Month: August 2019

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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - Pop Music, Black Magic and Murder: The Mona Fandey Case

Born Nur Maznah Binti Ismail in Kangar, Perlis, the musician Mona Fandey achieved national success with her song Ku Nyanyikan Lagu Ini in 1987 -- yet her career seemed destined to slowly fade away, with Mona and her husband living out their lives in comfortable obscurity. Until, that is, in 1993, when Mona Fandey became the prime suspect in a gruesome murder that led many people to believe she'd secretly been an evil bomoh, practicing the art of dark sorcery for decades before finally being brought to justice. So what's the truth? Was Fandey mentally ill? Was she framed? Or was there something more sinister and sorcerous afoot?

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African Tech Roundup - Africa’s Motorcycle Taxi Hype + Africa’s AI Revolution? feat. Babusi Nyoni & Osarumen Osamuyi

In this episode of the African Tech Roundup podcast, Andile Masuku is joined by the Zimbabwean AI Practitioner, Booking.com UX Designer and UNHCR Innovation Consultant, Babusi Nyoni, and the Nigerian Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Africa's Talking and Founder and Author of The Subtext, Osarumen Osamuyi. This jam-packed show features the following topics: 1) What does the world post-Facebook’s Libra announcement look like? This is a follow-up discussion to deliberations made in Episode 130 - our most downloaded show ever - featuring insights about some of the more notable happenings to occur in the world of digital money since Facebook & Co. revealed their plan to re-imagine global finance. [13:48] 2) Is Africa's VC-fuelled motorcycle ride-sharing investment trend worthy of the hype? Listen in for Osarumen's trademark analysis on the matter. [30:53] 3) Does Africa have what it takes to lead a global AI revolution? Babusi factors in with a compelling case for why he believes the answer to that question is, yes. [55:24] To view resources referenced in this episode, visit https://www.africantechroundup.com/africa-motorcycle-taxi-industry-uberisation/ Image credit: Adeboro Odunlami
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The Best One Yet - Apple’s Goldman Sachs card goes live for all, Target’s ‘Gramamble new food brand, and Tesla’s “Jerry Maguire” moment

Apple’s card with Goldman Sachs was just released for all Americans, so we jump in Snacks style. Target announces its biggest ever food brand, focused on organic food. And Tesla’s solar panel unit announces a rental version — just as it gets sued by Walmart. 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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The Intelligence from The Economist - League of its own? Italian politics

Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini has pulled the rug from under the country’s government, betting that his charismatic right-wingery might win him more-complete rule. Will it work? We take a look at Latin America’s state energy giants—and find the shared ills of mismanagement, politicisation and sticky fingers. And, a curious film-making boom in Siberia.
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What Next - What Next | Daily News and Analysis – The Danger Around the Corner

When it comes to pedestrian deaths, the Sun Belt is the most dangerous area in the country. Six of the 10 most dangerous metro areas for pedestrians are located in Florida. Nineteen of the top 20 are in the Sun Belt. How is the way we build our cities and suburbs contributing to the problem? And what can be done to try to reduce traffic deaths across the country?

Guest: Angie Schmitt, writer Streetsblog USA

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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - The Danger Around the Corner

When it comes to pedestrian deaths, the Sun Belt is the most dangerous area in the country. Six of the 10 most dangerous metro areas for pedestrians are located in Florida. Nineteen of the top 20 are in the Sun Belt. How is the way we build our cities and suburbs contributing to the problem? And what can be done to try to reduce traffic deaths across the country?

Guest: Angie Schmitt, writer Streetsblog USA

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The NewsWorthy - Tax Cuts?, Jupiter’s Moon & Human Headphones – Wednesday, August 21st, 2019

The news to know for Wednesday, August 21st, 2019!

Today, we're talking about President Trump's plan to possible cut taxes, his comments about a certain religion, and a mystery in Russia.

Plus: why NASA plans to go to Jupiter's moon, Facebook's newest privacy option, and a new type of wireless headphones.

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...

Today's episode is brought to you by www.MMLaFleur.com/newsworthy 

  

Read more:

Trump Cutting Taxes?: The Hill, WSJ, Fox Business

Comments about Jews: WaPo, NYT, AP, The Jerusalem Post 

Denmark Trip Cancelled: BBC, CNN

Russia Radiation: NYT, CNN, AP, The Guardian

Jupiter Moon Mission: Engadget, BBC

Facebook Browsing History: Cnet, Business Insider, The Verge

Apple Card Available: CNBC, TechCrunch 

New Wireless Headphones: TechRadar, Cnet

Netflix Season Alerts: The Verge

PayScale’s College Salary Report: CNBC, PayScale, Yahoo Finance

 

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Philosophers In Space - 0G70: The Power and Cyborg Feminism, Part 2

It's post cataclysm now, and we're one of the few "male studies" podcasts remaining in the world. Hannah Marcus (@sligers118 on Twitter) is here to womansplain The Power to us and take credit for our insights. This still feels better than the before time, though. Mass shootings are way down, and having functional paid family leave is pretty great. I'd call it a net win.

Cyborg Theory: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Cyborg_Manifesto

Cable Repair peeing story: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/cable-tech-dick-cheney-sex-dungeon_n_5c0ea571e4b06484c9fd4c21?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAE5nOCYDTq7Jp7JprkysZv-NNDFoS8oc1zfzUKLtpAVQh-3C7f2HYGw28VwwEQogTgLOlxe-nLbMS8IRAc870TbJ_h_HzeNAC4b-eJNkKOaf6Qc6gstBG3YzzJ1TjtVHyzIr6VjSQo_dhhPRgam3mE4qbSTTJ-MMAuv9seB_88b3 

Cat Person Article: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/12/11/cat-person   Sex book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Come-You-Are-surprising-transform/dp/1925228010 

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Ologies with Alie Ward - Disasterology (DISASTERS) with Samantha Montano

Floods, earthquakes, tsunamis, tornados, explosions, hurricanes, oil spills, bombings, BAD THINGS: Why do they happen? What can we do to prepare? What is a disaster vs. a catastrophe? Who makes it their life's work to go help? Professional Disasterologist and Emergency Management expert Dr. Samantha Montano sits down to talk about disaster movies, the addiction of helping others, the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and the floods, looting, doomsday prepping, keeping calm under pressure, climate change, governmental budgets, cathedrals vs. islands, the myths of disasters, looking for the helpers, and how humans tend and befriend each other in times of chaos.

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The Gist - When the CIA’s “Dark Side” Works

On The Gist, if Peter Navarro wants to criticize the Wall Street Journal, he really ought to read it once in a while.

In the interview, it’s easy to condemn the CIA’s post-9/11 interrogation techniques in retrospect. But as agency alumnus Philip Mudd puts it, “boy, back then, people said ‘take out the stops, make sure it doesn’t happen again.’” He talks about the relative effectiveness of harsh interrogation techniques, and why that shouldn’t be a factor if ever American forces countenance them again (answer: the issue is a moral one). Mudd is a former deputy director at the Counterterrorism Center and the author of Black Site: The CIA in the Post-9/11 World.

In the Spiel, there isn’t all that much conservative hand-wringing over the New York Times’ special coverage of historical slavery in America… but what’s there is pretty uninspired.

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