Month: January 2023

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What A Day - All That Glitters Isn’t Globe

The first federal death penalty trial under the Biden administration began in New York on Monday against Sayfullo Saipov. Saipov faces murder and terrorism charges for allegedly using a rented truck to kill eight people on a bike path in 2017.

The Golden Globes makes its return to TV tonight after a year off the air. The organization behind the annual awards ceremony faced sharp criticism in 2021, after an investigation revealed it had no Black members, along with numerous instances of ethical misconduct. Jacqueline Coley, the Awards Editor for Rotten Tomatoes, tells us how Hollywood is responding to the comeback. 

And in headlines: the Georgia special grand jury looking into whether former President Trump and his allies interfered in the 2020 election completed its investigation, Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin was released from the hospital, and the TSA said a woman tried to bring a 4-foot boa constrictor onto a plane in Tampa.

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The Goods from the Woods - Episode #361 – “The Custard Boys” with James Fritz

In this episode, The Goods from the Woods Boys are all back together at Disgraceland Studios hangin' out with our good apl, comedian James Fritz. We start this one off by sampling the Stacker 2 Energy Drink and Rivers lays out the insane story of the Stacker 2 brand from its origins in the late 90s/early 2000s and its VERY strange former owner with a history of criminal exploits and a trail of dead in his wake. We also talk about George Santos, a man recently elected to Congress representing the 3rd Distric of New York and misrepresenting almost every single element of his life. We got Stephen King adaptations, delicious pie, and hilarious Twitter accounts in the "Top 3" section this week and country megastar Trace Adkins in the JAM OF THE WEEK! Tell everyone you know to tune in!  Follow James on all forms of social media @FritzIsDead.  Follow the show on Twitter @TheGoodsPod.  Rivers is @RiversLangley  Sam is @SlamHarter  Carter is @Carter_Glascock Subscribe on Patreon for HOURS of bonus content! http://patreon.com/TheGoodsPod Pick up a Goods from the Woods t-shirt at: http://prowrestlingtees.com/TheGoodsPod

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The Daily Signal - INTERVIEW | Mateo Haydar on What to Know About Biden’s Trip to Mexico

President Joe Biden traveled to Mexico on Sunday night and spent Monday meeting with Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. On Tuesday, Biden will attend the summit of North American leaders with Obrador and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. 


Why do these meetings matter, and what will the leaders discuss? Mateo Haydar, a research assistant on Latin America in the Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies at The Heritage Foundation, says the immigration crisis and "record numbers of fentanyl deaths" will likely be front and center in the conversations among the leaders. (The Daily Signal is the news outlet of The Heritage Foundation.)


Haydar joins "The Daily Signal Podcast" to explain three of the biggest issues Biden should address with Mexico's Lopez Obrador and to offer his analysis of the likely results of the meetings.


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Slate Books - How To!: A Savage Order: How the World’s Deadliest Countries Can Forge a Path to Security

It’s been two years since the January 6th riot at the US Capitol in Washington DC. Over 900 people have been criminally charged, but political violence continues to be a threat. Well, here at How To!, we are not content to just marinate in fear and blame so we’re dedicating two episodes to see how we can prevent more tragedies like January 6. In our first episode, we bring on Dr. Rachel Kleinfeld, senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace where she focuses on the intersection of democracy and security. She explains how the US has gotten to this point, how we should productively grapple with January 6, and why we’re not as close to the brink of civil war as it may seem. Next week, we’ll hear from Curtis Toler, a former Chicago gang member who is now a violence interrupter.


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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - Mr. Santos Goes to Washington

How far can you go on a lie? Looking at the career of George Santos, United States Representative, it can take you at least to the congressional floor. But now, firmly in the public eye, his resume unraveling, is Santos’ political career about to be derailed before it starts? And how did it get this far in the first place? 


Guest: Azi Paybarah, national reporter covering campaigns and breaking politics news at the Washington Post.


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Pod Save America - “First Rule Package of Fight Club.”

Kevin McCarthy gives away the House to become speaker. Joe Biden takes his first presidential trip to the US-Mexico border. And the first Gen Z member of Congress Maxwell Alejandro Frost stops by the pod.

 

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Short Wave - Zircon: The Keeper Of Earth’s Time

The mineral zircon is the oldest known piece of Earth existing on the surface today. The oldest bits date back as far as 4.37 billion years — not too far from the age of Earth itself at about 4.5 billion years old. And, unlike other minerals, zircon is hard to get rid of. This resilience enables scientists to use zircon to determine when major geological events on Earth happened. As part of our series on time, host Aaron Scott talks to science correspondent Nell Greenfieldboyce about why this mineral is often considered a geologic clock and has earned the nickname "Time Lord."

This episode is part of our series, "Finding Time — a journey through the fourth dimension to learn what makes us tick." Read more of Nell's reporting on zircon here.

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NPR's Book of the Day - ‘Meredith, Alone’ explores mental health, isolation and friendship

The titular protagonist of Meredith, Alone has not left her home in three years. In today's episode, author Claire Alexander tells NPR's Scott Simon about the character's self-imposed isolation, and how trauma from earlier in life can leave long-lasting impacts on a person's mental health. And yet Meredith's trauma doesn't define her – so Alexander explains why she wanted to write a story that provided a full scope of what it means to overcome mental and emotional wounds.
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Read Me a Poem - “The Illiterate” by William Meredith

Amanda Holmes reads William Meredith’s poem “The Illiterate.” Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us: podcast@theamericanscholar.org. If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman.


This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by Chad Crouch.


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