Month: June 2021

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The NewsWorthy - Special Edition: #VanLife Takes Off

Today we’re diving into the “van life” trend that has picked up steam in the U.S. over the past year. Large numbers of people have been traveling around the country in camper vans and RVs. Some have even decided to ditch their apartments or houses altogether to make “van life” their new full-time reality.

We’ll hear from Deborah Kane. She owns a camper van rental service called GoCamp and says business has been busier than ever.

But first, we’re talking to Kristin Hanes. She has been living in different vehicles, as well as a sailboat, for the last six years. She runs “The Wayward Home,” a website filled with advice for living more simply on the road.

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the memory palace - Episode 182: The Surfmen

The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. Radiotopia is a collective of independently owned and operated podcasts that’s a part of PRX, a not-for-profit public media company. If you’d like to directly support this show and independent media, you can make a donation at Radiotopia.fm/donate.

A note on notes: We’d much rather you just went into each episode of The Memory Palace cold. And just let the story take you where it well. So, we don’t suggest looking into the show notes first.

Music:

  • Flowering Jasmine as performed by Gidon Kremer and the Kremerata Batica.

  • Kaspburger by Clogs

  • 20 (Lichen) by Berndan Eder Ensemble

  • Fall Again by Duval Timothy, Lil Silva and Melanie Faye.

  • Wurzer by H.Takahashi

  • Bone Collector by Julian Lage and Chris Etheridge

  • Titan’s Island by Ancient Oceans

Notes:

  • My favorite account (among many) of Richard Etheridge and the story of the Pea Island Surfmen is Fire on the Beach by David Wright and David Zoby.
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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - WBEZ’s Weekly News Recap

New ethics laws, an elected school board for Chicago and a bill allowing college sports betting. The pandemic brought on a backlog of bills in Springfield. Reset gets a rundown on which bills did and didn’t make it through Springfield this week. For more Reset interviews, subscribe to this podcast. And please give us a rating, it helps other listeners find us. For more about Reset, go to wbez.org and follow us on Twitter @WBEZReset
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Consider This from NPR - The U.S. Can’t Agree On The Truth. Is It The Media’s Job To Fix That?

Freedom of the press is enshrined in the Constitution as crucial to a functioning democracy. But what role does the press serve when it feels like the country can't agree on basic facts? NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with a handful of journalists to hear how they're navigating this divide.

This episode feature's CBS's Leslie Stahl, CNN's Jake Tapper, NPR's Ayesha Rascoe, Dawn Rhodes of Block Club Chicago and Sherry Liang of the University of Georgia's Red & Black newspaper.

In participating regions, you'll also hear a local news segment that will help you make sense of what's going on in your community.

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CrowdScience - What is the point of menstruation?

It's a topic that's taboo in many cultures, yet it's also something nearly every woman experiences – on average upwards of 400 times throughout her life: menstruation.

Responding to a flood of questions from our CrowdScience listeners, Marnie Chesterton seeks to unpack how periods affect women physically, mentally and societally.

Why did humans evolve to have periods when fewer than two percent of mammals share our experience of menstrual cycles? Is it really a good use of our limited energy reserves? What can the little Egyptian spiny mouse teach us about PMS symptoms? We hear why periods may reduce the number of faulty embryos that implant and how more menstrual cycles may even increase our chances of developing certain types of cancer.

Finally, as the number of periods a woman has over the course of her life has more than quadrupled since the pre-industrial era, Marnie asks: Do we really still need to have them? Contributors: Dr Nadia Bellofiore, Hudson Institute of Medical Research at Monash University Dr Deena Emera, Buck Institute Lameck Kiula, Jambo for Development Sally King, Menstrual Matters & King's College London Dr Diana Mansour, New Croft Centre & Newcastle University

Presented by Marnie Chesterton Produced by Sam Baker and Melanie Brown for the BBC World Service

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - BREAKDOWN: Who Matters More to Bitcoin – Whales or Plebs?

Who is buying? Who is selling? And who is driving the future of the space? 

This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io.

Today on the Brief:

  • May’s middling jobs report
  • A ransomware update
  • Square building a bitcoin hardware wallet


Our main discussion looks at the various constituencies within bitcoin and asks who has what type of power to shape the network. Specifically, NLW homes in on recent price action and the divergent actions of large holders and small holders over the month of May.

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Strict Scrutiny - Fetishistically Textualist

Leah, Melissa, and Kate recap the last week of opinions (Van Buren v. United States, Garland v. Dai, and Cooley v. United States). They also discuss some developments on the shadow docket, whether Neil Gorsuch is getting some cold feet about the whole textualism thing, and the newest teacher in town -- Justice Breyer, who clearly needs some Zoom advice.

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