The biggest show on TV? It’s crime drama NCIS — The $8B TV show doesn’t win awards, but it gets rewards.
Today is Starbucks’ most profitable day of the year: “Red Cup Day” — But also today, Starbucks’ barista union is staging a “Red Cup Rebellion.”
And the startup making the biggest moves so far this fall: It’s Marc Lore’s Wonder – Wonder has pioneered a new category in food, “Fast Fine Dining,” by taking a Gap Year.
As Palestinian allies like Hezbollah and Iran voice their support, is there a danger of more countries being pulled into the war in Gaza?Â
Guest: Gregory Gause, head of the Department of International Affairs at the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University, specialist in Middle East politics.
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The Minecraft trilogy by Max Brooks is about two humans – Guy and Summer – who get trapped in the world of the video game Minecraft and have to find their way out. In today's episode, Brooks speaks with NPR's Andrew Limbong about how Minecraft is the perfect medium through which to teach kids about conflict, survival and adapting to change. But they also get to talking about how Brooks' first book, World War Z, landed him a gig at West Point teaching military preparedness, and how he thanks his mom, actress Anne Bancroft, for teaching him the value of being prepared.
To mark UN World Toilet Day on 19 Nov, Alex Lathbridge discusses all things toilet related with Andrada Fiscutean and Tristan Ahtone, as they attempt to lift the lid on our collective taboo of discussing sanitary matters.
In 2020, 3.6 billion people – nearly half the global population – lacked access to safely managed sanitation. Diseases such as cholera, typhoid, dysentery, and diarrhoea can spread amongst populations who still practice open defecation.
And lack of access to a functioning toilet disproportionately affects women.
But even if you do have access to a flushing toilet, do you always close the lid? Researchers have measured the invisible aerosol plumes that rise up from the pan of an uncovered toilet flush, potentially spreading other communicable diseases including respiratory infections including even SARS-CoV2.
But flushing toilets are resource heavy. A normal flush can use 5l of water. Could they be re-conceived?
Prof Shannon Yee of Georgia Tech swings my to give us the latest on the “Reinventing the Toilet” project. Next March they hope to unveil the production model of the second generation reinvented toilet (“G2RT”). Much like other household appliances, it could run from a domestic power source, yet turn a family’s faecal matter and urine into clean water and a small amount of ash, with out the need for the grand and expensive sewage infrastructure required by more normal flushing cisterns.
In the black sea meanwhile, AI is being deployed to track the dwindling populations of the beluga sturgeon, from whom the luxury food caviar is harvested.
We discuss sightings of cryptids (mythical or scarcely believable animals) you have sent us, and after the announcement of the rediscovery of a rare echidna species in Indonesia, we look at how conservation and natural history expeditions have changed over the course of the broadcasting career of Sir David Attenborough.
Presenter: Alex Lathbridge, with Andrada Fiscutean and Tristan Ahtone
Producer: Alex Mansfield, with Margaret Sessa Hawkins, Dan Welsh and Ben Motley
Andrew is joined by James to discuss the much misunderstood Luddite movement, how they collectively bargained by rioting, and how the movement reverberated through history
In this episode, Rivers and Sam are joined by TWO hilarious guests: comedians Heather Winter and Shane Bianchi! We kick this one off by testing out the Cali Cola flavor of a drink called "Oxyshred". Heather talks about the Hollywood stars that came into her workplace. We also count down our Top 3 bald guys and animals that we wish could've been domesticated like cats and dogs. "Kickstart My Heart" by Motley Crue is our JAM OF THE WEEK! Give us a listen and join the dang Discord! Follow Heather on Instagram @HeatherRWinter. Follow Shane on Instagram @ShaneBianchiComedy. Rivers is @RiversLangley Carter is @Carter_Glascock Sam is @SlamHarter on Twitter and @SamHarter666 on Instagram 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
Presidents Biden and Xi meet in person. Israel military raids hospital in Gaza. The latest on a government shutdown. CBS News Correspondent Jennifer Keiper with tonight's World News Roundup.
China's economic growth for the past few decades has been extraordinary. And much of that growth was fueled by real estate – it was like this miraculous economic engine for the country. But recently, that engine seems to have stopped working. And that has raised all kinds of questions not just for China but also for the global economy.
Today on the show, we look at what's happening inside China's real estate market. And we try to answer the question: how did we get here?
There's a very real possibility that the 2024 presidential election could come down to a few thousand votes in a few pivotal states.
One of those states is Michigan, which is home to a large Arab American community — with some two hundred thousand registered voters. Many of those voters say that the White House has disproportionately supported Israel, while doing little to protect the lives of Palestinians. And that position could cost President Biden their votes.
Meanwhile, the latest NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll shows how the Israel-Hamas War has divided Americans along racial and generational lines.
NPR National Political Correspondent Don Gonyea reports from Detroit on the concerns of Arab American voters. And Host Scott Detrow speaks with NPR Senior Political Editor and Correspondent Domenico Montanaro about what the latest polling tells us about Americans' changing views on Biden's support of Israel.
There's a very real possibility that the 2024 presidential election could come down to a few thousand votes in a few pivotal states.
One of those states is Michigan, which is home to a large Arab American community — with some two hundred thousand registered voters. Many of those voters say that the White House has disproportionately supported Israel, while doing little to protect the lives of Palestinians. And that position could cost President Biden their votes.
Meanwhile, the latest NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll shows how the Israel-Hamas War has divided Americans along racial and generational lines.
NPR National Political Correspondent Don Gonyea reports from Detroit on the concerns of Arab American voters. And Host Scott Detrow speaks with NPR Senior Political Editor and Correspondent Domenico Montanaro about what the latest polling tells us about Americans' changing views on Biden's support of Israel.
