On this episode of "The Federalist Radio Hour," Federalist Staff Writer Jordan Boyd and Federalist Editorial Director Kylee Griswold debate whether parents should lie to their kids about Santa Claus, and share some of their favorite traditions that make Christmas magical.
Read Jordan's perspective here: https://thefederalist.com/2022/12/08/i-wont-lie-to-my-kids-about-santa-claus/
Read Kylee's perspective here: https://thefederalist.com/2022/12/14/im-glad-my-parents-lied-to-me-about-santa-claus/
Motley Fool Money - Is TikTok Too Big To Ban?
The digital advertising landscape is shifting.
(0:21) Bill Mann discusses: - Google's and Meta Platform's collective share of the digital ad market shrinking - Amazon leading the charge in e-commerce ad players - TikTok's impact on the ad industry and whether it is "unbannable" in the U.S.
(8:50) Alison Southwick and Robert Brokamp analyze the ins-and-outs of buying bonds.
Stocks mentioned: GOOG, GOOGL, META, AMZN, SPG, BND, BLK, IBDN, IBDR
Holiday Music: How Do You Spell Channukkahh? by The LeeVees
Host: Chris Hill Guests: Bill Mann, Robert Brokamp, Alison Southwick Producer: Ricky Mulvey Engineer: Tim Sparks
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This Machine Kills - 218. Ecosystems-as-a-Service (ft. Mél Hogan)
We take a look at the critical ecologies of the cloud with Mél Hogan – Director of the Environmental Media Lab at the University of Calgary – who researches the environmental politics of server farms and data centers. We unpack the ongoing domination of nature by machine and market logics — until there isn’t anything left to dominate.
••• Mel’s twitter: https://twitter.com/mel_hogan
••• Mél’s work: https://www.melhogan.com/
••• Project on art and the cloud https://www.criticalstudiesofthe.cloud/
••• Critical Data Center Studies bibliography: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bnbDNTXlpddbfuShMgRKWvWLFIKUKBchUkluMMOVRkw/edit#heading=h.2bmuylggugur
Stuff we reference:
••• Big data ecologies: Landscapes of political action http://www.ephemerajournal.org/contribution/big-data-ecologies
••• The Nature of Data Centers | special issue of Culture Machine https://culturemachine.net/vol-18-the-nature-of-data-centers/
••• Power, Pollution and the Internet https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/23/technology/data-centers-waste-vast-amounts-of-energy-belying-industry-image.html?pagewanted=all
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CoinDesk Podcast Network - BREAKDOWN: Elon Bans Journalists, Kills Spaces and Asks if He Should Quit
It’s been a tumultuous week for Twitter and Elon Musk.
This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, Circle and Kraken.
On today’s episode, NLW looks at the latest out of Twitter, including a dust-up about location doxxing and the journalists who were suspended as a result, a new policy banning links to external social networks and a poll from Elon Musk asking whether he should step down as CEO.
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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 “Back To The End” by Strength To Last. Image credit: Dan Mullan/Getty Images, modified by CoinDesk. Join the discussion at discord.gg/VrKRrfKCz8.
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Audio Poem of the Day - A Hymn to Childhood
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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - CLASSIC: Unacknowledged: An Interview with Dr. Steven Greer
Every year, thousands of people across the planet report seeing unidentified flying objects -- and thousands more believe world governments keep secret information about these objects hidden from the public eye. Join the guys as they interview the founder of CSETI and The Disclosure Project, Dr. Steven M. Greer, about the future of government secrets, UFOs and disclosure. They don’t want you to read our book.
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Was it just grandstanding, or did the committee make its case for the criminal referrals it made to the Justice Department relating to Donald Trump? And does the final grab-bag spending bill actually have some good stuff in it? Give a listen. Source
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CBS News Roundup - World News Roundup: 12/20
Supreme Court puts a hold on the expiration of Title 42 border restrictions. Recommending charges against Donald Trump. Harvey Weinstein convicted. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has today's World News Roundup.
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The Intelligence from The Economist - Trump card marked: the January 6th investigation
The Congressional committee probing the riot at America’s Capitol recommended that the Justice Department bring four charges against Donald Trump. But the road to indictment and prosecution of the former president is long and winding. The UN’s biodiversity summit ended with a historic but still unsatisfying agreement. And our language columnist presents his choice for word of the year.
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First Things Podcast - Megan Basham on Prodigal Daughter
In this episode, Megan Basham joins the podcast to talk about her article “Prodigal Daughter” from the December issue. They discuss her fruitful encounter with hard truths in college and how those truths are being neglected in Christian Churches today.