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Rush Limbaugh’s radio show provided a roadmap that the Republican Party has been following, more or less faithfully, for decades.
Guest: Nicole Hemmer, author of Messengers of the Right and co-host of This Day in Esoteric Political History.
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For years, cybersecurity experts have debated whether cyber-weapons represent a destabilizing new military technology or merely the newest tool in the spies’ arsenal. In This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends (Bloomsbury, 2021), Nicole Perlroth makes a compelling case that cyber-conflict is quickly spiraling out of control. Worse, the United States set us down the precarious path we’re now on.
A cybersecurity reporter at the The New York Times, Nicole makes her case by taking us on a journey from the shadowy underworld of the cyber-arms market, to Silicon Valley, the White House, and the NSA’s elite offensive hacking unit, Tailored Access Operations. On this episode, I talk to Nicole about the nature of the cyber-arms underground, why the NSA has traditionally favored offense over defense, and why no one—not Congress and not the public—seems to understand the gravity of the cyber-threat.
We wrap up with a story likely to be of interest to the NBN community: someone—were not sure who yet—is hacking authors’ email accounts and stealing their manuscripts.
John Sakellariadis is a 2020-2021 Fulbright US Student Research Grantee. He holds a Master’s degree in public policy from the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia and a Bachelor’s degree in History & Literature from Harvard University.
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The news to know for Thursday, February 18th, 2021!
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Winter Storm Latest: USA Today, AP, NPR, Texas Tribune, PowerOutage.US
How to Help: Salvation Army, American Red Cross, Austin Urban League
Biden Admin Expands Testing, Sequencing: Politico, NBC News, FOX News, White House
UK Exposes Healthy Volunteers to COVID-19: ABC News, CNBC, Reuters, UK Gov
Stock Market Frenzy Congressional Hearing: NY Times, CBS News, Axios, The Hill
Perseverance to Land on Mars: WaPo, Reuters, AP, NASA
Rush Limbaugh Dies: NY Times, AP, USA Today, Rush Limbaugh Website
Naomi Osaka Beats Serena Williams: ESPN, CBS Sports, USA Today
Pay for Parking/Transit in Google Maps: CNBC, TechCrunch, The Verge, Google
Thing to Know Thursday: Winter Freeze Impacts Gas Prices: NBC News, Reuters, FOX Business, AAA
Over two million Texans are still without power, and there’s a new storm on the way that’s expected to prolong the icy conditions. Oregon, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Virginia are among the other states dealing with fallout from the extreme weather.
New York’s AG Letitia James sued Amazon this week, alleging that some of its warehouses failed to keep workers safe during the pandemic. We also spoke to an Amazon employee that works in the company's Bessemer, Alabama fulfillment center about the unionization effort there, and what the company is doing to suppress it.
And in headlines: Facebook blocks all news in Australia, LA’s board of education defunds school police, and millions of counterfeit N95 masks have been seized in the past few weeks.
Show Links:
"How you can help Texas winter storm victims"
https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/17/us/texas-winter-storm-how-to-help-iyw-trnd/index.html
"How to help and get help in Texas as the winter storm causes power outages"
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/02/16/texas-power-outage-help-warming-shelter/
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President Joe Biden already has taken action to undo some of the pro-life policies set in place by his predecessor, Donald Trump. It appears likely that Biden and the Democrat-controlled Congress will continue to press a progressive abortion agenda that endangers the unborn, mothers, and American freedoms.
Melanie Israel, a Heritage Foundation research associate in the Institute for Family, Community, and Opportunity, joins “Problematic Women” to explain the key pieces of abortion legislation we likely will see debated in the coming months and years.
If you, or someone you love, is struggling to overcome the pain of an abortion, check out this resource from Focus on the Family.
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Paris Marx is joined by Lizzie O’Shea to discuss how Australia’s plan to make Google and Facebook pay news publishers entrenches a data-extractive business model and aligns the interests of tech giants and media companies against those of the public.
Lizzie O’Shea is a human rights lawyer and the founder of Digital Rights Watch. She’s also the author of “Future Histories: What Ada Lovelace, Tom Paine, and the Paris Commune Can Teach Us about Digital Technology.” Follow Lizzie on Twitter as @Lizzie_OShea.
Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Follow the podcast (@techwontsaveus) and host Paris Marx (@parismarx) on Twitter, and support the show on Patreon.
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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 #120. Our very special guest today is a longtime friend of the show, comedian and musician Rick Wood! Rick just put out a brand new music album called 'Feral Hearts' with his band The Earth Satellites. It's available now on all streaming platforms, go give it a listen and then follow Rick on all forms of social media @RickW00d! Listen to Carter Glascock's new album 'The Crystal Pistol' now streaming on all platforms! Music at the end is "Material Child" by The Earth Satellites