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Theo Boyd on complicated grief

Theo Boyd on complicated grief

On this week’s 51%, we sit down with author Theo Boyd to discuss her book My Grief is Not Like Yours, and the various forms that grief can take. Boyd, a former teacher and self-described "farm girl" from Texas, experienced a string of life-altering losses beginning in...

The Book Show | Elizabeth Strout – Tell Me Everything

The Book Show | Elizabeth Strout – Tell Me Everything

Pulitzer Prize–winning author Elizabeth Strout’s latest, “Tell Me Everything,” returns to the town of Crosby, Maine, and to her beloved cast of characters as they deal with a shocking crime in their midst, forge new friendships, make difficult decisions about love,...

“Dark matter and native plants”

“Dark matter and native plants”

Scientists are continuing their celestial search for dark matter from an underground facility in South Dakota. We’ll visit a native plant farm in upstate New York. And we’ll celebrate the return of Friday night lights at a new field in Massachusetts.

Jessica Hoppe on being the “First in the Family”

Jessica Hoppe on being the “First in the Family”

On this week’s 51%, we speak with writer and mental health advocate Jessica Hoppe about her new book First in the Family: A Story of Survival, Recovery, and the American Dream. The debut memoir chronicles Hoppe’s experience recovering from drug and alcohol abuse as a...