Lauren Hansen
Lauren Hansen produces The Week’s podcasts and videos and edits the photo blog, Captured. She also manages the production of the magazine's iPad app. A graduate of Kenyon College and Northwestern University, she previously worked at the BBC and Frontline. She knows a thing or two about pretty pictures and cute puppies, both of which she tweets about @mylaurenhansen.
Latest articles by Lauren Hansen
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America's 13 most bizarrely specific official state appetizers, toys, soils, and more
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The most newsworthy dogs of 2013
feature Whether brave, heartbreaking, or award-winning, these pups all proved to be more than Man's Best Friend
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The surprisingly endearing world of pigeon racing
In Pictures Meet these burly men and their pet pigeons
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The objects immigrants hold dear
In Pictures This photo series explores the emotional weight of the items immigrants carry with them to America
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Cleaning up the biggest New Year's mess in America
In Pictures While the rest of us head to bed in the early hours of Jan. 1, New York's sanitation team gets to work
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The year's best photojournalism
In Pictures Here are the most striking images of 2017
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The most wondrous space photography of 2017
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In Pictures In some of the week's most striking images, a cow takes a helicopter ride, Santa water skis, and more
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This week I learned that crows make up after fights, and more
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The week I learned your ice is teeming with bacteria, and more
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In Pictures In some of the week's most eye-catching images, Santas ski, a pooch gets pampered, and more
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The women warriors of photojournalism
In Pictures Three female photojournalists are honored for capturing humanity besieged in war zones
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This week I learned dogs really are smarter than cats, and more
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The universal beauty of family
In Pictures A new exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, celebrates the family as muse
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This week I learned that prehistoric women were ridiculously strong, and more
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In Pictures In some of the week's most eye-catching images, President Trump decides a turkey's fate, sunbathers bask in Spain, and more
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Woman thanks homeless man who saved her with a $200,000 crowdfunding campaign
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This week I learned America really struggled to pin down a date for Thanksgiving, and more
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Rep. Joe Barton caught on tape threatening ex-lover with the police to protect his secret sex life
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The weird and wonderful world of poultry pageants
In Pictures When you just want to show off your beautiful birds ...
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This week I learned the dinosaurs could still be alive today if the asteroid had hit pretty much anywhere else, and more
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The origin story of the peace sign
In Pictures During the 1960s, photographer Jim Marshall captured the unlikely rise of a British-made symbol in American culture
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This week I learned that dogs can smell happiness, and more
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Texas Attorney General calls for more conceal carry laws in the wake of deadly church shooting
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