Month: December 2022

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The NewsWorthy - Inflation Slowdown, Cancer Vaccine & Instagram’s Twitter- Wednesday, December 14, 2022

The news to know for Wednesday, December 14, 2022!

We'll tell you what's considered an encouraging sign for inflation and how it could impact a decision from the Federal Reserve today.

Also, a huge fire at a police warehouse has damaged evidence, possibly hindering several cold cases in New York City.

Plus, a new type of cancer vaccine is showing promise, a Twitter-like feature is coming to Instagram, and more dads are choosing to stay home with the kids. 

Those stories and more news to know in around 10 minutes!

Head to www.theNewsWorthy.com/shownotes for sources and to read more about any of the stories mentioned today.

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The Daily Signal - INTERVIEW | Tyler O’Neil on Lesson Biden Administration Should Take From Sam Brinton Fiasco

LGBT activist and Biden administration official Sam Brinton no longer is an employee of the Energy Department. The news came Monday after Brinton, who identifies as nonbinary and gender-fluid, was accused in recent days of stealing two suitcases—one each from airports in Las Vegas and Minneapolis-St. Paul. 


It wasn't clear whether Brinton, 35, was fired or resigned from his position in the Biden administration, where he was deputy assistant Energy Department secretary for the Office of Spent Fuel and Waste Disposition. 



Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., had tweeted Friday: “Sam Brinton, let's call it what it is: a person clearly unfit for a high-level national security role was hired because the [Biden] Admin prioritizes wokeness over competence.” 


Tyler O’Neil, managing editor of The Daily Signal, joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss Brinton’s departure from the Energy Department and why the Biden administration should prioritize employees' competence over their sexual identities. 


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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - Inside the Right-Wing Judicial Machine

Since its founding in the 1980s, the Federalist Society has been advancing right-wing judges through the American judicial system. One of their most ardent critics called up a member to talk about how.


Guest: Mark Joseph Stern, Slate senior writer.


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What Could Go Right? - Misinformation, Climate Momentum, and Negative Headlines with Bina Venkataraman

Is there a shift in momentum around the climate crisis? Will we ever hit our environmental goals? How has gatekeeping and bias informed our news? Plus, we talk with Editor-at-Large for The Boston Globe and former Senior Advisor for Climate Change Innovation in the Obama White House, Bina Venkataraman.

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Short Wave - From Scientific Exile To Gene Editing Pioneer

Gene editing was a new idea in the mid-1970s. So when Harvard and MIT planned new research in recombinant DNA, alarm bells went off. "People were worried about a 'Frankengene,'" says Lydia Villa-Komaroff, then a freshly minted PhD. Amidst a political circus, the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts banned research into recombinant DNA, forcing scientists like Villa-Komaroff into exile. But that turned out to be just the prelude to a breakthrough. In this episode, Dr. Villa-Komaroff tells Emily Kwong the story of overcoming the skeptics and coaxing bacteria into producing insulin for humans.

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NPR's Book of the Day - ‘The Black Family’s Guide to College Admissions’ traces the path to higher education

Timothy Fields and Shereem Herndon-Brown are college admissions experts, so they know how confusing and overwhelming the higher education system can be. That's especially true for Black students, which is why their new book offers a guide for how to think about application timelines, exposure to schools, and financial aid opportunities. In this episode, they explain to Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd why there are specific challenges pertaining to Black students, and why it's important for everyone – parents, guidance counselors, high schoolers – to be better informed about the process.
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Amarica's Constitution - Mr. Amar Goes to Washington – the Moore v. Harper Oral Argument

After a year of lead-up, Moore vs. Harper has landed at the Supreme Court for oral argument.  Akhil and Andy travel to Washington and attend the three hours of argument in the Chamber.  We play clips and analyze them - the words, the logic, the briefs, the lawyers, the justices, the clerks, the legal world, as America holds its collective breath while democracy itself hangs in the balance.  This is the place for the most nuanced and informed analysis of the positions.  We also post relevant documents at akhilamar.com/podcast-2, for your “one stop shopping” whether you are a concerned citizen, a member of the media, or even a Supreme Court clerk or justice.

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It Could Happen Here - The Tenacious Unicorn Ranch: How to Build a Haven, Part 2: The Sentinel

James and Gare look into the causes of the siege and the solidarity and support that people around the world showed to the ranch.

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Hayek Program Podcast - In Search of Monsters to Destroy — Peter Boettke & Chris Coyne

On this episode of the Hayek Program Podcast, Peter Boettke & Chris Coyne discuss Coyne's latest book, In Search of Monsters to Destroy. After 9/11, the United States tried to establish liberal political regimes in the Middle East and in the mountains of Afghanistan—but the effort, according to Coyne, was doomed to fail as illiberal means can lead only to illiberal ends. Boettke & Coyne discuss the ways in which these illiberal means have failed to produce a liberal empire and examine whether interventionist methods ever have a place in foreign policy. Additionally, Coyne reveals his picks for those who have best upheld liberal traditions in foreign policy as well as those who ultimately disappointed in their interventionist views.

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