Month: September 2022

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NBN Book of the Day - 4.1 “Sometimes I’m just a little disappointed in English”

A novelist, a translator and a theorist of translation walk into a Zoom Room......Alejandro Zambra, Megan McDowell, and Kate Briggs provide the perfect start to Season 4 of Novel Dialogue. Our first themed season is devoted to translation in all its forms: into and out of English and also in, around, and over the borders between criticism and fiction. We talk to working translators, novelists who write in multiple languages, and we even time travel to discover older novels made new again in translation. How perfect then to begin with Kate, whose 2017 This Little Art is filled with translational brainteasers: how do I translate characters speaking French in a German novel? what does it mean that “A translation becomes a translation only when somebody declares it to be one”?

In this episode, Alejandro and Megan discuss their working relationship and share both Spanish and English passages from Alejandro’s most recent novel, Chilean Poet. There follows a dazzling discussion of poetry within novels, of struggling to be “reborn” as you learn a second language “as something that no longer goes without saying.” Alejandro proposes that to speak Spanish itself, (except “bestseller Spanish”) is already to pivot between the language as it’s spoken differently in different countries. Finally, the new ND “signature question” engenders a cheerful tirade from Megan that brings the conversation to a delightfully feisty conclusion.

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The Goods from the Woods - Episode #345 – “Short King of Kings” with Anna Valenzuela & Joe Kaye

In this episode, Rivers is celebrating his 10th L.A. anniversary with some of his favorite people in the world: comedians Anna Valenzuela, Joe Kaye, and, of course, "America's Next Door Neighbor" Sam Harter! This one is absolutely wild. We talk about our current favorite crazy social media influencers, a scam involving a made-up kingdom in Antarctica, and some of the world's weirdest and wildest local festivals and competitions. We got hair freezin', baby jumpin', cheese rollin', and dancing with the fishes. Luke Combs' "When it Rains, It Pours" is our JAM OF THE WEEK! Put a big dumb grin on your face now and tune in!  Follow Anna Valenzuela on social media @AnnaVisFun.  Follow Joe Kaye on social media @JoeCharlesKaye.  Follow the show on Twitter @TheGoodsPod.  Rivers is @RiversLangley  Sam is @SlamHarter  Carter is @Carter_Glascock Subscribe on Patreon for HOURS of bonus content! http://patreon.com/TheGoodsPod Pick up a Goods from the Woods t-shirt at: http://prowrestlingtees.com/TheGoodsPod

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Ologies with Alie Ward - Oreamnology (MOUNTAIN GOATS ARE NOT GOATS) with Julie Cunningham

Mountain goats are not goats. And there’s only one living species, Oreamnos americanus. WHAT?? Montana-based wildlife biologist and Oreamnologist Julie Cunningham counts mountain goats from helicopters, traps and tests them for science, and spends even her off days searching for them on mountaintops. We cover their population, sensual mating habits, the feel of their wool, pungent goatwhiff, tips for hikers and how these animals defy gravity scaling near-vertical cliffs. Oh also, why your favorite trail might be delicious. 

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What A Day - Welcome To The Hot Hell California

As millions of Californians were trying to stay cool amid a scorching heat wave on Tuesday, overwhelming demand for electricity nearly forced the state to impose rolling blackouts. Katherine Blunt, who covers renewable energy and utilities for the Wall Street Journal, explains why California was so close to the brink.

And in headlines: Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey secured the Democratic nomination for governor, Steve Bannon is expected to surrender to New York State prosecutors today, and Kim Kardashian is launching a private equity firm.

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The Daily Signal - INTERVIEW | Katie Tubb on Why California’s Energy Grid is a Mess and How to Fix It

As California continues to push for so-called green energy policies, its energy grid is suffering. 

Residents of the Golden State have been forced to deal with rolling blackouts on top of skyrocketing energy prices. But how much of this energy crisis may be laid at the feet of California's government, and how much is out of the state's control?

Katie Tubb, a research fellow at the Center for Energy, Climate, and Environment at The Heritage Foundation, joins "The Daily Signal Podcast" to discuss the biggest energy issues facing California residents—and what can be done to fix them. 


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Tech Won't Save Us - Surveillance Won’t Protect Students w/ Chris Gilliard

Paris Marx is joined by Chris Gilliard to discuss the push to expand surveillance technologies in schools during the pandemic and in response to school shootings, and why they’re making life worse for students without addressing the problems they claim to solve.

Chris Gilliard is Just Tech Fellow at the Social Science Research Council at a recurring columnist at Wired. Follow Chris on Twitter at @hypervisible.

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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  • Chris recently wrote about why school surveillance won’t protect kids from shootings.
  • Chris and David Golumbia wrote about luxury surveillance for Real Life.
  • Pia Ceres wrote about how students’ school devices are still tracking what they do on them.
  • Amazon is launching a new show called “Ring Nation” to make Ring surveillance videos seem less invasive.
  • Studies by the Center for Democracy and Technology have found negative effects from surveillance on student expression and increasing their contact with police.
  • After nine members of Axon’s AI ethics board resigned, plans for a taser drone in schools seem to still be inching forward.
  • Todd Feathers reported on how school monitoring tools could flag searches for sexual and reproductive health resources.
  • Pasco County in Florida deployed a predictive policing system targeting children. 
  • Some books mentioned: David Noble Progress Without People and Forces of Production, and Dan Greene wrote The Promise of Access: Technology, Inequality, and the Political Economy of Hope.

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Slate Books - The Waves: The Undying Appeal of Very Sexy Trash

On this week’s episode of The Waves, erotic thrillers are making a comeback and The Waves is ready to dig into it. Freelance podcaster and writer, Nichole Perkins is joined by Slate features editor Jeffrey Bloomer to talk about why they love these movies, while also acknowledging the many flaws they contain. Then, Nichole and Jeffrey talk about what they want to see change and evolve as we enter into a new era of erotic thrillers. 


In Slate Plus, is taking your partner’s last name feminist? 

 

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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - The DeSantis Ally on the School Board

Under Governor Ron DeSantis, the Parental Rights in Education Act—what critics call the “Don’t Say Gay” bill—and “curriculum transparency” laws are going into effect in Florida schools. Supporters say the laws are there to protect students and keep them from being “indoctrinated.” But the state now faces a “critical teacher shortage” and teachers are pointing to state intervention as a reason for low morale.  


Guest: Bridget Ziegler, Sarasota County school board member and co-founder of Moms for Liberty.


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Curious City - Chicago teens went to dance and find connection at Medusa’s

Medusa’s was “like a community center for weirdos and freaks and everybody else in between,” say some Chicagoans who went there as teens in the 1980s and ’90s. In this week’s episode Axios Chicago reporter Monica Eng finds out how the club got started, what it was like to hang out there and why, despite its popularity, it closed its doors in 1992.
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The Disconnect: Power, Politics and the Texas Blackout - The Midnight Connection

We’ve already learned how Texas (or at least most of it) is an energy island — mostly cut off from grids in other states.

In this episode, we’ll hear about the time when one power company went rogue and threw a transmission line across the Oklahoma border.

This is the story of why they tried and how they failed to build a bridge off the island — and how it shaped the Texas grid today.