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Beth Macy was on Fresh Air with Terri Gross to talk about her new book, Truevine, which is out today. Listen above. [NPR.org]

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This new Jonathan Mann video was made in conjunction with Carnegie Science.

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Two BrightSight Group speakers in conversation: Srinivas Rao interviews David Burkus about the future of work on his Unmistakable Creative Podcast. Listen above.

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Washington Post review of Shadi Hamid's new book

Shadi Hamid has received a great review for his book Islamic Exceptionalism at WaPo.

There’s something going on with Muslims, Donald Trump repeats ominously, something about this faith and this group that threatens the West. So let’s bar their entry into the United States, the presumptive Republican nominee argues, until we figure out what it is. Well, it turns out, there is something going on with Islam, and Shadi Hamid, quite helpfully, has figured it out. But his answer does not focus on conspiracy theories, lone wolves, or terrorist plots; instead, it centers on the intricate relationship between faith and the state in the Middle East. In his illuminating new book, “Islamic Exceptionalism” — I can imagine a sly smile on the lips of whomever thought of that title — Hamid contends that Islam is unique among the world’s major religions, both in its obsession with wielding influence over government and in its resistance to the secularizing forces that religion in Western countries has experienced.[WashingtonPost.com]

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Read Thomas Geotz in INC.

Thomas Goetz has penned a new piece for the latest issue of INC. Magazine, "When Apple Calls, You Need to Know How to Answer."

A number of months ago, my startup, Iodine, had the kind of moment that all startups dream about. We were invited by Apple--yes, that Apple--to partner on the launch of an app framework for health, called CareKit. For a software startup, it doesn't get much better. Here we are, a little, nine-person shop, getting early access to Apple's developer tools, and there was Apple helping us make the best app we could with its engineers. It was a rare invitation to peek behind the curtain of the biggest technology company--hell, one of the biggest companies--on the planet. And it led to a crescendo of media coverage and tens of thousands of app downloads. [INC.com]

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Carol Anderson's White Rage is out now and has been getting rave reviews, including this from the Times:

"An extraordinarily timely and urgent call to confront the legacy of structural racism bequeathed by white anger and resentment, and to show its continuing threat to the promise of American democracy" -NY Times Book Review

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Jake Wood PCMA interview

Jake Wood, who is speaking later this month at PCMA Education's Conference, spoke with their magazine Convene on leadership.

Jake Wood learned about leadership early: Now standing 6-foot-6, he was always the tallest one in his class. “In elementary school, people were always looking to the tall kid to make decisions,” Wood said. “It was sink or swim as an 8-year-old.” But it was the lessons he learned during deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan with the Marine Corps — including time as a Marine Scout Sniper — that paved the way for his writing and speaking on leadership, as well as his co-founding of Team Rubicon, a nonprofit disaster-relief organization of 55 staff and 35,000 veteran volunteers. [PCMAConvene.org]

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What does Trump’s presumptive nomination for president say about the American electorate? Carol Anderson, for one, says Trump’s ascendancy is all about white anger, a predictable backlash to eight years of Barack Obama. (Carol's segment begins at 2:12.) [BaltimoreSun.com]

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Read excerpts of Shadi Hamid's Islamic Exceptionalism at The Atlantic and TIME, and buy a copy here.

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Bill Gates says The Master Algorithm by Pedro Domingos is a book we should all read

Speaking at a recent conference, Bill Gates recently recommended Pedro Domingos's for those looking to understand Artificial Intelligence (A.I.).

The tech world’s book-nerd-in-chief wants you to add two books to your list of summer science reads. To get up to speed on artificial intelligence, Microsoft cofounder and philanthropist Bill Gates recommends Nick Bostrom’s Superintelligence and Pedro Domingos’s The Master Algorithm. [QZ.com]

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Watch Jay Newton-Small discuss the role that gender plays in the presidential election on Matter of Fact.

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Watch Heidi Grant-Halvorson on "The Science Of Habits"

Heidi Grant-Halvorson was featured on The Huffington Post's "Next Level Living," to "explore how the brain forms habits, and how creating good habits can positively influence all aspects of your life." Watch here.

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David Brooks writes about Marc Dunkelman’s “compelling” book, The Vanishing Neighbor

Civic life has suffered. As Marc J. Dunkelman writes in his compelling book “The Vanishing Neighbor,” people are good at tending their inner-ring relationships — their family and friends. They’re pretty good at tending to outer-ring relationships — their hundreds of Facebook acquaintances, their fellow progressives, or their TED and Harley fans. [NYTimes.com]

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Watch Carmine Gallo on MSNBC: Making your business pitch irresistible

Every small business owner needs to be excited about their company. Whether you’re trying to raise money, get new customers or land a partner, you need to be able to tell your story in a way that makes your business attractive. Communications advisor...