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b'Pain \\u2013 we\\u2019re still not great at knowing how to treat it and medications designed to help have resulted in a national opioid abuse epidemic. I speak Yudhijit Bhattacharjee author of \\u201cA World of Pain\\u201d - the featured story in National Geographic\\u2019s January Special Issue: \\u201cThe Future of Medicine.\\u201d We discuss the current and future direction of research into pain relief.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/

I speak with Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon, an education and human rights advocate who currently represents Pennsylvania\\u2019s 5th Congressional District. We discuss being part of the largest cohort of women elected to Congress. We discuss her commitment to issues surrounding education, criminal justice reform among others and the historic Trump Impeachment hearings. We also get up close and personal. Did you know Congresswoman Scanlon was a Girl Scout? We talk about that and more.
https://scanlon.house.gov/

But first \\u2013 an interview with Vanesse Lloyd Sgambati, the founder of the African American Children\\u2019s Book Fair, a free event which takes place Saturday February 1st at Community College of Philadelphia (1-4 pm) and features appearances by many of the nation\\u2019s top children\\u2019s authors and illustrators. I also speak to Kwame Mbalia author of Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky, an epic fantasy, a middle grade American Gods set in a richly-imagined world populated with African American folk heroes and West African gods.
http://theafricanamericanchildrensbookproject.org/'