Month: January 2022

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The NewsWorthy - NATO on Standby, Affirmative Action in Court & Meta’s Supercomputer – Tuesday, January 25th, 2022

The news to know for Tuesday, January 25th, 2022!

We'll tell you how the U.S. is collaborating with other countries as worries mount that Russia will invade Ukraine. 

And which controversial issue the Supreme Court just agreed to take on.

Also, what to know about the trial of three more officers charged in the death of George Floyd. 

Plus, why three states and Washington, D.C. are suing Google, a wild week on Wall Street, and Meta's plan for a new supercomputer.

Those stories and more in around 10 minutes!

Head to www.theNewsWorthy.com/shownotes for sources and to read more about any of the stories mentioned today.

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The Goods from the Woods - Episode #315 – “The Balloon Duel” with Monika Scott & Luke Jensen

In this episode, Rivers is hangin' out poolside in North Hollywood with two of the funniest folks on Earth: Monika Scott and Luke Jensen! We're talking about Monika's AMAZING recent trip to the Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge in Disneyland. Plus, we cover '90 Day Fiancee', the recent loss of Meat Loaf, a real life 'Weekend at Bernie's' in Ireland, and a bit of history involving the weirdest duel of all time. Powerman 5000's "When Worlds Collide" is our JAM OF THE WEEK! Tune in now, y'all!  Follow Monika and Luke on all forms of social media @MightyMonika and @LukeFJensen respectively.  Follow the show on Twitter @TheGoodsPod.  Rivers is @RiversLangley  Sam is @SlamHarter  Carter is @Carter_Glascock Subscribe on Patreon for HOURS of bonus content! http://patreon.com/TheGoodsPod Pick up a Goods from the Woods t-shirt at: http://prowrestlingtees.com/TheGoodsPod
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Pod Save America - “Cold War, Hot Mic.”

Vladimir Putin inches closer to a war in Ukraine that could have global repercussions, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki talks about the Biden Administration’s new strategy for 2022, and Jon, Jon, and Tommy assess their level of concern over the latest headlines about creeping authoritarianism in a new segment called Democracy Doomscroll.

Pod Save America is vaxxed, boosted, and headed back on the road! Join Jon, Jon, Tommy and Dan on the road for Pod Save America (A)live And On Tour. Get tickets & learn more: crooked.com/events.

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The Daily Signal - How the Feds Handcuff States to Medicaid

During the pandemic, the number of Americans enrolled in Medicaid skyrocketed from 75 million to 90 million. The issue? Not everyone currently enrolled in Medicaid is eligible.

And the federal government is trying to prevent states from removing ineligible Americans from their rolls.

This costs the taxpayer serious money, explains Hayden DuBlois, deputy research director at the Foundation for Government Accountability.

"The reality is very, very disastrous for state and federal taxpayers alike, for the truly needy who are kept waiting, for other budget priorities, which are now getting more and more crowded out by Medicaid as it's just consuming so much of state budgets," DuBlois says. "So it's really snowballed into this crisis that is quickly falling out of control."

DuBlois joins "The Daily Signal Podcast" to discuss how the federal government is handcuffing states to Medicaid, and what conservatives should do to respond. 

We also cover these stories:

  • The Supreme Court agrees to hear a case challenging affirmative action in higher education.
  • California state Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat who represents San Francisco, introduces a bill to allow children 12 and up to get a COVID-19 vaccine without parental consent.
  • Seven Virginia school districts sue newly elected Gov. Glenn Youngkin over his executive order giving parents the right to decide whether their child wears a mask at school.



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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - Policing-for-Profit

Over the last few years, a sleepy southern town has seen its arrest rate grow more than 1100%. It’s not because of a spike in crime in Brookside, Alabama; instead, the town’s law enforcement has adopted a policing-for-profit model that treats citizens as revenue generators and cracks down on them accordingly. In turn, some residents enter debt spirals as the town’s police force rakes in more cash, with no signs of stopping anytime soon.


Guest: John Archibald, columnist for AL.com and the Birmingham News.


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Short Wave - What’s Next For The Pandemic? Will COVID-19 Become Endemic Soon?

Many experts warn there will be more infections on the downslope of the omicron surge, but the U.S. is on the path to the virus becoming endemic — and that should mean fewer interruptions to daily life. Take a listen to Rachel Martin chat with health correspondent Allison Aubrey about what's next in the pandemic on Morning Edition.

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The Stack Overflow Podcast - How to defend your attention and find a flow state

The inspiration for today's episode was a terrific article from The Guardian about the many ways in which the modern world, specifically the software we use every day, was designed to steal our attention. 

During the episode, we discuss Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, a professor know as the "father of flow" for his  pioneering research on flow states. Sadly, Prof. Csikszentmihalyi passed away in 2021, but you can find a terrific  tribute to him and his work here.

In the second half of the episode, we discuss "The California Ideology" and the ways in which hustle culture and libertarian ideals helped to shape Silicon Valley and the world of technology more broadly.

Congrats to our lifeboat badge winner of the week, UrbanoJVR, who answered the question: What is the difference between 'mvn verify' vs 'mvn test'?

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NPR's Book of the Day - Hanya Yanagihara grapples with pandemics in ‘To Paradise’

Author of the wildly popular and, at times, controversial A Little Life, Hanya Yanagihara, is out with a new novel. To Paradise is an epic – in three parts – sprawling over 700 pages and 200 years about a make-believe New York City. Yanagihara was mostly through writing her story, which features pandemics prominently, when COVID-19 first hit in early 2020. But Yanagihara told NPR's Scott Simon that she was able to keep her story and her fears about the pandemic in reality separate.
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Read Me a Poem - “Sometimes, Oh, Often, Indeed” by Edna St. Vincent Millay

Amanda Holmes reads Edna St. Vincent Millay ’s poem “Sometimes, Oh, Often, Indeed.” Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us: podcast@theamericanscholar.org. If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman.


This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by Chad Crouch.


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It Could Happen Here - The Metaverse That Never Was, Part 2

Enter the Cowtrix. In part 2 we discuss why Big Tech spawned the Metaverse and how we are all cows.

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