Month: February 2021

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Bay Curious - Why It’s So Expensive To Build Housing In The Bay Area

California is the most expensive state to build affordable housing in part because the costs to build are high. Some builders are turning to modular, prefabricated housing as a way to speed up production and rethink the way we've traditionally built in the Bay Area.

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The Intelligence from The Economist - Cheques notes: getting America’s stimulus right

Congress is on the cusp of pushing through a $1.9trn stimulus bill. But would it be money well spent? We examine the economics. Nearly half of India’s students attend cheap, efficient private schools that have been hit harder by the pandemic than the state-run kind. And the latest bid to clean up Earth’s celestial neighbourhood—and how to finance it.

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The Best One Yet - “Married or your money back” — Match’s dating lab. Scotts Miracle-Gro’s cannabis. Harley-Davidson’s ride-leisurewear.

Match’s experiments with Tinder in Japan reveal the dating legend’s true competitive advantage. And Scotts Miracle-Gro’s stock doubled because it’s focused on lawns and cannabis. And Harley-Davidson stock fell 20% so we came up with a turnaround plan for them (which doesn’t hate Millenials). $MTCH $SMG $HOG Send us your Black History Month Snackfact here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Hu00HOlQ-qb6S7Jx4CgnGOfzrA67_j_SLFqxvFKinEQ/edit Want a shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form: https://forms.gle/KhUAo31xmkSdeynD9 Got a SnackFact? Tweet it @RobinhoodSnacks @JackKramer @NickOfNewYork 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 - A Sexist Recession

The pandemic has hit many of us in different ways. But women in particular find themselves at the intersection of multiple crises. Across the economy, jobs in female-dominated industries are disappearing. Inside the home, moms are often shouldering the brunt of the extra childcare burden that comes with school closures. 

How are women getting by right now? And will the setbacks they’re experiencing be permanent?

Guest: Jess Calarco, professor of sociology at Indiana University.

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The NewsWorthy - Vaccine Slows Spread, New Terror Group & Golden Globe Noms- Thursday, February 4th, 2021

The news to know for Thursday, February 4th, 2021!

We're talking about:

  • the first data we have on whether COVID-19 vaccines may help stop the spread of the virus, not just illness
  • a former police officer being charged with murder
  • why a country music superstar is facing backlash
  • which streaming platform dominated the Golden Globe nominations
  • how the moon might impact your sleep

All that and more in around 10 minutes...

Head to www.theNewsWorthy.com/shownotes to read more about any of the stories mentioned.

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AstraZeneca Vaccine Data: AP, CBS News, Business Insider, Oxford

McKinsey Opioid Crisis Settlement: NY Times, WSJ, Reuters

OH Officer Murder Charges: Columbus Dispatch, NY Times, ABC News, NPR

Canada Names Proud Boys a Terror Group: WaPo, Politico, AP, Axios

New START Treaty: WaPo, AP, NBC News

Stock Market Latest: Bloomberg, The Verge, CBS News, WSJ

Country Star Racial Slur Backlash: WaPo, AP, TMZ

Golden Globe Nominations: Variety, NPR, USA Today, Golden Globes

Study: The Moon May Influence Sleep: WaPo, Space.com, Science Advances

Thing to Know Thursday: COVID-19 Immunity: BBC, Bloomberg, Cnet, NPR, NY Times

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Short Wave - Biden Promises To Grapple With Environmental Racism

People of color experience more air and water pollution than white people and suffer the health impacts. The federal government helped create the problem, and has largely failed to fix it. NPR climate reporter Rebecca Hersher talks about the history of environmental racism in the United States, and what Biden's administration can do to avoid the mistakes of the past.

Read Rebecca's reporting on how Biden hopes to address the environmental impacts of systemic racism.

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NBN Book of the Day - Jonas Staal, “Propaganda Art in the 21st Century” (MIT Press, 2019)

How to understand propaganda art in the post-truth era—and how to create a new kind of emancipatory propaganda art. Propaganda art — whether a depiction of joyous workers in the style of socialist realism or a film directed by Steve Bannon — delivers a message. In Propaganda Art in the 21st Century (MIT Press, 2019), Jonas Staal argues that propaganda does not merely make a political point; it aims to construct reality itself. Political regimes have shaped our world according to their interests and ideology; today, popular mass movements push back by constructing other worlds with their own propaganda.

Jonas Staal speaks to Pierre d'Alancaisez about his proposal for a new model of emancipatory propaganda art — one that acknowledges the relationship between art and power and takes both an aesthetic and a political position in the practice of world-making.

Jonas Staal is a scholar of propaganda and a self-described propaganda artist. He is the founder of the artistic and political organization New World Summit (2012–ongoing) and the campaign New Unions (2016–ongoing). With BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht, he co-founded the New World Academy (2013–16). His most recent project Collectivize Facebook exploring legal ways to return the ownership of data in its many forms to the collective ownership of the users of software platforms.

Pierre d’Alancaisez is a contemprary art curator, cultural strategist, researcher. Sometime scientist, financial services professional.

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What A Day - Which Side Are You Amazon?

Amazon faces its first unionization vote in the country in seven years next week in Bessemer, Alabama, and if the workers decide to unionize, it could spark waves of action across the country.

We interviewed Christian Smalls, a former Amazon employee, who led a walkout last March at a warehouse in Staten Island and was subsequently fired. He told us about his experience, his thoughts on the union push in Alabama, and what's next for essential workers.

And in headlines: Andrew Cuomo signs a bill to repeal the “walking while trans” ban in New York, Canada designates the Proud Boys as a terrorist organization, and country music’s Morgan Wallen gets dropped after using the n-word.

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"Amazon to face first U.S. unionization vote in seven years next month"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/15/amazon-union-alabama-vote/

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https://tcoew.org/

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Curious City - From Plastic Bags To Hot Potatoes: Hacks For Staying Warm This Winter

Chicago winters can be long and brutal. Curious City’s Monica Eng spoke with postal workers and other Chicagoans who spend a lot of time outdoors about how they dress for warmth during the winter. Also, we hear from a listener who asks what happens to the colorful landscaping along Michigan Avenue during the winter months.