The Billy Eichner comedy Bros was undeniably funny, but also a box office failure. Eichner blamed homophobia, but it’s more complicated, Mike argues, but also not terribly more complicated. Of course, depictions of gay sex—some tame, some raunchy—hurt box office. Plus, Michele Tafoya is back to discuss the topics that prompted her to leave Thursday Night Football for her Sideline Sanity podcast and an ambush interview with Dan Le Batard. And also, what drives the world’s biggest A-holes?
DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, is an Obama-era policy that granted protected legal status to undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children. But this week, the 5th Circuit court in New Orleans, La. declared DACA to be illegal.
The court allowed current recipients to reapply, keeping the status of the program unchanged, but the future of it uncertain.
Reset hears from DACA recipients Erendira Rendon, vice president of immigrant justice at The Resurrection Project; and Dulce Dominguez, development director at Alianza Americas.
Pritzker and Bailey faced off on TV, just in time for early voting to begin; several children were among victims of gun violence over the weekend; and the Chicago Red Stars owner is out in the wake of a women’s soccer abuse scandal.
Oh, and Chicago is about to kick off a citywide karaoke contest.
Reset goes behind the headlines on the Weekly News Recap with AXIOS’s Monica Eng, Lynn Sweet of r the Chicago Sun-Times, and the BGA’s David Greising.
Cheating allegations have rocked many worlds over the last few weeks.
Chess, fishing, poker, and even Irish dancing.
These 'sports' cheating scandals have attracted a lot of attention lately.
Maurice Schweitzer is a professor at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.
He studies emotions, trust and ethical decision making and says that our reaction to cheating might tell us something deeper about human nature and why we care about people cheating to get ahead.
The Mayor of New York City declares a state of emergency. Mayor Eric Adams announced Friday that there is a “humanitarian crisis” of asylum seekers in the Big Apple.
Exactly how serious is Russia’s nuclear threat right now? Accoring to President Joe Biden, it’s very serious.
Republican Congressman Jim Jordan of Ohio and Mike Johnson of Louisiana are launching a congressional inquiry into the Justice Department.
Republican Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse is reportedly retiring soon.
The end of cannabis prohibition is long overdue. The Biden administration appears to recognize that, and is making substantial moves to bring that reality closer. Trevor Burrus discusses the importance of each of the President's directives.
Make no mistake, investors, September's jobs report is just one more indication that the Federal Reserve will increase interest rates in November. (0:21) Andy Cross and Jason Moser discuss: - AMD warning about lower revenue - Constellation Brands posting a lost in the 2nd quarter - Apple looking to boost production in India - Macy's gaining inventory insights from its own credit-card data - The latest from McCormick, Peloton, and more (19:11) Malcolm Ethridge, host of "The Tech Money Podcast", weighs in on prospects for more interest rate hikes, expectations for earnings season, why he's watching seasonal hiring, and the S&P 600. (32:45) Jason Moser and Andy Cross discuss the possibility of DraftKings signing an exclusive partnership with ESPN, and share two stocks on their radar: Alphabet and Dream Finders Homes. Stocks mentioned: AMD, NVDA, MKC, STZ, PTON, AAPL, M, TGT, NKE, DKNG, DIS, GOOG, GOOGL, DFH Host: Chris Hill Guests: Andy Cross, Jason Moser, Malcolm Ethridge Engineers: Dan Boyd, Rick Engdahl
Human sexuality comes in many forms, from exclusively heterosexual to exclusively homosexual. But seeing as homosexuality creates apparent reproductive and evolutionary disadvantages, listener Ahmed from Oslo wants to know: why are some people gay?
CrowdScience presenter Caroline Steel examines what science can - and can't - tell us about the role of nature, nurture and evolution in human sexual attraction. She asks a geneticist what we know of the oft-debated 'gay gene', as well as looking into why homosexual men on average have more older brothers than heterosexual men.
Caroline looks into the role of nurture with a developmental psychologist to answer a question from a CrowdScience listener from Myanmar. He wonders if the distant relationship he has with his own father has impacted his own feelings of attraction.
She also learns about research into a group of people in Samoa who may shed light on the benefits of traditionally non-reproductive relationships for communities as a whole.
Presented by Caroline Steel
Produced by Jonathan Blackwell for BBC World Service
Contributors:
Dr. Kevin Mitchell - Associate Professor of Genetics and Neuroscience, Trinity College Dublin
Dr. Malvina Skorska - Postdoctoral Fellow at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto
Prof. Lisa Diamond - Professor of Psychology and Gender Studies, University of Utah
Prof. Paul Vasey - Professor and Research Chair, Department of Psychology, University of Lethbridge
Vaitulia Alatina Ioelu - Chief Executive Officer, Samoa Business Hub
On this crypto recap episode, NLW looks at the latest news including:
Binance Smart Chain exploit
Celsius user data leak
MiCA regulation text finalization
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“The Breakdown” is written, produced by and features Nathaniel Whittemore aka NLW, with editing by Rob Mitchell and research by Scott Hill. Jared Schwartz is our executive producer and our theme music is “Countdown” by Neon Beach. Music behind our sponsors today is “The Now” by Aaron Sprinkle and “The Life We Had” by Moments. Image credit: Boris Zhitkov/Getty Images, modified by CoinDesk. Join the discussion at discord.gg/VrKRrfKCz8.
In this episode, Ephraim Radner joins the podcast to talk about his article “The Last Lambeth Conference” from the October issue. They discuss the tense future of the Anglican Communion after the Lambeth Conference in August 2022.
