Month: September 2022

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What A Day - A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Fraud

New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a $250 million lawsuit against former President Donald Trump and his three adult children, accusing them of "persistent and repeated" business fraud. Rolling Stone politics reporter Nikki McCann Ramirez joins us to discuss the case and what's at stake for the Trumps.

Russian president Vladimir Putin declared a “partial” military mobilization to shore up forces in Ukraine. It was the first such move since World War II, and was met with rare protests.

And in headlines: demonstrations in Iran continued over a woman who died in police custody, the Federal Reserve raised interest rates again, and a former Minneapolis police officer was sentenced to three years in prison for his role in the murder of George Floyd.

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The NewsWorthy - Escalating Threats, Fed Hikes Rates & First Day of Fall – Thursday, September 22nd, 2022

The news to know for Thursday, September 22nd, 2022!

We’ll tell you about an escalation of Russia’s war in Ukraine as Presidents Putin, Biden and Zelensky make impactful speeches on the same day.

Also, what to know about a rare, bipartisan climate agreement, and there are new fraud accusations against former President Trump and his adult children.

Plus, the Fed’s latest rate-hike, a weird but dangerous TikTok video that’s gained traction, and it’s the first day of fall... 

Those stories and more in around 10 minutes!

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The Daily Signal - INTERVIEW | Jorge Martinez on What Conservative Latinos Really Care About | Sept. 22

Latinos are becoming an increasingly important part of building a coalition. Shifts in allegiance in places like the Rio Grande Valley of Texas indicate that they aren't a group that has become totally beholden to the Left.


The question is, how do conservatives best court Latinos, and what is the voting bloc most concerned with?


Jorge Martinez, spokesperson and director of coalitions for The LIBRE Initiative, says that Latinos are concerned about many of the same things as most other Americans.


"The message doesn't change [for Latinos]," he said. "It's the messages of freedom, of family, and values of life, and God. And so, that is a message that is the same."


Martinez joins the show to discuss how conservatives can keep Latinos in their coalition.


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Tech Won't Save Us - Science Fiction As Tech Criticism w/ Brian Merchant and Claire Evans

Paris Marx is joined by Brian Merchant and Claire Evans to discuss their new science fiction anthology, how it uses the genre to critically interrogate the technologies being rolled out around us, and how it pushes back on the desire of tech billionaires to use science fiction to get the public to buy into their corporate futures.

Brian Merchant is a tech journalist and author of The One Device: The Secret History of the iPhone. Claire L. Evans is the author of Broad Band: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the Internet and singer of the Grammy-nominated pop group YACHT. They are the cofounders of Terraform at VICE's Motherboard and the co-editors of Terraform: Watch/Worlds/Burn.  Follow Brian on Twitter at @bcmerchant and follow Claire at @TheUniverse.

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.

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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - Puerto Rico Without Power, Again

When Hurricane Maria hit in 2017, it destroyed Puerto Rico’s power grid, leaving vast swathes of the island in the dark and claiming almost 3,000 lives. $9.5 billion was set aside to rejuvenate the island’s power grid and the government-run utility company was taken over by a private one. But five years later, before Hurricane Fiona even hit, the island lost electricity. How could this happen—again? 


Guest: Gloria Gonzalez is the Deputy Energy Editor at POLITICO



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NPR's Book of the Day - ‘Daughter of Auschwitz’ tells the harrowing story of a child Holocaust survivor

Tova Friedman says she's telling her story of having survived the Holocaust in her memoir, Daughter of Auschwitz, to honor the victims' memories. In a profound conversation with Scott Simon, she recalls her childhood – from her tiny apartment in the Jewish ghetto to the crematorium in the concentration camp – and grapples with how such atrocities could have even happened.
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Short Wave - Working With Tribes To Co-Steward National Parks

In the final episode of Short Wave's Summer Road Trip series exploring the science happening in national parks and public lands, Aaron talks to National Park Service Director Charles Sams, who recently issued new policy guidance to strengthen the ways the park service collaborates with American Indian and Alaska Native Tribes, the Native Hawaiian Community, and other indigenous peoples. It's part of a push across the federal government to increase the level of tribal co-stewardship over public lands. Aaron talks with Sams, the first Tribal citizen to head the agency, about how he hopes this will change the way parks are managed, how the parks are already incorporating Traditional Ecological Knowledge, and what national parkland meant to him growing up as a member of the Cayuse and Walla Walla tribes on the Umatilla Indian Reservation in eastern Oregon.

Listen to more episodes about all the amazing research taking place on public lands, where we hike up sky islands and crawl into caves in search of fantastical creatures, by visiting the series website: https://www.npr.org/series/1120432990/road-trip-short-wave

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It Could Happen Here - Assassination Week #4: How a Moonie Victim Killed Shinzo Abe

Mia talks with Alisa Mahjoub, a former member of the Unification Church, about the Moonies and the man who killed Shinzo Abe.

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Planet Money - The Midnight Connection

Texas's energy grid is largely disconnected from the rest of the U.S. That led to disastrous consequences last year when the state's grid was overloaded during a winter storm. Back in the 1970s, one company attempted to change the system in a secret, middle-of-the-night operation.
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Focus on Africa - Regional concerns in the spotlight at UN General Assembly

Presidents Paul Kagame of Rwanda and Buhari of Nigeria raise regional concerns and global fears at the United Nations General Assembly.

Also, massive floods across most of Nigeria.  In one town at least 500 graves and crops have been washed away.

Plus, Somali special forces - along with an armed local group - have reclaimed large swathes of territory from Al Shabaab.

And Zambia's President Hichilima on his first year in office.

More on those stories in this podcast presented by Audrey Brown.