Humans have scalp hair. But why is human scalp hair so varied? Biological anthropologist Tina Lasisi wanted to find out. And while completing her PhD at Penn State University, she developed a better system for describing hair — rooted in actual science. (Encore)
To hear more from Tina, check out these webinars: Why Care About Hair (https://bit.ly/3liJZ96) and How Hair Reveals the Futility of Race Categories (https://s.si.edu/3Dik6g8). And to dive deep into Tina's research, we recommend her paper, The constraints of racialization: How classification and valuation hinder scientific research on human variation (https://bit.ly/3DfDrOS).
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The Daily Detail - The Daily Detail for 2.14.22
Alabama
- AG Steve Marshall details recent SCOTUS ruling on congressional districts
- Baldwin County Attorney Harry Still io challenge AG Marshall in GOP primary
- Mazda Toyota manufacturing in Huntsville holds job fair this coming Saturday
- Bill to make drive thru alcohol sales a permanent heads to the state senate
- Wetumpka police officer is on administrative leave for drugs and violence
- Mardi Gra kicks off in Mobile by the Conde Cavaliers parade
- Panama City to ban all alcohol on beaches during spring break in March
National
- US embassy in Ukraine evacuated ahead of possible Russian invasion
- More US troops are sent to Poland to back up NATO allies
- Biden and Russian President Putin hold phone call this past weekend
- Court filings by Special Counsel John Durham show Clintons behind spying on Trump
- A lawsuit is filed against Elon Musk's Neuralink for torture of lab monkeys
- Arizona state lawmaker offers bill to decertify 2020 election in 3 counties
- Governor of Nevada lifts statewide mask mandate immediately
- Governor of Maryland says" learn to live with Covid 19 not in fear of it"
The Bookmonger - Episode 391: ‘Free Speech’ by Jacob Mchangama
John J. Miller is joined by Jacob Mchangama to discuss his book 'Free Speech.'
The Intelligence from The Economist - Not trucking around: Canada’s protests spread
It has become much more than a fight against proof-of-vaccination strictures. The anti-government mood has spread in Canada and abroad. What happens next? Haiti has received billions upon billions in foreign assistance but its situation remains dire; we ask why all that aid has not aided much. And Reader’s Digest, a surprisingly influential American snappy-excerpts magazine, turns 100.
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Take This Pod and Shove It - 11: “Crazy” by Patsy Cline
We'll admit: including this song on our podcast and playlist is almost TOO obvious. But we'd be remiss not to include this timeless crossover hit from the singular and phenomenal Patsy Cline, so "Crazy" is the song of the week!
You've almost certainly heard this song before, but it's such a *classic* that one might forget that it is in fact a *country* song. Danny and Tyler talk about Patsy's short but influential recording career, how she became a crossover hitmaker, her famous confidence, Willie Nelson's possible inspiration when writing "Crazy," and Patsy's tragic passing.
While Patsy Cline's Greatest Hits is an excellent place to start, if you're new to Patsy, here are some recs from Danny and Tyler:
Walkin’ After Midnight
She’s Got You
Heartaches
Strange
A Church, a Courtroom, and Then Goodbye
Back in Baby’s Arms
Your Cheatin’ Heart
Hungry For Love
Why Can’t He Be You
Blue Moon of Kentucky
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Start the Week - Stonehenge, and conserving the future
Stonehenge is one of Britain’s most iconic monuments: an ancient stone circle still shrouded in layers of speculation and folklore. A new exhibition at the British Museum looks at the human story behind the stones, and offers new insights into the beliefs, rituals and worldview of our Neolithic ancestors. The curator Neil Wilkin tells Adam Rutherford about one of the objects on show – the metal Nebra Sky Disc – which is the world’s oldest surviving map of the sky.
The palaeobiologist Thomas Halliday looks even further back in deep time to reveal the Earth as it used to exist. In his new book Otherlands: A World in the Making he uses the latest technology and fossil records to examine ancient landscapes – from the mammoth steppe in Ice Age Alaska to the lush rainforests of Eocene Antarctica, with its colonies of giant penguins. While these distinct ecosystems appeared stable for millions of years, their disappearance is a reminder of the both the fragility and tenacity of the natural world.
Change and survival are at the centre of the writer and ecologist, Rebecca Nesbit’s book, Tickets for the Ark. As the current rate of extinction starts to resemble the demise of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, conservationists appear to be fighting a losing battle. Nesbit questions the motives behind what we fight to save, in an examination of what we should conserve and why.
Producer: Katy Hickman
The Best One Yet - 🍟 “$4M French Fries” — The Container Store’s puberty. FriesDAO’s restaurant craving. Electric Charging’s beauty pageant.
The Container Store’s stock just plummeted 20% because it’s going through the awkwardness of corporate puberty. Fresh after a crypto crew tried to buy the US Constitution, FriesDAO raised $4M in 4 days to buy a McD’s. And the government just launched a $5B beauty pageant for states to show off their most innovative electric charging plans.
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Strict Scrutiny - Party Like It’s 1935
Kate, Melissa, and Leah interview Professors Julian Davis Mortenson and Nick Bagley about the nondelegation doctrine.
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Everything Everywhere Daily - Valentine’s Day (Encore)
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Every February 14, people around the world celebrate Valentine’s Day. It is a day for everything heart-shaped, flowers, jewelry, candy, and romance.
Why is this day the day dedicated to romance? What’s with the hearts? And who or what is a valentine?
Is this all a giant conspiracy of greeting card manufacturers?
Learn more about Saint Valentine’s Day on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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NBN Book of the Day - Nina Power, “What Do Men Want?: Masculinity and Its Discontents” (Penguin, 2022)
Something is definitely up with men. From millions online who engage with the manosphere to the #metoo backlash, from Men's Rights activists and incels to spiralling suicide rates, it's easy to see that, while men still rule the world, masculinity is in crisis. Feminism has gone some way towards dismantling the patriarchy, but how can we hold on to the best aspects of our metaphorical Father?
Nina Power, author of What Do Men Want?: Masculinity and Its Discontents (Penguin, 2022), speaks to Pierre d'Alancaisez about the challenge of accepting biological differences and the potential for men and women living well in a world where capitalism has replaced the values - family, religion, service, and honour - that used to give our lives meaning.
Nina Power is a philosopher, critic, and cultural theorist. She is the author of One Dimensional Woman, a co-host of The Lack, and she publishes a newsletter on Substack.
Pierre d’Alancaisez is a contemporary art curator, cultural strategist, researcher. Sometime scientist, financial services professional.
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