Statues of historic men can be found throughout Chicago’s parks and plazas. But one Curious Citizen wonders, "Where are all the women?"
Cato Daily Podcast - The Regulators Are Coming for Bitcoin
As cryptocurrencies hit new highs, is federal regulation far behind? And if it is, can regulators really do anything to crack down on these decentralized networks? Jerry Brito of Coin Center offers an analysis.
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the memory palace - Episode 120 (The Prairie Chicken in Wisconsin: Highlights of a Study of Counts, Behavior, Turnover, Movement, and Habitat)
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Music
- We move between three different pieces from Camille Saint-Saens': Suite, Op. 90: II Menuet, and two from Carnival of the Animals: Aviary and the Cuckoo in the Heart of the Woods.
- We hit Juneau from Danny Bensi and Sander Jurriaans' score to Wildlike.
- And The Waltz from their score to 5 to 7.
- And there's a total gem from George Mukabi called Dila Ni Dila in there too.
Notes
- Do yourself a favor and read France Hamerstrom's autobiography, My Double Life: Memoirs of a Naturalist.
- Do your kids a favor and Jeannine Atkins take on Frances in her book Girls Who Looked Under Rocks.
- And then watch Frances teach David Letterman how to cook a snake.
The Gist - Teenage Brains Are Just Different
On The Gist, Mike examines Trump’s bottom-of-the-barrel statements on immigration.
In the interview, Dina Temple-Raston explains how she became fascinated by the teenage brain. After years of covering terrorism for NPR, she was stunned to see so many young people leaving their homes to join ISIS. Teenagers aren’t just prone to falling in with terrorist recruiters: Their underdeveloped minds make them more susceptible to video gaming compulsions and violent behavior. Why? Temple-Raston finds answers in her Audible Original series, “What Were You Thinking?”
In the Spiel, a skit about the science (and lopsided sex ratio) of turtle love.
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The Gist - Is Trump Insane? Does It Matter?
On The Gist, Mike skewers a columnist for concluding that President Trump is sane.
In the interview, comedian Judah Friedlander wants to let you know that his new comedy special is all him, even though it’s got Netflix’s name on it. The 30 Rock alum talks about matters of social justice, satire, and jingoism.
In the Spiel, Democrats should stop questioning Trump’s mental acuity and focus on midterms instead.
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CrowdScience - When Does Speech Become Music?
Most of us instinctively know when someone’s singing and when they’re talking. But since music and speech are both just sounds, how do our brains tell them apart? This week’s question comes from Eugene, a music teacher in Northern Ireland, who often hears music in people’s speech, and wonders why.
Step forward, the ‘speech-to-song illusion’. This curious phenomenon means that when certain spoken phrases are repeated, they turn into music as if by magic. We talk to the Diana Deutsch, the scientist who discovered this illusion, and find out what it reveals about how the brain is adapted to understand both music and speech.
But are some languages more musical than others? Many people around the world speak tone languages, where the pitch of a word affects its meaning. One such language is Dinka, spoken in South Sudan; we meet a Dinka speaker and hear how respecting the melody of the language is essential when writing songs.
Presenter: Datshiane Navanayagam Producer: Cathy Edwards
Dinka recordings courtesy of Elizabeth Achol and Anyang Malual
(Photo:Young woman listening to music on yellow headphones. Credit Getty Images)
More or Less: Behind the Stats - Missed appointments, graduate pay, plus cocaine on bank notes
Did missed appointments cost the NHS ?1 billion last year? New figures published recently suggest that the financial cost to the NHS for missed appointments was ?1 billion last year. But our listeners are curious. How has this figure been worked out? And don?t missed appointments actually ease the pressure on an overcrowded system?
Graduate pay ? is it always higher than non-graduates? pay? It is often claimed that if you go to university and get a degree, you will earn more than those who do not. But is that always true? We take a look to see if there are occasions when having a degree makes little difference or whether the benefit of a degree has changed over time.
How much cocaine is on a bank note? Tim Harford speaks to Richard Sleeman who works for a firm, Mass Spec Analytical, that specialises in working out how much cocaine can be found on bank notes across the country. Do some parts of the country have more cocaine on their notes than others? Is it true that 99% of bank notes in London have cocaine on them?
Is it true that one in five can?t name an author of literature? Last year the Royal Society of Literature made this claim ? but what was it based on? It turns out a polling company found that 20 percent questioned failed to name a single author. Should we be surprised? We took a look at the data.
Diet Coke Habit The New York Times claims that Donald Trump drinks ?a dozen? Diet Cokes a day. With each can of 330ml containing 42mg of caffeine - what impact, if any, could this have on the President?s health?
The NewsWorthy - “S–thole Countries”, Mexico Travel Warning & Facebook Feed – Friday, January 12th, 2018
All the news you need to know for Friday, January 12th, 2018!
Today: we're talking about President Trump's controversial comment and a "Do Not Travel" warning for parts of Mexico.
Plus: the good and bad announcements for Wal-Mart employees, huge reserves of ice on Mars and big changes to your Facebook feed.
All that and much more in less than 10 minutes!
Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you.
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Cato Daily Podcast - Still Waiting for Spending Cuts
Republicans' desire to cut spending is sharp as a knife when they're in the minority. But facts don't do what they want them to now that the GOP runs Congress. Jonathan Bydlak of the Coalition to Reduce Spending discusses prime spending cuts their prospects in 2018.
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Opening Arguments - OA138: Pot, Gerrymandering, and Net Neutrality
Today's episode tackles a number of breaking legal issues. First, the guys break down the recent memorandum by Attorney General Jeff Sessions on marijuana. What does this mean for the average recreational user in a state where pot is legal, like California? Listen and find out! Next, Andrew walks us through the recent decision by a three-judge panel in North Carolina invalidating that state's electoral districts. After that, the guys tackle a question from listener Jeremy Feldman about Net Neutrality and the Congressional Review Act. Finally, we end with an all-new Thomas (and Cara Santa Maria!) Take the Bar Exam Question #58 about the hottest new gadget, the Mitsubishi Walk-and-Talkman! Remember that you can play along with #TTTBE by retweeting our episode on Twitter or sharing it on Facebook along with your guess. We'll release the answer on next Tuesday's episode along with our favorite entry! Recent Appearances Andrew was a guest on This Week In News With Kevin and Benedict, talking felon voting rights; give it a listen! Show Notes & Links
- The Controlled Substances Act is 21 U.S.C. § 801 et seq.
- You can read the Cole Memo here, and then the Sessions Memo rescinding it.
- This is the US Attorney's Manual discussed on the show.
- We first discussed gerrymandering back in OA 54, and then again in OA 72 and OA 80.