The Daily Signal - Even a 42-Ton Boulder Isn’t Safe From Woke Cancel Culture

Can a rock be racist?


It can be, according to student activists at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. The school in early August moved a giant boulder that had sat prominently on campus for nearly a century to honor geologist and former university President Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin.


“This moment is about the students, past and present, that relentlessly advocated for the removal of this racist monument,” said Juliana Bennett, a student and campus representative on the Madison City Council. “Now is a moment for all of us [black, Indigenous, and people of color] students to breathe a sigh of relief, to be proud of our endurance, and to begin healing.”


Chamberlin was never accused of racism or anything else inappropriate. Instead, the massive 42-ton boulder was removed because of a single line in a local newspaper nearly 100 years ago in 1925 that referred to the rock using an offensive anachronism.


Fred Lucas and Jarrett Stepman join "The Daily Signal Podcast" to discuss the incident and the broader movement to remove politically incorrect statues and monuments around the country.


We also cover these stories:

  • President Joe Biden addresses the nation after all U.S. troops are withdrawn from Afghanistan.
  • House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy criticizes the Biden administration for leaving Americans behind in Afghanistan.
  • Several of the parents of the troops killed at the Kabul airport in Afghanistan are speaking out against Biden.


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What Could Go Right? - The Raging 2020s with Alec Ross

The bad news? The social contract is broken. The good? It can be mended. An entrepreneur working at the intersection of geopolitics, markets, and technology, Alec Ross has traversed the private and public sectors in his varied career, including a stint as Senior Advisor for Innovation in the Obama administration. In his new book, "The Raging 2020s," he looks at how we might restore the balance of power among government, citizens, and business.

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Philosophers In Space - 0G156: All Systems Red and Nonconforming Identities

Time to bang out another show notes so I can get back to my stories. I mean, it's a unique joy every time and I definitely haven't slipped my patreon governing module. We're covering book one of the Murderbots series, All Systems Red, and discussing anti-cyborg bigotry and what it tells us about a range of non-conforming identities and refusals to identify.   Content: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Systems_Red   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: Aaron was on Decoding the Gurus talking about the conspiracy theorist Michael O'Fallon and how he's influencing the anti-woke movement through James Lindsay. https://decoding-the-gurus.captivate.fm/episode/michael-ofallon-the-jacobins-are-back-to-reset-everything-dun-dun-daah   Content Preview: Loki and Multiverse Authoritarianism

This Machine Kills - Patreon Preview – 97. Castles Made of Sand

We talk about the geopolitics of microchip manufacturing, the complex factors causing the current global shortage of semiconductors, the centrality of industrial policy and intellectual property to the trade wars between Western and Eastern countries, the competition over securing leadership in strategic technology like artificial intelligence, and the consequences of changing modes of production. In other words, just another day at TMK. Some stuff we reference: • Chips with Everything | Evgeny Morozov: mondediplo.com/2021/08/03morozov • From Automobile Capitalism to Platform Capitalism: Toyotism as a prehistory of digital platforms | Marc Steinberg: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/01708406211030681 Subscribe to hear more analysis and commentary in our premium episodes every week! patreon.com/thismachinekills Grab your TMK gear: bonfire.com/store/this-machine-kills-podcast/ Hosted by Jathan Sadowski (twitter.com/jathansadowski) and Edward Ongweso Jr. (twitter.com/bigblackjacobin). Production / Music by Jereme Brown (twitter.com/braunestahl)

Short Wave - Pandemic Dispatches From The ER

We're marking Maddie's last week on Short Wave!

Today, Maddie wanted to highlight a COVID-related episode from earlier this year. The pandemic has been a big part of our coverage and this particular episode stands out.

We hear reflections from two emergency room health workers on the pandemic, how their lives have changed and their hopes as more and more people get vaccinated.

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It Could Happen Here - Part Two: Welcome to the Ecological Resistance

Upon returning to the Earth First! camp we discover more about why sheriffs were blocking the Namewag camp driveway, and then learn about the long history of the StopLine3 movement. Finally, Garrison recaps a Direct Action at the pipeline construction site in northern Minnesota.

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