In the weeks since Biden's disastrous performance in the presidential debate, a steady drip of high-profile supporters – everyone from members of Congress, to big donors like George Clooney – has urged him to step aside.
They're worried he's too old for a second term, and too vulnerable to losing to Trump.
President Biden rejects those calls. He believes he can withstand a bruising campaign, win re-election, and lead the country for four more years.
Last fall, Consider This host Scott Detrow traveled to western Pennsylvania — a key swing state — where he gathered a group of voters all around the same age as Biden and Trump, to talk about how they viewed age in the race.
This week, Detrow checked back in with some of them to see if recent events have changed how this group of key voters are thinking about President Biden.
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Consider This from NPR - Older voters have thoughts on whether Biden’s up to the job
In the weeks since Biden's disastrous performance in the presidential debate, a steady drip of high-profile supporters – everyone from members of Congress, to big donors like George Clooney – has urged him to step aside.
They're worried he's too old for a second term, and too vulnerable to losing to Trump.
President Biden rejects those calls. He believes he can withstand a bruising campaign, win re-election, and lead the country for four more years.
Last fall, Consider This host Scott Detrow traveled to western Pennsylvania — a key swing state — where he gathered a group of voters all around the same age as Biden and Trump, to talk about how they viewed age in the race.
This week, Detrow checked back in with some of them to see if recent events have changed how this group of key voters are thinking about President Biden.
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They're worried he's too old for a second term, and too vulnerable to losing to Trump.
President Biden rejects those calls. He believes he can withstand a bruising campaign, win re-election, and lead the country for four more years.
Last fall, Consider This host Scott Detrow traveled to western Pennsylvania — a key swing state — where he gathered a group of voters all around the same age as Biden and Trump, to talk about how they viewed age in the race.
This week, Detrow checked back in with some of them to see if recent events have changed how this group of key voters are thinking about President Biden.
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Big Technology Podcast - New ROI Questions For AI, Microsoft’s Empire Plans, Jassy’s Amazon Comeback
Tom Dotan from the Wall Street Journal joins us for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) What slow growing GenAI consumer usage says about the field 2) OpenAI's five levels of AI sophistication 3) Why enterprise rollouts of AI technology are moving slow 4) Is AI a startup game or scaled player only discipline 5) How small models fit in 6) Bing's failed run after Google 7) Sequoia's $600 billion question on AI 8) Can we use leftover GPUs to break out of the simulation 9) Microsoft plan to build an AI empire 10) Amazon's comeback under Jassy after a rough start
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CoinDesk Podcast Network - COINDESK DAILY: U.S. House Fails to Overturn Biden’s Veto; Staked Ether Close to All-Time High
Host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the news in the crypto industry from the increasing amount of staked ether to lawmakers' failure to overturn President Biden's veto.
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"CoinDesk Daily" host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the biggest headlines in the crypto industry today, as U.S. lawmakers failed to overturn President Joe Biden's veto in the saga to override the SEC's crypto accounting policy, SAB 121. Plus, the total amount of staked ether nears an all-time high, and Morgan Creek Digital plans to raise up to $500 million for a new Web3 fund.
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The Daily Signal - Top House Democrat Meets with Biden, Election Polling Margins Razor Thin, Virginia Moves to Ban Cell Phone in School | July 12
TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down:
- President Biden holds his first press conference this year.
- House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries meets with Biden to discuss Democrats’ opinions on Biden’s “path forward.”
- Rep. James Clyburn voices strong support for Biden.
- A new national NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll has Biden polling at 50% and Trump at 48%.
- The state of Virginia is moving to restrict student cell phone use in schools.
- Movie review on “Inside Out 2.”
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State of the World from NPR - When a Foreign Government is Trying to Kill You on U.S. Soil
The United States Justice Department says it has foiled at least four assassination plots sponsored by foreign governments on U.S. soil. One of the targets of those assassination attempts is Masih Alinejad, an Iranian-American journalist and activist who Iran allegedly tried to have killed in New York. We hear how knowing she is at such risk has turned Alinejad's life upside down.
