Month: June 2023

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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - Why We Have to Take RFK Jr. Seriously

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s politics, such as they can be parsed, are a mix of conspiracy theories and vibes. But in a post-Trump landscape, and with RFK polling at 20 percent among Democratic presidential candidates, cranky contrarians have to be taken seriously—right?


Guest: Vera Bergengruen, investigative correspondent at Time magazine.


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The Stack Overflow Podcast - Improving the developer experience in the energy sector

Software might not be top of mind when you think of an energy company like Shell, but software engineering powers a lot of what they do. The tech stack includes React, Golang, Python, GraphQL, MongoDB, Kafka, and the list goes on. The experience their developers have at work is a priority for the organization and its leaders. 

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Find out why others have joined Shell. 

If you want to experience what being a developer at one of the world’s largest energy companies looks like, they’re hiring.

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Short Wave - An unexpected forest in the ocean

Salomé Buglass discovered an unexpected kelp forest while studying underwater mountains in the Galapagos. Kelp—a type of seaweed—usually grows in shallower, cooler areas. So why was an entire kelp forest growing in these deeper, tropical waters? Today on the show, Salomé talks to host Regina G. Barber about what it means, and how it could help in the fight against climate change.

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NPR's Book of the Day - Kenny Smith’s memoir ‘Talk of Champions’ looks back at a career shaped by the NBA

Kenny "The Jet" Smith's life has largely revolved around basketball in one way or another. The basketball commentator, Inside the NBA host and two-time NBA champion is now opening up about the people and relationships behind that career in his new memoir, Talk of Champions. In today's episode, he speaks to Here & Now's Scott Tong about how social justice, his high school coach, and friendships with people like Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant inspired him to write his life story.
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Hayek Program Podcast - Best of the Podcast! — Israel Kirzner on the Revival of Austrian Economics

On this episode of the Hayek Program Podcast, we revisit a keynote lecture given by Israel Kirzner on the revival of Austrian economics. In 2014, the Mercatus F. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics hosted a keynote speech and panel discussion by some of Friedrich Hayek’s most prominent colleagues and interlocutors to reflect on the significance of Hayek’s Nobel Prize and the various strands of influence his work has had in subsequent decades of scholarship.

In this installment of the series, Distinguished New York University Professor Emeritus Israel M. Kirzner delivers the keynote address on the revival of Austrian economics, focusing specifically on the history of Austrian economics and how Hayek's Nobel Prize paved the way for this revival.

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This Machine Kills - 264. Every Dealership a Fiefdom, Every Middleman a Lord (ft. Alex Sammon)

We are joined by Alex Sammon – politics reporter at Slate – to discuss one of the best pieces of gonzo reporting in recent memory. Alex journeyed into the heart of darkness at the center of American capitalism: the National Automobile Dealers Association. We discuss why a critical analysis of car dealers is necessary for understanding the real composition of class power and wealth in society. The politics of how car dealerships became a network of deeply entrenched fiefdoms with the power of king makers is absolutely stunning. Plus, we talk about the debauchery and decadence on display at the NADA conference. ••• Alex’s car dealers article: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/05/rich-republicans-party-car-dealers-2024-desantis.html ••• Alex’s Trump streamers article: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/06/trump-miami-courthouse-indictment-desantis.html ••• Alex’s twitter: https://twitter.com/alex_sammon ••• American Gentry | Patrick Wyman https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/09/trump-american-gentry-wyman-elites/620151/ 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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CBS News Roundup - 06/27/2023 | World News Round Up Late Edition

Relentless heat in Texas. US Supreme Court ruling on election law theory. Arrests in migrant smuggling deaths. CBS News Correspondent Jennifer Keiper has tonight's World News Roundup.

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The Gist - Small Person Buries Bones, Scratches Wall, Changes History

Homo Naledi is an extinct species of hominin discovered by a team led by Lee Berger. If Berger is right, Naledi's actions predate a few of the traits we had assumed to be uniquely Homo Sapien. Plus, Donald Trump crinkles paper on tape. And the signs of Generalized Epistemic Degradation. 

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