How do you count the number of people sleeping rough? According to the latest official figures around 4700 people were sleeping in the streets in the autumn of 2017. And that got us thinking. These statistics aren?t just downloaded from some big database in the sky. They need ? like any statistic ? to be collected and calculated. So how is it done?
The NewsWorthy - Presidential Pardon, Skip Chemo & Apple’s ‘Digital Health’ – Monday, June 4th, 2018
All the news to know for Monday, June 4th, 2018!
Today, we're talking about claims President Trump could pardon himself if he wanted, a surprise speech at the graduation ceremony in Parkland, Florida and good news from a large breast cancer study.
Plus: Apple's expected announcements today and an 'electric nose' for your smartphone.
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.
For links to all the stories referenced in today's episode, visit https://www.theNewsWorthy.com and click Episodes.
The Boring Talks - #20 – Carry On Shakespeare
Infamy! Infamy! The writer and broadcaster Samira Ahmed explains just why the Carry On films are actually better than Shakespeare.
Presenter: James Ward Contributor: Samira Ahmed Producer: Luke Doran
the memory palace - No Summer (Episode 127)
The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia.
Music
- White Light by Chihei Hatekeyama
- Between the Trees by Akira Kosemura
- Clockwork Toccatta, Op. 68 from Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet.
- End of Summer Part 3 by Hildur Gudnadottir and Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe
- A Gathering to Lead Me When You're Gone by Brian McBride
Notes
- While the most comprehensive and useful thing I read for this piece was The Year Without a Summer: 1816 and the Volcano that Darkened the World and Changed history by William and Nicholas Klingaman, my favorite thing was this video of a news report on the work of Vermont historian, Howard Coffin.
PHPUgly - 108:This is American – Privacy Edition
This month the team discusses privacy and the lack of it, in our current government
Other topics include
- Friend of the show TJ Miller docker trick to reference back to your system to leverage services using the domain
docker.for.mac.localhost - Adobe to Acquire Magento Commerce
- Eric's shares his terminal alias for checking Bitcoin price from the command line
alias bitcoin='curl rate.sx/btc' - Mobile Giants: Please Don’t Share the Where — Krebs on Security
- Amazon Teams Up With Law Enforcement to Deploy Dangerous New Facial Recognition Technology
- Oakland passes “strongest” surveillance oversight law in US
The Phil Ferguson Show - 263 Women v Indoctrination w Alexis Record
Interview with Alexis Record. She wrote the chapter "Women v Indoctrination" in the book "Women v. Religion".
Investing Skeptically: Crash Proof Retirement!
Investing Skeptically: Crash Proof Retirement!
The Allusionist - 79. Queer
Strange or obtuse; a stinging homophobic slur; a radical political rejection of normativity; a broad term encompassing every and any variation on sexual orientation and gender identity: the word ‘queer’ has a multifarious past and complicated present. Tracing its movements are Kathy Tu and Tobin Low from Nancy podcast, Eric Marcus from Making Gay History, historian and author Amy Sueyoshi, and Jonathan Van Ness from Queer Eye.
Find out more about this episode at http://theallusionist.org/queer. Content note: this episodes contains discussions of sexuality and sexual acts, as well as some problematic terms.
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Curious City - Nerdette: Comedian John Hodgman Really Loves Malört
We curate an episode of the WBEZ podcast, Nerdette, featuring an interview with comedian John Hodgman and the very Chicago story of Malört.
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe - The Skeptics Guide #673 – Jun 2 2018
What's the Word: Irruptive; News Items: Colonizing Mars, Multivitamin Meta-analysis, AI Diagnostics, Musk's Twitter Breakdown; Who's That Noisy; Science or Fiction
You're Wrong About - Monica Lewinsky
Sarah and Mike talk about what America forgot — and never learned — about history’s most famous intern. Digressions include generational resentments, 1990s fashion and off-brand colleges. Also, Mike’s microphone breaks about 25 minutes in, so he sounds like he’s recording in a submarine. Sorry!
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