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Tom talks with Debbie Hines, the author of Get Off My Neck: Black Lives, White Justice, and a Former Prosecutor's Quest for Reform.

Secret knowledge and magic potions.

Changing times, changing attitudes, changing lives.

Popularized by his gripping thrillers, author John Grisham latest book is his second work of non-fiction. Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions follows the stories of people falsely convicted of crimes, and the efforts to clear their name and return their freedom.

"Good fences make good neighbors."

Author Matthew Desmond argues that America knowingly allows the affluent to remain rich while low-income citizens remain poor. He joins Midday to offers solutions for addressing inequities and putting an end to poverty.

Who says the suburbs are boring?

Tom talks with Anne Kim, the author of Poverty for Profit: How Corporations Get Rich off America’s Poor.

Stranger than fiction, you say?

Making friends, telling stories.