Month: February 2024

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Ologies with Alie Ward - Smologies #37: PROTEINS + DNA with Raven “The Science Maven” Baxter

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This one’s got it all: teeny tiny cellular factories, mitochondrial relevancy, what big smelly vats of poop have to do with curing cancer, how many trips to the sun your unravelled DNA could make, and mysteries of the brain. Dr. Raven The Science Maven has a background in molecular biology and a Ph.D in Science Communication, which she puts to work while Alie generally does her best to suppress high pitched noises of excitement. Learn to appreciate your proteins and pick up some noodle analogies while you’re here. That’s so Maven!

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Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - The Neglected Constitutional History That Disqualifies Trump

There haven’t been that many insurrections in the United States, which means the case law ahead of next week’s arguments in Trump v. Anderson (the 14th Amendment, Section 3 disqualification case) is pretty thin. And so we, and presumably the justices, must rely on text and history to understand the intent of the drafters of the Reconstruction Amendments. Civil war and reconstruction historian Professor Manisha Sinha, signatory of one amicus brief and cited in another, explains that the history is crystal clear. Trump must be disqualified from the ballot. After weeks of discussing concerns about the strategic, political implications of this case, this week Dahlia Lithwick tackles the text and the history head-on, in a case that’s almost a natural experiment in applying originalism on its own terms.

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Amicus Brief signed by 25 civil war and reconstruction historians (including Professor Sinha)

Abraham Lincoln’s Lyceum Address

Sean Wilentz: The Case for Disqualification, New York Review of Books

Jamelle Bouie: If It Walks Like an Insurrection and Talks Like an Insurrection... NY Times


In this week’s Amicus Plus segment, Slate’s judicial diviner Mark Joseph Stern joins to talk about a Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling on abortion that really took both text and history and human rights seriously. Also, an 8th circuit decision that could put a stake in the heart of what remains of the voting rights act.


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More or Less: Behind the Stats - A pocket-size history of the calculator

How was the calculator invented? How did it go from something the size of a table to something that could be carried in your pocket, the must-have gadget of the 1970?s and 80?s?

Tim Harford unpicks the history of the calculator with Keith Houston, author of Empire of the Sum: The Rise and Reign of the Pocket Calculator.

Presenter: Tim Harford Producer: Debbie Richford Production Co-ordinator: Brenda Brown Series Producer: Tom Colls Sound Mix: Hal Haines Editor: Richard Vadon

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It Could Happen Here - It Could Happen Here Weekly 116

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.

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CBS News Roundup - 02/02/2024 | World News Roundup Late Edition

U.S. strikes more than 85 targets in Iraq and Syria in initial barrage of retaliatory attacks in response to the drone strike in Jordan that killed 3 U.S. soldiers. Closing arguments conclude in trial of Jennifer Crumbley, mother of Oxford High School shooter.



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Consider This from NPR - Why Trump’s Persecution Narrative Resonates With Christian Supporters

Former president Donald Trump is facing dozens of criminal charges, including four felony counts on charges of trying to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. Trump says he's being persecuted, and that idea resonates with his Christian base.

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Consider This from NPR - Why Trump’s Persecution Narrative Resonates With Christian Supporters

Former president Donald Trump is facing dozens of criminal charges, including four felony counts on charges of trying to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. Trump says he's being persecuted, and that idea resonates with his Christian base.

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