Back Bar - Coming Soon, From HRN: A Refreshing Cocktail of History and Humor

Back Bar is a rollicking deep dive into the events, phenomenon, relationships and human foibles that shaped the world’s most iconic drinks. Hosted by food and beverage writer Greg Benson and featuring guest appearances from industry luminaries like Derek Brown, Robert Simonson and Sother Teague, Back Bar’s vaudevillian approach to storytelling is a refreshing cocktail of history and humor.

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Bay Curious - How The Official California Voter Guide Gets Made

Colin Nichols gets the official California voter guide in the mail like folks in 11 million other households. It got him wondering, who puts it together? And why does one guy -- Gary Wesley -- write so many of the arguments? This question won our February voting round.

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Reported by Chloe Veltman. Bay Curious is made by Olivia Allen-Price, Katrina Schwartz, Katie McMurran and Rob Speight. Additional support from Erika Aguilar, Jessica Placzek, Kyana Moghadam, Paul Lancour, Suzie Racho, Carly Severn, Bianca Hernandez, Ethan Lindsey, Vinnee Tong, Michelle Wiley and Don Clyde.

The NewsWorthy - Election Security, New Human Organ? & Goodbye Quibi- Thursday, October 22nd, 2020

The news to know for Thursday, October 22nd, 2020!

We're talking about:

  • new evidence Russia and Iran tried to interfere in the 2020 U.S. election and the emailed threats that are fake
  • tonight's presidential debate
  • a controversial first from the pope
  • which cities are seeing record snowfall for this time of year
  • what could be a newly-discovered human organ
  • why the mobile streaming service Quibi is shutting down after just six months

All that and more in just 10 minutes

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Sources:

Election Security Warnings: WaPo, Axios, NPR, USA Today, Politico

Final Presidential Debate: WSJ, NBC News, FOX News, NY Times

Senate Panel Voting on Amy Coney Barrett: CNN, HuffPost, FOX News

Trouble Reuniting Separated Families: NBC News, NY Times, Axios

Pope Backs Same-Sex Civil Unions: AP, NY Times, USA Today

Record Snow in Northern U.S.: WaPo, ABC News, Weather Channel

Scientists Discover Human Organ: CNN, Live Science, NY Times

Purdue Pharma Pleading Guilty: CNN, USA Today, AP, WaPo

Three Astronauts Return to Earth: CNN, CBS News, NASA

Quibi Shutting Down: WSJ, Engadget, Reuters, Quibi

Thing to Know Thursday: 2020 Battleground States: Politico, USA Today, WaPo, NY Times

60 Songs That Explain the '90s - Gin Blossoms—“Hey Jealousy”

Rob explores the 1992 jangle-rock hit “Hey Jealousy” and how it integrates the darkness of its lyrical content into its bright sonic framework.

This episode was originally produced as a Music and Talk show available exclusively on Spotify. Find the full song on Spotify or wherever you get your music.

Host: Rob Harvilla

Guest: Hanif Abdurraqib

Producer: Isaac Lee

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The Gist - Calling It: Brian Rosenwald

On the Gist, Mike checks in with this Lawfare piece, and the U.S. Elections Project.

In the interview, Mike talks with Brian Rosenwald, a media historian and fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, about how election night might play out. They discuss the idea of a red mirage, how Republican governors can bring order to things, and how far-right talk radio is going to digest the results. Rosenwald is the author of Talk Radio’s America: How an Industry Took Over a Political Party That Took Over the United States.

In the spiel, Trump’s bad surrogates.

Email us at thegist@slate.com

Podcast production by Daniel Schroeder and Margaret Kelley.

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