Month: January 2023

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Everything Everywhere Daily - The Purchase of Alaska (Encore)

In 1867, United States Secretary of State William Seward signed a treaty with the Empire of Russia to purchase the territory of what would be called Alaska.

The United States purchased it for 2 cents an acre. 

At the time, it was called one of the worst deals in American History. Today, it is considered the greatest bargain of all time.

Learn more about the purchase of Alaska on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. 


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NBN Book of the Day - Justin Gregg, “If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal: What Animal Intelligence Reveals About Human Stupidity” (Little, Brown, 2022)

What if human intelligence is actually more of a liability than a gift? After all, the animal kingdom, in all its diversity, gets by just fine without it. At first glance, human history is full of remarkable feats of intelligence, yet human exceptionalism can be a double-edged sword. With our unique cognitive prowess comes severe consequences, including existential angst, violence, discrimination, and the creation of a world teetering towards climate catastrophe. What if human exceptionalism is more of a curse than a blessing?

As Dr. Justin Gregg puts it in his book If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal: What Animal Intelligence Reveals About Human Stupidity (Little, Brown (US), 2022, Hodder (UK), 2023), there’s an evolutionary reason why human intelligence isn’t more prevalent in the animal kingdom. Simply put, non-human animals don’t need it to be successful. And, miraculously, their success arrives without the added baggage of destroying themselves and the planet in the process.

In seven mind-bending and hilarious chapters, Dr. Gregg highlights features seemingly unique to humans – our use of language, our rationality, our moral systems, our so-called sophisticated consciousness – and compares them to our animal brethren. What emerges is both demystifying and remarkable, and will change how you look at animals, humans, and the meaning of life itself.

This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose doctoral work focused on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars.

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New Books in Native American Studies - Seeing Truth in Museums

Feeling down about museums? We have so many reasons to, but Chris Newell, Tribal Community Member-in-Residence at UConn and Director of Education at the Akomawt Educational Initiative, gives a dose of optimism about the future of museums.

Learn more about the Seeing Truth exhibition at our website.

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Alexis L. Boylan is the director of academic affairs of the University of Connecticut Humanities Institute (UCHI) and an associate professor with a joint appointment in the Art and Art History Department and the Africana Studies Institute

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What A Day - Tanks Giving

After weeks of pressure, President Biden announced he would send Ukraine M1 Abrams tanks. The decision clears the way for Germany to send over a dozen of their own tanks to help Ukraine defend itself against Russian forces.

In an interview with the Associated Press, Pope Francis called laws that criminalize homosexuality “unjust.” It’s the latest statement he's made in support of the LGBTQ+ community — though he maintained the Catholic Church’s view that being gay or lesbian is a sin.

And in headlines: India forced Twitter and Youtube to take down a documentary critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Meta announced that it will reinstate Donald Trump's Facebook account, and Justin Bieber sold his share of the rights to his music catalog for $200 million.

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The NewsWorthy - Preventing Mass Shootings, Trump Reinstated & “Delvey’s Dinner Club” – Thursday, January 26, 2023

The news to know for Thursday, January 26, 2023!

We'll tell you about America's new, strong commitment to Ukraine: what President Biden just promised.

Also, a new report from the Secret Service outlines what the U.S. needs to do to prevent the next mass shooting. 

Plus, the government is warning about a popular Spring Break destination, President Trump is allowed back on Facebook and Instagram, and the real-life Anna from 'Inventing Anna' is getting a reality show.

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 | Bill Donohue Previews New Documentary That Exposes Disney’s Pro-Sexualization, Anti-Nuclear Family Agenda

The magic of Disney is fading, according to the president of the Catholic League.


Disney has adopted a woke “idea of diversity, which sounds innocuous on the face of it, [but] is really an agenda to divide people,” Bill Donohue says. “And that's what they're doing. They're dividing people on the basis of family, on the basis of race, on the basis of sex, sexual orientation.” 


Donohue joins "The Daily Signal Podcast" to discuss his group's new documentary, "Walt's Disenchanted Kingdom." The film shines a light on how Disney has drifted from its pro-family roots to become a poster child for an agenda that puts radical political ideology before the innocence of children. 


Watch the film here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5kj_5Lx9Ho


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Tech Won't Save Us - Will AR Glasses Die Like Google Glass? w/ Quinn Myers

Paris Marx is joined by Quinn Myers to discuss the launch of Google Glass, why the product failed so badly, and what lessons we can learn from it as tech companies make another push for AR glasses.

Quinn Myers is the author of Google Glass and a freelance writer who used to write for MEL. You can follow him on Twitter at @quinmyers.

Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Follow the podcast (@techwontsaveus) and host Paris Marx (@parismarx) on Twitter, and support the show on Patreon.

The podcast is produced by Eric Wickham and part of the Harbinger Media Network.

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  • Please participate in our listener survey this month to give us a better idea of what you think of the show: https://forms.gle/xayiT7DQJn56p62x7
  • Apple is planning to release a mixed-reality headset, but its AR glasses have reported been delayed due to ongoing technical issues.
  • Mark Zuckerberg said you’ll be able to text people during a meeting on your glasses.
  • Google released a video called “One Day” that vastly overpromised what Glass would deliver.
  • Sergey Brin’s affair with an employee working on Glass was revealed in 2013.
  • After 8 years, the “Twitter tax cut” finally ended in 2019.
  • Residents protested against Google’s use of public bus stops in San Francisco.
  • The PRISM revelations showed the NSA had access to tech company servers.
  • The Daily Show skewered Google Glass in a 2014 segment.

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Slate Books - The Waves: How a Man Writes Women Protagonists

On this week’s episode of The Waves, Slate senior producer Cheyna Roth is joined by author and Slate editor Dan Kois to talk about men writing women. Dan’s new book, Vintage Contemporaries, is the coming of age story of Em and the two women who had a meaningful impact on her life. Dan and Cheyna talk about how Dan wrote true to life female characters without falling into the #menwritewomen trap, why he told a story with female characters, and how to navigate the tricky world of writing characters of the opposite sex.


In Slate Plus, how the HarperCollins strike is impacting women.


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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - Election Deniers Shot at Her

A newfound commitment to never accepting election results you don’t like is taken to the extreme in New Mexico, where a string of shootings targeting elected officials led to 12 bullet holes in a state senator’s Albuquerque home.


Guest: Linda Lopez, state senator in New Mexico’s Bernalillo County.


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