"There is no question that true crime and the genre have helped move cases forward. But I wouldn't be honest if I didn't say there were times when I just cringe," says Bill Thomas, co-host of "Mind Over Murder."

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"When public bathrooms are closed, there doesn't suddenly become no need to go," says author Lezlie Lowe.

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"We're starting to see a pattern of curtailing free speech and this could send India down a dangerous path of suppression of freedom of speech and intolerance," says The National's Joyce Karam about the protests in India.

We covered that story and all the top national and global news from this week on the News Roundup.

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"Winning the Senate and the House require winning in moderate areas while also energizing the base. It's a tough thing for folks to square," says The New York Times' Astead Herndon.

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In some parts of the country, overdose deaths are on track to outpace deaths from COVID-19. We talk about the need for renewed attention to America's opioid crisis.

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"Hunger is not just an issue of inner cities or a certain demographic of people. Often, it is right next door. Children are the number one sufferers of hunger in America, it's important to remember that," says Nicole Lander of the Houston Food Bank.

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"GDP figures show that last year the economy shrank for the first time since the financial crisis. That's the largest amount it's shrunk by in 70-plus years," Planet Money's Mary Childs says.

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The United States is alerted to the threat of more right-wing extremist attacks. Wall Street came under fire and COVID-19 vaccination efforts continued across the country. Around the world, crowds take to the streets in India and Russia. The E.U. turned up the heat on AstraZeneca. And the new U.S. Secretary of State got to work.

We got to all those stories and more on this edition of the News Roundup.

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"Pixar really understands the 'hero-goes-on-a-journey' story. This is a story about who you are and what you need to be and how you judge yourself," says KPCC's John Horn about Disney-Pixar's Soul.

We talked about all our favorite movies and television during this edition of The Hit List.

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"The filibuster was not part of the original Senate, and it was not something the framers intended," says author Adam Jentleson.

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