The Commentary Magazine Podcast - EMERGENCY POD: War With Iran
We are joined by FDD's Jonathan Schanzer and JNS's Ruthie Blum from Tel-Aviv to discuss the Israeli and American attacks on Iran, the news that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was killed, and what this means for the future of the country and the region.
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Audio Poem of the Day - The Peacock at Alderton
by Geoffrey Hill (read by Quraysh Ali Lansana)
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Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1532: Typewriters
More or Less - Has a company really discovered a million new species?
Have a million new species just been discovered?
That’s the claim made by Dr Oliver Vince, co-founder of a company called Basecamp Research, who are collecting genetic data to train AI systems. The hope is that they’ll be able to use this to discover new medicines.
But is this number a good one? Rob Finn, from the European Bioinformatics Institute, explains what is being counted and how you go about counting them.
Credits: Presenter and producer: Tom Colls Production co-ordinator: Brenda Brown Sound mix: Dave O’Neill Editor: Richard Vadon
Audio Poem of the Day - [Let Us Gather in a Flourishing Way]
by Juan Felipe Herrera
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The Commentary Magazine Podcast - Mergers and Inquisitions
Today we discuss Paramount Skydance's seemingly successful outbidding of Netflix in the race to purchase Warner Bros. and the grim reality of a media that refuses to adapt to the shifting digital landscape. Plus, the massive American military buildup in the Middle East as war with Iran inches closer.
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Audio Mises Wire - Massachusetts 1690: The First Western Fiat Experiment
When the Massachusetts colony issued its own unredeemable paper money in 1690, it was with the promise that it would soon be redeemable in specie. Like all paper money issued by government, it lost value and the confidence of the people.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/massachusetts-1690-first-western-fiat-experiment
Pod Save America - 1127: Trump’s Dangerous War Games
NPR's Book of the Day - A psychoanalyst and a priest share insights in ‘Love’s Labor’ and ‘Work in Progress’
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