Why did Richard J. Daley push for the UIC campus to rise from the heart of a long-standing ethnic neighborhood? In this special Curious City presentation, reporter Monica Eng examines the pervasive suspicion that the mayor’s choice rose from a political spat or — even worse — from disdain for the Italian-American community. Click here for the full story.
The Gist - If You Want Power, Sell It
On The Gist, Lincoln, Kennedy, and Lincoln Kennedy could all speak better than President Trump.
If you’re old enough to remember November 2016, you know that telling a good story—even an untrue one—wins elections. Author Yuval Noah Harari worries that populism has liberalism beat on this front, especially given an uncertain future looming with AI, biotechnology, and the possible obsolescence of the human worker. Harari’s new book is 21 Lessons for the 21st Century.
In the Spiel, a lawmaker’s voting record is the only thing we should judge them on.
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Cato Daily Podcast - States Push to Hobble Short-Term Health Plans
Short-term health plans have been freed from many restrictions, but now states are moving to restrict or outright prohibit this kind of coverage. Michael Cannon says by outlawing the plans, states will expose their own residents to high bills, poor access, and bankruptcy.
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More or Less: Behind the Stats - Heart Age Calculator; Danish Sperm Imports; Counting Goats
Tim Harford questions the usefulness of a popular heart age calculator.
The NewsWorthy - Cyber Spy, Lyft Rollout & ‘New’ Dictionary Words – Friday, September 7th, 2018
All the news to know for Friday, September 7th, 2018!
Today, we're talking about the U.S. Supreme Court nominee, a North Korea spy and the U.S. Open. Plus: Uber's new safety features, Lyft's new rollout in Denver and new words in the dictionary.
Those stories 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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For links to all the stories referenced in today's episode, visit https://www.theNewsWorthy.com and click Episodes or see below...
Sources:
Kavanaugh Hearings: NBC News, WSJ, NYT, FOX News
North Korea Spy Charged: USA Today, BBC, NYT
Historic Day in India: The Guardian, NYT
Burt Reynolds Death: THR, LA Times
U.S. Open: TV Schedule, NYT, ESPN
Hotel Panic Buttons: AP
Uber Safety: Recode
Lyft’s Scooter-Share App: Digital Trends, The Verge
Twitter Bans Alex Jones: Twitter, Business Insider
No More ‘Popular Film’: LA Times
New Dictionary Words: CBS News, Merriam-Webster
The Gist - The DoD Payroll Just Got Smaller
On The Gist, Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing.
The Pentagon’s third-in-command is reportedly losing his job, and it’s hardly making news. As the Defense Department’s first-ever chief management officer, John Gibson is in charge of saving billions of dollars for reinvestment. He’s to be fired because of a reported “lack of performance,” but Defense News’ Aaron Mehta says the task was nearly impossible in the first place.
In the Spiel, who really wrote that New York Times op-ed?
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Bay Curious - How Do You Define the ‘Bay Area’?
Where the boundaries of this region are will vary according to who you ask and what you're looking to define.
Reported by Jessica Placzek. Bay Curious is made by Olivia Allen-Price, Jessica Placzek, Paul Lancour, Ryan Levi and Suzie Racho. Additional support from Julia McEvoy, Ethan Lindsey, Erika Kelly, Julie Caine, David Weir, Amanda Font, Carly Severn and Katie McMurran. Holly Kernan is Vice President for News. Theme music by Pat Mesiti-Miller. Ask us a question or sign up for our newsletter at BayCurious.org. Follow Olivia Allen-Price on Twitter @oallenprice.
Pod Save America - “Anonymous cowards.”
Trump administration officials confirm that the president is unstable in the New York Times and Bob Woodward’s new book, Kavanaugh struggles under tough questioning from Senate Democrats, and we talk about Ayanna Pressley’s primary upset in Massachusetts, and Colin Allred’s tight race for Congress in Texas. Then Jon Lovett interviews New York gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon about her race against Governor Andrew Cuomo, and the future of the Democratic Party.
Cato Daily Podcast - Education Research and Correlation vs. Causation
The dimensions along which parents choose schools for their children are never entirely captured by test scores. Corey DeAngelis examines a new piece of education research.
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Crazy/Genius - How Will Self-Driving Cars Change the World?
Over the last 130 years, the automobile shaped the modern world—it redefined the city, filled the suburbs, and revved up pop culture. With autonomous technology, everything about our relationship to cars is about to change. Then what?
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