Month: October 2021

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The NewsWorthy - Biden Scales Back, Covid Test Recall & ‘Squid Game’ Soars – Wednesday, October 6th, 2021

The news to know for Wednesday, October 6th, 2021!

What to know about negotiations happening on Capitol Hill over a multi-trillion-dollar proposal: what the president is asking top Democrats to reconsider.

Also, a heads up about some at-home COVID-19 tests that are being recalled. 

Plus, a type of brain implant that could improve severe depression, Snapchat's new tool to get young people involved in politics, and how the ultra-popular Netflix series "Squid Game" could make history.

Those stories and more in about 10 minutes! 

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Once Upon a Time… at Bennington College - S2 | Ep 5: Bennington Revisited

Bennington. Autumn, 1982. Donna falls under the thrall of a magus-like professor, and the very small, very elite, very male band of students to whom he teaches Ancient Greek. “I can absolutely distinctly remember the three of them, and then the four of them—the three guys but then the four. The guys with Donna.”

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The Daily Signal - This Group Is Suing Biden Administration Over Vaccine Mandates

Small businesses around the country are attempting to bounce back from the devastating effects of the pandemic. But vaccine mandates imposed by the Biden administration, critics say, threaten to crater the progress made by small companies just as they’re starting to get back on their feet.

Alfredo Ortiz is president and CEO of Job Creators Network, an organization representing small businesses that is suing the Biden administration over its vaccine mandates.

"[Small businesses] were the ones that really particularly got hit hard," Ortiz says. "[W]hen we all look back now, it looks like big businesses just continue to get bigger, but our small businesses just really suffered."

"Whether it was mandate regulations in terms of the masks, whether it was seating arrangements, capacity, I mean you name it. They were just getting hit hard left and right," he says.

Ortiz joins "The Daily Signal Podcast" to talk about that lawsuit and the impact of government policies on small businesses.

We also cover these stories:

  • Attorney General Merrick Garland orders investigations into criminal conduct at school board meetings.
  • Prominent Republicans, including Senator Josh Hawley from Missouri and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, criticize the Department of Justice’s investigation.
  • Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen testifies before a Senate subcommittee on how the company is putting its profits before users.



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What Could Go Right? - What’s Next for the World? with John McArthur

The list of urgent things to fix — climate change, inequality, poverty — is long. In a world where every problem seems top-priority, what does it actually look like when we get together to solve complex, thorny issues? Today, we're talking with John McArthur, director of the Center for Sustainable Development at the Brookings Institution, about how nations and governments push forward on "all the big stuff." He reminds us that we have made surprising progress on some things on the list, and that on others, the story is still being written.


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Philosophers In Space - 0G161: Three Body Problem and Maoism Pt1

Turns out this whole podcast is just an elaborate interactive game to soften the ground for our philosophical overlords. Now that you've all accepted your inevitable lives in a box of some sort, we can pass the time till they arrive by discussing Maoism and communist environmentalism.   Content: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three-Body_Problem_(novel)   Decoding the Gurus: https://decoding-the-gurus.captivate.fm/   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 The Rewired Soul talking all things voidy: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bonus-embracing-the-void-with-aaron-rabinowitz/id1566130091?i=1000535921668   Content Preview: Three Body Problem and Scientific Antirealism Pt2
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NPR's Book of the Day - The trailblazing Black football players that history books forgot

You've likely heard the names of Ruby Bridges, Jackie Robinson and Thurgood Marshall — the first African Americans to desegregate public schools, baseball and the Supreme Court. But do you know the names of Kenny Washington, Woody Strode, Marion Motley or Bill Willis? Unless you're a football fan, you likely haven't. And that's what Keyshawn Johnson is trying to rectify in his book The Forgotten First, the story of the men who helped break the NFL's color barrier. NPR's A Martinez sat down with Johnson to discuss those four men, and the legacy they left behind.
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Short Wave - Here’s a better way to talk about hair

Humans have scalp hair. But why is human scalp hair so varied? Biological anthropologist Tina Lasisi wanted to find out. And while completing her PhD at Penn State University, she developed a better system for describing hair — rooted in actual science.

To hear more from Tina, check out these webinars: Why Care About Hair (https://bit.ly/3liJZ96) and How Hair Reveals the Futility of Race Categories (https://s.si.edu/3Dik6g8). And to dive deep into Tina's research, we recommend her paper, The constraints of racialization: How classification and valuation hinder scientific research on human variation (https://bit.ly/3DfDrOS)

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It Could Happen Here - Dual Power Part 1

Have you ever wondered what dual power actually is? It's time to find out.

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60 Songs That Explain the '90s - Aaliyah—“One in a Million”

Rob explores R&B sensation Aaliyah’s hit single “One in a Million” by discussing her meteoric rise to pop stardom at an early age, her innovative musical style, and her legacy.

This episode was originally produced as a Music and Talk show available exclusively on Spotify. Find the full song on Spotify or wherever you get your music.

Host: Rob Harvilla

Guest: Kelefa Sanneh

Producers: Isaac Lee and Justin Sayles

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