Month: September 2023

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NBN Book of the Day - Mike Pesca, “Upon Further Review: The Greatest What-Ifs in Sports History” (Twelve, 2018)

No announcer ever proclaimed: "Up Rises Frazier!" "Havlicek commits the foul, trying to steal the ball!" or "The Giants Lose the Pennant, The Giants Lose The Pennant!" Such moments are indelibly etched upon the mind of every sports fan. Or rather, they would be, had they happened. Sports are notoriously games of inches, and when we conjure the thought of certain athletes - like Bill Buckner or Scott Norwood - we can't help but apply a mental tape measure to the highlight reels of our minds. Players, coaches, and of course fans, obsess on the play when they ask, "What if?" 

Upon Further Review: The Greatest What-Ifs in Sports History (Twelve, 2018) is the first book to answer that question. Upon Further Review is a book of counterfactual sporting scenarios. In its pages the reader will find expertly reported histories, where one small event is flipped on its head, and the resulting ripples are carefully documented, the likes of... What if the U.S. boycotted Hitler's Olympics? What if Bobby Riggs beat Billie Jean King? What if Bucky Dent popped out at the foot of the Green Monster? What if Drew Bledsoe never got hurt? Upon Further Review takes classic arguments conducted over pints in a pub and places them in the hands of dozens of writers, athletes, and historians. 

Mike Pesca is the host of the daily podcast The Gist.

Caleb Zakarin is the Assistant Editor of the New Books Network.

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Everything Everywhere Daily - Infinity and Beyond (Encore)

The biggest thing there is and the biggest thing there can be is infinity, right? It literally has no bounds. In fact, thinking about infinity can quickly give you a nosebleed because our finite minds can’t really grasp just how enormous it really is.

However, what if I were to tell you that there is something even bigger than infinity? Or, to be more accurate, there are infinities that are bigger than other infinities? 

Follow me down the rabbit hole as I investigate infinity on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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The NewsWorthy - Burning Man Exodus, RIP Jimmy Buffett & New iPhone Chargers – Tuesday, September 5, 2023

The news to know for Tuesday, September 5, 2023!

We're telling you about Labor Day weekend weather across the country, from extreme heat to flooding rains, and where tens of thousands of people were stranded.

Also, what to know about new rules for nursing homes and which drug is now available over-the-counter for the first time starting today.

Plus, we're remembering a musical icon and letting you know about significant changes that could be coming to the iPhone charger and college sports.

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What A Day - COVID Surge Protection

COVID cases and hospitalizations are on the rise in the U.S., and experts are closely monitoring a new variant nicknamed “Pirola.” Plus, there might be a new, updated vaccine as early as next week. We’re joined by Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, host of Crooked’s America Dissected, to talk about the latest uptick and what to expect in the coming months.

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The Goods from the Woods - Episode #393 – “Ichiban Gaijin” with Seth Pomeroy

In this episode, Rivers and Sam are joined once again at Disgraeland Studios by the inimitable comedian and movie director Seth Pomeroy! This week, we're testing out an energy drink called "Gorilla Mind" from a guy who runs a very silly website called "More Plates, More Dates". We also try out some Japanese cookies that look exactly like burgers for some reason (???). We pay tribute to the late great professional wrestler, Terry Funk, by checking out some tracks from his one and only music album from 1984: 'Great Texan'. We also run down our Top 3 lists of best Canadian musicians and most-overrated places in Los Angeles. ZZ Top's "Gimme All Your Lovin'" is our JAM OF THE WEEK! Give us a listen today and change your dang ol' life.  Find Seth Dalton Pomeroy @SethPomeroy pretty much everywhere.  Rivers is @RiversLangley  Sam is @SlamHarter  Carter is @Carter_Glascock  Subscribe on Patreon for HOURS of bonus content and growing ALL THE TIME!  http://patreon.com/TheGoodsPod Pick up a Goods from the Woods t-shirt at:  http://prowrestlingtees.com/TheGoodsPod

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The Daily Signal - ‘China Is in a Challenging Moment Right Now,’ Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation President Says

More than 100 million people. 

That’s how many people “communism as an ideology has killed,” says Andrew Bremberg, president of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation. 

“I just want that to sink in. That is an incredible number to try to fathom or … imagine,” Bremberg, a former ambassador, says, adding: 

And that includes not just [Josef] Stalin and the tens of millions killed under Stalin’s brutal regime at the [Union of Soviet Socialist Republics], but also Mao Zedong, the … deadliest mass murderer ever, in terms of his leadership of the Chinese Communist Party that saw the murder of upward, conservatively upward of 60 million people.

Bremberg joins today’s episode of “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, which received The Heritage Foundation’s Innovation Prize earlier this year; its China Studies Program; and whether it’s possible for the U.S. to move away from or lessen its economic reliance on China. (The Daily Signal is the news outlet of The Heritage Foundation.)


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Ologies with Alie Ward - Cosmology (THE UNIVERSE) Part 1 Encore with Katie Mack

Stars. Black holes. THE GAWDANG UNIVERSE. Astrophysicist and cosmologist Dr. Katie Mack (@astrokatie) re-introduces us to this 2017 episode along with some bonus updates on astrophysics, her career, and the book she’s published since we last heard from her. Katie also tells us her most embarrassing moments as a cosmologist, debunks some physicist myths and gives us the nuts + bolts of everything form particle physics to gravitational waves and existential mysteries. Walk away with cocktail party comprehension of everything from the itty-bitty quarks that make you to the neutron stars banging together across the cosmos. More than anything, get perspective about your life on this, our little pale blue dot.

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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - To Impeach a Republican In Texas

The impeachment trial of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is slated to begin in the state Senate today. Though Paxton’s history of scandals is long and storied, this could be the first time he’s faced accountability—and all it took was leaving taxpayers on the hook for a $3.3 million bill.


Guest: Sergio Martinez-Beltran, political reporter with NPR’s The Texas Newsroom, a public radio collaborative.


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Pod Save America - A Very Online Summer (Friends of the Pod Preview)

We're off for Labor Day! Please enjoy this exclusive episode of Terminally Online, our new Subscription show and loosest pod here at Crooked Media. Every week Pod Save America hosts are joined by your favorite Crooked producers and staffers to commiserate about being way too online as they make their shows. Get episodes of Terminally Online, ads free Pod Save America and so much more by signing up for Friends of the Pod at crooked.com/friends.

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Read Me a Poem - “How to Remember Heat” by Michelle Murphy

Amanda Holmes reads Michelle Murphy’s “How to Remember Heat.” 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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