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Cato Daily Podcast - The Smart Way to Repeal ObamaCare
How should Congress repeal and replace ObamaCare now that the American Health Care Act has failed? Michael Cannon explains.
Start the Week - Sayeeda Warsi: Muslims in Britain
On Start the Week Amol Rajan talks to Sayeeda Warsi about how far Britain's Muslim community is viewed as 'the enemy within'. As the child of Pakistani immigrants who became Britain's first Muslim Cabinet Minister, Baroness Warsi is in a unique position to explore questions of cultural difference, terrorism, and 'British values', and to explore how society can become more integrated. The economist Paul Collier has spent his career looking for solutions to seemingly intractable problems: in his latest book he focuses on the Syrian refugee crisis and argues for the establishment of special economic zones where displaced Syrians could work and benefit their host countries. The philosopher Roger Scruton develops his ideas of human nature by concentrating on our relations with others, bound together in a shared world. Producer: Katy Hickman.
Crimetown - Bonus Episode: Cat and Mouse Part II
When master burglar Tony Fiore gets out of prison, he decides to try something different: robbing armored cars at gunpoint. His new hobby will bring him head to head with an old adversary one last time.
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Curious City - The Meteorologist’s Climate Change Dilemma
Tom Skilling explains why most TV meteorologists don't talk about climate change, but should.
Curious City - The Meteorologist’s Climate Change Dilemma
Tom Skilling explains why most TV meteorologists don't talk about climate change, but should.
50 Things That Made the Modern Economy - Gramophone
“Superstar” economics – how the gramophone led to a winner-take-all dynamic in the performing industry. Elizabeth Billington was a British soprano in the 18th century. She was so famous, London’s two leading opera houses scrambled desperately to secure her performances. In 1801 she ended up singing at both venues, alternating between the two, and pulling in at least £10,000. A remarkable sum, much noted at the time. But in today’s terms, it’s a mere £687,000, or about a million dollars; one per cent of a similarly famous solo artist’s annual earnings today. What explains the difference? The gramophone. And, as Tim Harford explains, technological innovations have created “superstar” economics in other sectors too.
Producer: Ben Crighton
Editors: Richard Knight and Richard Vadon
(Image: Thomas Edison Phonograph, Credit: James Steidl/Shutterstock)
CrowdScience - Does Weather Affect our Health?
Do your joints ache when it's raining? Are you blighted with headaches when the wind picks up? If the answer’s yes then you're definitely not alone. People have been linking their heath to the weather since the time of the Ancient Greeks - but is the effect real?
CrowdScience heads for the hills and gets closer to the clouds to have a go at answering this 2,500 year old question.
People who believe they’re sensitive to the weather aren’t always taken seriously. But presenter Datshiane Navanayagam hears about the latest ground-breaking experiments that show there's a lot more to it than folklore. And if you've ever wondered why you're particularly prone to aches and pains in the winter, the answer could all be in your genes.
Do you have a question we can turn into a programme? Email us at crowdscience@bbc.co.uk
Presenter: Datshiane Navanayagam Producer: Anna Lacey
(Image: Man looking up to grey clouds. Credit: Thinkstock)
Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - Gorsuch Grins, Says Nothing
This week, the Senate held four days of hearings on the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the vacant seat on the Supreme Court. What did we learn about Gorsuch from his 20-odd hours in the hot seat? Did the Democrats gain anything of value from the testimony? Did Gorsuch say anything of substance? And, in the end, will the hearings even matter? In this bonus episode, we reflect on the hearings with veteran political operative Ron Klain and Slate’s own Mark Joseph Stern.
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The Gist - Feet off the Couch, Please
Alyssa Mastromonaco served as White House deputy chief of staff under Barack Obama. Her job was expansive—covering everything from interviewing James Comey to making sure the White House driveway was re-paved[AM1] . Now, she’s written a memoir, Who Thought This Was a Good Idea? And Other Questions You Should Have Answers to When You Work in the White House.
In the Spiel, Republicans weren’t able to come up with a better plan than “Obamacare bad.” Failure was inevitable.
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More or Less: Behind the Stats - WS More Or Less: Baby Boxes ? are they really saving infant?s lives?
Ever since a BBC article highlighted the use of baby boxes in Finland they have become a bit of a phenomenon. They?re not new though Finland has been doing this for 75 years. The simple cardboard boxes are given to families for their new born babies to sleep in. Since their introduction cot death and has fallen and child health improved. Governments and individuals across the world have adopted them and companies have sprung up selling them. But think about for minute ? can a cardboard box on its own really have such a huge effect ? Elizabeth Cassin and Charlotte McDonald have been looking at the truth behind the story.
Presenter: Charlotte McDonald
Producer: Elizabeth Cassin
(Photo:One of Scotland's first baby boxes is seen at Clackmannanshire Community Health Centre. Credit: Getty Images)