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Philip Rucker is the senior Washington correspondent at the Washington Post. As the White House Bureau Chief, he led the paper’s coverage of the Trump presidency. He received both the Pulitzer Prize and the George Polk Award for his work on Russian interference in the 2016 election. Rucker is an on-air political analyst for NBC News and MSNBC.

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Sheera Frenkel is a cybersecurity reporter for the New York Times. Previously, she’s written for a diverse range of outlets including BuzzFeed, NPR, and the Times of London.

Cecilia Kang is a technology and policy reporter for the New York Times. Previously, she spent a decade writing for the Washington Post.

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The Happiest Man on Earth (2020) is the true story of one man, who survived inconceivable horrors during the Holocaust, and afterward made it his mission to change the world for the better. Eddie Jaku saw first-hand how a Fascist regime could spark anti-Semitic hatred, and turn former friends and neighbors into killers. In talking about what happened, he shares how love and kindness helped him to survive one of the worst atrocities in human history.

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Chaos Under Heaven (2021) brings to life the behind-the-scenes negotiations and deliberations that dictated the Trump administration’s policy toward China. America’s understanding of the inner workings of the Chinese state has changed a great deal, yet competing interests have so far led to a chaotic response as the US grapples with this foreign policy challenge.

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