Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - Listener Mail: An Apartment Collapse, Big Pharma vs. Healthcare; The Rise of DarkBERT

Ziggy writes in with a tragic story of an apartment collapse in Iowa. Ryan wonders about the future of gene editing, big pharma and health care. Specter introduces the guys to a strange 'AI' that uses the dark web as its classroom: DarkBERT. All this and more in this week's listener mail segment.

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Focus on Africa - Why are cyber attacks in Africa increasing?

Kenya and Nigeria are top targets of cybersecurity breaches in Africa, according to a recent report. The co-Founder of Nairobi's AfricaHackon Security tells us why cyber attacks in Africa are on the up.

Also in the pod: Our co-host Richard Kagoe takes a look at how climate change and unending conflict are fueling a humanitarian crisis in the Sahel region.

And with Kenya proposing to convert a place infamous for hosting a deadly cult into a memorial site, we ask what exactly is a cult and - could you also be drawn into one?

The Daily Detail - The Daily Detail for 6.8.23

Alabama

  • The SPLC puts active Moms on hate group list for engaging school boards
  • Governor amends  bill that exempts overtime pay from  state taxation
  • Men in drag singling out children from the stage is big feature of "PRIDE"
  • Extradition of Dutch citizen to AL to happen on Thursday
  • Two dogs captured or dead after attack of two people in Tarrant park
  • Enterprise business incubator launches first all women owned venture
  • New River cruise on TN river to start in Decatur and Shoals area

National

  • House committee releases resolution against FBI director
  • Memo released shows Trump declassified docs taken in Mar a Lago raid
  • Protestors clash in Glendale CA over LGBTQ curriculum for students
  • Mike Pence and Chris Christie join the GOP presidential primary race


CBS News Roundup - 06/08/2023 | World News Round Up

Dangerous air makes breathing tough for millions. Getting closer to a possible Trump indictment. Pope recovering after surgery. CBS News Correspondent Cami McCormick has today's World News Roundup.

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Chicago Cyclists Ask Drivers To Be Vigilant This Summer

As cycling season kicks into high gear this summer, parents who bike with their kids in the city are pushing for changes that will make the roads safer for them and their children. Reset talks with Courtney Kueppers, a digital producer and reporter for WBEZ, to learn more about these efforts.

Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Impact Of CPS School Closures 10 Years Later

For their Chicago’s 50 Closed Schools project, WBEZ and Chicago Sun-Times education reporters investigated the impact of massive school closures a decade ago. Reset dives into their latest story on the so-called “welcoming schools” that received displaced students with reporters Sarah Karp and Nader Issa.

Village SquareCast - TP&R Feed Drop: Bob Cusack, Editor in Chief at THE HILL

The Village Square is truly delighted to offer our very favorite listeners (you) this feed drop of one of our very favorite podcasts (that isn't Village SquareCast)—Talkin' Politics & Religion Without Killin' Each Other—with its host the one and only Corey Nathan. (Corey just happens to also be our co-host too we like him so much.)

In this episode of TP&R Corey interviews Bob Cusack of THE HILL.  We hope if you love Corey as much as we do you'll hop on over to listen to more and subscribe. Find them online here or wherever you get your podcasts.

Here's the TP&R description:

Journalistic integrity. How can individual reporters and news outlets uphold their professional ethics? Is it possible in today's environment? How can a journalist get a coveted interview, yet be fair without it becoming a hit job or a puff piece? Is it any different now than 5 or 10 or 25+ years ago, when our guest Bob Cusack of THE HILL first entered the business? What is it like interviewing Donald Trump (which Bob has done 4 times)? How can reporters be equipped to deal with attacks from a subject like Trump who repeatedly refers to the press as "the enemy of the people"? What about situations when correspondents are in harm's way due to such attacks? What lessons can be learned from the demise of companies such as BuzzFeed and Vice Media? Oh, and of course we do a little political prognostication!

Bob Cusack serves as Editor-in-Chief of The Hill, a media platform that provides nonpartisan reporting on the inner workings of Government and the nexus of politics and business. Bob has been reporting on policy and politics in Washington, D.C. since 1995 and has interviewed top newsmakers such as former President Trump, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. He regularly appears on news networks as a non-partisan political analyst and has won six awards from the National Press Club and the Society of Professional Journalists. Bob is also an accomplished tennis player and has appeared in numerous movies and tv shows such as WONDER WOMAN and VEEP.

The Village Square is a proud member of The Democracy Group, a network of podcasts that examines what's broken in our democracy and how we can work together to fix it.