Month: April 2023

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NPR's Book of the Day - In ‘A Living Remedy,’ Nicole Chung reflects on anger, grief and failed systems

Nicole Chung's first memoir, All You Can Ever Know, recounts her story growing up adopted – a young Asian American woman in a predominantly white town in Oregon — and her journey to retrace her roots. Her new memoir, A Living Remedy, takes a closer look at Chung's adoptive parents and their financial struggles throughout her life, up until they both died within a year of each other. As she tells NPR's Steve Inskeep, her grief coalesced with a deep resentment for the social systems she felt should've taken better care of her family.
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Read Me a Poem - “A Hand Not Ready for Birds” by Muhammed Ali Chamseddine

Amanda Holmes reads Muhammed Ali Chamseddine’s poem “A Hand Not Ready for Birds,” translated from the Arabic by Mansour Ajami. 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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It Could Happen Here - Biden’s Border Policies

Shereen and James discuss the fire in a detention facility in Juarez and how Biden’s border policies kill people trying to cross the border.

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Chapo Trap House - 722 – Night At The Museum 2: Battle for Camp Gettintop (4/10/23)

New details about Clarence Thomas’ billionaire benefactor Harlan Crow keep coming to light, forcing us to contemplate new questions like: What do Lenin, Mao and Hagrid’s Hut have in common? And, do Hitler’s napkins force us to confront the evil in the hearts of men? We contemplate this plus: DeSantis flails, Kanye’s school has no stairs, and the Dalai Lama sucks tongue. All this and more on today’s ep. Should be a few tickets left for the late show of our screening of John Carpenter’s “In The Mouth of Madness” at the Roxy Cinema on April 27th, come thru. Will and Hesse will be speaking at both screenings: https://www.roxycinemanewyork.com/screenings/chapo-trap-house-movie-mindset-presents-in-the-mouth-of-madness-35mm/
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Serious Inquiries Only - SIO355: Afroman vs Police and Clarence Thomas vs Ethics

Two stories today! First a more upbeat delightful one. The musician Afroman had his home raided by police for reasons no one seems to know for sure. He and his wife took footage, and he used that footage in music videos and on merch. The police want... a cut? Or something. And Matt also gives us a breakdown of the Clarence Thomas situation. Look we all already know there's not a damn thing we can immediately do about it, but that doesn't mean we should give up and not be angry. It truly is an astonishing breach of ethics.

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This Machine Kills - Patreon Preview – 246. American Psycho 2.0 // SPAC Jesus Returns

We cruise through a few topics: talk about the anti-China alliance between Silicon Valley and Capitol Hill pushing to ban TikTok; the bizarre post-mortem on SPACs published by their biggest booster, Chamath Palihapitiya; and the regular beat of people having no idea how to understand AI, while also being absolutely positive that they can harness it to [fix democracy]. Articles we discuss ••• Silicon Valley and Capitol Hill Build an Anti-China Alliance https://www.wsj.com/articles/silicon-valley-and-capitol-hill-build-an-anti-china-alliance-e508c75e ••• 2022 Annual Letter | Chamath Palihapitiya https://chamath.substack.com/p/2022-annual-letter ••• Another Crack at Chamath Palihapitiya’s Letter to SPAC Investors https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-04-06/another-crack-at-chamath-palihapitiya-s-letter-to-spac-investors ••• Can A.I. and Democracy Fix Each Other? https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/05/opinion/artificial-intelligence-democracy-chatgpt.html ••• Special Report: Tesla workers shared sensitive images recorded by customer cars https://www.reuters.com/technology/tesla-workers-shared-sensitive-images-recorded-by-customer-cars-2023-04-06/ Subscribe to hear more analysis and commentary in our premium episodes every week! https://www.patreon.com/thismachinekills Hosted by Jathan Sadowski (www.twitter.com/jathansadowski) and Edward Ongweso Jr. (www.twitter.com/bigblackjacobin). Production / Music by Jereme Brown (www.twitter.com/braunestahl)
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You're Wrong About - Sinéad O’Connor with Allyson McCabe

This week, we fight the real enemy with Allyson McCabe.
 
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The Gist - Donald McNeil On What We Actually Got Right With Covid

Former lead Covid reporter for The New York Times, Donald G. McNeil is still on the plague beat, and brings his expertise to The Gist. Plus, the expelled Tennessee legislators are impassioned, righteous, correct on policy, but also out of step with the actual will of most Tennessee voters. And Mike offers a modest proposal in regards Super Mario Brothers, Italian accents, and inclusion. Mamma Mia, it's-a chance-a for out-a-reach!


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Consider This from NPR - Expelled Tennessee Lawmaker Could Be Back In State House Soon

A majority of the Nashville Metro Council supports reappointing former state Representative Justin Jones to the seat he was expelled from last week.

Jones was one of two Democrats ousted by the Republican-controlled Tennessee state legislature after taking part in protests calling for stricter gun control in the state.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Nashville Council Member-At-Large Zulfat Saura about her vote to send Jones back to the State House.

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