Month: July 2017

Posted on

Serious Inquiries Only - SIO60: An Objective Look at Linda Sarsour

... to the degree that's possible on the internet these days... When Dave Rubin tweeted that we need to stop giving money to the ACLU and Sam Harris retweeted it, simply because they wrote a profile on Linda Sarsour, I decided I needed to look into this person. This is certainly a minefield... So here we go... my best effort at an objective look at Linda Sarsour. Links: ACLU profile on Sarsour; Women's march mission; Snopes on accusations against Sarsour; Sarsour opinion piece; NY police Muslim spy unit; Jihad speech being taken out of context; Women's march Assata Shakur tweet; Sarsour 2011 tweet on Ayaan; Sarsour response to being called out Leave Thomas a voicemail! (916) 750-4746, remember short and to the point! Support us on Patreon at:  patreon.com/seriouspod Follow us on Twitter: @seriouspod Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/seriouspod For comments, email thomas@seriouspod.com  
Posted on

African Tech Roundup - Arthur Musah’s documentary Naija Beta highlights the untold potential of Lagosian youth

Naija Beta is a documentary that follows a team of Nigerian and Nigerian-American MIT students who dream of shaking up education in Nigeria and head to Lagos one summer to teach technology to high-schoolers through a competitive robotics camp. As they seek to contribute to a new and better Nigeria, their ideals are tested by reality. Arthur Musah is the film's director and hails from Ghana and Ukraine. Naija Beta premiered in 2016 at the Pan African International Film Festival in Cannes, and won Best Documentary Feature at the Urban Mediamakers Film Festival in Atlanta, an Achievement in Documentary Film Award at the Silicon Valley African Film Festival, and the High Output Director Award at the Arlington International Film Festival. Naija Beta was also screened at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, where it won Best Documentary Short Film at the Roxbury International Film Festival. Arthur continues his exploration of African identities in a globalised age through his upcoming feature One Day I Go Fly. Arthur studied filmmaking in the MFA program at the University of Southern California as an Annenberg Fellow, and holds a bachelor͛s and a master͛s in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Posted on

The Gist - The Garbage Art of Handwriting Analysis

Maria Konnikova returns to look at a tool prosecutors have used for decades: handwriting analysis, or graphology. Older versions of the practice have used handwriting to predict everything from a person’s mental state to their capacity for murder. “People have been convicted based on it,” says Konnikova. “We’re not talking about phrenology. Graphology is still something that exists in the United States. There are societies of graphologists.” Konnikova is the author of The Confidence Game and host of the Panoply podcast The Grift. 

For the Spiel, Trump’s voting commission may be hobbled, but it can still do some real harm.  

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Posted on

Python Bytes - #35 How developers change programming languages over time

Topics covered in this episode:
See the full show notes for this episode on the website at pythonbytes.fm/35
Posted on

the memory palace - Episode 113 (Elmer McCurdy Rides Again and Again)

The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia, from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows.

SPOILERS AHEAD

Music

Notes

Posted on

The Goods from the Woods - Episode #151 – “Supergroups” with Tom Sibley

In this episode, the Goods from the Woods Boys are joined by 1/3 of the We Watch Wrestling Podcast: Comedian Tom Sibley! This episode is all about SUPERGROUPS! Which one's are the best? Which ones are the worst? We'll get into it. We also talk about our recent trip to Long Beach, CA to watch New Japan Pro Wrestling. This is SUCH a fun episode. Also, we put psychedelic soul singer Jerry Williams a.k.a. "Swamp Dogg" into the Goods from the Woods Hall of Fame! We hope you enjoy it! Follow Tom on Twitter and Instagram @TheTomSibley.  Song of the week this week: "Whole Lotta Losin'" by Monsters of Folk.  You can follow us on Twitter: @TheGoodsPod  Rivers is @RiversLangley  Dr. Pat is @PM_Reilly  Mr. Goodnight is @SepulvedaCowboy

Pick up a Goods from the Woods t-shirt at: http://prowrestlingtees.com/TheGoodsPod

Posted on

The Gist - Tyler Cowen Fears for Our Future

Economist Tyler Cowen is disdainful of social media, heartened by recent immigrants, and wary of pot. He thinks that, in our collective desire for comfort, we are postponing big and necessary changes that will sow instability in the years ahead. “Right now Americans are failing to regenerate sources of future progress,” Cowen writes, “and thus they are borrowing against the future rather than paying their bills.” Cowen’s latest book is The Complacent Class.

In the Spiel, are things going any better abroad? 

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices