Month: October 2023

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The Commentary Magazine Podcast - The Monsters Must Pay

Dan Senor joins today's podcast to mourn with us at the horrors in Israel, to reflect on the burdens and the courage of Israeli people, and worry about the world's inconstancy in the face of a long and possibly brutal war Israel must win. You will note there is no intro music and no outro music, and no ads. This is a grim day. Give a listen.

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NPR's Book of the Day - Nathan Hill’s ‘Wellness’ examines marriage, parenthood and polyamory

Nathan Hill's novel Wellness starts with a blossoming romance between two artists in Chicago's underground scene. Twenty years later, they're married, raising a kid, and running into all sorts of conflict, within themselves and with one another. In today's episode, Hill speaks with Here & Now's Robin Young about how love and partnership changes over time, and how the start of the book – which he wrote two decades ago – felt much different when he reapproached it in his 40s.

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Bad Faith - Episode 312 Promo – Biden Hits The Wall (w/ Eugene Puryear)

Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock this episode and our entire premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast    Eugene Puryear of Breakthrough News joins Bad Faith to weigh in on Biden’s choice to add to Trump’s border wall, and why the media seems to be largely ignoring sanctions as a root cause is the immigration crisis. Eugene specifically digs into the history of US involvement in Venezuelan politics, and the conflicts of interest between US oil corporations and the strength of the Venezuelan economy. But first, Briahna and Eugene engage in a healthy debate about the state of electoral politics, Cornel West leaving the Green Party, and more.

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The Intelligence from The Economist - Israel reels: a bloody assault

Almost exactly 50 years on from the moment that launched the deadly Yom Kippur War, Hamas, the militant group that controls the Gaza strip, carried out a series of attacks. Hundreds have been killed, Israeli intelligence services were surprised and the retribution is bound to be severe. What does this mean for Palestinian civilians, and regional politics more broadly?
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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - How The Healthcare System Is Still Failing Black Americans

Average life expectancy in the U.S. decreased by just under three years because of the COVID pandemic. But, if you break it down further by racial and ethnic group, life expectancy for Black and Hispanic people declined about four years. There are a number of reasons for this disparity. Dr. Brian H. Williams is a trauma surgeon and author of the new book The Bodies Keep Coming: Dispatches from a Black Trauma Surgeon on Racism, Violence, and How We Heal joins Reset. We check in with him about his experiences in healthcare as a Black man and seeing how ongoing inequities in the system are impacting his non-white patients. Check out the rest of our catalog of interviews at wbez.org/reset.
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Start the Week - Israel

This programme was set up before the violence broke out in Israel. Tom Sutcliffe will also be joined by the BBC's Diplomatic Correspondent James Landale.

The Israeli novelist and psychologist Ayelet Gundar-Goshen describes the shock felt by the attacks on her country. The Editor of the Jewish Chronicle Jake Wallis Simons discusses his book Israelophobia in which he argues that throughout history Jews have been hated for their religion and their race, and now anti-Semitism is focused on their nation-state. The journalist Nathan Thrall has been reporting in Israel and Palestine for many year. His book The Day in the Life of Abed Salama reveals the every day life of Palestinians in one of the most contested places on earth.

Producer: Katy Hickman

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Serious Inquiries Only - SIO391: Astrophysicist Wet Blankets All The Alien Talk

Dr. Bryan Gillis is here to tell us why it just isn't aliens. Sorry. BUT WHAT IF IT WERE. That question too. This one is a super fun and educational deep dive on space, space travel, the Drake Equation, and more! I also get Bryan's best guess for how aliens ever COULD visit.

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The Daily Detail - The Daily Detail for 10.9.23

Alabama

  • The surprise Hamas attack on Israel and the response of Alabama's congressional delegation
  • Auburn basketball coach Bruce Pearl blames Biden for funding Hamas' attack on Israel
  • Hopes to reduce Alabama's recidivism rate
  • Alabama Digital Expansion Authority members don't want rural areas left behind in the broadband conversation
  • Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth promises no mask requirements again in Alabama 
  • Baptisms at East Brewton W.S. Neal High School 
  • Mobile blames Mississippi bussing efforts for homeless population increase

National

  • Michael Herzog, Israeli ambassador to the U.S.,on "Face the Nation"
  • Congressman dismisses idea of Donald Trump as next Speaker of the House
  • Biden builds the border wall