Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - CLASSIC: What happened to Elisa Lam?

In 2013, Canadian college student Elisa Lam disappeared while on a solo trip through California. For weeks law enforcement was at a loss to explain the disappearance -- until, that is, a maintenance worker at the Cecil Hotel discovered her body in a water tank. And with that, what should have been the end of a tragic tale instead became the prologue to a mystery that, according to many, remains unsolved in the present day: What happened to Elisa Lam?. They don’t want you to read our book.

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The Commentary Magazine Podcast - The Reckoning Is Coming, As It Must

Today's podcast examines the devastatingly bad findings of the latest educational assessment of American schoolchildren—and how they show the need for a true reckoning on the costs of the COVID regimes put in place in March 2020 and then kept in place even as the scientific facts made it clear they were unnecessary and injurious. Give a listen.

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Headlines From The Times - The fight over Squaw Valley’s name

Governor Gavin Newsom signed a new law last month to remove the word ‘Squaw’ from nearly 100 landmarks and place names across California. Native Americans and others are celebrating the new law because they find the term 'Squaw' offensive. But in Squaw Valley, an unincorporated area outside of Fresno, some residents want to keep the name. And Fresno County Supervisor Nathan Magsig is siding with them.  Read the transcript here.

Host: Gustavo Arellano

Guests: L.A. Times reporter Lila Seidman

More reading: New law will remove the word ‘squaw’ from California place names

Native Americans want to ditch the name Squaw Valley. A county supervisor says context matters

Retiring its racist name, historic Squaw Valley resort will become Palisades Tahoe

The Intelligence from The Economist - Number three for Xi: power in China

Xi Jinping won a third term as general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party. Our correspondent explains how the recent party congress solidified Xi’s grip on power. With record numbers of people showing up, America’s southern border is a political and actual problem for the Biden administration. And why FIFA and EA Sports have parted ways after 30 years.

Take This Pod and Shove It - Country Music Goes To Hell w/ Bailey Norton

In honor of the spooOOoOoOOky season, we put together another themed playlist—this time full of country songs about Satan, Hell, and devil-adjacent stuff! We've got near hymns, boot-stompin' tall tales, and loads of eerie Southern Gothic tunes for you. Listen to our new playlist RIGHT HERE!

On this episode we are joined by the hilarious Bailey Norton (@baileyenorton, Permanent Vacation show, Hot Topic podcast) to discuss the Devil and all of his works. We chat with Bailey about our favorite songs on our Hell playlist, growing up in the Ozarks, and we even tell a few scary stories.

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