Rogers Park resident Lowell Wyse noticed how diverse his neighborhood is, and wonders whether the city helps place international refugees there. If City Hall’s not, who is?
Curious City - Who settles refugees on Chicago’s North Side?
Rogers Park resident Lowell Wyse noticed how diverse his neighborhood is, and wonders whether the city helps place international refugees there. If City Hall’s not, who is?
Cato Daily Podcast - China, America, and the Pivot to Asia
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Cato Daily Podcast - Our Privacy Debate and ‘the Creepy Factor’
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More or Less: Behind the Stats - The Parable of the Ox
What does a 'guess the weight of the ox' competition tells us about a bloated and dysfunctional financial system? We find out in the Parable of the Ox written by John Kay of the Financial Times. The tale is told with the help of economics writer James Surowiecki as well as John Kay himself. It also features a brand new composition from the New Radiophonic Workshop.
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe - The Skeptics Guide #390 – Jan 5 2013
Interview with Massimo Pigliucci; This Day in Skepticism: FM Radio; News Items: Psychic Predictions 2012, Cosmic Rays and Dementia; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction
World Book Club - Jane Austen – Pride and Prejudice
This month in a very special edition, we’re celebrating that most English of novelists Jane Austen.
It’s two hundred years this month since the publication of Pride and Prejudice and we’ve invited bestselling British novelist and Jane Austen aficionado PD James, along with Anglo-Pakistani writer Moni Mohsin, also a great Austen fan and from Australia Susannah Fullerton, President of the Australian Jane Austen Society, all here to share with us their passion for this much loved classic English novel.
We’ll also be hearing from other writers from around the world – AS Byatt, Colm Toibin, Nii Parkes, Kamila Shamsie, to name a few, why the razor-sharp wit of Elizabeth Bennet and the cool hauteur of the gorgeous Mr Darcy are still drawing in more readers than ever across the globe in the twenty-first century.
Susannah Fullerton is the author of Happily Ever After: Celebrating Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice.
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Motley Fool Money - Motley Fool Money: 01.04.2013
We kick off 2013 by analyzing Google’s win with the FTC, strong numbers from automakers and the latest jobs report. Plus, Motley Fool columnist Morgan Housel breaks down the fiscal cliff for investors and shares why you should be wary of valet parking.
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Cato Daily Podcast - Venezuela after Chavez
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More or Less: Behind the Stats - The Parable of the Ox
What does a 'guess the weight of the ox' competition tells us about a bloated and dysfunctional financial system? We find out in the Parable of the Ox written by John Kay of the Financial Times. The tale is told with the help of economics writer James Surowiecki as well as John Kay himself. It also features a brand new composition from the New Radiophonic Workshop.