More or Less: Behind the Stats - Will the vaccine bring back normal life? GDP and Fishing

The vaccine rollout continues: how long will it take before we see the benefits, and what benefits will we see? Figures suggest the UK?s economy performed worse than almost anywhere else in the world during the pandemic. But are the numbers misleading us? Alarming claims have been circulating about the number of suicides during lockdown. We look at the facts. Plus, will UK fishing quotas increase two thirds in the wake of Brexit? We trawl through the data.

Short Wave - The Social Side of Stuttering

President-elect Joe Biden has spoken publicly about his childhood stutter. An estimated 1% of the world's adults stutter, yet the condition — which likely has a genetic component — remains misunderstood. NPR Short Wave reporter Emily Kwong speaks with speech pathologist Naomi Rodgers about her research on adolescent stuttering and why the medical model of stuttering is problematic.

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NBN Book of the Day - André Gregory, “This Is Not My Memoir” (FSG, 2020)

André Gregory's not-memoir This Is Not My Memoir (FSG, 2020) is a fascinating trip through theatre history as seen through the eyes of one of its greatest directors. The André we encounter in this book will be familiar to fans of his theatre work or of his celebrated performance in My Dinner with André: curious, ebullient, searching, passionate, funny, and inspiring. This book also includes reflections on André's collaborations and friendships with some of theatre's greatest artists, including Jerzy Grotowski, Wallace Shawn, and Helene Weigel. This book belongs on a shelf next to great autobiographies of the theatre like Harold Clurman's The Fervent Years and Tennessee Williams' Memoirs.

Andy Boyd is a playwright based in Brooklyn, New York. He is a graduate of the playwriting MFA at Columbia University, Harvard University, and the Arizona School for the Arts.

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In the Bubble with Andy Slavitt - What Went Wrong in L.A. (And What We’re Hopeful About in D.C.)

On the first day of President Biden's term, Dr. Bob takes a look at the toll the pandemic is having right now in Los Angeles – the epicenter of the nation’s winter surge – with emergency room physician Erika Flores Uribe and Hal Yee, Chief Medical Officer with the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services. They discuss who's most affected, what it's like on the front lines, what they're doing to turn things around, and how the vaccine rollout is going in L.A. Dr. Bob also reflects on what we can look forward to after Inauguration Day in the fight against COVID-19.

 

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Keep up with Andy in D.C. on Twitter @ASlavitt and Instagram @andyslavitt.

 

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The NewsWorthy - Biden Becomes President, Trump’s Final Pardons & Trending Baby Names- Wednesday, January 20th, 2021

The news to know for Wednesday, January 20th, 2021!

We'll tell you about:

  • a historic presidential transition: all the Inauguration Day festivities to welcome President-elect Biden into the White House
  • how President Trump is spending his final hours in office
  • new changes coming to the SAT
  • a referee set to make history at the Super Bowl
  • a new trend in baby names for a reason

Those stories and more in about 10 minutes! 

Head to www.theNewsWorthy.com to read more about any of the stories mentioned under the section titled 'Episodes' or see sources below...

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Inauguration Day: AP, CBS News, CNN, NY Times, Bloomberg, Biden Inaugural

Troops Removed from Inauguration Duty: Reuters, NY Times, WaPo

McConnell: Trump Provoked Riot: Politico, AP, WSJ, NPR

U.S. Accuses China of Genocide: NY Times, Axios, USA Today, NBC News, Pompeo Statement

Trump Issuing Bannon Pardon: NY Times, CNN, The Hill, White House

Trump’s Farewell Address: Axios, Politico, ABC News, White House

SAT Changes Coming: WaPo, CBS News, NBC News, College Board

More Positive Baby Names Trending: NY Times, TODAY

First Female Super Bowl Ref: USA Today, ESPN, NBC Sports, NFL

200 Million+ Netflix Users: WSJ, Variety, AP

World’s Largest Creature Discovered?: Forbes, CNN, Cretaceous Research

Work Wednesday: Workers Paid to Get Vaccine: Reuters, Forbes, WSJ, Dollar General, Aldi, Instacart

Security Unlocked - Under the Hood: Ensuring Firmware Integrity

How do we ensure firmware integrity and security? Join hosts Nic Fillingham and Natalia Godyla and guest Nazmus Sakib, a Principal Lead Program Manager at Microsoft, to dive deeper and assess the complexities and challenges that come along with securing firmware - bootstraps and all!  

