By Carl Sandburg
The Commentary Magazine Podcast - Can the Vaccine-Hesitant Be Convinced?
Michael Brendan Dougherty of National Review joins us today to discuss his controversial NR piece, “Convincing the Skeptics,” which caused a firestorm on Twitter for supposedly showing undue sympathy for those who aren’t getting the vaccines. We also talk about bad polling and the very bad Kenneth Roth of Human Rights Watch. Give a listen. Source
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Cato Daily Podcast - How Are Plea Bargains Coercive?
The plea bargain as it's practiced by prosecutors has become a tool that helps pervert justice by penalizing people who seek a jury trial. Somil Trivedi of the American Civil Liberties Union is bringing a suit in Maricopa County, Arizona to challenge how the plea bargain is used.
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CBS News Roundup - World News Roundup: 07/19
Virus cases rise in all 50 states for the first time in six months. Olympic outbreak as athletes test positive. Blue Origin crew ready to fly. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has today's World News Roundup.
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More or Less: Behind the Stats - The Freedom Day Gamble
On the day the Government plans to drop the remaining Covid restirictions, Tim Harford and the More or Less team try to work out how long cases will continue to rise and whether we can be sure the link with deaths and hospitalisations has been broken. Is this ?freedom day" or an unnecessary gamble with people?s lives?
The Intelligence from The Economist - In a flash: floods devastate Europe
Disaster-recovery efforts continue, even as heavy rains continue in many places. The tragedy brings climate change to the fore, with political implications particularly in Germany. Syria’s oppressive regime is short of cash, so it has apparently turned to trafficking in an increasingly popular party drug. And why kelp farms are bobbing up along America’s New England coast.
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First Things Podcast - Reclaiming, Not Despairing- Conversations with Mark Bauerlein (7.19.21)
On this episode, First Things editor R. R. Reno joins contributing editor Mark Bauerlein to discuss his most recent Public Square column, “Signs of the Times.”
Strict Scrutiny - Justice, Justice Thou Shalt Pursue
Melissa interviews Berkeley Law Professor Amanda Tyler about the book she co-wrote with the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Justice, Justice, Thou Shalt Pursue. The book includes Justice Ginsburg's favorite opinions she authored, along with stories of her life, family, and career. Professor Tyler shares some of those stories as well as reflections on her working relationship and friendship with the justice. This conversation was originally an event put on by The Beverly Hills Bar Association and Writers Bloc Presents.
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Everything Everywhere Daily - The Erfurt Latrine Disaster (Encore)
In the year 1184 in the Dutchy of Thuringia, in what is today the country of Germany, a conflict raged between the Count of Thuringia and the Archbishop of Mainz.
To resolve this dispute, the German King Henrich VI called the parties to the city of Erfurt to settle their outstanding issues.
Things did not go as anyone planned.
Learn more about the Erfurt Latrine Disaster on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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The NewsWorthy - Record Migrant Surge, Olympic Athletes Get Covid & England’s ‘Freedom Day’ – Monday, July 19th, 2021
The news to know for Monday, July 19th, 2021!
We'll tell you about the latest hurdles in the immigration debate, from a surge in new border crossings to a controversial court ruling about "dreamers."
Also, terrifying moments at a music festival, water park, and baseball game over the weekend.
Plus, the first COVID-19 cases at the Tokyo Olympics, why a report says it's almost impossible for hourly workers to live without roommates, and how a new test could be a gamechanger for beating cancer.
Those stories and more in around 10 minutes!
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