In this episode, the Goods from the Woods Boys are joined by the brilliantly hilarious and the supremely delightful comedian, Megan Simon. Megan tells the boys all about growing up an emo kid in her home state of Texas. The tangents we go on in this episode are as wide ranging as the prairies of the Lone Star State itself; everything from emo music to smoking weed with Willie to Texas Wrestling and why Austin ain't all that weird anymore. Everyone is going to love this episode! Follow Megan on Twitter @MySpaceMegan. Songs of the week this week: "PediCab Boyfriend" and "That's Weird" by Megan Simon, naturally! Follow the show @TheGoodsPod Rivers is @RiversLangley Dr. Pat is @PM_Reilly Mr. Goodnight is @SepulvedaCowboy Pick up a Goods from the Woods t-shirt at: http://prowrestlingtees.com/TheGoodsPod
Python Bytes - #12 Expanding your Python mental model and serving millions of requests per second with Python
Topics covered in this episode:
- Why Learn Python? Here Are 8 Data-Driven Reasons by Dan Bader
- A million requests per second with Python
- Python Top 10 Articles for the Past Year (v.2017)
- Extras
- Joke
Song Exploder - Dropkick Murphys – Blood
The band Dropkick Murphys formed in Boston in 1996. For over twenty years, they’ve made music that’s reflected the culture and community they’ve come from, including their platinum single "Shipping Up to Boston." In January 2017, they released the album "11 Short Stories of Pain & Glory," which includes the song Blood. In this episode, guitarist Tim Brennan breaks down how the music for Blood was made, and the band founder Ken Casey explains the inspiration behind the lyrics.
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Opening Arguments - OA41: Betsy DeVos and School Vouchers
In today's episode, we examine one of the favorite policy recommendations of President Trump's Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos: the school voucher. What is it? Is it constitutional? Listen and find out! We begin, however, with a Breakin' Down the Law segment where Andrew looks at a popular Twitter account's explanation of the odd fact that Donald Trump filed his re-election papers four years early. Is there some nefarious purpose to him having done so, or is this innocuous? We break down the law so you'll be armed with the information you need to navigate these kinds of claims. In the main segment, Andrew walks us through Zelman v. Simmons-Harris, 536 U.S. 639 (2002), the most recent Supreme Court case to consider school vouchers, with a focus on whether providing federal tax dollars to private religious institutions violates the First Amendment's Establishment Clause. After our main segment, we turn to a question from ex-Mormon about the infamous "Mormon Extermination Order," an executive order (No. 44) signed by Missouri Gov. Lilburn Boggs in 1838. This dovetails with a two-hour discussion of the Order between Andrew and host Bryce Blankenagel during episode 47 of the "Naked Mormonism" podcast, which you should definitely check out by clicking here. Finally, we end with the answer to Thomas Takes the Bar Exam question #9 about joint tenancy. Remember that TTTBE issues a new question every Friday, followed by the answer on next Tuesday's show. Don't forget to play along by following our Twitter feed (@Openargs) and/or our Facebook Page and quoting the Tweet or Facebook Post that announces this episode along with your guess and reason(s)! Show Notes & Links
- The "Resisterhood" tweets are here.
- Zelman v. Simmons-Harris, 536 U.S. 639 (2002).
- This is the original, hand-written text of Missouri Executive Order 44 (the "Mormon Extermination Order").
- The main page for the "Naked Mormonism" podcast is here; and Andrew was on Epsiode 47, which you can download here.
African Tech Roundup - Lionel Chmilewsky of Cambridge Broadband Networks is bullish on multipoint microwave tech
Lionel Chmilewsky is the CEO of Cambridge Broadband Networks (CBNL), a UK-based, privately-held multipoint microwave tech firm which has an impressive client list that includes seven of the world’s top ten mobile operators-- among them, African biggies like MTN and Vodacom. Lionel shares insights on the state of play on the continent’s wireless network scene, and explains why recent advances in multipoint microwave tech are potentially game-changing.
The Gist - The Business of Corporate Protest
After intense protest toward companies such as Uber, CEOs across America are finding it more and more difficult to stay neutral when it comes to the Trump administration. Adi Ignatius is the editor of the Harvard Business Review, whose most recent issue looks at how business leaders are approaching the Trump White House. He says more CEOs are likely to follow the lead of Disney chief Bob Iger, who double-booked himself last week instead of attending a meeting with the new White House strategic council. For the Spiel, why niceties matter in Washington. Today’s sponsors: Tripping.com gives you access to millions of vacation properties all in one place. Visit Tripping.com/gist to find your perfect vacation rental today.
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African Tech Roundup - Internet Blackout Persists In Anglophone Cameroon
The Indomitable Lions of Cameroon are probably still celebrating their win against The Pharaohs of Egypt in the AFCON final. How ironic that roughly 20% of the Central African country’s population was unable to celebrate their national team’s win on social media thanks to the government’s ongoing broadband blackout following anti-government protests in the north-west and south-west regions of that country. No doubt some Cameroonians-- particularly the tech heads who make up the nation’s “Silicon Mountain” community, might even now gladly give up the country's recently won AFCON trophy if it meant getting their internet back.
Increasingly, many African governments cannot be trusted not to tamper with public access to the web. With disturbing frequency, citizens across the continent are cut off without notice whenever their governments' interests are threatened. The unfortunate truth is that for the average African, the concept of internet access as a human right is a myth. As for the concept of net neutrality, a moment of silence, please...
This week’s African Tech Round-up features a chat with Lionel Chmilewsky. Lionel is the CEO of Cambridge Broadband Networks (CBNL), a UK-based privately-held multipoint microwave tech firm which has an impressive client list that includes seven of the world’s top ten mobile operators-- among them, African biggies like MTN and Vodacom. Lionel shares insights on the state of play on the continent’s wireless network scene, and explains why recent advances in multipoint microwave tech are potentially game-changing.
Music Credits:
Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Cato Daily Podcast - Neil Gorsuch and the Nomination Process
Neil Gorsuch's own writings raise at least one concern about how he would perform on the Supreme Court. Ilya Somin comments.
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Pod Save America - “A moment of silence for Bowling Green.”
Behind the scenes of Trump's first weeks, his attacks on the judiciary, and his not-so-populist revolution. Then Neera Tanden joins Jon, Jon and Tommy to discuss the fight to save ACA.