First Things Podcast - “The Abolition of Man”
On this episode, Father Michael Ward joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss his new book, "After Humanity: A Guide to C.S. Lewis's The Abolition of Man."
Start the Week - Colm Tóibín on Thomas Mann
The prize-winning author Colm Tóibín recreates the life and work of one of Germany’s most famous and acclaimed writers Thomas Mann. The Magician is a deeply intimate portrait of a private man, revealing both his suppressed homosexuality and complex family ties, and of a public writer who sought to explicate the soul of Germany in the 20th century.
When Hitler came to power Thomas Mann fled his homeland and went into exile in America, and in Switzerland, never to return to live in the country that inspired his creativity. Karen Leeder, Professor of Modern German Literature at Oxford, considers how German writers have become embroiled in the major events of history, and the impact on their writing. She has translated the lectures of the poet Durs Grünbein, For the Dying Calves, to be published in November.
Mann’s novel Buddenbrooks, which earned him the Nobel Prize for Literature, is the story of the decline of a wealthy bourgeois merchant family. As a family saga it’s been likened to Jesse Armstrong’s 21st century creation, Succession. As the television drama reaches its third series Armstrong explains why the back-stabbing, power-grabbing antics of a superrich, dysfunctional family has so caught the public imagination.
Producer: Katy Hickman
What Next - What Next | Daily News and Analysis – Death and Desperation at Rikers Island
In the past year, twelve inmates on Rikers Island have died and it’s corrections staff has started refusing to come to work. The jail is slated for closure in 2027, but what can be done now to alleviate its problems?
Guest: Jan Ransom is a metro investigative reporter focused on criminal justice for the New York Times.
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The Best One Yet - 🧨 “Banned in China” — Firework’s $100M broccoli. Bitcoin’s grounded. Zuck’s burn book.
You’re grounded: China just all-out banned crypto-anything in China… but that could be good for crypto in the US. Firework is TikTokifying Albertsons’ grocery app because of “The 3 Vs.” And the WSJ’s Burn Book on Facebook deluge of negative press has them reversing the PR strategy — Actually they found a new one.
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You're Wrong About - Bonus: The Great Protein Fiasco
From our friends at Maintenance Phase, the story of how Nestlé executives, global health institutions and a very racist white lady seeded a nutritional myth we're still living with today.
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The Best One Yet - 🧨 “Banned in China” — Firework’s $100M broccoli. Bitcoin’s grounded. Zuck’s burn book.
You’re grounded: China just all-out banned crypto-anything in China… but that could be good for crypto in the US. Firework is TikTokifying Albertsons’ grocery app because of “The 3 Vs.” And the WSJ’s Burn Book on Facebook deluge of negative press has them reversing the PR strategy — Actually they found a new one.
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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - Death and Desperation at Rikers Island
In the past year, twelve inmates on Rikers Island have died and it’s corrections staff has started refusing to come to work. The jail is slated for closure in 2027, but what can be done now to alleviate its problems?
Guest: Jan Ransom is a metro investigative reporter focused on criminal justice for the New York Times.
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Strict Scrutiny - Hashtag YOLO
Recorded in partnership with the 2021 Texas Tribune festival, Dahlia Lithwick joins us to discuss the U.S. Supreme Court’s busy summer and do a lightening-round preview of 2.5 cases on the docket for the Court’s upcoming term.
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Everything Everywhere Daily - Survivorship Bias
During World War II, the US Army assigned statistician Abraham Wald the task of statistically figuring out where extra armor should be added to American bombers.
After analyzing the evidence and sharing it with the Army, he recommended the exact opposite of what the Army assumed. The reason was that the Army had engaged in a logical fallacy.
Learn more about survivorship bias and how it manifests itself into everyday thinking, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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The NewsWorthy - Train Derailment, Election Audit Findings & China Bans Crypto- Monday, September 27th, 2021
The news to know for Monday, September 27th, 2021!
We'll tell you about an Amtrak passenger train that went off the tracks and how locals rushed in to help out.
Also, what to know about the candidate Germans elected to be their new leader, and what a Republican-led audit found about the last presidential election here in the U.S.
Plus, the impact of a record backlog of cargo ships off the U.S. coasts, a new law in China that could shake the cryptocurrency market, and how an NFL kicker made history over the weekend.
Those stories and more in around 10 minutes!
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