In this follow-up to our investigation of Tesla's Nevada Gigafactory, we look at what happens when state safety inspectors and one of the state’s biggest employers go head to head.
Chad Wolf, acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, joined The Daily Signal Podcast at the Conservative Political Action Conference earlier this year to detail the progress that has been made on President Donald Trump’s border wall with Mexico. Read a lightly edited transcript of the interview, posted below, or listen on the podcast.
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American hospitals are struggling to keep up amid the coronavirus pandemic.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo shared reasons for hope as New York struggles with COVID-19.
California is loaning 500 ventilators to the national stock pile
It's just your hosts this episode - Paul, Sara, and Ben. We chat about the end of the influential open-source events that O'reillly held for many years, conferences that in many ways helped to form the personality of the early web.
Engineers love to solve problems and create new tools. So what do you do when the best solution is to stay home? We have a few ideas about how to deal with the moment.
If we all go into cryosleep, will the bots keep trading the market, and for how long? Sara recommends a novel - Machines Like Me.
Amanda Holmes reads Matthew Arnold’s poem, “Dover Beach.” Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us: podcast@theamericanscholar.org. If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman. Explore more poetry at our website, https://theamericanscholar.org/
This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by Chad Crouch.
Today's episode is a fun interview with Dan and Jordan from the Knowledge Fight! podcast, your #1 source for deciphering the otherwise-indecipherable world of Alex Jones. We think you'll enjoy this interview; it's got a little bit of everything -- laughter, tears, and, of course, madness.
After the interview, it's time to answer an exciting new #T3BE civ pro question that involves res judicata — a concept so convoluted, courts often screw it up. Will Thomas get it right? Listen and find out!
On the Gist, Peter Navarro and partisan chemical compounds.
In the interview, Mike talks with Charlotte Alter. national correspondent at Time covering the 2020 elections, about her new book, The Ones We’ve Been Waiting For: How A Generation of Leaders Will Transform America. They discuss her deeply reported analysis of the 2016 elections, the youth vote, and why political experiences when young have a lifelong impact on a person’s politics.
In the spiel, tigers and other post-coronavirus problems.
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Even as the total number of deaths grows, White House officials said Sunday that if the public forcefully practices social distancing, the United States might see the curve bending soon.
Experts say masks can help prevent those who are asymptomatic from unknowingly spreading COVID-19.
Plus, health care worker who have recovered from the virus share their experiences.
And while many companies are required to offer sick leave and other benefits to their employees, gig workers are running into hurdles to get the help they were promised.
Life Kit's episode, 'How To Get Therapy When You Can't Leave The House' is on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and NPR One.
He still needs to be confirmed by the city council, but Mayor Lightfoot’s pick to run the Chicago Police Department is the former chief of police in Dallas. WBEZ’s Patrick Smith gives us some intel on why he was chosen and how he’ll run CPD.
Donald Trump and Jared Kushner let the states fend for themselves, Republicans in Wisconsin fight Democratic efforts to make voting safer, and Bernie Sanders’s advisors encourage him to end his candidacy. Then Elizabeth Warren talks to Jon F. about her plans to fix our public health and economic crises, and how she’s thinking about the November election.
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Which states are standing in the way of a better pandemic response? Angela Erickson of the Pacific Legal Foundation discusses why some states have relaxed health care certificate-of-need requirements while others are effectively preventing a more robust private sector response to the crisis.