Month: December 2021

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Headlines From The Times - Next U.S. ambassador to India might be L.A.’s mayor. Huh?

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is political royalty in the City of Angels. His father was a district attorney. Eric Garcetti won his last election with over 80% of the vote. There were even rumors he would run for president in 2020. This summer, the Biden administration has tapped Garcetti as the U.S. ambassador to India. A Senate panel will consider his nomination this week. And people from Kolkata to Calexico are still saying ... huh? Him?

Today, we speak to L.A. Times columnist Steve Lopez, who says Garcetti’s ambition might actually make him good for the position, and to former City Council candidate Dinesh Lakhanpal, who’s open to the idea, if a bit skeptical.

An earlier version of this episode was published June 10, 2021. 

More reading:

Garcetti’s India move is no surprise. But it still stirred emotions and speculation

Waiting for Garcetti: India evaluates its ties with a post-Trump U.S.

Garcetti’s Senate committee nomination hearing scheduled for Tuesday

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The Daily Detail - The Daily Detail for 12.13.21

Alabama

  • A pre-filed bill for the AL 2022 legislative session mimics Texas abortion ban
  • A Jefferson County judge is removed from the bench by the AL  Judiciary Court 
  • Family members of former NFL player want answers on his death in AL jail
  • Bryce Young is the first QB for Alabama to receive the Heisman Trophy

National

  • Kentucky is the hardest hit from a multi state tornado this past weekend
  • US Pentagon announces official end of combat. mission "Inherent Resolve"
  • CA Governor wants to mimic Texas abortion ban and apply it to gunmakers
  • Chicago has another smash and grab at a high end luxury car and watch store
  • CNN producer is indicted for rape of a child at his home in Connecticut
  • Fox anchor for Sunday show, Chris Wallace, announces move to CNN


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The Intelligence from The Economist - Protein shake-up: getting to know Omicron

The latest “variant of concern” has spread far—and fast. We examine what has been learned about it at equally striking speed, and ask what to look out for next. South-East Asia has long had a methamphetamine problem; so-called compulsory treatment centres are only making matters worse. And the effort to make a minuscule lemur science’s next super-model. 

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Take This Pod and Shove It - 3: “Goodbye Earl” by The Chicks, w/ Caleb Hearon

This episode is rated: Cowboy! This week Danny and Tyler are joined by comedian, writer, and The Chicks expert Caleb Hearon (@calebsaysthings, Keeping Records Podcast). Together they discuss The Chicks’ humble origin as a bluegrass quartet, the group's various controversies, “Truck Stop" and "Blue Collar" comedy, the Bush years (uh oh!), and how the song “Goodbye Earl” is the most fun murder ballad ever written.

This episode is a bit of a journey (you’ll see how and why when you listen), so thanks for joining us for a wild ride and through some technical/audio difficulties. We promise it’s worth it for a lot of great Chicks trivia, and some big laughs.

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Wide Open Spaces
There’s Your Trouble
Tonight The Heartache’s On Me
Long Time Gone
Cowboy Take Me Away
Sin Wagon
Let ‘Er Rip
Lubbock of Leave It
White Trash Wedding
Heartbreak Town

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The Best One Yet - 💋 “Sex & The Pely” — Vail Resorts’ price powder. Peloton’s Sex & The City sitch. Costco’s membership profits.

Spoiler: The latest “Sex & The City” series dropped Peloton stock to its lowest point in 18 months. If you’re a skier or boarder you already know the Epic Pass is 20% cheaper this year… but you may not know that Vail Resorts is a case study in pricing. And Costco stock jumped 5% because it may be America’s perfect profit puppy. $MTN $PTON $COST  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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Strict Scrutiny - The Marshmallow Experiment

We recap the second week of the December sitting, which is (more than) enough to justify a break for the New Year!

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Everything Everywhere Daily - The Wives of Henry VIII

Henry, King of England, Ireland, and Wales, Eighth of his name and head of the House of Tudor, was one of the most significant monarchs in British history. One of the things which made his reign so significant was the controversy surrounding his wives. His marriages completely changed the course of England and of Christianity in Europe. Learn more about the wives of Henry VIII, all six of them, and how they met their fates, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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Start the Week - Living in the Matrix

What if virtual worlds become indistinguishable from the real one? In 1999 the science fiction film, The Matrix, depicted a dystopian future in which people are unknowingly trapped inside a simulated reality, run by intelligent machines. As the fourth film, The Matrix Resurrections, is about to be released, the writer Naomi Alderman considers the influence this movie franchise has had in the last two decades, and how far virtual reality has become part of everyday life.

The philosopher, David J Chalmers, proposes that the Matrix scenario could be the future, but that rather than trapped, humanity can lead a meaningful life in virtual reality. Chalmers is one of the leading thinkers on consciousness. In his latest book, Reality+ he provocatively argues that VR is not escapism. And that we may even be living in a computer simulation already – and if that is true, it’s not so bad.

Philippa Garety is Professor of Clinical Psychology at Kings College London and has been at the forefront of treatments for problems associated with psychosis, including hearing voices and hallucinations. She is currently working on innovative treatments using digital technology, including avatars and virtual reality, to alleviate suffering. In a clinical setting VR can be managed as a safe environment for patients who struggle in the real world, as a place they can confront and understand their delusions.

Producer: Katy Hickman

Photo Credit: Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures

Caption: (L-r) CARRIE-ANNE MOSS as Trinity and KEANU REEVES as Neo/Thomas Anderson in Warner Bros. Pictures, Village Roadshow Pictures and Venus Castina Productions’ “THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release.

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NBN Book of the Day - Davarian L Baldwin, “In the Shadow of the Ivory Tower: How Universities Are Plundering Our Cities” (Bold Type Press, 2021)

In the Shadow of the Ivory Tower: How Universities are Plundering our Cities (Bold Type Books, 2021) by Dr. Davarian Baldwin examines the political economy of the American university over the twentieth and twentieth-first centuries. He brings a Black Studies lens to interrogate the ways that universities hide behind the notion of administering public goods to protect their tax-exempt status while generating astronomical profits off of the backs of working-class people, graduate student teachers and researchers, and underpaid and contingent faculty. We discuss the securitization and development implications of growing university wealth and how it engenders forms of radicalized plunder, racist policing, gentrification, and exploitation by the 1%. With a focus on this and more, we talk about what it means to live in the shadow of ivory tower.

Amanda Joyce Hall is a Ph.D. Candidate in History and African American Studies at Yale University. She is writing an international history on the global movement against South African apartheid during the 1970s and 1980s. She tweets from @amandajoycehall.

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