Can your horoscope predict which diseases you?ll develop? And does cricket?s Duckworth-Lewis method need to evolve?
Cato Daily Podcast - Transfats, Tradeoffs and Government Power
The FDA's move to make transfats harder to use has broad implications for consumers, businesses and the power of government to deny people meaningful choices. Walter Olson explains.
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The Gist - Why Dylann Roof Picked Those Two Flags
Today on The Gist, a closer look at the apartheid-era South African and Rhodesian flags worn by the Charleston suspect, Dylann Roof, with vexillologist Ted Kaye. Plus, Richard Thaler offers common-sense ideas found in behavioral economics. He’s the author of Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics. For the Spiel, an explanation of the Jexclamation point! Join Slate Plus! Members get bonus segments, exclusive member-only podcasts, and more. Sign up for a free trial today at slate.com/gistplus.
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Cato Daily Podcast - 2015: A Good Year for Educational Freedom
State lawmakers made sure that 2015 was a very good year for educational freedom. Jason Bedrick comments.
The Year of Educational Choice: Update III
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Curious City - In Chicago, Eternal Rest Ain’t So Eternal
How often do the dead make way for planes, parks and other local development? More than you'd think.
Curious City - In Chicago, Eternal Rest Ain’t So Eternal
How often do the dead make way for planes, parks and other local development? More than you'd think.
The Gist - Go-Go Wearable Gadgets
Does Congress care about the political interests of regular American citizens as much as those of their affluent donors? Today on The Gist, we speak with Princeton politics professor Martin Gilens about a study in Perspectives on Politics that makes Congress seem less populist than the populace. He’s the author of Affluence and Influence. Plus, we’ll ask Jill Duffy from PC Magazine how fitness trackers will inevitably change our relationship with health care. She’s the author of Get Organized: How to Clean Up Your Messy Digital Life. For The Spiel, Mike chatted with Kim Kardashian West the other day. Here are some of the products Jill mentioned in her conversation with Mike: Athos: Electromyography-sensing pants that measure your muscles as they fire during a workout. BSXinsight: A compression leg sleeve that measures lactate threshold; much better than having a blood test every three minutes while running on a treadmill! HealthPatch MD: No need to stay in a hospital when you can be discharged with this adhesive patch that monitors your vitals for docs to watch remotely. InsideTracker: A system that lets you track your blood test results and offers advice for maximizing your health through diet and lifestyle changes. Mio Alpha 2: A wrist-worn heart rate monitor and runner’s watch—the one that pissed off Mike for telling him his heartrate is 71 beats per minute. Spire: A wearable “stone” with a clip that measures breathing and alerts you when you’re tense. Stemp: An adhesive bandage that reads temperature; great for wriggling babies! UBiome: An at-home, mail-in testing kit for quantifying the bacteria in your gut. Join Slate Plus! Members get bonus segments, exclusive member-only podcasts, and more. Sign up for a free trial today at slate.com/gistplus.
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Cato Daily Podcast - Congress & President Work Together to Bust the Budget
The President and Congress are working together to circumvent budget controls established in 2011. Nicole Kaeding comments.
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The Gist - Deep Dive Into a Defining Institution
Was racism the progeny of the decision to enslave black people? Today on The Gist, the duo behind a new Slate Academy tell us what they’ve learned so far in a summerlong inquiry into a vast and complex aspect of American history. Mike speaks with Slate’s Jamelle Bouie and Rebecca Onion about a podcast series called The History of American Slavery. For The Spiel, is Rachel Dolezal insane? Join Slate Plus! Members get bonus segments, exclusive member-only podcasts, and more. Sign up for a free trial today at slate.com/gistplus.
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Cato Daily Podcast - Millennials and U.S. Foreign Policy
Millennials' worldviews owe a great deal to early life experiences and the foreign policy issues that dominated their childhoods. Chief among them, the Iraq War. A. Trevor Thrall comments.
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