Month: August 2019

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The Daily Signal - #521: Nolan Peterson on Traveling With Pompeo

Nolan Peterson, The Daily Signal’s foreign correspondent, is back in Washington after a week traveling abroad with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Today, he joins Daniel in the studio to share about the trip and the news he reported on, ranging from Russia to China to North Korea and Afghanistan.We also cover the following stories:-President Trump travels to El Paso and Dayton after mass shootings.-Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, doubles down after doxxing local Trump donors.-"Red flag" gun proposal gains bipartisan support in Congress.The Daily Signal podcast is available on Ricochet, iTunes, SoundCloud, Google Play, and Stitcher. All of our podcasts can be found at DailySignal.com/podcasts. If you like what you hear, please leave a review. You can also leave us a message at 202-608-6205 or write us at letters@dailysignal.com. Enjoy the show!

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The Daily Signal - #518: Two Young Reporters Get a Taste of Washington

On today's episode, we talk with Daily Signal reporting interns Carmel Kookogey and Kaylee Greenlee about their summer in Washington, D.C. They share highlights from their internship and offer some advice to other college students aspiring to move to Washington.We also share letters to the editor and a story about how one generous man gave the gift of a college education to 33 strangers.The Daily Signal podcast is available on Ricochet, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, or your favorite podcast app. All of our podcasts can be found at http://dailysignal.com/podcasts. Enjoy the show!

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Updates On Area Road Construction, And Rocky Makes An Impact

Construction updates, distracted drivers, and new rail cars are some of the transportation stories you’ll hear from Tribune reporter and WBEZ transportation contributor Mary Wisniewski.

Plus anti-hate activist Christian Picciolini talks about Rocky on the latest installment of The Movie That Made Me.

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The Daily Signal - #522: Mohammed Khalid on Combating Islamist Extremism

On today’s show, our colleagues Kate Trinko and Daniel Davis interview Mohammed Khalid, who made the record books as the youngest person in the U.S. to be prosecuted for terrorism. Khalid now is an activist who fights Islamist extremism. We also cover these stories:—A suspect armed with what police say were two large “machete knives” goes on a stabbing spree Wednesday in Southern California.—Some customers of Equinox Fitness and SoulCycle call for boycotting the companies over the owner’s plan to hold a fundraiser for President Donald Trump.—Universal Pictures pulls ads for a new movie that shows billionaires hunting “deplorables” for sport.

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Cato Daily Podcast - Taking Conservative Nationalism Seriously

The aims of national conservatism (or conservative nationalism) will differ based on who you ask, but it rejects a great deal of the conservatism of the last few decades, and libertarian thinking is among the ideologies in its crosshairs. Aaron Ross Powell and Stephanie Slade discuss why it should be taken seriously.

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Cato Daily Podcast - Taking Conservative Nationalism Seriously

The aims of national conservatism (or conservative nationalism) will differ based on who you ask, but it rejects a great deal of the conservatism of the last few decades, and libertarian thinking is among the ideologies in its crosshairs. Aaron Ross Powell and Stephanie Slade discuss why it should be taken seriously.

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Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - Let’s Start with Race

Dahlia Lithwick is joined by Michele Goodwin, Chancellor’s Professor of Law at the University of California, Irvine, for a wide reaching conversation about race and gender and the stories America tells itself so it can sleep at night. Starting with Trump’s tweets about Baltimore, Professor Goodwin offers an expert survey of centuries of racist and sexist narratives in the legal system and the country at large. This week’s show also features excerpts from a live discussion Dahlia moderated at the 92 St Y with Heidi Shreck (What the Constitution Means to Me) and Professor Laurence Tribe (Harvard Law School).

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The Gist - The Case of “The Case of Al Franken”

On The Gist, a theory as to why we still hear dusty old terms like “happy warrior”—at least during election season.

In the interview, Slate writer Christina Cauterucci, who recently wrote about Al Franken, criticizes a recent New Yorker story on the ousted senator. She and Mike break down what they think its author Jane Mayer got wrong and right, the facts of the reporting, and why we shouldn’t think of the #MeToo movement as one with winners and losers.

In the Spiel, John Ratcliffe is thankfully out of consideration for the job of Director of National Intelligence. But it’s a shame that he’s still acceptable as a congressman.

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