For Real

This week Alice and Kim revisit one of their favorite topics, International Women’s Day, with stories from women around the world. Plus, new nonfiction about Flat Earthers, abolition, and Greek myths. Follow For Real using RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. For more nonfiction recommendations, sign up for our True Story newsletter, edited by Alice Burton. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Nonfiction in the News West Africans and the history of smallpox inoculation: Q&A with Elise A. Mitchell [Royal Society] 4 lessons from the life of global health visionary Paul Farmer [Vox] Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World by Tracy Kidder Britney Spears set to pen tell-all book in bombshell $15M deal [Page Six] New Nonfiction Off the Edge: Flat Earthers, Conspiracy Culture, and Why People Will Believe Anything by Kelly Weill The Republic of Violence: The Tormented Rise of Abolition in An