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Nil Köksal sits down with the author to talk about her new book, “Blackness Is a Gift I Can Give Her: On Race, Community, and Black Women in Hockey".

Plus: On the eve of this year's Nobel Peace Prize, we speak to the brother of last year's winner, Narges Mohammadi, who remains behind bars in Iran. Also: Researchers put together a pretty spicy experiment using hot sauce to test how the human brain processes pleasure and pain.

Plus: Why “the idiot’s apostrophe” was long verboten in proper German, and now no longer is...  Also: Death row inmate Richard Glossip is taking his case to the Supreme Court, saying he deserves a new trial... something many Republicans -- including Oklahoma state representative Kevin McDugle -- agree with; and a Canadian takes home Wildlife Photographer of the Year for a pic that captures small creatures and hidden places that aren’t often celebrated.