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You're Wrong About - Tonya Harding Part 2
“The story that did the most damage to the people in it was the one that made the most money.” Sarah tells Mike about the low-rent conspiracy that sparked a ratings bonanza. Digressions include "Out of Sight," Robert De Niro and the ancient sexting technology known as landlines. Mike continues to laugh confusedly at references he does not know.
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The Best One Yet - Amazon’s record profit streak ends, Hershey’s “peanut butter” strategy, and the secret car meeting in California
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In today's episode, for the past 4 quarters, Amazon set record profits. But not this time — we noticed it has 42 highlights in its report, so we picked highlights of those highlights. Hershey stock rose 2%, but its new strategy is simply repackaging Reese’s. And major car companies got together to chat emissions standards with California in a secret meeting that could affect the entire industry.
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The Intelligence from The Economist - A plight in Tunisia: the president passes
Beji Caid Essebsi promised to fix the economy, re-establish security and consolidate Tunisia’s democracy—but all of that remains unresolved as the country begins its search for a new leader. Pet ownership is surging around the world, as are ways to pamper pets. Who owns whom here? And, homeopathy gets diluted as France removes its state subsidy for the pseudoscience.
What Next | Daily News and Analysis - Meet the EPA’s Ghost-Writer
A scientist on the outer fringes of his field has been patiently making the case that the U.S. government applies far too conservative controls on toxins in the environment. Now, he’s trying to implement his ideas at the EPA -- by writing a sweeping new rule that could make the agency unable to regulate pollution & other contaminants.
Guest: Susanne Rust, reporter for the Los Angeles Times.
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The NewsWorthy - Russia Report, Editing DNA & Apple’s Purchase – Friday, July 26th, 2019
The news to know for Friday, July 26th, 2019!
Today, what a new report says about election interference and a new compromise involving some of the largest automakers.
Plus: cutting-edge science literally cuts DNA, and Apple makes a big purchase.
Those stories and many more in less than 10 minutes!
Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you.
Today's episode is brought to you by Babbel and UTEP Connect.
Sources:
Senate Intelligence Investigation: NBC News, The Hill, Washington Post, NYT
Election Security Bills Blocked: AP, CNN
Iran Interference: Washington Post
Death Penalty Resumes: AP, CNN, NBC News
Automakers Climate Deal: Washington Post, The Hill, Reuters
Paris Heat Wave: Weather Channel, AccuWeather, AP
Gene-Editing Study: Fast Company, AP
Apple Intel Deal: TechCrunch, CNBC
Ford Scooters: The Verge, Venture Beat
Drake and Pandora: Billboard, PR Newswire, AP
“Will and Grace” Ends: Variety, People
Read Me a Poem - “60 yard pass” by Charles Bukowski
Amanda Holmes reads Charles Bukowski’s poem “60 yard pass.” If you are the listener who suggested this poem, please email us! We would love to send you a prize. Have a suggestion for a poem? 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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The Gist - The Lie of Live PD
A few months ago, Dan Taberski joined us to talk about latest season of his Headlong podcast, Running From Cops, focused on reality television shows about police. One series in particular, Live PD, was billed as a documentary but seemed to fall into the same bad practices as other reality programming. Taberski tried to interview the Dan Abrams, the show’s host, and was never able to get him on mic.
Lucky for us, in 2016 Mike interviewed Abrams for The Gist when Live PD was first airing. So we’re airing a few clips of Mike’s conversation with Taberski, the Running From Cops segment about Live PD, and Mike’s 2016 interview with Abrams. Enjoy the cop-a-thon.
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Pod Save America - “Mueller: The Season Finale.”
Special Counsel Robert Mueller testifies for six hours before the House Judiciary and Intelligence Committees, Democratic leaders remain hesitant on impeachment, and Joe Biden gets scrappy with his opponents over health care and criminal justice reform. Then House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff talks to Jon F. about the Mueller hearing and impeachment.
Science In Action - The human danger – for sharks
A global project tracking sharks through the deep oceans has found they are increasingly facing danger from fishing fleets. Sharks used to be caught accidentally, but now there is a well-established trade in shark meat and fins, which the researchers say is reducing their numbers.
We look at how tourists might be a useful source for conservation data, And we meet one of the planets smallest predators, is it a plant is it an animal? Well actually it’s a bit of both.
(Photo: Tiger shark. Credit: Barcroft Media via Getty Images)
Presenter: Roland Pease Producer: Julian siddle