Month: April 2022

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The NewsWorthy - Special Edition: Examining Bias in News Coverage

Here at The Newsworthy, we work hard to deliver news roundups with as little bias as possible. We look at a variety of news sources, even for just one story. We do our best to cite credible sources that are perceived as both right and left-leaning in the hopes of bringing you multiple perspectives in every episode and earning your trust.

But which sources are left and right-leaning? And are there any that fall right in the center? Well, AllSides doesn’t just guess or give their opinion about it – they’ve done scientific analysis. That’s what we’re talking about today with our guest, Julie Mastrine.

She developed the AllSides Media Bias Chart and is their director of marketing and media bias ratings. She’s made it her mission to educate news consumers about bias and is sharing ‘behind the scenes’ of her media ratings in our conversation right now.

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The Daily Signal - Lessons From Past 100 Years of American Conservatism

Matthew Continetti is a journalist and historian of American conservatism. He is currently a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. He joins this Saturday Edition of the Daily Signal Podcast to discuss his new book, The Right: The Hundred-Year War for American Conservatism.

Continetti covers the history of American conservatism stretching back to the 1920s and the presidencies of Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge. He makes a number of thought-provoking observations in the book. He notes that "I'm looking at how the intellectuals, the writers, the thinkers, the economists responded to politics, how they influence politics, how they reacted to political developments. And then I'm also looking at how the institutional Republican Party, how did it fit into this picture? What conservative ideas did it adopt? How did it begin to regain its majority after the new deal era?"

He also adds that much of conservatism is now led by the Heritage Foundation, Hillsdale College's DC Kirby Campus, and the Claremont Institute's Center for the American Way of Life. The challenge is for these institutions to help provide policy solutions rooted in a populist conservatism that is grounded in constitutional institutions.


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Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - Rewriting Statutes Via Courts

On this episode of Amicus – in studio edition! – host Dahlia Lithwick is joined by Professor 

Lawrence O. Gostin, professor of global health law, at Georgetown University, among many other things. They talk about the federal district court in Florida’s decision to lift the mask mandate for public transportation. While it may seem like a small deal given that the mandate was set to expire in a few weeks anyway, the decision was built on a very labored and tortured interpretation of the word “sanitation.” Professor Gostin explains that this case could have a chilling effect on government agencies. They also discuss why the decision by the Biden administration to appeal involved a lot of political calculous.


In our Slate Plus segment, Dahlia is joined by Mark Joseph Stern to talk about a death penalty decision at the Supreme Court and an upcoming case about school prayer.  


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More or Less: Behind the Stats - Understanding India through Data

How do you go about understanding a country with a population as diverse as it is vast?

Data journalist Rukmini S is the author of Whole Numbers and Half Truths: What Data Can and Cannot Tell Us About Modern India. Tim Harford spoke to her about the power and pitfalls of using statistics to make sense of modern India, from basic questions like average income to the huge challenges of keeping track of Covid.

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It Could Happen Here - It Could Happen Here Weekly 31

All of this week's episodes of It Could Happen Here put together in one large file.

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Oprahdemics - Emergency Podcast: Oprah and Viola

As she does from time to time, Oprah has produced a high-profile interview special — this time with actress Viola Davis, which just dropped as a special on Netflix.

Kellie and Leah watched it and immediately shared their thoughts, why Oprah chose Viola as her latest interview subject, and what these two powerful women mean for the culture today.

Even if you haven’t watch the special, join us as we talk about Oprah and Viola!

We’ll be back on Wednesday with another fresh episode.

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Producer Nina Earnest, Executive Producer Jody Avirgan. Artwork by Jonathan Conda.

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The Gist - Joyless Coitus

Christine Emba, author of Rethinking Sex: A Provocation says those of her generation feel crushed and ground up by the culture that says once consent is given there's nothing you have the right to complain about. Plus, two Republicans on different sides of the establishment spectrum come under fire. Marjorie Taylor Greene testifies in Georgia, and Kevin McCarthy squirms a bit because of a taped phone from January 2021.

Produced by Joel Patterson and Corey Wara

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