Month: July 2022

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Short Wave - Spiders Can Fear Other Spiders

If you're not so fond of spiders, you may find kindred spirits in other spiders! Researcher Daniela Roessler worked with jumping spiders and found that they know to get away from the presence of other possible predator spiders, even if they've never encountered them before. She talks with host Maria Godoy about her research and what Halloween decorations do to the poor spiders, if arachnids can have arachnophobia. (Encore)

Read Daniela's research and watch videos of the experiment: https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2435.13953

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NPR's Book of the Day - ‘Under the Skin’ shows how COVID exposed racial disparities in healthcare

Life expectancy in the U.S. has always been different for people of color. And since the pandemic, that gap has widened. In her new book, Under the Skin, journalist Linda Villarosa uncovers the hidden toll of racism in America and how racial disparities impact all aspects of healthcare. In an interview with Karen Grisby Bates on the podcast Code Switch, Villarosa talks about the biases that lead to worse care for communities of color and how medical students are pushing against them.
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Chapo Trap House - 642 – The Dinner Party (7/5/22)

We hope everyone had a nice holiday weekend. After last week’s coverage of the politics of the Roe reversal, we now move on to taking a look at the media, because boy is the consent manufacturing machine whirring into gear. Will looks at a trio of pieces from the New York Times that appear to be buttering up the readership to place the blame squarely on those least responsible, plus time well-spent on a profile of the most annoying people on Earth! Tickets to our live shows, merch & more (well, actually not much more, but those two things!) over on www.chapotraphouse.com
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It Could Happen Here - Protecting Your Community In A Hostile State

Robert sits down with representatives from the Dallas-based Elm Fork John Brown Gun Club to talk about their recent defensive actions to oppose right wing attacks on the local LGBT community.

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The Gist - Abortion Changes Politics

Sarah Longwell, host of the podcast The Focus Group—and also host of actual bona-fide, gold-standard focus groups—reports on the changing sentiment after the Dobbs ruling. Plus, a president tries to shame companies into lowering prices, while a governor thinks now is the time for fiscal stimulus. And the Highland Park shooter is, in some ways, atypical, but, at the same, time horrifyingly familiar.

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Another White Shooter Apprehended ‘Without Incident’

The Highland Park shooter was arrested “peacefully” despite being heavily armed. Meanwhile, an unarmed Black man in Akron, Ohio, was shot 60 times and killed by officers. Reset checks in with Brookings Institution senior fellow Rashawn Ray, who says the two stories help illustrate the fact that Black people are many times more likely than white people to be killed by police in the U.S.
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CoinDesk Podcast Network - BREAKDOWN: Why Argentina Is Paying a Premium for Stablecoins

Citizens flooded into DAI and tether after the country’s economic minister announced his resignation on Saturday. 

This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, Chainalysis and FTX US.  

On today’s episode, NLW looks at a number of crypto events from the long weekend, including: 

  • Why Argentinians flooded into stablecoins and drove the price of tether above $1 over the weekend
  • Whether on-chain bottom signals are reliable this cycle 
  • The latest in crypto contagion 

 

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Consider This from NPR - Post-Roe America: A Chaotic Patchwork Of Litigation

Trigger bans. Restraining orders. State and local disputes. New fights about old laws. After Roe, states are awash in abortion-related legal challenges. Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer tells NPR 'there's a lot of confusion,' and 'it's a terribly anxious time.'

The chaos has trickled down from state courts to individual abortion care providers, where staff and patients have been struggling to adjust to rapidly-changing legal realities. NPR's Sarah McCammon visited one provider in Shreveport, Louisiana.

The shifting legal realities could make accessing abortion care difficult for members of the military who are stationed in certain states. NPR's Brian Mann spoke to women in the military about their concerns.

In participating regions, you'll also hear a local news segment to help you make sense of what's going on in your community.

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