This episode features seven authors, who visited Politics and Prose this year and were not featured on a previous episode. First, Bob Schieffer tells a story about where he was the day President Kennedy was shot. Then, Jacqueline Woodson reads from her memoir "Brown Girl Dreaming".  Angie Thomas discusses her inspiration for her debut young adult novel "The Hate U Give". Next, comedian  John Hodgman shares his thoughts on white privilege, and Patricia Lockwood reads from her irreverent Catholic memoir "Priestdaddy". Astronaut Leland Melvin discusses his difficult road to outer space. And finally, Dan Rather reflects on the current divide in our country and reveals why he is optimistic for the future.

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