On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, Federalist Senior Editor and RightForge Co-Founder Christopher Bedford joins Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to discuss why President Joe Biden is no longer useful to the corporate media and their Democrat allies who are on the hook for putting him in the White House.
Can a $1.9 trillion company still be a dark horse? Microsoft beats the odds and wins the Netflix ad business.
(0:21) Maria Gallagher discusses: - How Microsoft being "agnostic" helped it beat Google and Comcast - Netflix purposefully timing this news ahead of next week's earnings - Why she's focused on the ripple effects of Target's upcoming report
(9:13) Ricky Mulvey and Rick Munarriz discuss Celsius Holdings, an energy drink company with triple-digit growth.
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This week, David Plotz, John Dickerson, and Mark Leibovich discuss Biden’s 2024 plans, the establishment Republicans who stand by Trump, and Herschel Walker’s alarming Senate campaign.
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Roland Pease talks to two astronomers who began working on the James Webb Space Telescope more than two decades ago and have now seen the first spectacular results of their labours. Marcia Rieke of the University of Arizona and JWST's senior project scientist John Mather discuss the highlights of the first four images.
Also in the programme, geologists discover precisely where on the Red Planet the most ancient Martian meteorite came from - we speak to Anthony Lagain whose detective work identified the crater from which the rock was ejected into space. And what causes vast areas of the Indian Ocean to glow with strange light - a rare and mysterious phenomenon known as 'milky seas'? The world is a step closer to understanding this centuries' old maritime enigma thanks to the crew of a yacht sailing south of Java, atmospheric scientist Steven Miller and marine microbiologist Kenneth Nealson.
Image: The Southern Ring Nebula
Credit: NASA/STScI
Presenter: Roland Pease
Producer: Andrew Luck-Baker
The most valuable crypto stories for Thursday, July 14, 2022.
"The Hash" team discusses Celsius Network co-founder and CEO Alex Mashinsky responding to the crypto lender filing for bankruptcy protection by noting in a press release that it's the "right decision for our community and company.” Plus, Disney's latest push into the metaverse.
This episode was edited by Michele Musso and our executive producer is Jared Schwartz. Our theme song is “Neon Beach.”
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(00:00) – Introduction
(08:06) – Measuring human intelligence
(22:34) – IQ tests
(45:23) – College entrance exams
(53:59) – Genetics
(59:58) – Enhancing intelligence
(1:07:27) – The Bell Curve
(1:19:58) – Race differences
(1:39:11) – Bell curve criticisms
(1:48:21) – Intelligence and life success
(1:57:57) – Flynn effect
(2:02:49) – Nature vs nuture
(2:29:42) – Testing artificial intelligence
(2:41:46) – Advice
(2:45:53) – Mortality
What is permaculture, exactly? Why does the US have a law allowing them to invade the Hague? Anonymous sources reach out to Ben to ask about a strange conspiracy: is Amazon supporting a Tik Tok grift to swindle writers? All this and more in this week's listener mail segment.
Dozens of people are unaccounted for amid devastating Virginia floods. Middle East talks on Iran. What new abortion laws meant for a ten year-old rape victim. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has today's World News Roundup.