Month: March 2022

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NPR's Book of the Day - Former Attorney General William Barr says he was just doing his job

The former attorney general under former President Trump, William Barr, is out with a new memoir called One Damn Thing After Another. In it, he agrees with President Trump on many things: modern day culture wars and that the progressives are dividing the country. But Barr also gives his own version of the events of the Trump White House and disagrees with the former president about the "stolen election." Barr told NPR's Steve Inskeep "after the election, [Trump] didn't seem to listen to anybody except a group of sycophants who were telling him what he wanted to hear."
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More or Less: Behind the Stats - Does the UK take in more refugees than other European countries?

As the war in Ukraine continues, Reuters has reported that some 2.3 million people have been displaced. So far many of those have sought refuge in neighbouring countries. The UN estimates that as of the 8th of march Poland has taken in almost 1.3 million refugees, Hungary just over 200,000 and Slovakia almost 100,000.

In comparison the UK has issued visa?s to just under 1000 people. Some say this isn?t enough, however, Prime Minister Boris Johnson defended the governments record claiming that ?"We've done more to resettle vulnerable people than any other European country since 2015." Sound familiar? Join us on a journey back to 2020 to find out whether this is accurate or just a repeated misleading claim.

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Everything Everywhere Daily - The Three Age System: Stone, Bronze, and Iron

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Scientists love to classify things. Archeologists are no exception. One of the very first classifications systems that were developed, classified ancient history into three broad eras. 


This system was crude and it isn't really used among professionals anymore, but its simplicity has ensured that it still survives in casual use. 


Learn more about the three ages system: the stone age, the bronze age, and the iron age, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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The Gist - BEST OF THE GIST: Brittney Griner and Henry Winkler

On this week’s edition of The Best of the Gist, Mike bemoans Russia’s arrest of basketball star Brittney Griner and what it says about our current moment. Then, we listen back to a happier time…March 7, 2017, to be exact, when Henry “Fonzie” Winkler was our guest. Fun Fonzie Fact: Did you know that Henry has written dozens of children's books featuring the character Hank Zipzer? True story. Happy Days are here again, literally.

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Everything Everywhere Daily - Otto Rahn: The Real Life Indiana Jones Villain

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In the Indiana Jones movies, Indiana is usually searching for a rare artifact with mystical powers while some other nefarious archeologist, usually a Nazi, is trying to find the artifact before Indy.


Believe it or not, that trope of a Nazi archeologist looking for an item of incredible power actually has a kernel of truth to it. 


Sort of.


Learn more about Otto Rahn and the real-life Nazi search for the Holy Grail on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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The NewsWorthy - Special Edition: On the Ground in Ukraine

Today we want to take the time to make sure you’re hearing the human side of war. We’re bringing you a firsthand account from a Ukrainian who was born and raised in Kharkiv - a city the BBC reports is now facing airstrikes and shelling every night. 

Roman Vydro worked as an engineer and business co-founder in Kharkiv before he felt forced to flee. Now he’s holed up at an apartment-turned-safehouse in western Ukraine and is determined to fight back any way he can. He’s sharing his experience during this war and about the horrors his friends are seeing on the front lines. He also explains why he’s never been prouder to be Ukrainian.

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The Gist - A New Phase For Ukraine

Paul Poast University of Chicago professor and author of Arguing about Alliances says we're past the open stage of the war in Ukraine. In the Spiel Mike discusses US cyber vulnerabilities and tries to get a handle on what a hack might look like and discusses how to stop one, with Glenn Gerstell, former Counsel for the NSA


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