In which a great American city got its water rights by illegally flooding John Muir's favorite valley, and Ken has opinions on where egrets should poop. Certificate #53464.
NBN Book of the Day - Michael Sidney Fosberg, “Nobody Wants to Talk about It: Race, Identity, and the Difficulties in Forging Meaningful Conversations” (Incognito, 2020)
In Nobody Wants to Talk About It: Race, Identity, and the Difficulties in Forging Meaningful Conversations (Incognito, 2020), Michael Sidney Fosberg draws on twenty years of experience leading conversations about race to encourage readers to share their story, get comfortable with discomfort, and disagree without being disagreeable. Fosberg's one-man play Incognito is always followed by an open and honest conversation about race and identity. Fosberg provides time-tested strategies for bridging racial and partisan divides in order to celebrate both our shared humanity and our unique perspectives. Maybe "nobody wants to talk about" race, but Fosberg's book is an argument for why we should -- and a blueprint for how we can.
Andy Boyd is a playwright based in Brooklyn, New York. He is a graduate of the playwriting MFA at Columbia University, Harvard University, and the Arizona School for the Arts.
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The Daily Detail - The Daily Detail for 8.25.22
Alabama
- Part 2 of a conversation with 1819's Will Blakeley on ESG origins and influence
- Another Auto supply manufacturer admits to hiring underage workers in Alex City
- Former state lawmaker Perry Hooper Jr. is charged with sexual assault in Montgomery
- Two arrests made in Walker county regarding female body found in vehicle
- Birmingham City Council votes to give 5 million dollars to World Games deficit
National
- Joe Biden returns to White house to forgive certain Pell grant students loans yet unpaid
- Former prime minister of Israel says latest Iran nuclear deal worst than Obama's
- TX judge temporarily halts HHS from requiring abortions in hospitals for "emergencies"
- 20 million Americans are behind on paying their utility bills due to inflated energy costs
- former NBA player not going to Russia to plead for release of WNBA's Brittany Griner
- Truth Social sees massive spike of new accounts after FBI raid of Trump's home
Everything Everywhere Daily - What Ever Happened to Amelia Earhart? (Encore)
Amelia Earheart was a pioneer in the early days of aviation. She became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic. She was the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California.
In 1937, she set out on her greatest adventure ever. It would be the longest single flight in history, and it would take her around the world.
However, on July 2, 1937, she took off from Papua New Guinea and was never seen again.
Learn more about the disappearance of Amelia Earheart and what probably happened to her on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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The NewsWorthy - Student Loan Plan, Vanessa Bryant’s Victory & MoviePass Returns- Thursday, August 25th, 2022
The news to know for Thursday, August 25th, 2022!
We'll tell you about unprecedented student debt relief for tens of millions of Americans and why the new plan is facing pushback from both sides of the aisle.
Also, new gun regulations are now in effect in the U.S.
Plus, how much will be paid in damages to Kobe Bryant's widow, where you can buy a Peloton bike for the first time, and what to expect from the new version of MoviePass.
Those stories and more in around 10 minutes!
Head to www.theNewsWorthy.com/shownotes for sources and to read more about any of the stories mentioned today.
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What A Day - Student Debt, You’re Cancelled
President Biden announced on Wednesday a plan that would cancel $10,000 in student loan debt for millions of Americans, and $20,000 for Pell grant recipients. That will allow millions of borrowers to become debt-free, but critics say it won’t benefit those with larger balances nearly as much as full forgiveness – a goal that progressives have pursued for years. Braxton Brewington with the Debt Collective, an organization that works to empower student loan borrowers, joins us to discuss the decision’s impact, and why more needs to be done.
And in headlines: a Russian missile strike killed at least 22 people at a train station in central Ukraine, the Uvalde school district fired its police chief, and a new study shows that long COVID has taken out as many as 4 million Americans from the workforce.
Show Notes:
- The Debt Collective – https://debtcollective.org/
- Associated Press: “Biden’s student loan plan: What we know (and what we don’t)” – https://apnews.com/article/student-loan-forgiveness-program-explained-d248f3b049c292856bb1c74be6aedef2
- Vote Save America: Fuck Bans Action Plan – https://votesaveamerica.com/roe/
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The Daily Signal - Jill Simonian on Practical Tools to Protect Your Kids From Woke Agenda at School
It’s back to school time! But preparing for school no longer only means buying pencils and binders and other supplies, it also requires being prepared to stand against the woke ideology that has penetrated classrooms across the country.
Parents sending their kids to public school, and even some private schools, need practical tools to equip them to protect their children from gender ideology, inappropriate sexual content, and critical race theory.
Jill Simonian, a school mom, says she was shocked when she realized “how corrupt the system was and the age-inappropriate lessons and ideologies and lies that our children were being taught in their classrooms.”
Simonian, director of outreach for PragerU Kids, joins "The Daily Signal Podcast" today to discuss what classes parents should consider opting their children out of, how to file freedom of information requests with a school district, and the best ways to build relationships with school administrators to learn what's being taught in class.
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Tech Won't Save Us - Who’s Winning in China’s Fight Against 996? w/ JS Tan
Paris Marx is joined by JS Tan to discuss how Chinese tech workers fought against “996” work practices and whether the its phaseout is being driven by that movement or by the changing needs of the government and tech companies.
JS Tan is a graduate student at MIT, a former tech worker, and a member of Collective Action in Tech, a project to advance the tech worker movement. Follow JS on Twitter at @organizejs.
Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Follow the podcast (@techwontsaveus) and host Paris Marx (@parismarx) on Twitter, and support the show on Patreon.
The podcast is produced by Eric Wickham and part of the Harbinger Media Network.
Also mentioned in this episode:
- JS wrote about why China’s 996 work schedules are changing and the factors driving it.
- Rest of World also had recent reporting on changes to 996 practices.
- Collective Action in Tech has an embedded organizer program that is open for applications.
- The Verge wrote about Justin Sun, a controversial figure in crypto.
- In 2020, Ant Group's US IPO was canceled.
- China has launched a number of policies to crack down on its tech industry in recent years.
Slate Books - The Waves: Why Jane Austen Still Slaps
On this week’s episode of The Waves, Slate senior producer Cheyna Roth is joined by culture writer Anna Nordberg to talk all about Jane Austen. The romance novelist may have written her seven books well over a century ago, but as Cheyna and Anna discuss, her work still endures in popular culture. They talk about why Austen’s characters are even more modern than the men and women we see on screen today and why some of the men are kind of meh. Later in the show, they talk about what makes an endearing Jane Austen adaptation, and why Netflix’s Persuasion fails so miserably.
In Slate Plus, are Jane Austen’s proposals feminist?
Recommendations:
Anna: The 1995 Sense and Sensibility adaptation starring Emma Thompson.
Cheyna: The music of Cosmo Jarvis. Plus a dedication to a beloved professor, Dr. Brent Chesley.
Podcast production by Cheyna Roth with editorial oversight by Shannon Palus, Daisy Rosario, and Alicia Montgomery.
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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - How Serena Transcended Tennis
After winning 23 Grand Slam singles titles, four Olympic gold medals, and over $100 million in prize money, this month Serena Williams announced the end of her professional tennis career. While her on-court accomplishments and longevity put her in the sporting pantheon, her cultural impact is just as remarkable.
Guest: Amira Rose Davis, assistant professor of Black studies at the University of Texas Austin and co-host of the feminist sports podcast Burn It All Down.
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