Barge hands and feet it was the perfect physique for a swimmer but Casey hated the reality of competitive swimming the dehumanizing focus on discipline and physique she rebelled she began to drink alcohol to excess she started to take and then deal drugs her swimming career came crashing down at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996 since then she s conquered addiction challenge conventional gender and sexual stereotypes pursued a career in art and in modeling male modeling at bat but how hard was it to emerge from the darkness Well Casey Legler joins me in the studio now welcome to hot talk Thanks for having me you come here having just written a rather extraordinary memoir of your early life the 1st 21 years or so of your life it is law it is full of pain and it exposes some of the very dark places in your life how hard was it to write. First I just want to say that it s great to be here told you before we started that I m a huge fan but my wife is a massive fan and I have done I grew up wat
Understand what s happening there and it helps us predict what s happening in the future find out what that vessel will do in the Arctic and Antarctic You re listening to the b.b.c. World Service live from n.p.r. News in Washington I m Jim Kane Washington is gearing up for another day of intense scrutiny of President Trump s dealings with Ukraine following the release of notes from a July phone call between Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart showing Trump pressing Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden and his son critics have charged the president was withholding aid to Ukraine while asking for that investigation but Trump says he was blocking the aid over concern that Ukraine wasn t doing enough to fight corruption now n.p.r. News has obtained documentation showing the Pentagon notified Congress in May that Ukraine had done enough to receive the aid N.P.R. s David Well the reports President Trump s professed concerns about corruption in Ukraine are undercut by a letter sent by the Pentag
Particularly in the area. In the Kurdish areas down to Iraq down to Baghdad Jeffrey says American troops are working with Syrian democratic forces to go after cells that have been left behind in Washington Rachel Sutherland Fox News they feel the 1st time but a Frenchman tried again and did it floating his way across the English Channel. That s a hoverboard and it s being written by inventor Frank the daring Frenchman made the 22 mile crossing of the historic waterway between Kalai and Dover in just under 22 Minutes Sunday morning the 40 year olds a potter reach speeds of up to 110 miles per hour on his fly aboard he stopped only once along the way to refuel the kerosene powered hoverboard the gusty winds were especially challenging he said and his leg muscles were burning as he maintained control of the futuristic mode of transport spectators on both sides were impressed said one it s not every day you see a man standing up trying to cross the Channel quite true Karen McHugh Fox news
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