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In which a poison made from dried beetles becomes a schoolyard legend as an alleged aphrodisiac, foreshadowing our modern age of creepy predator celebrities and erectile dysfunction infomercials. Certificate #31327.
Amazon might become the first trillion-dollar company in the history of the world. Has the Everything Store become a dangerous monopoly threatening the U.S. economy?
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All the news to know for Thursday, May 17th, 2018!
Today, we're talking about President Trump's new financial disclosure and the police officer who stopped a school shooting.
Plus: a blockchain smartphone, a Whole Foods discount and the TV version of the podcast Serial.
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.
Then, hang out after the news for the bonus Three Question Thursday interview. This week we're talking about the volcano eruptions in Hawaii: why it's happening, what to expect next and the biggest misconceptions.
Today's guest is Dr. Shannon Kobs Nawotniak. She's a volcanologist at Idaho State University who has researched lava flows and ash deposits from volcanoes around the world. She studies them using a combination of field work, computer modeling, and laboratory analysis.
For more info and links to all the stories referenced in today's episode, visit https://www.theNewsWorthy.com and click Episodes.
On today’s Gist: laurel or yanny?
We have questions about the protests in Israel. Daniel Shapiro is here to answer them. Shapiro was the U.S. ambassador to Israel for most of the Obama administration. He is now a visiting fellow at the Institute for National Security Studies.
In the Spiel, an irksome aspect to the coverage of the deaths in Gaza.
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On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser talk about about an unexpected move by President Trump that could save the Chinese electronics maker ZTE. Also in the news is Project Maven, a Pentagon project to build AI for drones, which Google has been working on. This week it was reported that around a dozen Google employees quit over the company’s involvement in the project.
The hosts discuss what one Apple blogger calls “one of the biggest design screwups in Apple history,” which has led to a class-action lawsuit. And they break down a major vulnerability in email encryption.
Later, April and Will are joined by antitrust expert Gene Kimmelman. He’s the president and CEO of Public Knowledge, a nonprofit that focuses on tech policy research and advocacy. He formerly served as the Chief Counsel for the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division under President Obama, during which time the NBC/Comcast merger was approved. They talk to him about AT&T’s antitrust trial with the DOJ as the company attempts to acquire Time Warner for $85 billion. If approved, that deal could reshape the future of how people connect to the internet, how they get their news and entertainment, and the future of mega-mergers proposed under Trump. And then there’s the recent revelation that AT&T hired Trump attorney Michael Cohen as a consultant last year.
Don’t Close My Tabs
The Guardian: Black Activist Jailed for His Facebook Posts Speaks Out About Secret FBI Surveillance
The Verge: UK Newsstands Will Sell “Porn Passes” to verify Ages Under New Laws
The Telegraph: Newsagents and Corner Shops To Sell “Porn Pass” Access Codes To Allow Adults To Visit X-rated Sites
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Despite diligent, time-consuming efforts by institutions across the planet, human beings have yet to find any universally-accepted proof of extraterrestial life. For many, this is a simple function of the math involved -- the universe is just too large for us to plausibly meet creatures from another planet. But according to several fringe researchers, we're just looking in the wrong place. We should focus, they argue, not on life from other planets... but on life from other dimensions. Listen in to learn more about the strange story of the Ultraterrestrial theory.
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All the news to know for Wednesday, May 16th, 2018!
Today, we're talking about North Korea's latest threat, a claim that China bribed Trump, the Pennsylvania primaries and the NBA Draft order.
Plus: Instagram will give you more insights, a new version of the 'blue or gold dress' debate and the first day of Ramadan.
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.
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