Month: October 2020

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NBN Book of the Day - Chris Heffer, “All Bullshit and Lies?: Insincerity, Irresponsibility, and the Judgment of Untruthfulness” (Oxford UP, 2020)

The implied answer to the titular question of All Bullshit and Lies? (Oxford University Press 2020) is no, it’s not. In this book, subtitled Insincerity, Irresponsibility, and the Judgment of Untruthfulness, Chris Heffer argues that to analyze untruthfulness, we need a framework which goes beyond these two kinds of speech acts, bullshitting and lying. With his TRUST framework (Trust-related Untruthfulness in Situated Text), Heffer analyzes untruthfulness which includes irresponsible attitudes towards truth, like dogma and distortion, as well as manipulations of the putatively true, like withholding information or misleading. He considers not only epistemic responsibility but moral culpability, taking up real-world cases such as presidential tweets and sloganeering. The book draws on work in philosophy of language, linguistics, and epistemology, along with discourse analysis, psychology, and sociology to provide a flexible framework which can help cut through increasing epistemic partisanship, believing for the sake of affiliation rather than reason.

Malcolm Keating is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Yale-NUS College. His research focuses on Sanskrit philosophy of language and epistemology. He is the author of Language, Meaning, and Use in Indian Philosophy (Bloomsbury Press, 2019) and host of the podcast Sutras (and stuff).

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The Best One Yet - “A $30B check for racial justice” — JPMorgan’s unprecedented pledge. Kroger’s ghost kitchen. Dollar General’s fancy idea.

Remember when Netflix put $100M into black-owned banks? JPMorgan is spending 300 times that toward racial justice in a move we’ve never seen before. Kroger is disrupting itself with a ghost kitchen in aisle 4. And Dollar General is already living its best life… so it’s doing the opposite: A fancier chain for wealthier customers. The “five dollar” store.  $KR $JPM $DG Got a SnackFact? Tweet it @RobinhoodSnacks @TBOYJack @NickOfNewYork Want a shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form: https://forms.gle/KhUAo31xmkSdeynD9 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 | Daily News and Analysis - TBD | What Landlords Have on You

Over the last decade, born from the chaos of the 2008 financial crisis, automated tenant screening has grown into a billion-dollar industry. Now, nine out of 10 landlords rely on automated tenant-screening reports, scraped from eviction history, criminal background records, and terror watchlists, to decide if they can trust potential renters. The problem? Often, the reports contain major errors, mistaken identities, and criminal records that are supposed to be expunged. Can these reports really be trusted?


Guest: Lauren Kirchner, investigative reporter at The Markup


Original reporting with Matthew Goldstein, reporter at The New York Times 


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Celeste Headlee

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The NewsWorthy - Hurricane to Hit Gulf Coast, Kidnapping Plot Busted & Driverless Taxis Available- Friday, October 9th, 2020

The news to know for Friday, October 9th, 2020!

What to know about:

  • a hurricane headed for Louisiana: why it could be "take two" for an area still recovering from another big storm
  • the next presidential debate and why it might not happen
  • a plot to kidnap Michigan's governor
  • a ride-hailing service offering fully-autonomous rides with no driver
  • how the royal family is involved in giving away millions of dollars for the best ideas

Those stories and more in less than 10 minutes!

Head to www.theNewsWorthy.com or see sources below to read more about any of the stories mentioned today.

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Sources:

LA Preparing for Hurricane Delta: Weather Channel, USA Today, Reuters, AP, NHC, Red Cross

Plot Against Michigan Governor: The Detroit News, AP, NY Times, Reuters, Trump Tweet

Next Presidential Debate Uncertain: AP, WSJ. Politico, Commission on Presidential Debates

Trump Health Update: AP, Reuters, WaPo, Axios, CDC

NFL Reschedules More Games: WaPo, SI, ESPN

Driverless Taxis Open to Public: TechCrunch, Reuters, Ars Technica

Android’s New Sound Notifications: The Verge, Engadget, Google

Prince William, David Attenborough’s ‘Earthshot’ Award: AP, CNBC, BBC, Earthshot 

Harry, Meghan, Malala Yousafzai Initiative: AP, The Hill, People

H&M Recycling Old Clothes: CNN, Fast Company, H&M 

Feel Good Friday: 7-Year-Old Starts Nonprofit: WaPo, People, Cool & Dope

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What A Day - The Date Debaters

Thirteen men were charged yesterday in connection to an alleged violent plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer. This is unsurprising when you consider Trump’s “LIBERATE MICHIGAN” tweets from earlier in the year that encouraged armed protestors to mount anti-government and anti-COVID restriction rallies. 

The fate of next week’s debate is in question after an extended back-and-forth between the Trump and Biden campaigns, which concluded with Trump insisting that he should be allowed to debate in person next week, even though he could still be contagious. House speaker Nancy Pelosi will introduce legislation today to create a “Commission on Presidential Capacity” that would evaluate the president’s mental and physical health for office. 

And in headlines: Hurricane Delta is set to be 2020’s tenth named hurricane to hit the US, incarcerated inmates can now apply for stimulus checks, and Google’s parent company introduces Waymo. Plus, Crooked's own Tommy Vietor fills in for Gideon.

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CARES Act Relief for Incarcerated People (Deadline 10/30/2020)

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The Daily Signal - White House Hits Back on Threat of Court-Packing: ‘A Disaster for Our Country’

Today on the podcast, The Daily Signal's executive editor, Rob Bluey, interviews Brian Morganstern, the White House's deputy communications director. They discuss President Donald Trump's health; the COVID-19 pandemic; liberals' threat to pack the Supreme Court; and next week's Senate confirmation hearings for Judge Amy Coney Barrett, the president's third nominee to the high court.


We also cover these stories:


  • House Speaker Nancy Pelosi makes a curious comment that "we’re going to be talking about the 25th Amendment"--which addresses what happens when the president is incapacitated.
  • The FBI charges six men for plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. 
  • What do voters think of adding more justices to the nine-member Supreme Court? A new poll suggests that almost half aren’t fans. 



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Opening Arguments - OA428: Govt. Caught Lying for Flynn

The government has been caught doing some really absurd things to the benefit of Michael Flynn, including sneaking in post-it notes and lying on Brady material. Andrew's got the full breakdown for us. After that, we talk about Trump losing again in court in Trump v. Vance!

Links: Access for All Conference, code: openargs, Whitmer kidnapping complaint, Goelman and gov lying on notes, more lying on McCabe, sticky notes, lying on Brady material, exhibit, yes tweets are official, DC cir en banc ruling, Trump v. Vance 2nd cir, Mazar's briefing schedule, US v R Enterprises.

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The Goods from the Woods - “The Corona Diaries #92” with Fifi Dosch & Erik Barnes

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 92.  Rivers is all by his lonesome for this one but, never fear, he's got two of the funniest comedians in L.A. joining him via phone for this episode. First up, it's comedian Fifi Dosch. Follow her on Twitter @FifiDosch and check out her AWESOME podcast "Fifi Quest". Then we talk to comedian and pro wrestling commentator Erik Barnes. Follow him on Twitter @ErikWBarnes!  Music at the end is "A Thousand Miles from Nowhere" by Dwight Yoakam.