Month: January 2024

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Read Me a Poem - “The Hill-Shade” by William Barnes

Amanda Holmes reads William Barnes’s “The Hill-Shade.” 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.


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Chapo Trap House - 802 – Adult High School feat. Alex Nichols (1/29/24)

Alex Nichols a.k.a. @Lowenaffchen joins us to look at a series of certified Good Mental Moments from our top politicians. Then, we transition to doing a live listen to the new Tom McDonald feat. Ben Shapiro song FACTS. Is Ben bringing Tom down? Is that an AI or is Ben really that robotic? Do you really want to be talking compound interest in your rap verse? Alex puts on his Fortune Kit hat to discuss that and more. Check out Fortune Kit here or wherever you get pods: https://soundcloud.com/fortune-kit And the FYM podcast here or wherever you get pods: https://chapofym.podbean.com/
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The Gist - Paging Doctor Death

We're joined by the show runner of the Peacock series Dr. Death, Ashley Michel Hoban, to discuss why we are drawn to doctors who first do some harm. Lots of it in fact.  Plus, Nikki Haley just has no idea about any details of Donald Trump's Trials. And the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act is making progress, yet it feels like ghoulish wound-opening.


Produced by Joel Patterson and Corey Wara

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The Indicator from Planet Money - Are we overpaying for military equipment?

If the proposed defense budget is passed, it will account for roughly 3.5 % of U.S. GDP. The military buys everything from pens and paper clips to fighter jets and submarines. But the market for military equipment is very different from the commercial market. And sometimes the system results in the Pentagon, and taxpayers, overpaying. This week, we're bringing you a three-part series on the defense industry.

Today, we unpack how defense costs are getting so high and why it's happening.

Related:
Can Just-In-Time handle a new era of war? (Apple / Spotify)

How to transform a war economy from peacetime (Apple / Spotify)

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Planet Money - Bonus: Janet Yellen on Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!

Our friends at NPR's news quiz Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! recently had a very Planet Money guest on their show: Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. They asked her about smoking pot, her extremely high scores in Candy Crush, and when to expect the Harriet Tubman $20 bill.

Today, we're sharing an excerpt of that episode with you, along with some exclusive questions just for Planet Money listeners.

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The Daily Signal - 3 US Soldiers Killed, Trucker Convoy Heads to Southern Border, Chiefs (and Taylor Swift) Are Going to Super Bowl | Jan. 29

TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down:


  • President Joe Biden says the U.S. will respond after an attack in Jordan left three soldiers dead. 
  • A trucker convoy is headed to the southern border to demand the Biden administration secure the border. 
  • Multiple nations have joined the U.S. in suspending funding to a U.N. aid organization in the Middle East. 
  • A transgender affirming abortion doula gave a lecture to nursing students at Catholic University last week. 
  • Kansas City Chiefs fans and Taylor Swift fans alike scored a win on Sunday.



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Consider This from NPR - With 3 Soldiers Dead, The U.S. Tries to Avoid Direct Conflict With Iran

A deadly attack on an U.S. military base in Jordan pulled the United States deeper into a regional conflict that it's trying to avoid.

How the U.S. responds could determine whether the country enters another full scale war. We ask National Security Council spokesperson, John Kirby, what comes next.

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Consider This from NPR - With 3 Soldiers Dead, The U.S. Tries to Avoid Direct Conflict With Iran

A deadly attack on an U.S. military base in Jordan pulled the United States deeper into a regional conflict that it's trying to avoid.

How the U.S. responds could determine whether the country enters another full scale war. We ask National Security Council spokesperson, John Kirby, what comes next.

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