As a kid, host Aaron Scott would dress up for Halloween as an older version of himself — complete with a cane, a set of polyester britches and painted gray hair. These days, that costume is becoming a bit more of a day-to-day reality. At least, the gray hair is. So today, in honor of all you out there flirting with gray hair, whether for a witch costume or just that exciting and terrifying thing called aging, we're digging into why hair turns gray.
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The Daily Signal - Coach Kennedy Explains How God Used ‘Average Joe’ to Defend Religious Freedom
“Average” is not the adjective that comes to mind when talking about an American who took a religious freedom case all the way to the Supreme Court, but football coach Joe Kennedy says he identified with the word.
“I’ve always looked at myself actually [as] below average,” Kennedy says. “I really had no idea that God was going to take my life in this way, in this path.”
In his new book, “Average Joe: The Coach Joe Kennedy Story,” Kennedy explains how his simple commitment to God to take a knee in silent prayer on the 50-yard line after the high school football games he coached landed him at the center of one of the largest religious freedom cases in recent history, Kennedy v. Bremerton, Wash., School District. It was decided in his favor 6-3 by the Supreme Court on June 27, 2022.
“If you could take a schmuck like me and change the path of the nation as far as religious freedom and the First Amendment goes, imagine what [God] could do with some other people,” the coach says.
Kennedy joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss his new book and to explain why he chose to take a stand for religious freedom and why he left coaching shortly after his Supreme Court victory.
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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - Abortion Providers in the Line of Fire
Before the new abortion clinic even opened in Casper, Wyoming, it was set ablaze. But to the clinic’s founder, property damage and violence aren’t new.
Guest: Julie Burkhart, founder of Wellspring Health Access
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Strict Scrutiny - Texas is a Magic 8 Ball for the Country
ProPublica's Andrea Bernstein joins Kate and Leah to talk about the new investigative podcast, "We Don't Talk About Leonard." Then, Melissa, Kate, and Leah are live from the University of Texas to talk about all the special things the state brings to the federal judiciary.
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NPR's Book of the Day - ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ traces the murders of Osage families
This week, we're hearing from authors whose works have been adapted to the big screen. In this 2017 interview, NPR's Steve Inskeep asks David Grann about his nonfiction book Killers of the Flower Moon, which recounts how white settlers conspired to kill members of the Osage Nation in the 1920s in order to take over their oil-rich land in Oklahoma. The story – which also involves the FBI's first major homicide investigation – is at the center of Martin Scorsese's latest film.
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Opening Arguments - OA823: Alex Jones Can’t Duck the Connecticut Sandy Hook Plaintiffs (& We’re Cheeseless!)
Liz and Andrew cover two main stories: (1) the plea bargain agreed to by Ken Cheseboro in Fulton County, Georgia, and (2) the ruling out of bankruptcy court that certain debts are "non-dischargeable in bankruptcy." What does that mean? Listen and find out!
In the Patreon bonus, Andrew and Liz deep dive into the specific jury instructions and more to figure out why the results were different for similar plaintiffs in Texas.
Notes Heslin v. Jones, Docket via Court Listener
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/66982798/heslin-v-jones/
Wheeler v. Jones, Docket via Court Listener
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/66983329/wheeler-v-jones/
11 U.S. Code § 523 - Exceptions to discharge
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/11/523
The Federalist, “Sidney Powell’s Plea Proves Fulton County Prosecutor Went Nuclear To Get Trump”
Justice Engoron Gag Order
https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=jHhVNANx9_PLUS_/cjyUwT3y0zw==
US v. Trump SDFL Docket via Court Listener
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67490069/united-states-v-trump/
US v. Trump DDC Docket via Court Listener
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67656595/united-states-v-trump/?order_by=desc
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It Could Happen Here - Anti-Zionist Activism with Sim Kern
Shereen is joined by author and journalist Sim Kern to talk about the need to separate Jewish identity from Israel and the importance of Jewish anti-zionist voices in the fight for Palestinian liberation.
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Recommended books by Palestinian authors:
Salt Houses by Hana Alyan
Against the Loveless World by Susan Abulhawa
Rifqa by Mohammed el-Kurd
Homeland: My Father Dreams of Palestine by Hannah Moushabeck
The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017 by Rashid Khalidi
Recommended books by non-Palestinians authors:
Palestine by Joe Sacco
The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan Pappé
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In the first of two episodes, Zachary Crockett digs into the strange and discomfiting history of cadavers, and the industry that has emerged around them.
RESOURCES:
- "From Grave Robbing to Giving Your Own Body to Science – A Short History of Where Medical Schools Get Cadavers," by Susan Lawrence and Susan E. Lederer (The Conversation, 2023).
- "Box of Human Heads Stolen From Truck in Denver," by Carly Moore (FOX4, 2022).
- "A Body Donated to Science - but Used to Test Bombs," by Rozina Sini (BBC News, 2019).
- "How an American Company Made a Fortune Selling Bodies Donated to Science," by John Shiffman and Brian Grow (Reuters, 2017).
- "From Sacrilege to Privilege: The Tale of Body Procurement for Anatomical Dissection in the United States," by Raphael Hulkower (The Einstein Journal of Biology and Medicine, 2011).
- The Anatomy Murders, by Lisa Rosner (2010).
SOURCES:
- Kaylan Goodwin, vice president of marketing at Science Care.
- Susan Lawrence, professor and head of the history department at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
The Allusionist - Apple Fest!
All aboard, we're off to the 2023 Apple Festival at the University of British Columbia, to taste some apples and, most importantly, enjoy some apple names. And before that, we return to the classic Sporklusionist applesode to refresh our memory about how apple names are chosen - eponyms, portmanteaus, geography, or corporate R&D, just like how our ancestors named apples.
Dan Pashman hosts The Sporkful podcast - head to the Sporkful podfeed or sporkful.com to listen to the companion episode where we learn about how new varietals of apples are made. Kate Evans, Kathryn Grandy and Joanna Crosby explain the history of apple names and the current process for coining new ones.
My companions at the apple festival are Hannah McGregor of Material Girls podcast, and Martin Austwick of Neutrino Watch and Song By Song podcasts. Martin also provides the Allusionist music.
Find out more about this episode and the topics therein, read the transcript, and see pictures of the apple festival at theallusionist.org/applefest.
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Consider This from NPR - How a Rookie Hockey Player Prepared for the Big League
Hockey season is underway and NPR followed one hopeful rookie dreaming of taking the ice for the Washington Capitals.
NPR's Scott Detrow spends time at hockey training camp with goalie Mitchell Gibson.
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