Month: May 2022

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Read Me a Poem - “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” by Christopher Marlowe

Amanda Holmes reads Christopher Marlowe’s poem “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love.” Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us: podcast@theamericanscholar.org. If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman.


This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by Chad Crouch.

 


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The Superhero Complex - 7: From the Ashes

While Phoenix launches his comeback as a cage fighter, rumors swirl that some of his demons are catching up with him. With Phoenix absent, his former sidekicks struggle to pick up the pieces. 

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Chapo Trap House - 626 – Simian Slurp feat. Ben McKenzie (5/9/22)

Author, anti-crypto advocate (and yes, film & TV star) Ben McKenzie stops by to talk Cryptocurrency. We discuss the lies & fraud at the center of Crypto, the use of celebs to boost the scheme, and his experiences traveling to the Miami Bitcoin conference and a Bitcoin mining server farm to research his forthcoming book. Keep an eye out for Ben and Jacob Silverman’s forthcoming book. You can find some of their recent writing on the topic in Slate here: https://slate.com/author/ben-mckenzie
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The Gist - Polarization 101

Political Science Professor Sunshine Hillygus is the director of the Duke Initiative on Survey Methodology and co-director of the Polarization Lab. We discuss how attitudes can change and if we should trust finding that show large percentage of Americans have truly wacky* ideas. Plus, how the present regards the biggest moral issues of yesterday, as told through Ed Koch and Mario Cuomo. *Technical poly sci term.

Produced by Joel Patterson and Corey Wara

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Federalist Radio Hour - Two Years After The Death Of George Floyd, Cities Are Still Reeling From The Riots

On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, Julio Rosas, a senior writer for Townhall, joins Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to discuss his new book "Fiery (But Mostly Peaceful): The 2020 Riots and the Gaslighting of America." 

You can find Rosas's book here: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/fiery-but-mostly-peaceful-julio-rosas/1140788152
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Consider This from NPR - Roe’s Legal Fate Is Unclear. But Studies Already Show Who’d Likely Be Hit Hardest

Debates about the status of Roe v. Wade continue after the Supreme Court's draft opinion was leaked last week. This week, the Senate is planning to vote on legislation that would codify abortion rights into a federal law, but it's likely to fail given the 50-50 split between Democrats and Republicans. That means abortion access will be left up to states — and some already have restrictive abortion laws.

Reproductive justice advocates are concerned about the disproportionate impact those laws will have on Black and Brown communities if Roe is overturned.

NPR's Sandhya Dirks spoke to some advocates about how women of color are situated in this abortion access debate. And NPR's Selena Simmons-Duffin explains how restricting abortion access means restricting health care for people across all demographic backgrounds.

You can also hear more from Dr. Diana Green Foster, who spoke to NPR's science podcast Shortwave, which examined what happened when people had access to abortion and what happened when they were denied.

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