Month: September 2021

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What A Day - Dancing On The Debt Ceiling

After Senate Republicans blocked a bill that would have funded the government and raised the debt ceiling, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told Congress it would be catastrophic if lawmakers didn’t raise that ceiling. Additionally, the House is supposed to vote on the infrastructure package tomorrow. Crooked Media’s Editor-in-Chief Brian Beutler joins us to break down all of the Congressional news. 

And in headlines: U.S. defense officials testified before the Senate, Alabama state lawmakers plan to use the state’s COVID relief funds to build new prisons, and South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem is under scrutiny for her nepotism.


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The NewsWorthy - “Strategic Failure”, Booster Side Effects & Amazon Astro Robot – Wednesday, September 29th, 2021

The news to know for Wednesday, September 29th, 2021!

What to know about some tense testimony on Capitol Hill as top military leaders give their take on the U.S. withdrawal in Afghanistan, including the advice they say the president ignored. 

Also, what kind of side effects you can expect from a third dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. There's new data from the CDC. 

Plus, what's behind the latest stumble on Wall Street, Amazon's newest tech products like its first home robot, and where to get a free cup of joe on this National Coffee Day.

Those stories and more in about 10 minutes! 

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

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Once Upon a Time… at Bennington College - S2 | Ep 3: An Alley Along Melrose

Los Angeles, 1981-1982. “This rumor went around in 1981, 1982, that kids just were brought to see the body of another kid.” The origin story of Bret Easton Ellis (and Less Than Zero), Part Two.

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Once Upon a Time… at Bennington College - S2 | Ep 2: Bret Ellis, Valley Boy

Los Angeles, 1980-1981. “There was just this huge sense that the world was gay, gay, gay.” The origin story of Bret Easton Ellis (and Less Than Zero), Part One.

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Once Upon a Time… at Bennington College - S2 | Ep 1: Dis-Orientation

Bennington. Autumn, 1982. Donna, Jonathan and Bret arrive on the campus of the school nicknamed “The Little Red Whorehouse on the Hill.” One of them comes with a steamer trunk. One of them comes with a Kangol cap. One of them comes with a “suitcase full of drugs.”

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The Daily Signal - Teacher Fired for Using ‘Wrong’ Pronoun for Student Discusses Ongoing Legal Case

Can you be forced to use language you fundamentally disagree with? Many schools across the country are instituting policies to do just that, compelling teachers to use transgender students’ "preferred” pronouns even if it violates their beliefs.

Peter Vlaming, a former high school French teacher in West Point, Virginia, who was fired from his job for refusing to refer to a biological girl using male pronouns, is suing his old school board for violating his rights. He filed his suit two years ago this week.

Vlaming says he isn't doing that out of spite or some vendetta, but rather to protect everyone's free speech rights.

"I'm trying to protect their freedoms as much as my freedoms—the freedom of conscience, the freedom of speech, the freedom to hold your own convictions," he says.

Vlaming and his attorney, Caleb Dalton from Alliance Defending Freedom, join "The Daily Signal Podcast" to talk about the case and the implications of anti-free speech policies.

We also cover these stories:

  • Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Gen. Kenneth McKenzie Jr., head of U.S. Central Command, testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee about the hasty withdrawal from Afghanistan. Milley also addresses phone calls he made to Chinese military officials during the last few weeks of former President Donald Trump’s administration.
  • Vice President Kamala Harris calls for national voting standards.
  • Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen issues a warning that congressional leaders have until Oct. 18 to raise or suspend the debt ceiling, or else risk defaulting on the U.S. national debt.



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What Could Go Right? - Are We In a Transformational Moment? with John Wood, Jr.

Life has gotten a lot better for a lot of people. But the story of upward movement, while true overall, is not felt equally across society. We see the consequences of that playing out in the United States, where tension over our immediate failures, not celebration over our big-picture successes, carries the day. In this episode, we speak with public intellectual John Wood Jr, a national leader at Braver Angels, an organization dedicated to depolarizing politics, about the power of inner transformation to fuel societal change and how a multiplicity of American identities and stories can be unproblematic if we develop a new national sensibility of goodwill.


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Philosophers In Space - 0G160: Disney’s Atlantis and Racist Pseudohistory

Come on my rag tag crew! According to this old map I found, our journey down the rabbit hole of racist conspiracism is about to bring us to the place where it all started. Disney! I mean, Atlantis! An ancient civilization that seems super cool as long you don't think at all about who else thinks it's super cool and why. We discuss why Atlantis fits so well into a regressive conservative philosophy, especially if that philosophy crops up in the early to mid 1900s.   Content: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantis:_The_Lost_Empire   Details on Cayce's readings regarding Hitler: https://cassiopaea.org/forum/threads/edgar-cayce-and-adolf-hitler.3812/   Editing by Luisa Lyons, check out her amazing podcast Filmed Live Musicals: http://www.filmedlivemusicals.com/   Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G   Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy   Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to join): https://www.facebook.com/groups/985828008244018/   Email us at: philosophersinspace@gmail.com   If you have time, please write us a review on iTunes. It really really helps. Please and thank you!   Sibling shows:   Serious Inquiries Only: https://seriouspod.com/   Opening Arguments: https://openargs.com/   Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/   Recent appearances: Got some things coming soon but go tell some folks they should have us on their shows!   Content Preview: Three Body Problem and Communist Environmentalism pt.1
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Short Wave - How To Help Someone At Risk Of Suicide

Suicide was the 11th leading cause of death in the U.S. in 2020, according to the most current data. But research shows that suicide is preventable. Host Emily Kwong talks with NPR health correspondent Rhitu Chatterjee about the signs that someone you know may be thinking about dying, the ways you can support them, and how to possibly prevent suicide. (Encore episode.)

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