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Mar 2025
43m 25s

Author Colum McCann

CNN
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In a week in which the security of internet communications is in the spotlight, a new novel captures the murky world of undersea internet cables: essential, indispensable and incredibly vulnerable. Author Colum McCann captures the real-world drama in his highly anticipated new book, “Twist.” 


Also on today's show: Iranian-Kurdish rapper Saman Yasin; actor Julie Andrews (from the archives) 

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