Month: September 2023

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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - CLASSIC: What is Predictive Programming?

What if everything you encounter in your day-to-day interactions is somehow prescient? Are the games you play and the films you watch meant to normalize genres of experience -- and, if so, to what end? Ben and Matt explore the idea of weaponized mass media from the early days of deification to a startling story by Edgar Allan Poe and beyond.

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Focus on Africa - DR Congo: What’s behind the instability?

The government in the Democratic Republic of Congo has said that at least 43 people were killed when soldiers broke up a demonstration against UN peacekeepers in the eastern city of Goma on Wednesday. We ask what's behind the chronic instability in the DRC?

Around 80 percent of all farms in Africa are tilled by smallholder farmers. They produce most of the food we eat on the continent - and yet they get very little recognition for what they do. We hear from Wangari Kuria, the founder of Farmer on Fire. She is challenging the leaders currently meeting in Nairobi at the first Africa Climate Summit.

And we do a deep dive on the Bongos; the family that has held power in Gabon since 1967.

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NPR's Book of the Day - In ‘Happiness Falls,’ a father gone missing brings family tensions to the surface

Adam Parson goes on a morning hike with his son, Eugene, and the boy returns home alone. Eugene is autistic and nonverbal, so he can't explain what happened. This is how Angie Kim sets up Happiness Falls, which chronicles how the Korean-American family tries to make sense of Adam's disappearance. Kim tells NPR's Scott Simon about the complicated relationship between Eugene and his siblings, and why she wanted to emphasize that a lack of verbal communication does not equal a lack of thought and feeling.

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Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders - S8 E21: Jared Ward, Luminous

Jared Ward grew up in a sporty family, participating in wrestling and football. His background is in supply chain and eCommerce, but outside of this and tech, he is a family man and loves spending time with his kids. With his 7 year old son, he is sharing his love of Zelda, and with his 3 year old daughter, he enjoys taking her to the park and the occasional tickle fight. For himself, he enjoys watching MMA, running marathons, and getting outside to hike.

Jared has spent a lot of time in the eCommerce world, serving numerous different roles. What he noticed is that with evolution of eCommerce companies, it is difficult for them to develop a system of record early on. Jared wanted to change all that, and take on the juggernauts head on.

This is the creation story of Luminous.

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The Intelligence from The Economist - Upping arms: the new three-way nuclear race

The calculus of the cold war is back, but there are new variables in the equation—namely China’s growing arsenal. We look at how three-way deterrence could work. Two years after America’s schools reopened their doors, a terrifying proportion of students are still skipping class (10:13). And what a slew of rickshaw apps says about India’s technological backbone (15:38).

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Take This Pod and Shove It - 62: “Canyon” by Joshua Ray Walker, w/ Dave Ross

We're joined by Dave Ross (Comedy Central, Late Late Show, Sirius XM) to discuss rising country star Joshua Ray Walker. A professional musician since his teens, Walker has already released four critically acclaimed albums—a trilogy of LPs inspired by dive bar patrons, and a recent covers album of all female-fronted songs. On this episode Danny, Tyler, and Dave share a lot of stories about life, comedy, and music—to hear more bits that didn't make it to the main episode, subscribe to our Patreon for a bonus episode of deleted scenes which is also available now!

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  • Cheap Thrills (cover)
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  • Hello (cover)

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The Best One Yet - 🦬 “Prime Time in Colorado” — Deion’s winning strategy. Burger King’s Whopper lie. The Autumn of IPOs.

Football & baseball legend Deion Sanders is turning around one college football team — And his coaching style is really a business lesson.

Burger King has been sued for its (allegedly) shrinking Whopper — The big trend in Fast Food right now isn’t Pumpkin Spice, it’s False Advertising.

And the stock market theme of this fall? It’s the Return of the IPO — Instacart, Arm, and more are bringing back IPO’s this autumn.


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The Daily Detail - The Daily Detail for 9.5.23

Alabama

  • DOJ blocks Alabama's AG from further discovery into Admiral "Rachel" Levine
  • State law to cut down gang activity is now in effect within Alabama
  • CEO of RSA comes out against Education Savings Accounts, calls it extreme
  • Youth residential facility  in Tuskegee sued for treatment of teen 
  • Gas prices to go up on October 1st, as part of Rebuild Alabama Act of 2019
  • Jimmy Buffet made anonymous donation to Battleship Park before death

National

  • Biden's visit FL following Hurricane, Jill Biden now positive for Covid 19
  • Labor statistics show big drop in jobs for citizens, increase in foreign workers
  • Journalist Nick Sorter on ground in Maui re: federal response and restrictions
  • Elon Musk to sue ADL for accusation that Twitter promotes ant-semitism
  • Peruvian study shows Ivermectin dropped Covid fatalities by 74%
  • South Korean study shows N95 masks have unsafe compounds for users