By William Shakespeare
Land of the Giants - The Self-Driving Experiment
Seven years ago, Elon Musk stood on stage and said he “would consider autonomous driving to be basically a solved problem.” He also said Teslas could “drive with greater safety than a person right now.” That statement wasn’t true. But Musk has continued making this claim. Meanwhile, several other companies have made major strides on autonomous driving. Can Tesla catch up?
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NPR's Book of the Day - In ‘The Apology,’ a South Korean grandmother makes amends from the afterlife
Audio Poem of the Day - Sympathetic Magpies
By William J. Harris
NPR's Book of the Day - James McBride’s new murder mystery digs into Black and Jewish communities in the ’30s
Read Me a Poem - “Waiting for Icarus” by Muriel Rukeyser
Amanda Holmes reads Muriel Rukeyser’s poem “Waiting for Icarus.” Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us: podcast@theamericanscholar.org. If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman.
This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by Chad Crouch.
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Audio Poem of the Day - A Worldly Country
by John Ashbery
The Bookmonger - Episode 470: ‘Agreeing to Disagree’ by Michael W. McConnell and Nathan S. Chapman
In God We Lust - Listen Now – Over My Dead Body: Gone Hunting
When Mike Williams vanishes on a hunting trip, the authorities suspect he was eaten by alligators but the true predators who took Mike may lurk much closer to home. The mystery of Mike’s disappearance might have faded from memory, if it wasn’t for one woman’s tireless crusade. From Wondery, comes a new season of Over My Dead Body; a story about an obsessive love affair, a scandalous secret and a mother’s battle for the truth.
Listen to Over My Dead Body: Wondery.fm/_OMDB_
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