A high schooler takes a seat to make a stand. And Rapper’s Delight makes it big - to one lady’s chagrin.
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Cato Daily Podcast - Reasserting Article I Power on War and Everything Else
For at least the last several decades, Congress has handed vast powers to the Executive Branch. Representative Warren Davidson (R-OH) discusses his hopes to get those powers back where they belong.
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Start the Week - Mysteries of the Universe
The Italian physicist Carlo Rovelli delves into the meaning of time. He tells Andrew Marr how we live in a timeless world but have evolved to perceive time's flow.
The astrophysicist Carole Mundell is interested in the extragalactic. Her studies of the universe beyond our Milky Way help expand knowledge of cosmic black holes and explain powerful explosions in space.
Space travel is the new frontier, but exactly 250 years ago the Endeavour set sail from Plymouth seeking to test the limits of scientific understanding. An exhibition at the British Library, curated by Laura Walker, tells the story of Captain Cook's world-changing voyages and their studies into the skies, seas and lands beyond our shores.
And the marine biologist Helen Scales is more interested in exploring the world beneath the oceans. Her latest book marvels at the wonders of fish, from centuries-old giants to tiny restless travellers moving in shoals across our globe.
Producer: Katy Hickman.
Start the Week - Mysteries of the Universe
The Italian physicist Carlo Rovelli delves into the meaning of time. He tells Andrew Marr how we live in a timeless world but have evolved to perceive time's flow.
The astrophysicist Carole Mundell is interested in the extragalactic. Her studies of the universe beyond our Milky Way help expand knowledge of cosmic black holes and explain powerful explosions in space.
Space travel is the new frontier, but exactly 250 years ago the Endeavour set sail from Plymouth seeking to test the limits of scientific understanding. An exhibition at the British Library, curated by Laura Walker, tells the story of Captain Cook's world-changing voyages and their studies into the skies, seas and lands beyond our shores.
And the marine biologist Helen Scales is more interested in exploring the world beneath the oceans. Her latest book marvels at the wonders of fish, from centuries-old giants to tiny restless travellers moving in shoals across our globe.
Producer: Katy Hickman.
The NewsWorthy - Trump v. Wolf, T-Mobile + Sprint & Avengers: Infinity War – Monday, April 30th, 2018
All the news to know for Monday, April 30th, 2018!
Today, we're talking about North Korea's promises and a comedian's controversial political jokes.
Plus: two big cell phone companies hope to merge and the biggest opening weekend for a movie - ever.
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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Agnus: The Late Antique, Medieval, and Byzantine Podcast - Dr. Maile Hutterer on Architecture and Religious Expression
This month, Glenn talks with Dr. Maile Hutterer about architecture and religious expression during the early modern Wars of Religion.
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The Boring Talks - #15 – Smell Walks
The artist and designer Kate McLean leads us, nose first, on a smell walk across the world. This podcast may include the odours of cooking sausages, carbolic soap, shattered dreams and bins.
Presenter: James Ward Contributor: Kate McLean Producer: Luke Doran
More or Less: Behind the Stats - WS More or Less: Puerto Rico – statistics versus politics
The government of Puerto Rico has developed a plan to strip the island?s statistical agency of its independent board as part of a money saving enterprise. But as the Caribbean island recovers from a debt crisis and the devastation of Hurricane Maria which struck last year, many are questioning whether the move could have long reaching implications.
Presenters: Tim Harford and Kate Lamble Producer: Kate Lamble
(Photo: Damage to Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria: The La Perla neighbourhood, San Juan. Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images.)
Curious City - What Are Chicago’s Oldest Laws?
Looking around Chicago today, you won’t find many stink balls or cannons—but did you know the city has ordinances regulating both? When these laws were first passed more than a century ago, aldermen may have believed they posed a real threat. But today, these old laws don’t seem to make a whole lot of sense.
Logan Square resident Ty McCarthy was wondering whether Chicago had any outdated laws on the books. So he asked Curious City:
What are some of Chicago’s oldest and weirdest laws?
To find some weird laws, we pored over Chicago’s municipal code—which anyone can search online—and pinpointed several ordinances that were passed more than 50 years ago.
Click here to view our special presentation featuring nine of Chicago’s most obscure laws.
The Gist - ISIS Isn’t Done With
On The Gist, when your sympathy for the poor goes beyond platitudes, Paul Ryan fires you.
In the interview, the New York Times’ Rukmini Callimachi has a new podcast. Caliphate lays out how she knows what she knows about ISIS. Through her reporting in Iraq, she’s learned how the group endeared itself to locals with services as simple as garbage collection. And though the would-be Islamic State has fallen, the extremists behind it persist as an insurgency.
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