Month: November 2021

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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - Listener Mail: The Voicemail Edition

What is a Vardøger? Why does the CIA so desperately need electricians? In this special edition of listener mail, the guys dive into phone calls on everything from sleep paralysis to the devil's lettuce and more.

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The Commentary Magazine Podcast - Where is Biden on COVID?

Yuval Levin joins the podcast today as we mark the fact that 70 percent of the population of the United States 12 and over is fully vaccinated—a point when we were told we would reach herd immunity and see the end of the pandemic. But clearly, the powers that be won’t say so—even though everything we see says Joe Biden desperately needs to claim a victory, any victory. Why won’t he? Give a listen. Source

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Headlines From The Times - Mega-drought + mega-rain = uh-oh!

When it rains, it pours, and when it pours after a long dry spell, water can become dangerous. Fire-scarred lands see mudslides devastate homes. Parched soil can’t absorb the rain that comes. Water, water everywhere, and California is still on the brink.Today, we reconvene our Masters of Disasters to discuss how too much rain after a drought can be bad. And who knew the term "mudslide" could be so controversial?

More reading:

Threat of mudslides returns to California after devastating fires. How do they work?

California rains break all-time records, spurring floods and mudslides

October’s torrential rains brought some drought relief, but California’s big picture still bleak

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CBS News Roundup - World News Roundup: 11/17

FDA considers authorizing booster shots for all adults. Tension awaiting a Rittenhouse verdict. High school students plug the employment gap. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has today's World News Roundup.

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The Daily Detail - The Daily Detail for 11.17.21

Alabama

  • AG Steve Marshall joins a lawsuit challenging vaccine mandate  for Medicare and Medicaid Health workers
  • Jeff Kilpatrick jumps into Limestone County Sheriff race
  • LocalAlabama has special election analyst speak in Hoover on vote anomalies

National

  • the 6th Circuit court of appeals is randomly chosen to consolidate and consider all vaccine mandate lawsuits
  • Texas Senator tries to get an answer from DHS secretary on money going to illegals
  • Border patrol agents release number of apprehensions at border for October 2021
  • Jury  deliberates in the Kyle Rittenhouse case, judge getting threats
  • Leaders in Oroville, CA declare themselves a constitutional republic
  • Leaders in Gibraltar cancel Christmas
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The Intelligence from The Economist - Defrost setting: the Xi-Biden summit

The meeting between superpower presidents was cordial and careful, but it will take far more than a video call to smooth such frosty relations. Europe once had an enviable international rail network—one it must revive if the bloc is to meet its climate targets. And the costly and sometimes dangerous lengths South Koreans are going to for flattering photographs.

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The Best One Yet - 🍫 “Reese’s won Thanksgiving” — Hershey’s voice share. Lucid’s trophy room. Walmart’s Christmas cruise.

Reese’s isn’t resting for next year’s Halloween... instead it’s launching the ultimate peanut butter pie. Lucid is known by some as the Tesla-Killer, but it’s really part of the Electric Big 3. And Walmart knows you’re worried about holiday gifts, so we think they just turned their latest financial report into a Christmas ad. $HSY $LCID $WMT Got a SnackFact? Tweet it @RobinhoodSnacks @JackKramer @NickOfNewYork Want a shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form: https://forms.gle/KhUAo31xmkSdeynD9 Got a SnackFact for the pod? We got a form for that too: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe64VKtvMNDPGSncHDRF07W34cPMDO3N8Y4DpmNP_kweC58tw/viewform Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Everything Everywhere Daily - Inflation

If you’ve been around long enough, you might have noticed that things are more expensive than they used to be. If you’ve really been around long enough you know that things are a lot more expensive than they used to be. This is of course known as inflation. It is an economic condition that has been around throughout history, almost everywhere on Earth. In a few cases, it has gotten so bad that it strained the limits of imagination.

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Getting Hammered - Drama Drama Drama

There's drama in the White House—Kamala drama, that is. Mary Katharine and Vic talk about tumultuous relationships in the White House, as well as the Kyle Rittenhouse trial, a football miracle, dating while living with your parents, and Taylor Swift making money off of a relationship that ended more than a decade ago. 

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  • 00:12 - Segment: Welcome to the Show
  • 05:03 - Segment: The News You Need to Know
  • 06:20 - Closing arguments of the Kyle Rittenhouse trial
  • 14:40 - Kamala Drama
  • 18:58 - The Detroit Lions did not lose
  • 21:33 - The Atlantic story on dating while living at home
  • 27:00 - The New York Times is concerned that there's no Covid vaccine for pets
  • 29:39 - Decoding the Swifty drama