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How 1 Study Changed The Field Of Psychiatry Forever

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Susannah Cahalan had all the symptoms of a severe mental illness.

SUSANNAH CAHALAN: I was hallucinating. I was paranoid. I was actively psychotic.

SHAPIRO: What she didn't have was a mental illness. Cahalan actually had an autoimmune disease that caused inflammation of the brain. She wrote about the experience of being misdiagnosed and her eventual recovery in her 2012 memoir.

Trump Administration's Efforts To Ban Most Flavored Vaping Products Have Stalled Out

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Susannah Cahalan had all the symptoms of a severe mental illness.

SUSANNAH CAHALAN: I was hallucinating. I was paranoid. I was actively psychotic.

SHAPIRO: What she didn't have was a mental illness. Cahalan actually had an autoimmune disease that caused inflammation of the brain. She wrote about the experience of being misdiagnosed and her eventual recovery in her 2012 memoir.

How The U.S. Is Responding To China's Mass Detention Of Uighurs, Hong Kong Protests

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Susannah Cahalan had all the symptoms of a severe mental illness.

SUSANNAH CAHALAN: I was hallucinating. I was paranoid. I was actively psychotic.

SHAPIRO: What she didn't have was a mental illness. Cahalan actually had an autoimmune disease that caused inflammation of the brain. She wrote about the experience of being misdiagnosed and her eventual recovery in her 2012 memoir.

The Challenges Scientists Face While Working In The Arctic Ocean

By • Nov 18, 2019

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We're going way up north for our next story to a ship in the middle of the Arctic Ocean. The scientists aboard are there to do fieldwork, which is easier said than done, as Ravenna Koenig reports.

Impeachment Hearings Illustrate Longstanding Conflict Throughout Trump's Presidency

By • Nov 18, 2019

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Britain's Prince Andrew Faces More Criticism After Interview On Epstein Allegations

By • Nov 18, 2019

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VA Whistleblower Ed Kois To Be Honored Posthumously

By • Nov 18, 2019
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A Manchester VA physician will be honored posthumously Tuesday night night for his efforts to expose mismanagement and substandard care at New Hampshire's only VA medical center.

Ed Kois will receive the 2019 Nackey S. Loeb First Amendment Award for coming forward in 2017 with allegations that the VA harmed patients by delaying or insufficiently treating various spine conditions.

David Tirrell-Wysocki is the executive director of the Nackey S. Loeb School of Communications, which is the sponsor of the award.

The State Of Spanish-Language Media In U.S.

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This week, Tribune Publishing announced it would be closing its Chicago-based Spanish-language weekly newspaper, Hoy. The paper was launched in 2003 to serve the city's Spanish-speaking and bilingual communities.

Roundtable: Northwestern University Journalism Controversy

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First, we're going to talk about an event on the campus of Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., that's caused an uproar. Not so much about what happened during the event but about how student news organizations decided to cover it.

Troll Watch: Disinformation Around Impeachment Hearings

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In Conversation With The Host Of Mija Podcast

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Mija means my daughter in Spanish. And it's also the title of a podcast that tells the stories of one immigrant family with a home in Queens, N.Y., but with roots in Colombia. The stories are told by the daughter in the family.

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Ex-Homeland Security Employee Says Department Mission Has Changed Under Trump

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'This Isn't Speech:' Attorney Carrie Goldberg On Revenge Porn

By • Nov 16, 2019

When Carrie Goldberg broke up with her boyfriend of a few months, frightening things started happening. He sent her hundreds of threatening messages. He contacted her friends, family and even work colleagues on Facebook to spread vicious lies about her — and that wasn't all. One night she opened her laptop to find email after email containing intimate pictures of her, including a graphic video filmed without her consent. Goldberg, a lawyer, went to the police and was told there was nothing that could be done.

State Department Aide Shares Details About Sondland Call In Closed-Door Deposition

By • Nov 15, 2019

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Where Does The Term 'Gubernatorial' Come From?

By • Nov 15, 2019

Gubernatorial wasn't a word I thought much about until I started editing pieces about gubernatorial elections.

In fact, there's a gubernatorial election in Louisiana on Saturday between the only Democratic governor in the deep South and his Republican challenger, a wealthy Trump-backed businessman.

