Three L.A. comedians are quarantined in a podcast studio during a global pandemic. There is literally nothing to be done EXCEPT make content. These are "The Corona Diaries" and this is Episode #63. Music is "Would I Lie to You?" by Eurythmics.
Lex Fridman Podcast - #113 – Manolis Kellis: Human Genome and Evolutionary Dynamics
Manolis Kellis is a professor at MIT and head of the MIT Computational Biology Group. He is interested in understanding the human genome from a computational, evolutionary, biological, and other cross-disciplinary perspectives.
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OUTLINE:
00:00 – Introduction
03:54 – Human genome
17:47 – Sources of knowledge
29:15 – Free will
33:26 – Simulation
35:17 – Biological and computing
50:10 – Genome-wide evolutionary signatures
56:54 – Evolution of COVID-19
1:02:59 – Are viruses intelligent?
1:12:08 – Humans vs viruses
1:19:39 – Engineered pandemics
1:23:23 – Immune system
1:33:22 – Placebo effect
1:35:39 – Human genome source code
1:44:40 – Mutation
1:51:46 – Deep learning
1:58:08 – Neuralink
2:07:07 – Language
2:15:19 – Meaning of life
CBS News Roundup - World News Roundup: 07/31
The Coast Guard searches for missing marines following deadly training accident off California's coast. Hurricane Isaias barrels towards Florida. Lawmakers fail to reach a deal on those extra federal unemployment benefits. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has today's World News Roundup.
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The Intelligence from The Economist - Living larger: Google’s challenges
Enormous growth over 22 years has brought challenges, both from within and from outside; we examine the tech behemoth’s prospects. Wealth has always exploded wherever humans interacted more—and so have epidemics. We look back on the historical links between economic success and hygiene. And Dubai tries to lure tourists for its sweltering summer season. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer
What Next - What Next | Daily News and Analysis – TBD | When America Can’t Pay the Rent
For the last four months, federal and state eviction moratoria have kept Americans in their apartments, even if they couldn’t pay rent. Now, with financial relief in question, and moratoria set to expire, the first of the month might look very different for millions of Americans.
Guests:
Emily, a resident of Chicago’s Northwest Side
Mark Durakovic, principal at Kass Management
Peter Hepburn, analyst at Princeton’s Eviction Lab
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Henry Grabar
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What Next - What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future – When America Can’t Pay the Rent
For the last four months, federal and state eviction moratoria have kept Americans in their apartments, even if they couldn’t pay rent. Now, with financial relief in question, and moratoria set to expire, the first of the month might look very different for millions of Americans.
Guests:
Emily, a resident of Chicago’s Northwest Side
Mark Durakovic, principal at Kass Management
Peter Hepburn, analyst at Princeton’s Eviction Lab
Host
Henry Grabar
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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - TBD | When America Can’t Pay the Rent
For the last four months, federal and state eviction moratoria have kept Americans in their apartments, even if they couldn’t pay rent. Now, with financial relief in question, and moratoria set to expire, the first of the month might look very different for millions of Americans.
Guests:
Emily, a resident of Chicago’s Northwest Side
Mark Durakovic, principal at Kass Management
Peter Hepburn, analyst at Princeton’s Eviction Lab
Host
Henry Grabar
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The Best One Yet - “Apple’s pizza is waaaay too big” — Apple’s 4-1 stock split. P&G stole Sysco’s sales. Amazon’s record.
Fresh after hitting Capitol Hill, the Tech Big 4 announced earnings reports (they were epic). We’re focused on Apple’s 5 profit puppies and Amazon’s double-double. Then Procter & Gamble sneaked in with its best quarter in 14 years because one company’s loss is another’s gain. And P&G has tons of MBAs.
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Short Wave - Coronavirus Q&A: Running Outside, Petting Dogs, And More
What's the deal with wiping down groceries? How often should you sanitize your phone? Can you greet other people's dogs? In this episode, an excerpt of Maddie's appearance on another NPR podcast where she answered those questions and more.
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What A Day - Can You Veep A Secret
The Biden campaign says they will announce his VP pick any day now. According to reports, over a dozen women are being vetted — some more seriously than others.
We talk to Crooked Media’s Alyssa Mastromonaco, who helped President Obama select Joe Biden, about what goes into the process in the final days and the importance of this decision.
To hear more from Alyssa, check out That’s The Ticket, her Pod Save America bonus series with Dan Pfeiffer on the VP selection process, as well as her weekly pod with Erin Ryan, Hysteria:
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