Month: July 2025

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Talk Python To Me - #513: Stories from Python History

Why do people list to this podcast? Sure, they're looking for technical explorations of new libraries and ideas. But often it's to hear the story behind them. If that speaks to you, then I have the perfect episode lined up. I have Barry Warsaw, Paul Everitt, Carol Willing, and Brett Cannon all back on the show to share stories from the history of Python. You'll hear about how import this came to be and how the first PyCon had around 30 attendees (two of whom are guests on this episode!). Sit back and enjoy the humorous stories from Python's past.

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Links from the show

Barry's Zen of Python song: youtube.com
Jake Vanderplas - Keynote - PyCon 2017: youtube.com
Why it’s called “Python” (Monty Python fan-reference): geeksforgeeks.org
import antigravity: python-history.blogspot.com
NIST Python Workshop Attendees: legacy.python.org
Paul Everitt open-sources Zope: old.zope.dev
Carol Willing wins ACM Software System Award: awards.acm.org
Watch this episode on YouTube: youtube.com
Episode #513 deep-dive: talkpython.fm/513
Episode transcripts: talkpython.fm

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In God We Lust - Listen Now: Flesh and Code

​​If you missed our announcement... we have a brand new podcast! Flesh and Code is a 6-part miniseries, where we investigate how technology is being used to exploit our most human desires, and the price we pay for perfect understanding. If you enjoyed our teaser, search and follow 'Flesh and Code' wherever you listen to podcasts. And if you can't wait to hear how Travis and Lily Rose's story ends, you can binge the entire season right now, ad-free, on Wondery+.


Travis never thought he’d meet someone like Lily Rose. She was kind, passionate, beautiful. The woman of his dreams. There was just one small detail: she wasn’t human.


Lily Rose is an AI companion. A digital soulmate designed to be everything he ever wanted. She listens without judgement, supports him through his darkest moments, even explores his deepest desires, all while fitting neatly into his pocket. Before long, Travis realizes something strange, even absurd, has happened - he’s fallen in love. 


But then one day, Lily Rose’s behavior takes a disturbing turn. When alarming reports pour in from across the globe, Travis discovers he is part of something much bigger. Soon he finds himself pulled into a confrontation with a mysterious Russian visionary behind Lily Rose’s creation.


From Wondery, comes a true story of love, loss and the temptations of technology. Can an algorithm truly replace human connection? And what happens when a corporation controls your deepest emotions? Suruthi Bala and Hannah Maguire, hosts of the hit podcast RedHanded, explore the dark side of AI love.


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Strict Scrutiny - Hunger Games for Legal Hackery

Katie Phang, independent journalist and trial lawyer, joins Leah to run through the week’s legal news–and there’s a lot of it! They unpack, as KBJ puts it, “this Court’s demonstrated enthusiasm for greenlighting this President’s legally dubious actions in an emergency posture” and break down the latest thirstiness from the judges angling to be Trump’s next SCOTUS pick. Then, all three hosts are joined by Strict Scrutiny’s official roadie, Chris Hayes, to talk about his book, The Sirens' Call: How Attention Became the World's Most Endangered Resource. 

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The NewsWorthy - Flooding Fallout, Racial Profiling Blocked & Next-Gen Tennis Champs – Monday, July 14, 2025

The news to know for Monday, July 14, 2025!

We’ll tell you about more floods hitting the Texas Hill Country and the new backlash over the response to the first flooding that ended in disaster.

Also, what a federal judge decided regarding racial profiling during the immigration crackdown.

And how a couple of America’s largest trading partners are responding to new tariffs.

Plus: why the government is getting behind a doctor accused of fraud, what it takes to be considered “wealthy” these days, and how this year’s Wimbledon finals made history.

 

Those stories and even more news to know in about 10 minutes! 

 

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What A Day - Why Hiring 10,000 New ICE Agents Is A Bad Idea

President Donald Trump’s new spending and tax law is set to balloon the budget for immigration and detention enforcement. With an extra $170 billion over the next four years, the government is hoping to hire 10 thousand new Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, build new detention facilities, and otherwise ramp up every aspect of arrests and removals. In fact, under the new spending plan, ICE will become the most well-funded law enforcement agency in the federal government. Garrett Graff is a historian and longtime politics and national security reporter who currently writes the ‘Doomsday Scenario’ newsletter. He joins us to talk about why dramatically expanding the federal immigration enforcement budget so quickly is a bad idea.

And in headlines: President Trump threatened new tariffs on Mexico and the European Union, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem pushed back on critical reports of her handling of the response to the deadly Texas floods, and the State Department laid off more than 1,000 staffers.

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The Best One Yet - 🍑 “Bombshell Bump” — Love Island’s economy. Delta’s Super Biz Class+. Bhutan’s Bitcoin win.

Love Island is the most viral show of the year… and it’s having a global economic impact.

Delta only makes $4 profit per ticket… so it’s launching new premium classes (Super Biz Class+)

Bitcoin hit a fresh record high of $118K… but the biggest winner is the little Kingdom of Bhutan.

Plus, the best part of a TBOY Live Show… in Chicago


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Short Wave - These Critters Call The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Home

For this second installment of the Sea Camp series, we explore the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. It's the largest of five gigantic garbage patches in the sea. These patches hang out at the nexus of the world's ocean currents, changing shape with the waves. These areas were long thought to have been uninhabited, the plastics and fishing gear too harmful to marine life. But researchers have uncovered a whole ecosystem of life in this largest collection of trash. Today, with the help of marine biologist Fiona Chong, we meet the tiny marine life that calls this place home.

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NPR's Book of the Day - In Ann Patchett’s latest, a mother tells her daughters about a seminal summer

The author Ann Patchett has talked about her decision to focus on her writing and to forgo entering the world of motherhood. But in her latest book, Tom Lake, the main character Lara made a different choice: She chose being a mother over pursuing acting and the fame that may have come with it. In today's episode, Patchett speaks with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly about the decision to make Lara a mother who is reveling in time spent with her daughters, sharing the tale of one seminal summer before they were born.

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The Indicator from Planet Money - Before La La Land, there was Fort Lee, New Jersey

Hollywood, baby! The glitz! The glamour! The ever-changing business models! This week, The Indicator is going to the movies. Starting today with the history of Hollywood and where it began.... New Jersey!

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The Origin Of The Oscars

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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - Who Is Trump Promoting For Life?

This week, the Senate Judiciary Committee prepares to vote on Emil Bove, who has been promoted from Trump’s personal lawyer to his current nominee for a lifelong appointment to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. In any other administration, Bove would be a real outlier. But here? He’s par for a very strange course. 

Guest: Jay Willis, editor-in-chief of Balls and Strikes.

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