Month: July 2023

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Focus on Africa - South Sudan unveils first-ever election plans

South Sudan hasn't voted in an election since the country gained independence in 2011, but that could change if President Salva Kiir's pledge to hold general elections in 2024 go to plan.

Also on the pod: anger is still simmering in Nanterre, France, after the killing of a 17 year old by the hand of the police sparked days of violent protests. A BBC team speaks to local activists and hears from the police.

And, why are so many Egyptian athlets are fleeing their country? We look behind the intriguing case of an Egyptian wrestling champion who disappeared and resurfaced in France.

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You Get A Podcast! - Oprah, Video Vixens and “Stupid Girls” w/ Elizabeth Hinton and Saida Grundy

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This episode, we go back to the “naughties” and look at a conversation Oprah held about the depiction of young girls on TV, in music videos, and beyond. This featured hip-hop dancer Karrine Steffens, who had written a book called “Confessions of a Video Vixen” — as well as the singer PINK, who took on this culture in her song “Stupid Girls.”

Our guests for this episode are Elizabeth Hinton of Yale, and Saida Grundy of Boston University.

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CBS News Roundup - 07/06/2023 | World News Round Up

Global temperatures hit a record high for the third straight day. Determining who brought cocaine to the White House. Teen workers rake it in. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has today's World News Roundup.

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Abortion Bans Are Driving Women With High-Risk Pregnancies To Chicago

Over a year since the overturn of Roe vs. Wade and many states across the country have instituted abortion bans. For high-risk pregnancies that often means a tough decision between finding out-of-state means for reproductive care or delivering a child with little to no chance of surviving. Reset hears from a high-risk pregnancy patient and healthcare experts on the issue.
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Village SquareCast - Let’s Find Common Ground Feed Drop | Patriotism: Pride, Race and Reckoning

The Village Square is truly delighted to offer you a feed drop episode of the "Let's Find Common Ground" podcast, from the extraordinary national leader in bridging divides Common Ground Committee.  (Shout out to the co-founders Bruce Bond and Erik Olsen. We're groupie fans.)

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With polarization dominating public discourse, can we find a path back to the common good? Tune in as journalists Richard Davies and Ashley Milne-Tyte explore diverse solutions to today’s most urgent issues with top thought leaders, journalists and others committed to bipartisan action. Tell us what you think! Rank recent episodes and issues that matter to you, and leave us a note or voice message.

This episode of Let's Find Common Ground features the scholar Dr. Theodore Johnson, someone who has also been a guest on SquareCast. Dr. Johnson wrote the book "When the Stars Begin to Fall" about his unique journey to love of country—and the imperative that we seek racial healing together.

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The Intelligence from The Economist - Clone wars: Meta’s Threads takes on Twitter

If there is one thing Facebook’s parent company does well, it is aping other social-media features and platforms—and it is a propitious time to steal Twitter’s thunder. Deeply indebted Arab countries desperately need loans from the IMF, but have good reasons to balk at the fund’s terms (10:00). And New Yorkers love their invasive parakeets; the birds’ enormous nests, less so (18:41).

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Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders - S8 Bonus: Adriaan van Rossum, Simple Analytics

Adriaan van Rossum is a tech guy even at home. He likes to tinker with home automation, like turning on the lights - which his girlfriend doesn't like the home automation experiments at times. Outside of tech, he does kite surfing, and travels around the world. He really enjoyed Thailand, specifically the food there, as he is a vegetarian.

For several years, Adriaan was a freelancer. Each time he built an application for his clients, he did the usual song and dance with Google Analytics - he copy and pasted the script. This didn't feel right, and his girlfriend prompted him to build his own... so he did.

This is the creation story of Simple Analytics.

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The Daily Detail - The Daily Detail for 7.6.23

Alabama

  • House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter endorses Will Ainsworth for Alabama Governor
  • Matt Clark of ACLL believes SCOTUS decision will help those who got fired for rejecting Covid-19 vaccine for religious reasons
  • Prison cost expectations are rising
  • Alabama poll workers will see pay increase
  • Huntsville Museum of Art's Picasso exhibit announced
  • Alabama is home to the 3rd highest number of endangered species in the country

National

  • Cocaine found at the White House
  • US Navy intervene in Gulf of Oman conflict with Iranian ships
  • Adele calls out people for throwing things at performers
  • Ben and Jerry's says the US should return Mount Rushmore 
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Bay Curious - The Martini: A Story with a Twist

The martini is iconic. Not just because of James Bond, but the glass it’s served in, those neon signs in front of old school bars … it even has its own emoji. It was also created in the Bay Area, though where, specifically, is up for debate. As part of a collaboration with The California Report Magazine, reporter Bianca Taylor shakes up this story about the martini's origins for the series Golden State Plate.

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This story was reported by Bianca Taylor. Bay Curious is made by Olivia Allen-Price, Amanda Font, and Christopher Beale. Additional support from Cesar Saldana, Jen Chien, Katie Sprenger, Jasmine Garnett, Carly Severn, Jenny Pritchett and Holly Kernan.

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Bad Faith - Episode 287 – Bad Dicta

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Two of the best student debt experts around join Briahna to break down last Friday's SCOTUS judgment, evaluate how serious Biden is about his "plan B," and discuss next steps for the movement. Persis Yu is Deputy Executive Director and Managing Counsel at the Student Borrower Protection Center, and Sparky Abraham is a strategist with the Debt Collective and founder of Jubilee Legal.

Check out these resources for next steps:

https://debtcollective.org/forms/scotus-lawsuit-survey

https://debtcollective.org/forms/student-debt-strike

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