Month: September 2022

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Federalist Radio Hour - Lessons From California And The Slow Fall Of PG&E

On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, Katherine Blunt, author and energy reporter at The Wall Street Journal, joins Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to discuss her new book "California Burning: The Fall of Pacific Gas and Electric– and What It Means For America's Power Grid."

You can find Blunt's book here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/670012/california-burning-by-katherine-blunt/
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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - Strange News: Animal Attacks, Tragic Love with a Hologram, and NASA Plays Pool in Space

Turtles and turkeys attack humans. Kangaroos overrun a small Australian town. A man in Japan loses his hologram wife when a company stops supporting her software. Out in space, NASA's ambitious DART program aims to alter the direction of a near-Earth asteroid. All this and more in this week's Strange News. They don’t want you to read our book. They don’t want you to see us on tour.

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CBS News Roundup - World News Roundup: 09/12

King Charles addresses Parliament as the late Queen's subjects pay tribute. Russian soldiers pushed out of Ukraine. Teenage US Open champ. CBS News Correspondents Vicki Barker in London and Steve Kathan have today's World News Roundup.

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Headlines From The Times - A wildfire with your Airbnb?

A Los Angeles Times analysis found that thousands of short-term Airbnb rentals are in California’s most hazardous fire zones. But the company does not provide warnings or evacuation information to guests when they make a reservations, and some customers say the company’s refund policy adds to the potential dangers.

Today, as climate change threatens so many aspects of our lives, are even our vacations not safe anymore? Read the full transcript here.

Host: Gustavo Arellano

Guests: L.A. Times reporters Ben Poston and Alex Wigglesworth

More reading:

In California’s high-risk fire country, Airbnb offers guests no warning or escape plan

Is your vacation rental in a risky wildfire zone? What you need to know

California fires are burning faster, hotter, more intensely — and getting harder to fight

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The Intelligence from The Economist - Russian rush-out: Ukraine’s stunning gains

Russia has lost in a week what cost it months to gain in eastern Ukraine. We ask what the lightning counter-offensive means for the war. What is more surprising than Mississippi’s capital lacking access to clean drinking water is that millions of other Americans face the same struggle. And the quasi-astrological methods some investors use to predict market movements.

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