With the Iowa caucuses around the corner, we give you a Short Wave guide (with some help from our friends at NPR Politics) to where the top-tier Democratic presidential candidates stand on climate change and the environment. Political correspondent and NPR Politics Podcast co-host Scott Detrow breaks it down for us. Follow host Maddie Sofia on Twitter @maddie_sofia and Scott @scottdetrow. Email the show at shortwave@npr.org.
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New Books in Native American Studies - K. Linder et al., “Going Alt-Ac: A Guide to Alternative Academic Careers” (Stylus Publishing, 2020)
If you’re a grad student facing the ugly reality of finding a tenure-track job, you could easily be forgiven for thinking about a career change. However, if you’ve spent the last several years working on a PhD, or if you’re a faculty member whose career has basically consisted of higher ed, switching isn’t so easy. PhD holders are mostly trained to work as professors, and making easy connections to other careers is no mean feat. Because the people you know were generally trained to do the same sorts of things, an easy source of advice might not be there for you.
Thankfully, for anybody who wishes there was a guidebook that would just break all of this down, that book has now been written. Going Alt-Ac: A Guide to Alternative Academic Careers (Stylus Publishing, 2020) by Kathryn E. Linder, Kevin Kelly, and Thomas J. Tobin offers practical advice and step-by-step instructions on how to decide if you want to leave behind academia and how to start searching for a new career. If a lot of career advice is too vague or too ambiguous, this book corrects that by outlining not just how to figure out what you might want to do, but critically, how you might go about accomplishing that.
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The NewsWorthy - Americans Evacuated, Retiring Space Telescope & Google’s DIY App (+ Kobe Bryant Talks to Lewis Howes) – Thursday, January 30th, 2020
The news to know for Thursday, January 30th, 2020!
What to know today about what could be the end of the impeachment trial this week, how the new coronavirus is impacting U.S. companies, and Kobe Bryant's wife Vanessa makes her first public statement since the tragedy.
Plus: the end of an era for NASA, Google's new DIY video app, and why a certain hot sauce sold out in minutes...
Those stories and many more in less than 10 minutes!
Then, hang out after the news for Thing to Know Thursday's bonus interview. This week, you'll hear Kobe Bryant in his own words.
We've been given permission to play a few clips from The School of Greatness, where Lewis Howes spoke with Kobe Bryant about hard work, family, love and greatness.
Watch the full interview here: https://lewishowes.com/691
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Impeachment Trial to End?: CBS News, NYT, AP, The Hill
Coronavirus Latest: Washington Post, NYT, NPR, NBC News, ABC News
Interest Rates Steady: WSJ, CNN, Business Insider
Boeing’s First Annual Loss in Decades: CNBC, CNN
Vanessa Bryant’s Post: AP, Instagram, Donate Here
Petition to Change NBA Logo: Yahoo Sports, LA Times, CBS News, USA Today
“Super Bowl Fever”: USA Today, WorkForce Institute
Spitzer Telescope Ends Mission: Space.com, USA Today, WIRED
Google’s New DIY App: TechCrunch, Engadget
MoviePass Gone for Good: Engadget, Cnet, The Verge
Old Bay Hot Sauce Sold Out in Minutes: CNBC, NBC News
Talk Python To Me - #249: Capture the Staff of Pythonic Knowledge in TwilioQuest
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The Daily Signal - Dave Rubin Warns of Cancel Culture, Mob Mentality
Dave Rubin, who hosts "The Rubin Report", joins the podcast to discuss the differences between political liberalism and classical liberalism, his recent encounter with Antifa, and the cancel culture phenomenon.
We also cover these stories:
- The Senate impeachment trial continued on Wednesday with senators getting to ask their first questions.
- Security personnel for President Donald Trump say they could stop the publication of former national security advisor John Bolton’s forthcoming book .
- President Trump signs U.S. Mexico Canada Trade Agreement into law.
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The Gist - Could Bernie Take Iowa?
On the Gist, could Bernie Sanders win in Iowa?
In the interview, humorist and numbers ninja Matt Parker is here to discuss his new book Humble Pi: When Math Goes Wrong in the Real World. He and Mike discuss the peculiarities of his page numbers, how he kept math fun, and a detailed exploration of what a decade is.
In the spiel, impeachment continues.
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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - BONUS: Illinois Gov. Pritzker’s Full State Of The State Address
In case you missed it, or want to take a closer listen, here's Gov. Pritzker's State of the State speech, given at noon today in Springfield
Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Groups Bring Legal Aid To Marginalized Communities
Access to justice can only happen if individuals and groups have access to legal expertise and resources. Marginalized communities both in urban and rural areas often are without this access to legal aid. Governor Pritzker allocated $10 million of this year’s state budget to help fund organizations that provide legal aid, and we talk to 2 women that’ll help allocate those funds.
Song Exploder - Vagabon – Water Me Down
When Laetitia Tamko started making the second Vagabon album, she really wanted to produce the entire thing on her own. It would be a new sound, and producing was still a relatively new skill to her, but she wanted to tackle it head on, and do it all herself. On this song, though, "Water Me Down," Laetitia actually has a co-producer, Eric Littman. It’s the one exception to her otherwise entirely self-produced album. In this episode, she breaks down how she and Eric made the song, and why it was worth making that exception.
Lex Fridman Podcast - David Chalmers: The Hard Problem of Consciousness
David Chalmers is a philosopher and cognitive scientist specializing in philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, and consciousness. He is perhaps best known for formulating the hard problem of consciousness which could be stated as “why does the feeling which accompanies awareness of sensory information exist at all?”
This conversation is part of the Artificial Intelligence podcast. If you would like to get more information about this podcast go to https://lexfridman.com/ai or connect with @lexfridman on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Medium, or YouTube where you can watch the video versions of these conversations. If you enjoy the podcast, please rate it 5 stars on Apple Podcasts, follow on Spotify, or support it on Patreon.
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00:00 – Introduction
02:23 – Nature of reality: Are we living in a simulation?
19:19 – Consciousness in virtual reality
27:46 – Music-color synesthesia
31:40 – What is consciousness?
51:25 – Consciousness and the meaning of life
57:33 – Philosophical zombies
1:01:38 – Creating the illusion of consciousness
1:07:03 – Conversation with a clone
1:11:35 – Free will
1:16:35 – Meta-problem of consciousness
1:18:40 – Is reality an illusion?
1:20:53 – Descartes’ evil demon
1:23:20 – Does AGI need conscioussness?
1:33:47 – Exciting future
1:35:32 – Immortality