Hey y'all! This week on the Patreon, Rivers is chatting with comedian fellow Wrestling Pro Wrestling commentator Erik Barnes all about the MOST 2002 FILM EVER: Christian Bale's 'Equilibrium'. This episode is a request from our Patron @DarkRedBurr and we actually really liked this movie! This is such a fun episode. Follow Erik on Twitter @ErikWBarnes! Join the Tower of Power by signing up for our Patreon now for only $5 a month. http://www.Patreon.com/TheGoodsPod
Everything Everywhere Daily - Imperial Leftovers
At its peak, the British Empire covered 23% of the world’s population and 24% of the Earth’s landmass. By either measure, it was the largest empire in the history of the world.
Since then…..well, let’s just say the Empire has seen better days.
While the vast majority of the Empire is gone, there are still assorted crumbs of the empire that exist around the world.
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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - Strange News: The Pentagon and Aliens, Psuedocide Foiled by Typo, Man in Prosthetic Mask Robs Casino
Law enforcement finally catches up with a mysterious grifter using CIA-level prosthetic mask technology. A man attempts to fake his death and forgets to run spellcheck. Uncle Sam gets increasingly weird about UFOs, yet again changing the offical story about government-supported research in unidentified aerial phenomena. Join Ben, Matt and Noel for their round up of Strange News -- and the Stuff They Don't Want You To Know -- in this weekly segment.
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The coronavirus pandemic enters a new phase, and it is not sparing rural America. The Carolinas brace for Isaias. A SpaceX splashdown. Correspondent Steve Kathan has the CBS World News Roundup for Monday, August 3, 2020.
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The Intelligence from The Economist - Ballot blocks: the squeeze on Hong Kong
The territory’s elections have been postponed, its activists barred from running—police are even targeting them abroad. What next for the democracy movement? We ask whether the global protests about race will affect rampant discrimination in Arab countries, most of which host a minority black population. And the solution to a viniferous mystery that dates back a century and a half. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer
The Phil Ferguson Show - 350 – Religion vs. Government
Interview with Casey Brinck. Casey is the Director of Policy and Goverment Affairs for The Secular Coalition for America. We discuss the involvement of religion in government.
Investing Skeptically: Mail bag.
Bonus audio: Christopher Hitchens
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Investing Skeptically: Mail bag.
Bonus audio: Christopher Hitchens
https://secular.org/
You're Wrong About - Disco Demolition Night
Mike tells Sarah how a silly sports promotion galvanized a reactionary movement. Digressions include “Charlotte’s Web,” Jane Fonda and German-language musicals. Songs are dissected; the honor of David Bowie and late-night salad bars are defended.
Huge thanks to historians Tavia Nyong'o, Eric Gonzaba, Luis-Manuel Garcia and Gillian Frank for helping Mike with this episode!
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Links!
- Tavia Nyong'o's "I Feel Love: Disco and Its Discontents"
- Gillian Frank's excellent article on disco and his delightful podcast
- Luis-Manuel Garcia's alternate history of club culture and dissection of the gay left's opposition to disco
- Alice Echols' "Hot Stuff"
- Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton's "Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: The History of the Disc Jockey"
- Tim Lawrence's "Love Saves the Day: A History of American Dance Music Culture, 1970-1979"
- Peter Shapiro's "Turn the Beat Around: The Secret History of Disco"
- Undone did a great episode on Disco Demolition Night
- “The Flip Sides of 1979”
- “Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night,” the (fabricated) New York Magazine story that inspired “Saturday Night Fever”
- Tony Smith interview
- "Disco and The Queering of the Dance Floor"
Strict Scrutiny - Five-Dimensional Chess
Melissa talks with CNN's Joan Biskupic, author of The Chief: The Life and Turbulent Times of Chief Justice John Roberts.
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The Best One Yet - “70% of us have Cash-Phobia” — PayPal’s crown jewel. Molson Coors’ brew shocker. SiriusXM’s revival.
PayPal hit an all-time high after saying “cash is dead,” but Venmo’s getting all the attention. While the rest of the brew industry douses itself in hard seltzer, Molson Coors figured out how to make beer flourish in the moment. And SiriusXM is a lot like cable TV, but for audio. We hope it doesn’t accept its fate of decline, like cable has.
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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - The U.S. Takes On TikTok
The past couple of weeks have seen some alarming developments in the U.S.-China relationship. Among them is how the United States plans to deal with the wildly popular Chinese social media app TikTok. The debate over the social giant has reached the White House and discussions of what to do about it have ranged from an outright ban to Microsoft acquiring U.S. operations of the app.
What makes TikTok a threat to national security? And what does this whole episode say about where U.S.-China relations are heading?
Guest: Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian, reporter for Axios and author of the Axios China newsletter.
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