What do the hippocampus, homophones, Little Women, worrying and egg hacks have in common? They all star in the 2022 parade of Allusionist bonus bits! This year's guests provide some extra fascinating facts, thoughts and feelings: in order of reappearance, Jing Tsu, Morénike Giwa Onaiwu, Tim Clare, Stephanie Foo, Lewis Raven Wallace, Charlotte Lydia Riley, Hannah McGregor, Kristen Meinzer and Jolenta Greenberg.
Content note: there's an allusion to bawdy talk, one category A swear, discussions of mental health, and a brief reference to parental violence.
Get extra information about the topics in this episode and find the transcript at theallusionist.org/bonus2022. This is the last Allusionist for 2022 but the show will be back mid-January 2023.
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Chris Molanphy is here to document the top 100 Billboard Christmas songs of all time. Jingle bell time, it’s a swell time to count the songs that top charts like an angel on the tree. Plus, the world’s largest cylindrical aquarium bursts in Germany, ushering in a flood of fish focused frippery.
Moen’s latest release shows off her unique combination of genres, borrowing elements from country, soul and some classic rock. Reset checks in with the Chicago singer songwriter.
Assault weapons ban. Red Line extension. A new alderperson. Stricter fines for blocking bike lanes. Crypto controversy. CPD Whistleblower settlement. Reset goes behind the week’s headlines with Chicago Sun-Times chief political reporter Tina Sfondeles, ProPublica Illinois reporter and columnist Mick Dumke and City Cast Chicago host Jacoby Cochran.
The most valuable crypto stories for Friday, Dec. 16, 2022.
"The Hash" team discusses some of the top news stories shaping the crypto markets today. New papers from the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) said that decentralized finance (DeFi) could lead to bumpier financial markets and may not fix problems of large intermediaries dominating. Plus, crypto exchange Gemini is back online after being down for over seven hours due to scheduled maintenance, the firm said.
This episode has been edited by Michele Musso. Our executive producer is Jared Schwartz. Our theme song is “Neon Beach.”
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Three years into the pandemic, the world could be on the cusp of the biggest outbreak yet — in China.
The country had some of the strictest COVID polices anywhere, but in recent weeks has dramatically eased them.
And as China has dropped most testing and quarantine requirements, the virus is spreading largely unchecked. How could that impact China and the world?
NPR China affairs correspondent John Ruwitch, science correspondent Michaeleen Doucleff and chief economics correspondent Scott Horsley take stock of where things may be headed.
Time to hand out some awards! (0:21) Ron Gross, Emily Flippen, and Jason Moser discuss: - The biggest business/investing stories of the year - Who gets their vote for CEO of 2022 - Some of the dumbest investments of the year - How semiconductors and a stock hitting an all-time high flew under Wall Street's radar (19:11) Ron, Emily, and Jason continue our year-in-review special with: - Surprising years from Salesforce, Axon Enterprise, and Campbell Soup - Things they didn't have on their 2022 Bingo Cards - New investing discoveries - Three stocks on their radar: Booz Allen Hamilton, NextEra Energy, and Topgolf Callaway Stocks discussed: TSLA, TXN, ULTA, BBBY, K, CASY, OM, AXON, CPB, CRM, BRK.A, BRK.B, DIS, DOCU, NFLX, BAH, NEE, MODG Host: Chris Hill Guests: Ron Gross, Emily Flippen, Jason Moser Engineer: Rick Engdahl