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Motley Fool Money - The Big Macro Gets Bigger
The Fed and big players in the market are keeping an eye on unemployment and the federal deficit too.
(00:21) Ron Gross and Bill Mann discuss:
- How Fed Chair Jerome Powell and Jamie Dimon have more than inflation on their mind when it comes to the interest rate picture – they’re watching unemployment, the federal deficit, and spending.
- Why bank earnings were a bit of a mixed bag, and Delta’s results show the pain may continue for airlines.
- A small acquisition from AMD that could be a big deal in the AI race, and Costco deciding to finally raise the price of its membership tiers.
(19:11) We kick off FoolFest 2024 with a trip into the vault – Motley Fool CEO Tom Gardner with author Malcolm Gladwell in 2014 talking through David and Goliath, the lessons that can be borrowed as we look at small disruptive businesses, and whether titans can hold their lead in major industries.
(34:11) Ron and Bill break down two stocks on their radar: Elf Beauty and Charles Schwab.
Stocks discussed: JPM, WFC, DAL, AMD, NVDA, COST, ELF, SCHW
Host: Dylan Lewis
Guests: Bill Mann, Ron Gross, Tom Gardner, Malcolm Gladwell
Engineers: Steve Broido
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The Bulwark Podcast - Amanda Carpenter: A Life or Death Bet
Not having dementia is not enough to change the dynamic. Biden needs a proactive message against Trump. Meanwhile, you don't have to play 'Connect the Dots' to see the overlap between Project 2025 and Trump—and members of the media claiming he has a 'new tone' are like frogs in boiling water. Plus, more from the mailbag. Amanda Carpenter is back with Tim Miller for the weekend pod.
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The Authoritarian Playbook for 2025
The Journal. - Teens Are Falling Victim to AI Fake Nudes
Last fall, nude photos of a 14-year-old student started spreading around her high school. But they weren't real… they’d been created with AI. WSJ’s Julie Jargon breaks down how fake photos like these are a growing trend among teens and why it’s difficult to deal with.
Further Reading:
- ‘I Felt Shameful and Fearful’: Teen Who Saw AI Fake Nudes of Herself Speaks Out
- AI Fake Nudes Are Now a Frightening Reality for Teens
Further Listening:
- Artificial: Episode 1, The Dream
- He Thought Instagram Was Safe. Then His Daughter Got an Account.
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CrowdScience - What is the weight of the internet?
How do you think about the internet? What does the word conjure up? Maybe a cloud? Or the flashing router in the corner of your front room? Or this magic power that connects over 5 billion people on all the continents of this planet? We might not think of it at all, beyond whether we can connect our phones to it.
Another chance to hear one of our favourite episodes, inspired by a question from CrowdScience listener Simon: how much does the internet weigh?
First of all, this means deciding what counts as the internet. If it is purely the electrons that form those TikTok videos and cat memes, then you might be surprised to hear that you could easily lift the internet with your little finger. But presenters Caroline Steel and Marnie Chesterton argue that there might be more, which sends them on a journey.
They meet Andrew Blum, the author of the book Tubes – Behind the Scenes at the Internet, about his journey to trace the physical internet. And enlist vital help from cable-loving analyst Lane Burdette at TeleGeography, who maps the internet.
To find those cables under the oceans, they travel to Porthcurno, once an uninhabited valley in rural Cornwall, now home to the Museum of Global Communications thanks to its status as a hub in the modern map of worldwide communications. With the museum’s Susan Heritage-Tilley, they compare original telegraph cables and modern fibre optics.
The team also head to a remote Canadian post office, so correspondent Meral Jamal can intercept folk picking up their satellite internet receivers, and ask to weigh them. A seemingly innocuous question becomes the quest for everything that connects us... and its weight!
Producer: Marnie Chesterton Presenters: Marnie Chesterton & Caroline Steel Editors: Richard Collings & Cathy Edwards Production Coordinators: Jonathan Harris & Ishmael Soriano Studio Manager: Donald MacDonald
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