Month: October 2021

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The Daily Signal - LinkedIn Bans Geologist for Climate Change Posts: ‘This Type of Content Is Not Allowed’

Greg Wrightstone, a geologist and expert reviewer for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, has posted content on LinkedIn for years. It would often spark discussions and debates among his followers—and the occasional trolls.


That changed last month. Wrightstone, who serves as executive director of the CO2 Coalition, says he was banned from LinkedIn for posting factual information related to climate change. His appeal was denied, leaving him without a voice on a platform where he had cultivated a significant following.


Having been stripped of his ability to communicate on LinkedIn, he’s now speaking out and sharing his story publicly with The Daily Signal. Wrightstone warns others about social media censorship and the consequences of limiting discussion and debate.


Also on today's show, a conservative activist calls out Facebook for suppressing his posts.


For more than a decade, Texas native Don Kirchoff has used Facebook to share news and information with fellow conservatives. The longtime Heritage Foundation supporter and Heritage Action Sentinel frequently posts Daily Signal stories as well as content from other conservative organizations and media outlets.

But is anyone seeing them?


Many of his Facebook posts that have zero likes or comments, prompting Kirchoff to take his case directly to Facebook. While that has worked in the past, he’s noticed the problem more often.


Kirchoff captured screenshots and shared them with The Daily Signal as well as Facebook. (The Daily Signal is the multimedia news organization of Heritage.)


Kirchoff joined the podcast to explain the situation and raise awareness for other conservatives.


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NPR's Book of the Day - From silence to cacophony, here’s how your brain makes sense of the world

It can be hard enough to answer the question, "what kind of music do you like?" But how about "why do you like it?" That's one of the many questions about the human brain and sound that neuroscientist Nina Kraus set out to answer in her book Of Sound Mind. In this interview with NPR's Ari Shapiro, she breaks down the science behind what our brains do when they process sound, and how it differs for each of us.
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Short Wave - The Toll Of Burnout On Medical Workers — And Their Patients

Burnout has long been a problem among health care workers. The pandemic has only made it worse. Some were hopeful COVID vaccines would provide some relief, but that hasn't been the case. Now, health care workers are leaving the industry — and they're taking their expertise with them. Plenty of surveys say that burnout hurts patient care. NPR correspondent Yuki Noguchi spoke to medical workers who agree, the burnout they see on the job means that sometimes patients are not getting what they need.

Listen to our conversation with Dr. Arghavan Salles about burnout: https://n.pr/3CYimbq

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It Could Happen Here - Earthbound Almanac

We talk to two members of Lobelia Commons about their new Earthbound Farmers Almanac and the politics of farming, land, and food production.

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - BREAKDOWN: What’s the Real Point of ‘Crypto’ Anyway?

“Long Reads Sunday” tackles the hard questions through Twitter threads.

This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.

On this week’s edition of “Long Reads Sunday,” NLW reads four Twitter threads:


Alex Gladstein on whether the crypto experiment has failed


Russian political opposition figure Alexey Navalny on big tech complicity


Adam Cochran on the debt ceiling chicken game


Jason Yanowitz on why CryptoPunks will be worth $10m


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Everything Everywhere Daily - The Four Great Inventions of Ancient China

As I have mentioned in many episodes of this podcast, there are a great many things that were originally invented in Ancient China. There are literally hundreds of inventions that were developed in China before they were introduced anywhere else. However, there are four inventions in particular which stand out as having revolutionized not just Chinese civilization, but the entire world.

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