The listings are there — just in Chinese. Is this a form of discrimination, or a way to preserve a neighborhood's character?
50 Things That Made the Modern Economy - Number 51
Revealed – the winning 51st Thing! What won the vote to be added to our list of 50? We asked for ideas for an extra “thing” that made the modern economy. We received hundreds of suggestions. Thousands of votes were cast on our shortlist of six. Now we have a winner. Discover what it is and why it is worthy of being Number 51.
Presenter: Tim Harford
Producer: Ben Crighton
Editors: Richard Knight and Richard Vadon
The Gist - Sen. Cory Booker Has a Message for Pot Smokers
Democratic New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker has rolled out the kind of marijuana legalization bill progressives love to fawn over and libertarians love to ridicule. The plan would pressure states to legalize marijuana by withholding federal money. Booker cedes that the bill’s passage doesn’t seem imminent, but he likens marijuana legalization to gay marriage, another proposal that saw a rapid surge in popular support: “I’m believing in—I’m claiming a sea change coming in the future.”
In the Spiel, what is justice for Bowe Bergdahl?
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Cato Daily Podcast - Conservatism on the Rocks
Conservatism has seen better days. Jeff Flake, Republican U.S. Senator from Arizona, discussed what he sees as problems in the conservative movement at Cato Club 200 in Laguna Beach, California.
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The NewsWorthy - Public Health Emergency, More Drones & Disney’s Gay Storyline – Friday, October 27th, 2017
All the news you need to know for Friday, October 27th, 2017!
Today we're talking about the opioid crisis becoming a "Public Health Emergency" and why you can soon expect to see more drones in the sky.
Plus: more people talk about their salaries now, horror movies win the year and Disney Channel breaks ground with a gay storyline.
All that and more - in less than 10 minutes!
Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you.
Subscribe now to get new episodes each weekday! Visit https://www.theNewsWorthy.com for all the links to stories referenced in this episode.
ATXplained - What’s The Deal With The Abandoned Home Depot On St. John’s?
The city bought this property 8 years ago, but since then, it’s just been vacant.
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The Gist - Fellas We Frolicked With
Talking about sex makes some people squirm. For everyone else there’s Guys We Fucked, a podcast hosted by Corinne Fisher and Krystyna Hutchinson that started off as a series of interviews with their old partners. Now it’s more of a coffee klatsch between two raunchy feminists.Their new book is F*cked: Being Sexually Explorative and Self-Confident in a World That’s Screwed.
And in the Spiel, Bannon, Bulgarian mutiny, and beluga whales.
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Pod Save America - “Another cuck bites the dust.”
Corker and Flake take on Trump, Wall Street wins in the Senate, and Clinton conspiracies are back. Then New Jersey gubenatorial candidate Phil Murphy talks to Jon about what’s at stake in his race, and Crooked contributor Tim Miller takes Jon and Dan back to the Cuck Zone.
Bay Curious - Why Are There So Many Dead People in Colma? And So Few in San Francisco?
Reported by Jon Brooks. Bay Curious is Olivia Allen-Price, Jessica Placzek, Paul Lancour, Suzie Racho and Julia McEvoy. Theme music by Pat Mesiti-Miller.
Ask us a question at BayCurious.org.
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Cato Daily Podcast - Unions vs. Home Health Care Workers in Pennsylvania
Home health care workers in Pennsylvania are struggling to stay out of unions. David Osborne of the Fairness Center discusses his case to keep unions out of Pennsylvania homes.
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