Month: November 2022

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More or Less: Behind the Stats - Bonus Episode: Understand the Economy

Tim Harford brings you the first episode of his new podcast, Understand the Economy. If you?ve been missing his dulcet tones, here?s a chance for you to have a preview of Tim Harford?s latest podcast, in which he offers really simple explanations to help make sense of the economy today. If you enjoy it, you can find the rest of the series on BBC Sounds or wherever you get your podcasts.

In this episode, inflation. What is inflation, why does it matter, and is someone to blame if it goes up? Understanding inflation will help you understand why your shopping is getting more and more expensive and why prices rarely seem to go down. Tim Harford explains why the inflation figure you see on the TV might not reflect the price rises you?re experiencing and economic historian Victoria Bateman tells us why having a boat load of silver coins isn?t always a good thing.

Everything you need to know about the economy and what it means for you. This podcast will cut through the jargon to bring you clarity and ensure you finally understand all those complicated terms and phrases you hear on the news. Inflation, GDP, Interest rates, and bonds, Tim Harford and friends explain them all. We?ll ensure you understand what?s going on today, why your shopping is getting more expensive or why your pay doesn?t cover your bills. We?ll also bring you surprising histories, from the war hungry Kings who have shaped how things are counted today to the greedy merchants flooding Spain with Silver coins. So if your eyes usually glaze over when someone says ?cutting taxes stimulates growth?, fear no more, we?ve got you covered.

Producer: Phoebe Keane

Researcher: Drew Hyndman

Editor: Clare Fordham

Find all the episodes here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001dwr7

A BBC Long Form Audio Production for BBC Radio 4

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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - Strange News: Mysterious Ghosts on Camera, Kanye, the National Park Service Begs You To Stop Licking Toads

An indoor security camera captures a strange, disturbing image. The owners of the "White Lives Matter" offer to sell the trademark for a billion dollars. And, with what appears to be absolute sincerity, the good folks at the US National Parks Service are begging locals to stop licking toads for a hallucinogenic experience. All this and more in this week's Strange News. They don’t want you to read our book.

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Headlines From The Times - How to end political violence

Political violence has been a part of this country since its founding. But right now, many people feel it’s a disturbing trend on a sharp and dangerous upswing. Such acts of political violence started ramping up long before the midterm elections. And the people who study it are worried.

Read the full transcript here.

Host: Gustavo Arellano

Guests: L.A. Times national politics reporter Melanie Mason

More reading:

‘We are a tinderbox’: Political violence is ramping up, experts warn

Read our full coverage of the violent attack on Paul Pelosi

Rep. Steve Scalise and three others shot on a Virginia baseball field in apparent act of political violence

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CBS News Roundup - World News Roundup: 11/14

President Biden meets China's president in Indonesia. Deadly shooting at the University of Virginia. Ukraine's president joins celebrations in Kherson. CBS News Correspondents Steven Portnoy and Cami McCormick have today's World News Roundup.

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The Intelligence from The Economist - Bolt from the blue: Democrats hold the Senate

America’s upper legislative chamber remains in Democrats’ hands; they may even expand their majority. We explain what that means for the Biden administration, and why Democrats outperformed expectations. President Biden’s biggest foreign-policy headaches involve China; we ask what to expect from his first in-person meeting with President Xi Jinping. And we introduce our new China-focused podcast, “Drum Tower.” For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer
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Start the Week - Perfect skin

In art the Greek and Roman body is often portrayed as one of perfection – flawlessly cast in bronze and white marble. But the classicist Caroline Vout tells Adam Rutherford that the reality was very different. In her new book, Exposed: The Greek and Roman Body, she reveals all the imperfections and anxieties, and makes visible those who were regarded at the time as far from perfect – women and servants.

The curator and art historian Katy Hessel is also challenging the accepted history in her work, The Story of Art Without Men. She shines a light on women artists, from Sofonisba Anguissola of the Renaissance, to the radical Harriet Power in 19th century America, and the women artists working all over the world in the 21st century.

Throughout history the human skin has also been a canvas: permanent markings were discovered on bodies from as early as 5000 BCE. In Painted People: Humanity in 21 Tattoos, Matt Lodder reveals the often hidden artworks – and the people who wore them – to explore a changing world.

Producer: Katy Hickman

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The Best One Yet - 🥨 “A Pod About Nothing” — Netflix’s Seinfeld strategy. Climate’s North vs South. ButcherBox’s bootstrapped brisket.

Season 5 of The Crown is getting all the buzz, but Netflix’s strategy is all about comedy series. The COP27 Climate Summit gave us a new financial framework to fix Climate Change: Northern Debt paying for Southern Credit. And ButcherBox does $600M in sales delivering meat to your door, because its business is as lean as prosciutto.  $NFLX $PEP 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.
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The Daily Detail - The Daily Detail for 11.14.22

Alabama

  • A week of cold weather for Alabama
  • Suspect is in custody following fatal shooting at Dothan Peanut festival parade
  • A bridge replacement project begins today in Macon County
  • Authorities in Decatur on the lookout for 2 escaped inmates from TN
  • Two Montgomery schools to be renamed from Confederate leaders

National

  • 6 fatalities reported in TX after air show collision of 2 antique planes
  • Dallas county poll workers claim poll pads jumped in votes, post video
  • Democrats in congress plan to raise debt ceiling this week
  • Harvard law professor calls on SCOTUS to find the Dobbs draft leaker
  • Disney announces upcoming layoffs after bad earnings report last week