Month: June 2021

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Everything Everywhere Daily - The Lost City of Cecil B. DeMille

In 1990, filmmaker Peter Brosnan set out to find a legendary Egyptian city that was lost to time and buried by sand dunes. After years of battling local officials, he finally was given the approval to begin an archeological dig. What he found were 35-foot tall statues of the Pharoah Ramses II and enormous sphinxes weighing over 5 tons. Where did they make this discovery? Near Santa Barbara. Learn more about the lost city of Cecil B. DeMille on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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Byzantium And The Crusades - Mongols and Mamluks Episode 6 “The Victory of the Mamluks”

In 1258, the Mongols sacked Baghdad, possibly the largest city in the world at that time and the centre of Islamic culture. It seemed as if Islam was doomed. But the powerful army of the Mamluks in Egypt was mustering to confront the Mongols. A great battle was about to be fought.

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The NewsWorthy - Special Edition: Real Estate and Renovation Frenzy

Today we’re talking about the booming housing market. The National Association of Realtors says home prices are at record-high levels and still climbing. The trend is fueled in part by a lack of supply. There are simply not enough houses to accommodate everyone looking to buy one right now.

We’re talking about all this and more with Daryl Fairweather, the chief economist for the real estate brokerage Redfin. She says the current situation exposes deeper, more fundamental problems with the housing industry that desperately need to be fixed.

But first, we’ll hear from the contractor and real estate investor Scott McGillivray. He’s the host of the HGTV renovation show “Vacation House Rules,” which is now in its second season. He’s talking about how material shortages have impacted the building industry, weighing in on the state of the rental market and explaining why remodeling may be preferable to buying a new house right now.

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The Commentary Magazine Podcast - Did Biden Just Torpedo His Own Bipartisan Promises?

On the final podcast of the week, we try to make sense out of Joe Biden praising bipartisan dealmaking before promising to pass everything left out of the bipartisan infrastructure deal—which will likely destroy that deal. What’s the game here? Is there one? And did Mike Pence just end his Republican political career? Give a listen. Source

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CBS News Roundup - World News Roundup: 06/25

A desperate search for survivors beneath the rubble near Miami. Sentencing day for Derek Chauvin. Bipartisan infrastructure deal. CBS News Correspondents Peter King in Surfside, FL, and Steve Kathan have today's World News Roundup.

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Everything Everywhere Daily - Absolute Zero

One of the interesting things about temperature is that no matter how cold you’ve ever been, or how low of a temperature anyone has ever achieved, you can always get colder, if only by a little bit. That is because temperature has an absolute barrier that can never be broken. Learn more about absolute zero and the attempts to get ever close to the impossible temperature on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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The NewsWorthy - High-Rise Collapse, Trillion-Dollar Compromise & Pride Weekend- Friday, June 25th, 2021

The news to know for Friday, June 25th, 2021!

We'll tell you about a deadly collapse of a Florida high-rise and what's being done to help.

Also, the former police officer convicted of killing George Floyd is getting his sentence today: What you can expect from the hearing.

Plus, a bipartisan deal to update the nation's roads, utilities, internet, and more, an urgent call for blood donors, and where to see some of the biggest pride celebrations this weekend.

Those stories and more in around 10 minutes!

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Pod Save America - “Infrastructure 1, Democracy 0.” (with Sen. Amy Klobuchar!)

Joe Biden announces a bipartisan infrastructure deal, Senator Amy Klobuchar talks to Dan Pfeiffer about what’s next for voting rights, Democrats grapple with the issue of crime, and this week’s most important question: could the next Speaker of the House be Donald Trump?



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