In which the rivers of Colombia teem with African hippos due to the excesses of a long-dead drug lord, and Ken suggests introducing Welsh corgis to the Amazon rainforest. Certificate #37768.
What Next | Daily News and Analysis - When A Border Wall Isn’t Enough
Nogales is the biggest port in Arizona, and has been a focal point of Trump’s increasingly aggressive tactics on the border. How do the president’s efforts to shut down the border change a place like Nogales?
Note: We first aired this episode on February 2, 2019.
Guest: Mayor of Nogales, Arturo Garino.
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Podcast production by Mary Wilson, Jayson De Leon, and Anna Martin.
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The NewsWorthy - Staff Shakeup, Alexa Health Care & Virginia’s Big Win – Tuesday, April 9th, 2019
The news to know for Tuesday, April 9th, 2019!
Today, we're talking about who's in the hot seat and a staff shakeup on Capitol Hill today, and the historic baseball agreement with Cuba just cancelled.
Plus: ask Amazon's Alexa about your health care, celebrities plead guilty, and Virginia's big win.
Those stories and many more in less than 10 minutes!
Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you.
Head to www.theNewsWorthy.com to read more about any of the stories mentioned under the section titled 'Episodes' or see sources below...
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William Barr on Capitol Hill: AP, CBS News
Cuba Deal Cancelled: Reuters, Washington Post, NBC News
More Measles Cases: TIME, ABC News
Ikea Speakers: The Verge, TechCrunch
Ikea Sustainable: Ikea, Edie.net
NCAA Champs: CBS Sports, USA Today
Allison Mack Guilty: Variety
Beyonce Netflix Trailer: Rolling Stone, Quartz, YouTube
Ologies with Alie Ward - Scorpiology (SCORPIONS) with Lauren Esposito
Scorpions: the victims of undue shade. If you've ever wanted to impress a date with weird facts THIS IS THE EPISODE FOR YOU. A handful of people on planet Earth have a PhD in scorpions and Dr. Lauren Esposito is one of them. She spills the beans on how venom works, what's up with the blacklight glow effect, how dangerous they *really* are, what all the movies get wrong, the best names for scorpions, where she's traveled to look under rocks, where a scorpion's butt is, if scorpions dance or make out (SPOILER: YES), what good mothers they are, how big they used to be millions of years ago and how -- technically speaking -- they are not poisonous. Also: how much does a gallon of venom cost? Oh, and why she started the visibility campaign 500 Queer Scientists. Get this one in your ears right away.
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The Nod - The Greatest Biopic That’s Never Been Made?
Della Reese deserves a showstopping biopic for the ages, packed with drama and triumph-- and maybe a fistfight or two-- but one has never been made. This week, Eric gives Brittany three reasons why the real life story of everyone’s favorite guardian angel deserves the silver screen treatment.
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The Gist - The Puppet Masters
The worst part about the Trump administration’s high turnover? Every cabinet member is worse than the last.
In the interview, Grigori Rasputin bent the ear of the last Russian tsar, manipulating affairs of state behind the scenes as he saw fit. But how did a man like him rise to such power? And what about his spiritual successors like Phil Spector or Tom Brady’s trainer? Amos Barshad, author of No One Man Should Have All That Power: How Rasputins Manipulate the World, has our ear.
In the Spiel, what does Joe Biden stand to gain from apologizing—and shouldn’t a (likely) contender for president think in those terms?
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The Daily Signal - #437: The Pivotal Gun Case Likely Going to the Supreme Court, Explained
Could the manufacturer of the gun used in the tragic Sandy Hook shooting be sued? That's what at stake in a new case that the Supreme Court has been asked to hear. Heritage Foundation legal expert Amy Swearer breaks down this case, plus what needs to be done to make our schools safe. We also cover these stories:•Attorney General William Barr addresses "spying" on Trump campaign during hearing.•Sen. Bernie Sanders introduces Medicare-for-All legislation.•New Zealand's parliament has voted 119-1 to change its gun laws. The Daily Signal podcast is available on Ricochet, iTunes, SoundCloud, Google Play, or Stitcher. All of our podcasts can be found at DailySignal.com/podcasts. If you like what you hear, please leave a review. You can also leave us a message at 202-608-6205 or write us at letters@dailysignal.com. Enjoy the show!
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Pod Save America - “Chaos is a ladder.”
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen is fired because she’s not extreme enough on immigration, Trump courts Jewish voters while accusing them of dual loyalty, Nancy Pelosi counsels pragmatism while predicting a House victory in 2020, and another 40 candidates enter the Democratic primary. Then Nobel Peace Prize nominee Amanda Nguyen talks to Tommy about building effective social movements. Also – Pod Save America is going on tour! Get your tickets now: crooked.com/events.
African Tech Roundup - London Village Diaries With Dayo Akinrinade of Africlick Part 2 – Pan-African dating solutions
This is the second instalment of a 2-part conversation with Africlick founder Dayo Akinrinade, which was taped at the fringes of the London stop of Afrobytes' 2018/19 International Event Series.
Africlick is a new dating and networking app that aims to connect people of African and Caribbean heritage through their culture, and in this episode, Dayo sketches the magnitude of the business opportunity she is looking to convert and unpacks her company’s growth focus.
Dayo holds a Bachelors degree in Computer Science from the University of Manchester and a Masters in Technology Entrepreneurship from University College London, and has spent over ten years working in IT Management Consulting— delivering analytics and financial transformation programmes at Accenture and Deloitte. While embedded at those firms, she designed solutions and led global teams at the likes of the London Stock Exchange, Lloyds Banking Group and the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria.
Dayo formerly served as a Director at YSYS Consultancy Ltd, where she worked with Capital Enterprise and the JP Morgan Chase Foundation on the OneTech programme, which aims to raise a total of £15.1 million of investment for diverse, female founders. While inhabiting that role, she also delivered "diversity in technology advisory" to Space Camp, Startupbootcamp and Techstars. Currently, alongside running Africlick, Dayo advises two African fintech startups, Akkiba and DTL Cafe.
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World Book Club - Tessa Hadley – The Past
Highly acclaimed British author Tessa Hadley talks to Harriett Gilbert about her award-winning novel - The Past.
Recorded at the FT Weekend Oxford Literary Festival in the elegant surroundings of The Mathematical Institute, part of the university. Tessa skilfully evokes a brewing storm of lust and envy, the indelible connections of memory and affection, the fierce, nostalgic beauty of the natural world, and the shifting currents of history running beneath the surface of these seemingly steady lives.
Over three long, hot summer weeks, four siblings and their children assemble at their country house for a family reunion, where simmering tensions and secrets come to a head.
First broadcast on the BBC World Service in April 2019.