You're Wrong About - Changing Your Mind

Here's one from our bonus vault: you sent in your stories about moments when you found yourselves changing your minds, and we listened. When do we do it? Why do we do it? What does it take? Here are some of your answers.

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Focus on Africa - Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger sign defence pact

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, three West African countries in the Sahel region which are ruled by military juntas, have signed a defence pact to come to aid each other in case of any rebellion or external aggression.

BBC Africa Eye investigation team gets a look inside a xenophobic vigilante group in South Africa.

And how cheetahs from Namibia are now faring in India.

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - Strange News: Secret Service Agent Speaks Out on JFK, FDA Calls BS on Decongestants, Mexican Congress Views (Alleged) Alien Corpses

The FDA concludes the primary active ingredient in over-the-counter decongestants may be nothing more than the placebo effect. A retired secret service agent goes public with his recollection of the JFK assassination in advance of his upcoming memoir. Ben dives into the news from Mexico, asking: Why did the Mexican Congress hold a hearing to examine purported alien corpses, knowing the people making these claims have an established track record of hoaxing the public? All this and more in this week's strange news segment. 

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The Commentary Magazine Podcast - When Politicians Behave Like Trash

Today's podcast finds commonalities in a congresswoman's disruptive conduct at a Denver theater, a would-be Virginia politician's selling sex acts on a website, and a new Senate code of conduct ending dress requirements for members of the world's oldest deliberative body. Give a listen.

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Bad Faith - Episode 306 Promo – Cop Shitty (w/ Kamau Franklin & Tiffany Williams Roberts)

Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock this episode and our entire premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast    Tiffany Williams Roberts, Director of the Public Policy Unit at the Southern Center for Human Rights, joins Bad Faith along with Community Movement Builders, Inc. founder and #stopcopcity activist Kamau Franklin to weigh in on the state criminalization of protest that’s been happening around the Stop Cop City movement in Atlanta.

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Restorative Justice Leads To Fewer Suspensions At CPS

Chicago Public School data shows that the number of suspensions across the district dropped from 49,708 in 2014 to about 10,000 in 2022. The district also started moving away from a zero tolerance policy for misconduct and toward more restorative practices like peace circles that encourage students to reflect on their actions. Reset checks in with WBEZ Education reporter Sarah Karp for the details.

The Intelligence from The Economist - Radical shift: an interview with Argentina’s presidential frontrunner

The libertarian right-winger is leading in the polls, a surprise for a country that has typically leaned left. He has drastic plans to shrink the state. Could he turn the country around? Why Germany’s highway system and techno lovers have come to a crossroads (11:22). And, a Noah’s-Ark-inspired economic theory of conservation made pertinent by the threat of climate change (19:59).


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Serious Inquiries Only - SIO387: Chemical Imbalance, Personality Tests, Double Empathy Problem, and More! It’s a Psych QnA!

It was such a great turnout of questions for our first ever Q&A with Dr. Smerbeck that we ended up going double! This first part touches on the misnomer of "chemical imbalance" with regard to depression, personality tests, and Alan's favorite dinosaur, among other things. Be sure to check out Part 2 later this week! Dr. Smerbeck also shares an update on the Woke Little Library Project, and if you are able to contribute to these efforts, you can purchase banned books through the following Amazon wishlist accounts, where three incredible people will be ensuring their communities have access to topics that are being targeted and censored.   http://tiny.cc/kbannedbooks http://tiny.cc/lbannedbooks http://tiny.cc/sbannedbooks   Are you an expert in something and want to be on the show? Apply here! Please please pretty please support the show on patreon! You get ad free episodes, early episodes, and other bonus content!