Former State Department Employee Dan Feldman On His Time Working With David Holmes

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And for more on that aide that we just heard Michele Kelemen mention - his name is David Holmes. I want to now bring in Dan Feldman. He's a former State Department official who worked with Holmes in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell Discusses Marie Yovanovitch's Testimony

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Ambassador Nicholas Burns Weighs In On Marie Yovanovitch's Testimony

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In her testimony today, former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch offered a glimpse of what it's like to be a U.S. diplomat at this moment in history.

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Watchdog Report: Trump Official Punished Public Servant Over Her Iranian Heritage

By • Nov 14, 2019

President Trump often says members of the "deep state" are bent on sabotaging his agenda.

And some of the career civil servants the president is referring to have said they have been retaliated against following reports in conservative media questioning their loyalty to Trump.

Rep. Jordan On Giuliani's Role In Ukraine Strategy: Trump Can 'Have Who He Wants'

By • Nov 14, 2019

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Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, is doubling down on his defense of President Trump as well as Rudy Giuliani's role in the Ukraine controversy amid the impeachment inquiry.

Why The American Leather Industry Is Having A Tough Time

By & • Nov 14, 2019

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President Trump often says a, quote, "deep state" is trying to bring him down, and some career civil servants have said they've been retaliated against after conservative media questioned their loyalty to Trump. Well, today the State Department's inspector general found that this actually happened to one high-ranking foreign policy official. And for more on this, we are joined by NPR's Bobby Allyn here in the studio.

Hi, Bobby.

BOBBY ALLYN, BYLINE: Hey, Ari.

SHAPIRO: What specifically was the inspector general looking into here?

How Game Of Thrones' Fans Are Revitalizing Northern Ireland's Economy

By • Nov 14, 2019

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President Trump often says a, quote, "deep state" is trying to bring him down, and some career civil servants have said they've been retaliated against after conservative media questioned their loyalty to Trump. Well, today the State Department's inspector general found that this actually happened to one high-ranking foreign policy official. And for more on this, we are joined by NPR's Bobby Allyn here in the studio.

Hi, Bobby.

BOBBY ALLYN, BYLINE: Hey, Ari.

SHAPIRO: What specifically was the inspector general looking into here?

The Census Is Going Digital, Bringing The Threat Of Disinformation Campaigns

By • Nov 14, 2019

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President Trump often says a, quote, "deep state" is trying to bring him down, and some career civil servants have said they've been retaliated against after conservative media questioned their loyalty to Trump. Well, today the State Department's inspector general found that this actually happened to one high-ranking foreign policy official. And for more on this, we are joined by NPR's Bobby Allyn here in the studio.

Hi, Bobby.

BOBBY ALLYN, BYLINE: Hey, Ari.

SHAPIRO: What specifically was the inspector general looking into here?

Yovanovitch, Ex-Ambassador To Ukraine, Will Testify In Trump Impeachment Hearing

By • Nov 14, 2019

When the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine was abruptly removed from her post this year, some Democratic lawmakers called it "a political hit job." Now the congressman in charge of the impeachment inquiry into President Trump is making the case that Marie Yovanovitch's ouster is part of the story of a president abusing his power in relations with Ukraine.

Yovanovitch will be the sole witness Friday, the second day of the inquiry's public hearings over whether Trump used military aid as leverage to pressure Ukraine into investigations that would benefit him politically.

Matt Damon On Playing A Race Car Driver In Famous Ford-Ferrari Rivalry Of The '60s

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President Trump often says a, quote, "deep state" is trying to bring him down, and some career civil servants have said they've been retaliated against after conservative media questioned their loyalty to Trump. Well, today the State Department's inspector general found that this actually happened to one high-ranking foreign policy official. And for more on this, we are joined by NPR's Bobby Allyn here in the studio.

Hi, Bobby.

BOBBY ALLYN, BYLINE: Hey, Ari.

SHAPIRO: What specifically was the inspector general looking into here?

Republican Rep. Jodey Arrington Discusses Public Impeachment Hearings

By • Nov 13, 2019

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Democratic Rep. Sean Maloney Discusses Public Impeachment Hearings

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Testimony in the House impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump went public today.

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ADAM SCHIFF: If you would both rise and raise your right hand, I will begin by swearing you in.

Social Media Has Become A Place To Talk About Mental Illness. But Is That Helpful?

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The Worst Flood In More Than 50 Years Has Submerged Venice

By • Nov 13, 2019

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The worst flood in more than 50 years has submerged Venice, the historic Italian city built on a lagoon. NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports the city's mayor says Venice is on its knees.

In Washington, D.C., Local Bars Host Impeachment Hearing Watch Parties

By • Nov 13, 2019

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