On today's podcast, I provide the first of my impressions on a weeklong trip to Israel and what it feels like to be in a country at war—even during this strange period when the rocket fire has stopped and the hostages are being dribbled out by Hamas. The podcast crew joins me in wondering how stiff the spines of Joe Biden and the Israelis can and will remain as Hamas continues to play the hostage card. Give a listen.
Hope more hostages will be released during extended pause in the Israel-Hamas conflict. Farewell to a first lady. A-I at your doctor's office. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has today's World News Roundup.
If you just looked at a map and saw a sea of blue, you might think that the water is just sitting there, but it's not.
The oceans are constantly moving, and it isn’t just waves and tides that move. There are enormous rivers of water flowing through the oceans, near the surface, and near the seafloor, which influence the Earth’s climate and its weather patterns.
Learn more about ocean currents and how they affect the planet on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
We'll update you on the ceasefire in the Middle East and why it was extended.
Also, aid for Israel is just one of the many issues Congress is grappling with right now. We'll break down a handful of the key issues lawmakers are trying to figure out before the winter break starts next month.
Plus, why Instagram is facing new criticism, what Elon Musk did and said during a visit to Israel & all about Merriam-Webster's word of the year.
As Biden successfully secures a temporary ceasefire in Gaza, Congress attempts to pass an aid package for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan. But Republicans say they won’t pass anything unless Democrats agree to new demands related to US-Mexico border security. Meanwhile, Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis are spending super PAC money going after each other in Iowa and New Hampshire. While their biggest competition, Donald Trump, says he is once again set on repealing Obamacare. And finally, George Santos rips into his congressional colleagues ahead of his possible expulsion from the chamber.
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The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa by Stephen Buoro is one of our favorite books of 2023. It focuses on a 15-year-old boy, Andy Aziza, who lives in Kontagora and uses the framework of superheroes and villains to grapple with the systemic issues in his home country of Nigeria and the African continent as a whole. In today's episode, Buoro speaks with NPR's Camila Domonoske about his protagonist's difficult feelings about his identity and country of origin, and how he balances the darkness of postcolonial violence with light-hearted, teenage issues like high school crushes.
TrueAnon’s Brace Belden returns to the show as the crew continues discussing the war in Palestine. We look at Israel’s military shortcomings, the IDF’s penile obsession, the domestic propaganda war, and some measures Biden could take we might actually support. We also touch on Gavin Newsom’s vetoing of an anti-Caste based discrimination law, and a Ron DeSantis aide who apparently willed himself to death.
Catch Will at the New Bedford Whaling Museum’s 2024 Moby-Dick Marathon: https://www.whalingmuseum.org/program/moby-dick-marathon-2024/
And keep an eye on TrueAnon’s feed for an upcoming announcement that will “end politics as we know it”.
Amanda Holmes reads Donald Hall’s “Ox Cart Man.” Read Hall’s essays “Remains” and “One Road” on our website. 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.
Israel and Hamas agree to extension of cease-fire. Vermont man charged with shooting of three Palestinian men. Memorial service for Rosalynn Carter held. CBS News Correspondent Jennifer Keiper with tonight's World News Roundup.
Pulitzer Prize winning NY Times writer David Leonhardt is here to discuss Ours Was The Shining Future: The Story of the American Dream. The hostage exchange between Israel and Hamas is working and showing us that countries are right to care about their own citizens. Plus, a few furry friends become entrees, and a Fertile Turtle is at the center of the ordeal.
