Month: February 2022

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What A Day - Snow Long, Beijing

On Thursday, there was a big spike in shelling across the front line between the Ukrainian military and Russian-backed separatists within Ukraine. The separatists claim that Ukrainians are the ones firing at them, and the fear is that Russia could use this as a “justification” for military action to invade. 

The Beijing Winter Olympics conclude this Sunday. Ava Wallace, who has been in China reporting on the Olympic Games for the Washington Post, joins us to discuss what it’s been like to cover them.

And in headlines: Over 100 people are dead and dozens more missing in Brazil after mudslides, Florida’s House Republicans passed a bill that bans abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, and a judge ordered former President Trump to testify under oath within the next 21 days.


Show Notes:

WAD will be taking a break on Presidents’ Day, and will be back with a new episode on Tuesday, February 22.

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The Daily Signal - Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears: Schools ‘Not Going to Be Able’ to Keep Mask Mandates

Virginia's new law banning mask mandates in schools isn't optional, Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears says. 


Schools are “not going to be able" to require students to continue wearing masks, Sears said during an interview Thursday with "The Daily Signal Podcast." 


Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed a bill Wednesday that, as of March 1, will prohibit schools across the commonwealth from requiring the wearing of masks because of COVID-19. Although many school districts across the country have ended mask mandates, several counties in Northern Virginia have opted to continue masking children. 


Schools have to "allow the parents the opportunity to decide for themselves whether their children will wear a mask," Sears says in the podcast interview.


Youngkin and Sears, both Republicans, were sworn in Jan. 15 for four-year terms after winning Virginia's Nov. 2 election.


During the campaign, the two committed to returning power to parents in the education of children. On the podcast, Sears discusses why she and Youngkin stand against critical race theory and other far-left policies that have affected children across the state. 


We also cover these stories:

  • Secretary of State Antony Blinken warns that the world is in a "moment of peril" because of Russia’s aggression toward Ukraine. 
  • Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican, sues the Biden administration over mask mandates for air travel. 
  • A local Black Lives Matter chapter in Kentucky pays the $100,000 bond of the man charged with trying to assassinate a candidate for Louisville mayor. 


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Philosophers In Space - 0G177: The Endless and Eternal Return

Okay, sorry we're a bit late on this loop, I promise next loop we'll be back on track and hopefully we can manage for the next several hundred loops. We discuss The Endless and how it relates to Nietzsche's conception of eternal return. As mentioned at the beginning, The Endless is actually the second movie in a series, I didn't realize that until too late, but I also think you're better off watching this one first and then watching Resolution, but your eternal loop millage may vary.

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Short Wave - The Good and the Bad of TV Forensics

Raychelle Burks is a forensic chemist and an associate professor at American University. She's also a big fan of murder mysteries. Today, we talk pop culture forensics with Raychelle and what signs to look for to know whether or not a tv crime show is getting the science right. (ENCORE)

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NPR's Book of the Day - Two authors tell stories of the weird and wild in the classical music world

Both interviews today will transport you into the exciting world of classical music. No, really! The first is with Brendan Slocumb, whose new book, The Violin Conspiracy, is a mystery surrounding a musician trying to recover his stolen violin. It's also about how hard it is to be a Black classical musician, Slocumb told NPR's Asma Khalid. The second is Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman's conversation with NPR's Scott Simon. Hindman's memoir Sounds Like Titanic follows her experience touring with an orchestra that wasn't really performing for the audience.
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The Stack Overflow Podcast - An algorithm that optimizes for avoiding ennui

You can learn more about Clement's career on his LinkedIn and on Twitter (assuming you speak French).

You can learn more about Dailymotion here and check out the roles they are hiring for here.

You can find Cassidy Williams on Twitter and at her website. 

You can find Ceora Ford on Twitter and at her website.

Our Lifeboat badge winner of the week is Swati Kiran, who helped solve an error causing permission problems in an angular app.

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It Could Happen Here - Four Stories of Torture, Rape and Murder from the Chicago Police Department Part 2

In part 2 of our jaunt staring into the abyss of the crimes of the Chicago Police Department we get the story of 2 internal CPD cartels and the CPD's blacksite Homan Square, which is still open to this day.

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