my private podcast channel
Google employee Blake Lemoine is on leave after going public with his belief that the company's "Language Models for Dialog Applications," or LaMDA, is alive. A high-ranking member of Mexican law enforcement has been sanctioned for his long-standing, deeply illegal arrangement with a drug cartel. Over in Utah, a bank has been flagged for issuing 189% interest loans through auto repair shops. All this and more in this week's Strange News.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
array(3) { [0]=> string(150) "https://www.omnycontent.com/d/programs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/2e824128-fbd5-4c9e-9a57-ae2f0056b0c4/image.jpg?t=1749831085&size=Large" [1]=> string(10) "image/jpeg" [2]=> int(0) }
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Long waits and disappointment for air travelers. Coping with a heat dome ahead of summer's arrival. The government is rolling out two COVID vaccines for young children. Correspondent Steve Kathan has the CBS World News Roundup for Monday, June 20, 2022:
To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In the wake of the Uvalde massacre, Emmett Till’s name is again at the forefront of a national conversation, this time about gun control. Till was the 14-year-old boy lynched by a group of white men in 1955 in Mississippi. Images of his mutilated body shocked the country and galvanized civil rights activists.
As people inside and outside newsrooms struggle with whether showing brutal images of slain children might move people and politicians toward collective action, Emmett’s family talks about power and pain, and the impact and limitations of an image.
Today, in honor of Juneteenth, we kick off a week of episodes about the Black experience with the question: Is this country in the middle of another “Emmett Till” moment?
Read the full transcript here.
Host: Gustavo Arellano
Guests: L.A. Times reporter Marissa Evans
More reading:
After Uvalde shooting, people consider an ‘Emmett Till moment’ to change gun debate
Hearts ‘shattered’: Here are the victims of the Texas school shooting
House passes gun control bill after Buffalo, Uvalde attacks
resident Emmanuel Macron has lost his majority in France’s National Assembly as voters flooded both to the far right and far left. A second term filled with confrontation and compromise awaits him. The shadowy world of corporate spying is broadening to far more than just cola or fried-chicken recipes. And when scare-tactic road-death statistics lead to more deaths, not fewer. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer
The boys are joined by comedian Rafe Williams (@iamrafewilliams, Young Grandpa) to discuss the music and poetry of Guy Clark. Specifically, they discuss the career-making gem "LA Freeway," plus Guy's history, his similarities to Mark Twain, and how he may have inadvertently created the Americana genre.
Enjoying the podcast? We're listener supported! Support us on Patreon HERE!
New to Guy Clark? Here are some other recs from Rafe, Danny, and Tyler:
Desperados Waiting For a Train
The Last Gunfighter
Dublin Blues
She Aint Going Nowhere
My Favorite Picture of You
Tornado Time in Texas
Heavy Metal
Cold Dog Soup
Homegrown Tomatoes
To Live is To Fly
Stuff That Works
The Cape
The Randal Knife
The Carpenter
Follow the link to keep up with which songs are being added to our Ultimate Country Playlist on Spotify, now including the "LA Freeway":
https://tinyurl.com/takethispodplaylist
And now on TIDAL!
https://t.co/MHEvOz2DOA
For everything else click HERE!
Check out our Patreon!
Check out our new merch store!
Instagram: @TakeThisPodandShoveIt
For everything else click HERE!
Want to create your own great podcast? Why not start today! We use BuzzSprout for hosting and have loved it. So we suggest you give them a try as well! Buzzsprout gets your show listed in every major podcast platform, and makes understanding your podcast data a breeze.
Follow this link to let Buzzsprout know we sent you—you'll get a $20 credit if you sign up for a paid plan, and it helps support our show.