." In this, the second volume of his autobiography, Dawkins presents a series of flashbacks of his life as a "public understanding" professor, the controversy surrounding the publication of his landmark book "The Selfish Gene" and his own evolution into a public intellectual.

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Richard Dawkins, evolutionary biologist and emeritus fellow, New College at Oxford University; author of "Brief Candle in the Dark: My Life in Science"

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