Month: April 2019

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You're Wrong About - The “Ebonics” Controversy

Mike tells Sarah how a simple idea in a single school district became a nationwide racial panic. Digressions include slasher movies, Space Invaders and homeschooling. The taglines are becoming more esoteric. 

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The Intelligence from The Economist - Resigned to it: Algeria’s president

After two decades as president, Abdelaziz Bouteflika has resigned. But the cabal that’s been running the country doesn’t want to give up power and the opposition is disorganised. Will anything change? Medical professionals staged protests in Canada this week, calling for stricter gun laws; the country’s debate over gun ownership is intensifying. And, the gender pay gap in many countries is exacerbated by parenthood—you can hear it in the data.
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The Best One Yet - McDonald’s 2nd investment in a week, Uber’s and NYC’s traffic tax, and Ikea’s new furniture rental service

McDonald’s stock hit a record high after its 2nd investment in a week to make its food more tech. Uber’s IPO is coming up, but it’s been busy making NYC’s new congestion tax happen. And Ikea pulls a Rent-The-Runway and announces a furniture subscription service. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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What Next - What Next | Daily News and Analysis – Liberals Treat Puerto Ricans Like Second-Class Citizens, Too.

President Trump’s naked disdain for Puerto Rico’s struggles might be rhetorically jarring. But it reflects long-standing U.S. policies toward the territory.

Guest: Yarimar Bonilla, political anthropologist and author of the book, Aftershocks of Disaster: Puerto Rico Before and After the Storm.

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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - Liberals Treat Puerto Ricans Like Second-Class Citizens, Too.

President Trump’s naked disdain for Puerto Rico’s struggles might be rhetorically jarring. But it reflects long-standing U.S. policies toward the territory.

Guest: Yarimar Bonilla, political anthropologist and author of the book, Aftershocks of Disaster: Puerto Rico Before and After the Storm.

Tell us what you think by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts or sending an email to whatnext@slate.com. Follow us on Instagram for updates on the show.

Podcast production by Mary Wilson, Jayson De Leon, and Anna Martin.

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The NewsWorthy - Boeing Crash Report, AI Bias & Royal Insta Record (+ Spring Flooding with Meteorologist Jennifer Watson) – Thursday, April 4th, 2019

The news to know for Thursday, April 4th, 2019!

Today, we're getting the first official word about what may have caused the deadly plane crash in Ethiopia, and there are some new concerns about e-cigarettes.

Plus: the first 5G, LinkedIn's top companies list, and the latest royal record.

Those stories and many more in less than 10 minutes!

Then hang out after the news for Thing to Know Thursday's bonus interview about historic spring flooding in 2019 with meteorologist Jennifer Watson.

Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you.

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Sources:

Boeing Report:Reuters, CNN

Trump’s Tax Returns: WSJ, FOX News, NYT

Mueller Report Subpoena: NYT, CNN, CNBC

Joe Biden Video: The Hill, Washington Post, NBC News

E-Cig Seizures?: The Verge, LA Times, FDA

LinkedIn’s Top Companies: LinkedIn, Inc

Verizon Early 5G Release: CNBC, TechRadar, Verizon

Facial Recognition Flawed: The Verge, NYT,  Medium (full letter)

Celebrity Google Voice: Engadget, The Verge

Royal Insta Record: ET Online, ABC News, Instagram

“Captain Marvel” Billionaire: Gizmodo, Variety

 

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Serious Inquiries Only - SIO187: Voicemail! Anti-Vaxers, Christchurch, White Fragility, and Other Topics

It's time for a listener voicemail episode! We've got some really good topics/questions/critiques, so much so that I had to split this into a couple episodes. Topics include changing minds on things like anti-vax and white fragility, and how to be an atheist critical of Islam white not contributing to problematic anti-Muslim bigotry, and voting rights! Here's a good article on what changes anti-vaxxers' minds.