Month: January 2022

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The Best One Yet - 🧑‍🤝‍🧑🧑‍🤝‍🧑 “Lines are evil” — Clear’s line revolt. Zynga’s biggest game ever. New York’s sports bet.

You may be standing on a line right now… but there’s now a revolution to kill the line. Zynga was just acquired in one of the biggest video game deals in history, because Profit Puppies aren’t Loss Llamas. And New York State just legalized sports betting apps — so we’ll tell you the dirty secret about clean sports betting apps (hint: It’s the costs). $DKNG $PENN $YOU $ZNGA $TTWO 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 - This History of the Bicycle

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It is one of the most simple machines that most people use, yet incredible amounts of engineering go into their design. 


They are used by billions of people around the world and it is one of the only forms of transportation available to children. 


They can make humans incredibly efficient and their development was in many ways surprising.


I am of course talking about bicycles. Learn about the history of bicycles and how the modern version came to be on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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NBN Book of the Day - Book Talk 50: John Waters on James Joyce’s “Dubliners”

James Joyce’s 1914 collection of fifteen short stories, Dubliners, is righty considered one of the greatest literary achievements of Western modernity. But what is so original about these stories that begin with childhood, cover adolescence and adult choices, and conclude with a deeply moving reflection on our mortality? What life-changing experiences are their center, and how does Joyce understand such epiphanies? And who is Joyce, who writes the stories about life in Dublin after having left his native Ireland for Italy? What did Joyce set out to do in Dubliners, before he embarked on writing Ulysses, which appears in 1922 in France?

John Waters teaches Irish literature and culture at New York University, and explains on this podcast the cultural context for Joyce’s stories and highlights several moments where Joyce lets his characters reach their expressive competence – meaning that the stories take us to the edge of human emotions and experience without becoming meaningless or incomprehensible.

Uli Baer teaches literature and photography as University Professor at New York University. A recipient of Guggenheim, Getty and Humboldt awards, in addition to hosting "Think About It” he hosts (with Caroline Weber) the podcast "The Proust Questionnaire” and is Editorial Director at Warbler Press. Email ucb1@nyu.edu; Twitter @UliBaer.

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The NewsWorthy - Insurers Cover Tests, Human Gets Pig Heart & Georgia Wins – Tuesday, January 11th, 2022

The news to know for Tuesday, January 11th, 2022!

What to know about ongoing security talks between the U.S. and Russia.

And how many at-home Covid-19 tests do insurance companies have to start covering each month.

Also, a first-of-its-kind surgery. Doctors hope a pig's heart will save a human's life.

Plus, the new college football champions, what happened on the NFL's so-called Black Monday, and why you may want to keep the change next time you get a quarter.

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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Ologies with Alie Ward - Smologies #9: GAMING with Jane McGonigal

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Games! Play! Fun! Addiction? Flim-flam? From the origins of tabletop classics to the future of VR, Dr. Jane McGonigal answers our burning questions. This video game developer, TED speaker and bestselling author is an expert on how playing -- and especially video games -- can motivate, soothe and connect us. Will video games turn your child into a future car thief? How do they make you stronger? How much is too much? What about slot machines? Everyone who loves games (and everyone who hates games) should hear this one.

The uncut, adult version of Ludology plus research links

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What A Day - The Prognosis For Elizabeth Holmes And Silicon Valley

Former Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes was found guilty of conspiracy to defraud investors, last week. U.S. prosecutors declared the high-profile verdict a win, despite her not being found guilty on a number of other charges. New York Times reporter Erin Griffith joins us to discuss what’s next in the sentencing, and the case’s implications for Silicon Valley.


And in headlines: Several universities were sued for allegedly violating antitrust laws in order to limit student financial aid, Myanmar’s ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced to four more years in prison, and a man received the first-ever transplant of a genetically modified pig heart.


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New York Times: “How to help survivors of the deadly Bronx apartment fire” – https://nyti.ms/3JV1uqu


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The Goods from the Woods - Episode #313 – “How Blue Can You Get?”

In this episode, there's pestilence and disease in the air over Hollywood once again so the Goods from the Woods Boys are hangin' out with no guests at Disgraceland for a good ol' three man jam! This week we cover Hulk Hogan makin’ a fool of himself, the TSA’s top 10 list of weird things confiscated at America’s airports, and the curious cases of the conspiracy nuts who have literally been turning themselves blue with a quack medical treatment. Live’s “I Alone” is our JAM OF THE WEEK! Give us a listen. Music at the end is “Pulled Apart” by Joseph Mosman.  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 - “Joe and the Giant Speech.”

Joe Biden takes on Republican voter suppression in Georgia, Wisconsin Democratic Party Chair Ben Wikler talks about Ron Johnson’s re-election announcement and saving democracy in the Badger State, and Ted Cruz grovels to Tucker Carlson after referring to violent insurrectionists as terrorists.


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The Daily Signal - Facebook Censors Pro-American Children’s Books as ‘Disruptive Content’

Writer, commentator, and editor Bethany Mandel only wanted to provide alternatives to the woke books being provided to children in school. So she was shocked when Facebook took down her page advertising such alternatives due to “disruptive content.”

"There was no warning," Mandel says of Facebook's action. "They told us that our ads were low quality or disruptive content, but they never actually defined what about them was low quality and disruptive content. ... This is a wholesome new children's book [series] that you can buy for your children for Christmas. It couldn't have gotten less dangerous and more innocuous than our ads. We're literally just selling children's books."

Mandel joins "The Daily Signal Podcast" to discuss how Facebook censored her, and the importance of having alternatives to the left's woke education materials.

We also cover these stories: 

  • Reps. James Comer, R-Ky., and Ralph Norman, R-S.C., ask D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser to drop the city's vaccine mandate.  
  • Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell releases a memo predicting Democrats will “try to use fake hysteria to break the Senate and silence millions of Americans’ voices so they can take over elections and ram through their radical agenda.”
  • Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, says he will not willingly appear before the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol.



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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - Chicago’s Public School Meltdown

Chicago Public Schools canceled classes for three consecutive days this year, following a vote by the teachers union to defy in-person teaching orders amid a rise in COVID-19 cases. The union wants additional safety measures in place as teachers and students return to school. Meanwhile, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said the union’s actions are “illegal,” and the public schools system said the refusal to teach in-person amounted to a strike. 


How will the showdown end? And when will students get back into the classroom?


Guest: Sarah Karp, education reporter at WBEZ in Chicago.


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