Particulate matter is shortening lives and hobbling economies in the region. We ask how policy changes and international collaboration could mitigate the suffering as the pollution spreads. Our correspondent meets with two Russian men who, fearing being drafted, made a hair-raising journey by dinghy from their homeland’s far east. And why Seventh Day Adventists seem to live longer lives.
This week we chatted with country artist Dougie Poole (you may remember his song "Vaping on the Job" from our 7th episode!) about his new album, The Rainbow Wheel of Death (available Feb 24th), and also the 90's banger "John Deere Green" by Joe Diffie. We add "John Deere Green" to our public playlist, discuss the connected universe of its songwriter Dennis Linde, and talk about the best dad jokes from Joe Diffie's hit-filled catalog.
Glossier debuts this week in Sephora’s 600 stores, but the key to their turnaround is a 100 year mindset. We saw bizarre and freaky conversations between humans and bots — this is the week Chat GPT went from cool to creepy. And for DraftKings the super bowl is their super bowl, but the bets being made might surprise you.
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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)!
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.
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.
Crooked Coffee is officially here. Our first blend, What A Morning, is available in medium and dark roasts. Wake up with your own bag at crooked.com/coffee
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!
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
