Month: January 2023

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NBN Book of the Day - Benedict Rogers, “The China Nexus: Thirty Years in and Around the Chinese Communist Party’s Tyranny” (Optimum Publishing, 2022)

The China Nexus: Thirty Years In and Around the Chinese Communist Party's Tyranny (Optimum Publishing, 2022) brings together Benedict Rogers' 30 years of advocacy, research and work in and around China. Opening with his rollicking adventures as an 18 year old teaching English in Qingdao in 1992, the human element of this monograph, the real people and their lives are foregrounded. Rogers takes the reader through a nexus of the CCP's tyranny; from China's crackdown on its own citizens; through the repression and violence perpetuated in Tibet, Xinjiang and Hong Kong, to the way that the CCP props up and is complicit in crimes against humanity in Myanmar and North Korea. This book is essential to understanding both the domestic and global ramifications of the threat that the CCP poses to the free world. Rogers has been at the heart of advocacy for human rights in and around China during this period. His on-ground insights, countless meetings, interviews and direct encounters with those who live through the harrowing realities manifested by current CCP ideology, should operate as a wake-up to those who value democracy everywhere. 

Benedict Rogers is a human rights activist and writer specialising in Asia. He is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Hong Kong Watch, Senior Analyst for East Asia at CSW, an advisor to the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China, the Stop Uyghur Genocide Campaign and several other charities, and Deputy Chair of the UK Conservative Party Human Rights Commission. 

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The NewsWorthy - Special Edition: Tech vs. Privacy – Do You Really Care?

Perhaps you’re enjoying a new smart device you got over the holidays, or maybe you’re trying to cut back on how much time you spend scrolling on social media. Some of you are probably trying to figure out a way to keep working from home, at least some of the time. No matter what, my guess is that your use of technology has gone up one way or another since the start of the pandemic.

So what does it all really mean for our data privacy? And do Americans really care about privacy, or will convenience win out almost every time? Today, I’m chatting with Joanna Stern, a senior personal tech columnist for the Wall Street Journal and a contributor for CNBC. 

She’s sharing the personal moments privacy does seem to matter to consumers, whether our devices are actually listening to us, and which newer technologies could be the next to transform our lives in the near future.

Joanna Stern's documentary:  “The iPhone Baby: How 15 Years Shaped a Generation.”

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Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - Absolutely No One Is Happy With the Dobbs Leak Investigation

First, there was the Dobbs case. Then there was the leaked opinion in the Dobbs case. Then there was the investigation into the leaked opinion in the Dobbs case. Then there was the report on the investigation into the leak. Then there was the supplemental report from the Marshal on the report on the investigation into the leak. AND THEN there was the revealing reporting from the NY Times’ Jodi Kantor on a court roiled by reports and investigating and leaks. This week, Dahlia Lithwick is joined by Jodi Kantor to dig through the reports, reporting and repercussions for the people who are inside One, First Street, and for the baffled majority who aren’t.

In this week’s Amicus Plus segment, Dahlia is joined by Slate’s Mark Joseph Stern to try to figure out why it’s taking so long for SCOTUS to hand down opinions this term, and to examine the very first decision of the term, disappointing in its unanimity and its negative impact on veterans. 

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More or Less: Behind the Stats - Are wild mammals only 4% of the mammal population?

A widely respected and cited study says humans and livestock account for 96% of all mammals on Earth. We ask how the study was carried out and what hope there might be for the future. Plus we answer another listener question about whether most mammals are in fact rodents. With the help of Dr Hannah Ritchie, Deputy Editor at Our World in Data and Dr Axel Rossberg, Reader in Theoretical Ecology at Queen Mary University of London.

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the memory palace - Episode 148: Safe Passage

This episode was originally released in September of 2019.

Music 

  • We start with the Opening of Craig Armstrong’s score to Far From the Madding Crowd.

  • Glass Houses no. 13 from Ann Southern.

  • Earring from Julia Wolf.

  • Occam II for Violin from Eliane Radigue.

  • Rearranging Furniture from Gabriel Yared’s score to By the Sea.

  • A bit of Movement II from Martynov, “Come in!” by Vladimir Martynov.

Notes

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The Gist - EveryTár Elviswhere All At The Western Front

A woman talking to a man about Women Talking is one way to describe Mike’s conversation with Slate film critic Dana Stevens about the best films and the best reasons to care about the Oscars. Plus, Turkey Western Blocs Sweden and Finland. And it’s an Antwentig!

Produced by Joel Patterson and Corey Wara

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Consider This from NPR - In the Wake of Tyre Nichols’ Death, Does Diversity Make A Difference In Policing?

Five police officers have been charged with murder and other crimes in the wake of Tyre Nichols' death this month in Memphis. Nichols, who was Black, died after a traffic stop. All five of the officers facing charges are Black.

Since the deaths of George Floyd in 2020 and so many others, many police departments have vowed to diversify their forces as a way to help end police brutality and racism within their ranks. But does diversity in a police force make a difference? And what more can be done to reduce police violence?

We speak with Phillip Goff of the Center for Policing Equity about how the Tyre Nichols case speaks to larger issues with police department culture and diversity.

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - WBEZ’s Weekly News Recap: Jan. 27, 2023

The NRA files a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Illinois’ assault weapons ban. Classes are back in session at UIC as faculty end their strike. A White Sox pitcher is investigated for domestic abuse allegations. Reset goes behind those headlines with John Chase, deputy metro editor at the Chicago Tribune, Dave McKinney, WBEZ state politics reporter and Brandis Friedman, WTTW co-anchor and correspondent and host of “Chicago Tonight: Black Voices”
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The Daily Signal - TOP NEWS | Audio of Attack on Paul Pelosi, Protests in ATL Trigger State of Emergency, FBI Thwart Assassination | Jan. 27

On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down:


  • The police body camera footage of the attack on Paul Pelosi has been released.
  • Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp declares a state of emergency following protests in Atlanta. 
  • The FBI arrests three men who are believed to have been planning an assassination attempt on an American journalist. 
  • Jeff Zients will be President Joe Biden’s new chief of staff. 
  • Ronna McDaniel wins another term as chair of the Republican National Committee.


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