Month: July 2021

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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - Listener Mail: Oakville Blob, Dark Side of Twitch, and the Mystery of the Bosnian Pyramids

What exactly were those blobs of gunk that fell in Oakville, Washington in 1994? Does the streaming platform Twitch have a dark side? Is Bosnia really home to an ancient set of gargantuan pyramids with bizarre physical properties? All this and more in this week's listener mail.

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Headlines From The Times - Hey, Pete Wilson decided to talk to us

When we originally recorded "This Is California: The Battle of 187," we tried and tried to get an interview with former California Gov. Pete Wilson. He’s the man most responsible for making Proposition 187 a success. But Wilson’s people kept saying he was too busy — likely story, am I right? 

Then, one sunny morning, Wilson decided he was ready to talk.

This is Part Four of our rerun of the L.A. Times-Futuro Studios 2019 podcast series “This Is California: The Battle of 187,” about the 1994 California ballot initiative that sought to make life miserable for undocumented immigrants but instead radicalized a generation of Latinos in the state.

More reading:

Pete Wilson still defending Prop. 187 and fighting for a better place in history 

On Politics: Pete Wilson looks back on Proposition 187 and says, heck yeah, he’d support it all over again 

Column: Happy birthday, Pete Wilson. And thanks: You made California what it is

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CBS News Roundup - World News Roundup: 07/22

President Biden predicts full vaccine approval late summer or early fall. Infrastructure road block. Edible marijuana overdoses. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has today's World News Roundup.

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A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs - Episode 128: “Mr. Tambourine Man” by the Byrds

Episode one hundred and twenty-eight of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at “Mr. Tambourine Man” by the Byrds, and the start of LA folk-rock. Click the full post to read liner notes, links to more information, and a transcript of the episode.

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The Intelligence from The Economist - Three-degree burn: the warmer world that awaits

It seems ever more certain that global temperatures will sail past limits set in the Paris Agreement. We examine what a world warmed by 3°C would—or will—look like. Our correspondent speaks with Sudan’s three most powerful men; will they act in concert or in conflict on the way to democracy? And why Liverpool has been booted from UNESCO’s world-heritage list.

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