Month: December 2021

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Song Exploder - Danny Elfman – What’s This? (from “The Nightmare Before Christmas”)

Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas came out in 1993. It’s a stop-motion animated musical, with music by legendary composer Danny Elfman. He’s won Emmys, a Grammy, and been nominated for four Oscars. His work includes the music for Tim Burton’s Batman films, Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man films, Good Will Hunting, and the theme to The Simpsons. From 1979 to 1995, he was the singer and songwriter in the band Oingo Boingo. 

The Nightmare Before Christmas takes place in a world where different holidays all have their own realm. And the story is about Jack Skellington, the leader of Halloweentown, a place where it’s always Halloween, and Halloween is all they know, and Jack has grown a little tired of it. But then, Jack discovers a portal to Christmastown, with snow and Santa and all things Christmas inhabiting it. He's never seen anything like it, and the discovery changes everything. The song "What’s This?" takes place in that moment of discovery. In this episode, Danny Elfman tells the story of how it all came together, and how writing and singing this song for Jack Skellington ended up profoundly connecting to his own life.

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Consider This from NPR - Deadly Tornadoes Bring Heartbreak And Questions on Resiliency and Climate Change

Five days after tornadoes first touched down in the Midwest and South of the U.S., survivors are coming to grips with what they have lost.

Of the several states that the storms tore through last weekend, Kentucky was the hardest hit. At least 74 people have been confirmed dead there. Many more are unaccounted for.

As survivors, volunteers, and officials sort through and pick up what's left, how might they think about shoring up homes, businesses and buildings for the future? NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with University of Florida civil engineering professor David Prevatt about how to prepare buildings for tornadoes and hurricanes.

The severity and timing of these storms have also raised the question of whether climate change has anything to do with tornadoes. NPR correspondent Dan Charles reports.

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Big Technology Podcast - Apple Nears $3 Trillion + The Truth About Web3 — With Benedict Evans

Benedict Evans is an independent analyst who covers big tech and the broader technology landscape. He joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss Apple's move to $3 trillion, how the rest of the Big Tech companies stack up, what Web3 is really all about, and his former employer Andreessen Horowitz. Stick around for the third segment where he answers questions from Twitter.


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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - People Knew Asbestos Was Terrible Since 1930

Today, most people associate asbestos with health risks, expensive removal operations and specific forms of cancer. However, for much of human history this substance was thought to be miraculous -- a perfect, fire-resistant additive to everything from cement to household products and toys. In today's episode, Ben, Matt and Noel dive into the tragic, multigenerational story of a sweeping cover-up -- one with consequences that still affect us in the modern day.

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The Commentary Magazine Podcast - Mugged By Reality

The crime wave is real, and even the most cosseted of archetypical leftwing reformers are noticing and resenting it. The backlash against permissive liberal governance is building, and they see it coming. But so, too, is the backlash against Covid mitigation measures that seem to ignore the nation’s vaccination rate. Will they wake up to that, too, in time? Kentucky State University Professor... Source

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Headlines From The Times - We (kinda) gift you a box of See’s Candies

Need a quick, yummy gift for Christmas or any other occasion? For generations of Californians, the answer has been a box of See’s Candies. With stores that sport a black-and-white checkerboard design and offer a galaxy of sweets — chocolates, peanut brittle, butterscotch lollipops — the South San Francisco-based company is nostalgia in a box or bag.

Today, L.A. Times food columnist Jenn Harris talks with host Gustavo Arellano about See’s on the occasion of the chain’s 100th anniversary. And you'd better believe some taste tests are involved. (What’s that white-chocolate one that Gustavo has never liked?)

More reading:

Is See’s Candies the best in the world? It’s certainly the most memorable

Everything you ever wanted to know about See’s Candies

Timeline: 100 years of See’s Candies

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CBS News Roundup - World News Roundup: 12/15

Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows held in Contempt of Congress. President Biden travels to Kentucky to survey tornado damage. Deadline day for holiday shipping. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has today's World News Roundup.

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The Daily Detail - The Daily Detail for 12.15.21

Alabama

  • Lt General Mike Flynn endorses AL candidate for District 5
  • One year  report for Alabama Department of Corrections shows loss of 77 employees
  • Tragedy in Phenix City as body of missing 5 year old girl is found in vacant home
  • A man charged with kidnapping is accidentally released from jail in Jefferson County
  • Veterans group in Mobile takes next step in creating a detox and drug treatment facility

National

  • Parents of 15 yr old Michigan shooting suspect are charged with manslaughter
  • US district judge in DC orders the jail  transfer of a January 6th defendant with cancer
  • Two  Dem led states issue  mask mandates in all public settings right before Christmas
  • Acclaimed cardiologist Dr. Peter McCullough says the covid crisis was collusion
  • FL Governor puts 8 million dollars into state budget for relocating illegal immigrants
  • Ohio Legislature sends bill to governor that protects babies that survive an abortion
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First Things Podcast - Mark Bauerlein on the Legacy of Lincoln—The Editor’s Desk

​​M​ark Bauerlein​ joins editor R. R. Reno to discuss his article “A Less Perfect Union​,” from the January print edition. They discuss the mixed legacy of Lincoln’s actions and rhetoric, the heroism of the Southern military, and the necessity for more realistic embodiments of America, like Davy Crockett and Jack Kerouac.