Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - ShotSpotter: Part One

ShotSpotter is a private company leveraging audio technology and proprietary algorithms to locate gunfire with an incredibly high degree of accuracy. It's currently deployed across hundreds of square miles of the US -- many proponents argue it saves lives, but critics allege it has some serious problems... including corruption and conspiracy. In the first part of this two-part series, the guys explore the fact, fiction and controversy surrounding automated gunshot detection systems. They don’t want you to read our book.

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Federalist Radio Hour - Mollie Hemingway And Chris Bedford On Key Races And Bad Polling

On this episode of "The Federalist Radio Hour," Federalist Editor-in-Chief Mollie Hemingway and Common Sense Society Editor Christopher Bedford join Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to preview key races in the upcoming midterm elections, discuss Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's decision to pull spending in battleground states, and lament bad polling.

Headlines From The Times - Our Masters of Disasters know it’s windy

Who doesn’t like a nice breeze? A gorgeous zephyr? But the bad winds: They’re bad. And in Southern California right now, we’re going through some of the most notorious, bad winds of them all: the Santa Anas.

Today, our Masters of Disasters talk about the howling devil winds in honor of the spooky season. Read the full transcript here.

Host: Gustavo Arellano

Guests: L.A. Times earthquake reporter Ron Lin, L.A. Times coastal reporter Rosanna Xia, and L.A. Times energy reporter Sammy Roth

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CBS News Roundup - World News Roundup: 10/28

Elon Musk has reportedly closed his deal to buy Twitter. Eight Oklahoma fire deaths investigated as homicide. Saving the Mississippi. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has today's World News Roundup.

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Time To Say Goodbye - Listener Qs: Affirmative Action, “Better Call Saul,” & TTSG nostalgia

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Hello from Tammy’s mysterious trip to Korea! 

In this bonus ep, we answer questions from our beloved subscribers. Thank you for getting us to ponder:  

* The political dimensions of K-12 school lotteries

* A post-affirmative action world

* Midterm election hotspots (plus: the effects of labor power and anti-Asian sentiment) 

* What Tammy and Jay have learned from ea…

The Intelligence from The Economist - Elon-gate: the Musk-Twitter story

After months of wrangling, Elon Musk completed his deal to buy Twitter, and immediately sacked several top executives. We ask what’s next for the platform and its users. Organised crime is damaging South Africa’s economy. And our obituaries editor looks back at one of the 20th century’s most daring heists. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer

The Best One Yet - 🚰 “Elon’s 1st Day” — Twitter’s Musk era begins. Meta’s worst day. Coke’s perfect can.

Elon’s Twitter acquisition closes today, so he showed up at Twitter’s Headquarters… holding a kitchen sink (literally). Coca-Cola just unveiled its #1 priority for 2023: Perfect the can. And Facebook-parent Meta just lost $80B of value in 24 hours because Mark Zuckerberg is CEO, B!#$%. $TWTR $KO $META Follow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypod And now watch us on Youtube Want a Shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form Got the Best Fact Yet? We got a form for that too Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.