Megamind Bhavna Soman, a Senior Security Research Lead, joins us later in the show and we learn about her journey in optimizing AI and ML to improve efficiency in security and give the humans a break.  


In This Episode, You Will Learn:

  • How Microsoft ensures firmware integrity and security 
  • How firmware is making it harder for attackers
  • Where AI and ML will take threat intelligence in the near future 


Some Questions We Ask:

  • What is firmware? 
  • Do we know where firmware attacks begin? 
  • What does the threat landscape look like for firmware? 
  • What part of ML should be automated better so that humans can shift to other tasks? 

 

Resources: 

Microsoft Digital Defense Report

Nazmus’s LinkedIn

Bhavna’s LinkedIn

Microsoft Security Blog

Nic’s LinkedIn

Natalia’s LinkedIn


Related:

Listen to: Afternoon Cyber Tea with Ann Johnson

Listen to: Security Unlocked: CISO Series with Bret Arsenault 

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What A Day - Hello, Goodbiden

Trump leaves office today after four years of hellish incompetence. We reflect on the challenges President Biden and Vice-President Harris will inherit as they takeover.

The Senate trial for Trump’s impeachment still looms, as do Cabinet confirmations. Plus, Biden plans to send Congress a major immigration bill today, which is expected to include a path to citizenship for 11 million immigrants living in the US without legal status. 

And in headlines: the SAT’s will no longer have optional essays or subject tests, corporations pause donations to GOP lawmakers who voted not to certify the election, and North Carolina Senator Richard Burr won’t be charged with insider trading.

The Goods from the Woods - “The Corona Diaries #116” with Nick Thomas

Comedian Rivers Langley is back in his hometown in Alabama for the rest of 2020 and a bit of 2021. Also, there's a global pandemic still happening. This podcast is him catching up with his funny friends; sometimes on the phone, sometimes socially-distanced outside. These are "The Corona Diaries" and this is Episode #116.  Our guest today is comedian and friend of the show, Nick Thomas! Follow him on Instagram @NockThimas, on Twitter @OneDumbBoy, and subscribe to his YouTube channel here: http://bit.ly/35sNAsT.  Listen to Carter Glascock's new album 'The Crystal Pistol' now streaming on all platforms!

The Daily Signal - What You Need to Know About Critical Race Theory

Critical race theory is fast becoming part of classroom curriculums and the larger culture in general.


The Heritage Foundation recently hosted a panel discussion breaking down what critical race theory is and why it poses a threat. The event features insights from several Heritage scholars and policy experts.


On today's podcast, we share the audio from the event, “The New Intolerance: Critical Race Theory and Its Grip on America.”


We also cover these stories:


  • Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., says that soon-to-be-ex-President Donald Trump is partly to blame for the breaching of the Capitol by rioters on Jan. 6.
  • Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, says she isn’t sure it’s constitutional to hold an impeachment trial for a president after he has left office. 
  • The United States says China is committing genocide with its repression and forced labor of the Uighurs and other Muslim minorities. 



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Philosophers In Space - 0G132: Altered States and Psychonautics

Time to turn on, tune in, and pod out! Can't stop here, this is pod country! Y'all mind if I do a pod? And other such drug culture humor. We're doing the classic Altered States and discussing the philosophy of the psychonauts. Lets get wild!   Content: Altered States https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080360/   Editing by Luisa Lyons, check out her amazing podcast Filmed Live Musicals: http://www.filmedlivemusicals.com/   Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G   Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy   Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to join): https://www.facebook.com/groups/985828008244018/   Email us at: philosophersinspace@gmail.com   If you have time, please write us a review on iTunes. It really really helps. Please and thank you!   Sibling shows:   Serious Inquiries Only: https://seriouspod.com/   Opening Arguments: https://openargs.com/   Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/   Recent appearances:  Aaron was recently on Cog Dis to talk Monster Island. Show some cult love! https://dissonancepod.libsyn.com/episode-547-aaron-rabinowitz-v4c-2019-part-9?tdest_id=124104   CONTENT PREVIEW: Raised by Wolves and Raising Atheists