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What is so special about 39,222 Mexican teachers? In the first of three episodes looking back at 2014, Mexico specialist Professor Carlos Vilalta tells Tim Harford. This programme was first broadcast on the BBC World Service.
All this week on The Gist, we’re down with O.P.P.: Other People’s Podcasts. In this episode, Elliott Kalan, Dan McCoy, and Stuart Wellington explain why their reviews of bad movies on The Flop House aren’t your typical Internet snark. Dan says, “We actually do try to keep ourselves from getting mad at the movies, to approach it with some sort of sense of joy so we’re not just jerks.” To which Elliott adds, “I mean, we are jerks.” For the Spiel, it’s time to name our lobstar of the antentwig. Get The Gist by email as soon as it’s available: slate.com/GistEmail Subscribe to the podcast in iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/slate…id873667927?mt=2
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What was the business story of 2014? What was the biggest surprise? Which CEOs deserver some holiday cheer? Who deserves a lump of coal? We tackle those questions and revisit our interview with How Not To Be Wrong author Jordan Ellenberg.
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Are psychic powers actually possible? Join Ben and Matt as they investigate the truth about clairvoyance.
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Susan Miller, proprietor of Astrology Zone, is the biggest name in internet astrology. Her fans are many and devoted, and among them are both Meredith and Laura Mayer (this week's co-investigator). This week marks Miller's 19th year reading the stars online. Meredith and Laura look into her enduring appeal with the help of Emily Gould, Jon Methven, and Kate McKean.
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You’ve no doubt heard of the awful incidents of the past few days. In Australia, several people were held hostage for hours and two ended up losing their lives. And of course, in Peshuar in a far more horrifying incident, the Taliban killed 141, most of whom were school children. Do these two atrocities committed … Continue reading AS94: Islamism; Patron of the Week →
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