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Dec 6, 2024 | 
libraryjournal.com | Paul Hendrickson
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May 2024.
10 hrs.
ISBN 9780593825433. $85.50.
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Biographer Hendrickson (
Hemingway’s Boat) explores the life of his father, pilot Joe Paul Hendrickson. In 1937, Joe enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps as a mechanic. He later trained to be a pilot and, in 1944, joined a night-flying squadron. Joe was deployed to Iwo Jima, where his squadron flew some 75 nighttime missions in planes known as P-61 Black Widows.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
boisestatepublicradio.org | Michele Kelemen |Paul Hendrickson
Conflicts are escalating across the Middle East, Europe and Africa as world leaders gather in New York for the annual United Nations General Assembly high level debate.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
boisestatepublicradio.org | Jane Arraf |Paul Hendrickson
In Lebanon, it’s been the deadliest day of Israeli air strikes in almost 20 years. At least 356 people were killed, mostly in the south where Hezbollah has been trading attacks with Israel.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
boisestatepublicradio.org | Alejandra Borunda |Paul Hendrickson
California has filed a first-of-its-kind lawsuit against ExxonMobil, alleging that the company has spent decades misleading the public about the efficacy of plastic recycling. The lawsuit alleges that ExxonMobil has known for decades that recycling plastics was technically and economically challenging and would do little to stem the enormous volume of plastic waste that ends up in the environment. Despite that knowledge, the lawsuit says, the company promoted recycling as a viable option.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
boisestatepublicradio.org | Ari Daniel |Paul Hendrickson
The Red Sea, sandwiched between northeast Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, is teeming with life, including octopuses and more than a thousand species of fish. Every day, the goal of these creatures is the same. “Anything that is smaller than them and can fit their mouth, they’re going to try to eat,” says Eduardo Sampaio, a behavioral biologist at the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior in Konstanz, Germany.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
boisestatepublicradio.org | Terry Gross |Paul Hendrickson
Updated September 23, 2024 at 14:23 PM ETAfter his 2019 Oscar-winning film Joker, director Todd Phillips knew he wanted to do more with the character — and with Joaquin Phoenix, who played the title role. The film centers on Arthur Fleck, a troubled man with a history of mental health problems, who eventually becomes Batman's archnemesis. "Oftentimes ... as much as we enjoy making a movie, you're kind of at the end counting down the days for it to be done," Phillips says.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
boisestatepublicradio.org | Paul Hendrickson
Documentaries can change the way we see the world, and, in some cases, bring about change themselves. The 2013 film “Blackfish” chronicled the treatment of orcas in captivity at SeaWorld. Three years after the film was released, SeaWorld started phasing out all live performances using orcas. And the 1988 documentary “The Thin Blue Line” led to the release of a man wrongly convicted of killing a police officer.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
boisestatepublicradio.org | Steve Inskeep |Paul Hendrickson
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:We follow the escalation of combat in the Middle East. Israel is using text messages and videos to tell people in southern Lebanon to evacuate their homes and get away from any building where Hezbollah stores weapons. One of the videos was posted last night by a spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
boisestatepublicradio.org | Paul Hendrickson
When architect Vishaan Chakrabartithinksaboutgood design, he imagines kidsplaying together outside on a playground. Not just any playground – but the one at the re-designed Domino SugarFactory,on Brooklyn’s waterfront in New York City.It re-opened in the fall of 2023.The transformation of the 19thcentury refinery into a 15-story office building cost $2.5 billion. That playground isleft out of most of the articles that marvel at the project’s innovative, sustainable engineering.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
boisestatepublicradio.org | Heller McAlpin |Paul Hendrickson
"If you want to make something smarter, teach it to play," remarks a trailblazing oceanographer in Richard Powers' Playground.
