Month: December 2021

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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - Listener Mail: Reincarnation, Fairy Tales, and Memes as Lifeforms

Why was Gandhi convinced one woman had truly been reincarnated? Are memes actually alive? What's going on at the Steelcase Pyramid? All this and more in this week's listener mail.

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The Commentary Magazine Podcast - We Told You So

The multi-trillion human, social, metaphysical Build Back Better boondoggle has been officially “shelved” for 2021, and good luck pulling it off that shelf in the election year of 2022. Indeed, that was the most likely outcome, as we repeatedly said was the case. Permit us a victory lap, because we’re already halfway around the track. Source

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Headlines From The Times - Vicente Fernández, the King

His nicknames: El Hijo del Pueblo — the People’s Son. El Ídolo de México — Mexico’s Idol. El Rey — the King. Or just plain Chente.

Ranchera legend Vicente Fernández passed away this week at age 81, and millions of his fans in the U.S., Mexico and beyond are mourning a man who was their soundtrack of love and sadness and resistance for over half a century.

Today, L.A. Times journalists who grew up with Chente’s music — host Gustavo Arellano, deputy sports editor Iliana Limón Romero, video journalist Steve Saldivar and culture writer Daniel Hernández — talk about his legacy. We even sing some of his songs — badly.

More reading:

Vicente Fernández, a Mexican musical icon for generations, dies at 81

Column: Vicente Fernández’s journey was our parents’ journey. Long may they live

Appreciation: 10 essential songs of ranchera legend Vicente Fernández

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The Daily Detail - The Daily Detail for 12.16.21

Alabama

  • AL GOP House members vote N on raising the debt ceiling, Sewell votes Y
  • Both AL senators vote Y on the National Defense Authorization Act for 2022
  • SPLC pledges 100 million for enhancing vote turnout in Deep South
  • Two men are under arrest for shooting of an Ohio missionary in Vestavia Hills
  • Toy for Tots in Jefferson County receives 21 thousand donated toys 
  • Memorial is dedicated to lives lost in crash from the Tallapoosa County Girls Ranch

National

  • Biden completes his visit to tornado damaged parts of Kentucky
  • Build Back Better is tabled until 2022 due to Joe Manchin's refusal to vote Y
  • High profile trial begins against Harvard's Charles Lieber and his ties to China
  • A report from Inspector General says 6 FBI officials involved with hookers
  • MIT Gene Specialist speaks to UK Parliament about Covid 19 Lab leak
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Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders - S5 Bonus: Ben Downling, IPInfo

Ben Dowling lives in Seattle, and loves it there. He is married, and a father of three kids - ages 11, 8 and 5 - so he's a busy dude. He loves to hike, and recently took his family on a weekend trip to Mount Rainer. He loves to snowboard, and get away from the screen - though he admits, that tech is also his hobby... building side projects, apps, websites, etc.

Ben was working on a bunch of different side projects in 2013. The process to get IP Info was manual, tedious, and filled with headaches across projects. After he felt this pain point multiple times, he decided to build a solution to solve it... not knowing that he would quickly start getting millions of requests in a short time.

This is the creation story of IPInfo.

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Honestly with Bari Weiss - The Power of Kim Kardashian

Just when we think we have Kim Kardashian pinned she adds another hyphen. She’s a reality star, until she owns Instagram. She’s an influencer, until she becomes a business mogul. She’s the sexual icon of a generation, but also a mother of four. And now, this week, she’s one step closer to being a lawyer. 


Somewhere between 2007, when “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” first premiered and now, she mastered media in a way that has transformed it forever. She was in digital while we were still in analog. So: what’s it like to be the first one living in the metaverse? 


We ask that–plus: Trump, Kanye, cancel culture, cultural appropriation, beauty, TikTok, and her favorite cast member on SNL–and much more on today’s episode.

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Bay Curious - Is There A San Francisco Accent?

When trying to identify a San Francisco accent, sometimes people point to the "Mission Brogue." But San Franciscans have always had many ways of speaking. Naming just one the San Francisco accent says more about who has political power than how people speak.

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Reported by Chloe Veltman. Bay Curious is made by Olivia Allen-Price, Katrina Schwartz, Sebastian Miño-Bucheli and Brendan Willard. Additional support from Jessica Placzek, Kyana Moghadam, Paul Lancour, Suzie Racho, Carly Severn, Lina Blanco, Ethan Lindsey, Vinnee Tong and Jenny Pritchett.

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The Intelligence from The Economist - Money printer slow brrr: the Fed turns down the taps

America’s central bank plans to pinch off its massive bond-buying programme much faster in a bid to stall inflation; our correspondent says it is perhaps a late-arriving signal—but a promising one. Loneliness is a growing problem in the rich world but seems particularly acute among American men. And why aged artists are increasingly taking over the December music charts.

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