We talk with Alexis about how just in time production and lean manufacturing have destroyed all resiliency in our supply chains and the effect keeping the supply chain running are having on the workers who form the real basis of the economy.
ZZZ asks for more details about Astroworld. Starlight calls in with questions about LEDs and planned obsolescence. ChickenGuy prompts an investigation into the bizarre story of a Church's Chicken that, according to official sources, doesn't actually exist. All this and more in this week's Listener Mail.
We explore the threats and violence from far-right congressman Paul Gosar. The controversial legislator released an anime depicting himself killing Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Why won’t Republicans call out their own? [1:07]
Is Kyrsten Sinema a corporate sell out or a misunderstood principled politician? In a new Politico interview, Sinema paints herself as a moral politician, legislating on her core beliefs. [6:46]
Bi-partisan legislation will include women in the draft. But flag and faith Republicans say it goes against family values. [11:53]
And the Capitol breach of January 6th is a day that has been twisted by the Right to push a deep state conspiracy. Ravi explores the timeline of events and shifting narrative from Republican leaders. [15:34]
Cory reviews Tucker Carlson’s 3 part documentary “Patriot Purge” that theorizes there is a deep state conspiracy behind January 6th. [26:12]
Cooler weather means more time indoors, and that can often mean more screen time. So, how do we set boundaries that work? Listeners call in with their life hacks.
President Biden hits the road to go on offense against rising prices and falling poll numbers, Senator Elizabeth Warren joins to talk about passing the Build Back Better plan, and Elijah Cone offers up the week’s worst punditry in another round of Take Appreciator.
Migrants from faraway countries are stuck in Belarus, just across its border with Poland. They've traveled there to seek asylum in the EU. But Poland has refused to accept them.
How did they get there? They were invited — and in some cases, their travel facilitated — by the regime of Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko. EU leaders say Lukashenko and his backers in Russia are 'weaponizing' migration in retaliation for sanctions placed on Belarus last year. Those sanctions came after the EU accused Lukashenko of rigging his most recent election.
Now, many hundreds of migrants are stuck on the Belarus side of the border. There have been at least nine recorded deaths, but observers think there have been many more. Migrants were reportedly moved from makeshift camps outdoors to a government-run shelter on Thursday, though it's unclear what Belarus plans to do with them next.
NPR international correspondent Rob Schmitz has seen the crisis up close. This episode is a collection of his reporting. Find more of it here, and see photos from the border on NPR's Picture Show.
The political message from the COP meeting was a fudge over coal, but what does the science say? Surprisingly India seems to be on track to switch away from coal to renewables. We explore the apparent contradiction with Lauri Myllyvirta of the thinktank Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air.
Also a synchrotron for Africa, how such a project would give a boost to scientific development across the continent, with Marielle Agbahoungbata from the X-tech Lab in Seme City in Benin.
Moriba Jah, who leads the Computational Astronautical Sciences and Technologies Group, at the University of Texas, in Austin, tells us what he saw when an exploding Russian satellite sent a shower of debris into the path of the International Space Station.
And the animals that carry SARS-Cov-2, an analysis from Barbara Han of the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies in New York shows there are many more than previously thought.
Image: A coal-fired power station in Nanjing in east China
Credit: Feature China/Barcroft Media via Getty Images
Yesterday’s show was a global regulatory roundup, but today’s is all about the U.S. The Joint Economic Committee held an event this week all about “Demystifying Crypto.” In this episode, NLW looks at:
The overall shift in tone in government crypto hearings
The specific questions and topics that JEC members asked
The beginnings of a partisan hardening of the crypto discourse
New legislation to undo the problematic provisions of the infrastructure bill
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“The Breakdown” is written, produced by and features Nathaniel Whittemore aka NLW, with editing by Michele Musso & Adrian Blust, research by Scott Hill and additional production support by Eleanor Pahl. Adam B. Levine is our executive producer and our theme music is “Countdown” by Neon Beach. The music you heard today behind our sponsor is “Dark Crazed Cap” by Isaac Joel. Image credit: Bloomberg/Getty Images Plus, modified by CoinDesk.
Linguist John McWhorter is the author of the new book, "Woke Racism: How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America." He joins Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky for a discussion on a new kind of leftist who clings to the new religion of race where the original sin is “white privilege," and why they can't be […]
