Month: February 2023

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Everything Everywhere Daily - The Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster

On January 27, 1986, an event occurred that would be remembered by almost everyone alive at the time. 

73 seconds into its flight, the Space Shuttle Challenger was destroyed by a violent explosion, killing all seven astronauts on board. 

In addition to being seared into the minds of those who witnessed the tragedy, the disaster forever changed how space flights were conducted. 

Learn more about the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster, how it happened, and its aftermath on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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Opening Arguments - OA695: Ken Paxton Isn’t the Boss of You

Today, Liz and Andrew tackle some listener feedback, resume their discussion of the crime-fraud exception, and end with perhaps Ken Paxton's craziest lawsuit (and that's saying a lot)!

Notes Federalist Papers No. 68 https://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/fed68.asp

Crime/fraud NYT story https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/14/us/politics/trump-lawyer-classified-documents-investigation.html

Liz ATL of Paxton’s ethics and counter-investigation https://abovethelaw.com/2022/05/tx-ag-ken-paxton-launches-bogus-investigation-of-state-bar-still-winds-up-with-ethics-lawsuit/

Texas v. Garland https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txnd.373284/gov.uscourts.txnd.373284.4.0_1.pdf

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NBN Book of the Day - Pete Millwood, “Improbable Diplomats: How Ping-Pong Players, Musicians, and Scientists Remade US-China Relations” (Cambridge UP, 2022)

In 1971, Americans made two historic visits to China that would transform relations between the two countries. One was by US official Henry Kissinger; the other, earlier, visit was by the US table tennis team. Historians have mulled over the transcripts of Kissinger's negotiations with Chinese leaders. However, they have overlooked how, alongside these diplomatic talks, a rich program of travel and exchange had begun with ping-pong diplomacy. 

Improbable Diplomats: How Ping-Pong Players, Musicians, and Scientists Remade US-China Relations (Cambridge UP, 2022) reveals how a diverse cast of Chinese and Americans – athletes and physicists, performing artists and seismologists – played a critical, but to date overlooked, role in remaking US-China relations. Based on new sources from more than a dozen archives in China and the United States, Pete Millwood argues that the significance of cultural and scientific exchanges went beyond reacquainting the Chinese and American people after two decades of minimal contact; exchanges also powerfully influenced Sino-American diplomatic relations and helped transform post-Mao China.

Grant Golub is an Ernest May Fellow in History and Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and a PhD candidate in the Department of International History at the London School of Economics and Political Science. His research focuses on the politics of American grand strategy during World War II.

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What A Day - The HBCU Vaulting Into Gymnastics History

Fisk University made history in January when it became the first historically Black college to launch a women's gymnastics program. Head coach Corrinne Tarver tells us about her journey from being the first Black gymnast to win an all-around NCAA title, to training the next generation of trailblazers.

Fisk University made history in January when it became the first historically Black college to launch a women's gymnastics program. Head coach Corrinne Tarver tells us about her journey from being the first Black gymnast to win an all-around NCAA title, to training the next generation of trailblazers.

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The NewsWorthy - Biden’s Surprise Trip, Internet’s Fate in Court & Happy Mardi Gras- Tuesday, February 21, 2023

The news to know for Tuesday, February 21, 2023!

What to know about President Biden's surprise trip to Ukraine: how the White House kept it a secret and what the president announced while he was there. 

Also, two of the most consequential cases involving big tech: we'll explain what the Supreme Court is considering this week.

Plus, a new study compares the immunity you build up from getting Covid-19 vs. getting a vaccination, one airline says it's making it easier for families to fly, and Mardi Gras celebrations are happening today.

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

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The Goods from the Woods - Episode #367 – “Computer Love” with Rob Haze

In this episode, Rivers and Sam are hangin' out at Disgraceland studios with one of our all-time favorite guests: comedian Rob Haze! We start this one off by tempting fate and diabetes by testing out Panera Bread's "Charged Lemonade" which contains enough caffeine and sugar to send a rocket to the moon. We also talk about Microsoft's recently Bing A.I. chatbot also known as "Sydney" which seems to have plans to ruin the marriages of tech journalists and, maybe, world domination as well. We've got our Top 3 lists of 90s one hit wonders and weirdest stand-up gigs. Jimi Hendrix's "Purple Haze" is our JAM OF THE WEEK. This episode is one for the ages assuming "Sydney" doesn't find out about it and have us all deleted. Listen in now, won't you?  Find Rob on all forms of social media @RobHaze and go see him LIVE at Saturn in Birmingham, Alabama on March 2, 2023.  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 | How the Woke Agenda Unleashed Havoc in the Classroom, Teacher Daniel Buck Explains

Children are always going to misbehave, teacher Daniel Buck says, and that’s why discipline is needed in the classroom.


"I think the idea that we're going to solve misbehavior is kind of Utopian," Buck says, adding that is "what the progressive idea is."


"If we just get the system right, then kids are going to behave. And that's never going to happen," he says. Instead, Buck advocates for a strong disciplinary "system in place that anticipates and responds to misbehavior."


The lack of such discipline in the classroom is leading some teachers to resign and harming students' ability to learn, says Buck, the author of “What Is Wrong With Our Schools?: The Ideology Impoverishing Education in America and How We Can Do Better for Our Students." The book was published in December.


Buck joins "The Daily Signal Podcast" to explain how the agenda of the woke Left has led to a lack of discipline in American classrooms, and why a restoration of discipline would improve learning outcomes for students.


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Slate Books - How To!: 4000 Weeks: Time Management for Mortals

Joey is a young creative living in Australia who can’t decide which hat to wear. Should it be songwriting, skateboarding, acting, or should he focus more on his day job as a retail clerk? Fitting everything in during the week seems impossible and he feels guilty when he can’t cross everything off his checklist. On this episode of How To!, co-host Amanda Ripley brings in journalist Oliver Burkeman, the author of 4000 Weeks: Time Management for Mortals. He explains how he too once wanted to do it all, but eventually realized that it’s just not feasible. As Joey learns, letting go of some things and focusing on what really matters can actually lead to the ‘joy of missing out.’


If you liked this episode, check out: “How To Never Miss a Deadline”


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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - The Ohio Trainwreck Blame Game

How a derailed train and the dark cloud of chemical burn off over East Palestine, Ohio, came to confirm everything you think is wrong with everything.


Guest: Ben Mathis-Lilley, Slate staff writer


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The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling - Chapter 2: Burn The Witch

As "Harry Potter" becomes an international phenomenon, it coincides with the culture wars of the 1990s. In the backlash from Christians across America, author J.K. Rowling is accused of mainstreaming witchcraft and poisoning children’s minds.

Produced by Andy Mills, Matthew Boll, and Megan Phelps-Roper, with special thanks to Candace Mittel Kahn and Emily Yoffe.

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