Donal Ryan's novel, The Queen of Dirt Island, centers its women characters. He tells NPR's Mary Louise Kelly that making the men peripheral wasn't his goal – "it just kind of happened." In today's episode, he explains how a childhood spent listening to his grandmother, sister and neighbors in his mom's kitchen inspired the voices in the book, and why he wrote with a strict word count in mind for each chapter.
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Cato Daily Podcast - Tracking CBDCs Before They Launch
The central bank digital currency is on the wish list for many central banks despite the lack of compelling use cases for the currency and troubling rollouts of CBDCs thus far. Nicholas Anthony details the Human Rights Foundation's new tracker for CBDCs.
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More or Less: Behind the Stats - Will there be a billion climate refugees?
Former Vice President Al Gore has said that climate change is predicted to lead to a billion climate refugees. But where do these predictions come from and are they realistic? We investigate the idea that floods, droughts, storms and sea level rise will cause a mass migration of people across borders.
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The House votes to expel indicted Republican George Santos from Congress. Former Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, first woman on the Supreme Court, dies today.
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The Indicator from Planet Money - Endless shrimp and other indicators
On the latest edition of Indicators of the week, inflation in the U.S. and Europe is slowing down. Plus, a new report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston highlights the number of gig workers typical employment counts miss. And finally ... Red Lobster, endless shrimp and loss leaders.
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Planet Money - Why are we so bummed about the economy?
Would you say that you and your family are better off or worse off, financially, than you were a year ago? Do you think in 12 months we'll have good times, financially, or bad? Generally speaking, do you think now is a good time or a bad time to buy a house?
These are the kinds of questions baked into the Consumer Sentiment Index. And while the economy has been humming along surprisingly well lately, sentiment has stayed surprisingly low.
Today on the show: We are really bummed about the economy, despite the fact that unemployment and inflation are down. So, what gives? We talk to a former Fed economist trying to get to the heart of this paradox, and travel to Michigan to check in on the place where they check the vibes of the economy.
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These are the kinds of questions baked into the Consumer Sentiment Index. And while the economy has been humming along surprisingly well lately, sentiment has stayed surprisingly low.
Today on the show: We are really bummed about the economy, despite the fact that unemployment and inflation are down. So, what gives? We talk to a former Fed economist trying to get to the heart of this paradox, and travel to Michigan to check in on the place where they check the vibes of the economy.
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Cato Daily Podcast - Addressing Big Impediments to Delivering Civil Justice
America's civil justice system has a variety of problems that must be addressed. Bridget Mary McCormack, a former chief justice on the Michigan Supreme Court and the current head of the American Arbitration Association, has a few ideas.
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The Gist - The Slings And Poop Maps Of Outrageous Fortune
Eliot Cohen, Dean of the Johns Hopkins School of International Studies and former Counselor to the Secretary Of State has always thought Shakespeare had great insights about great leaders. His book is The Hollow Crown: Shakespeare on How Leaders Rise, Rule, and Fall. Plus, George Santos gets bounced, and Ron DeSantis has a crap map.
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State of the World from NPR - The Israel-Hamas cease-fire ends and fighting resumes
After a week-long pause, Hamas again fired rockets into Israel and Israel resumed airstrikes in Gaza. A report on why the fighting resumed.
And were Gaza's hospitals able to resupply and catch up on treating patients during the cease-fire?
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And were Gaza's hospitals able to resupply and catch up on treating patients during the cease-fire?
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The Daily Signal - Santos Removed From House, Fighting Resumes Between Israel and Hamas, Sandra Day O’Connor Dies | Dec. 1
TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down:
- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., and Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., faceoff in a fiery debate.
- Fighting between Israel and Hamas resumes.
- Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., is ousted from Congress in a bipartisan vote of 311 to 114.
- UN climate conference underway in United Arab Emirates amid scandal.
- Retired Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O'Connor dies at the age of 93.
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