Shankar Vedantam is the host and creator of Hidden Brain. The Hidden Brain podcast receives more than three million downloads per week. The Hidden Brain radio show is distributed by NPR and featured on nearly 400 public radio stations around the United States.
A wave of political assassinations has swept across Mexico during this election season. One candidate was violently killed on her first day of campaigning.
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