Month: February 2024

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The Gist - When An Insurmountable Obstacle Meets A Hubristic Work Force

Joe Biden's foreign policy team has mixed success, or some "non-failures," depending on if you regard the Afghanistan withdrawal plan as a regrettable misstep or bungled necessity. Alexander Ward is out with a new book, The Internationalists: The Fight to Restore American Foreign Policy After Trump. Plus, Shane Gillis hosts SNL, Trevor Noah hosts the Grammys, Joe Koi hosts the Golden Globes, and Twitter hosts pointed critiques of each. And are we really going into government shutdown watch ... again?!?


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CoinDesk Podcast Network - GEN C: How to Bring an NFT to the Stars With Micah Johnson, Creator of Aku

Micah Johnson, former pro baseball player, artist and creator of Aku World, joins "Gen C" to discuss art in crypto.

Today we have artist and former professional athlete Micah Johnson on the podcast. From being a successful artist to creating Aku, a character reminding children to go after their big dreams which has shown up at the NBA All-Star Game, on Beats Headphones, to the cover of Time Magazine, hear how Micah embodies aspirational creator culture.

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Federalist Radio Hour - What Happened To Statesmanship?

On this episode of "The Federalist Radio Hour," John Burtka, president and CEO of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, joins Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to discuss the decline of statesmanship and analyze how the example of ancient philosophers could help rebuild it.

You can find Burtka's book Gateway to Statesmanship: Selections from Xenophon to Churchill here.

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The Daily Signal - SCOTUS to Rule on Future of Big Tech, RNC Chair Resigns, Trump Appeals Fraud Verdict | Feb. 26

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


  • The Supreme Court hears oral arguments for a pair of major First Amendment cases involving Big Tech companies. 
  •  Former President Donald Trump appeals the judge’s verdict in his New York civil fraud case. 
  • A man sets himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in an act of protest. 
  • Chairwoman of the Republican National Committee Ronna McDaniel is stepping down next month. 
  • President Joe Biden and Trump will visit the southern border Thursday. 


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Consider This from NPR - How The Underground Railroad Got Its Name

Popular culture is filled with stories of the underground railroad - the legendary secret network that helped enslaved people escape from southern slave states to free states in the north.

Harriet Tubman is the underground railroad's best known conductor. Tubman, who was a Union spy during the Civil War, escaped slavery in Maryland, but returned again and again, risking her own freedom to help free others, including members of her family.

Inevitably there's much we don't know ...including how the term, the Underground Railroad, came to be.

Journalist Scott Shane, stumbled on the answer while he was writing his book "Flee North: A Forgotten Hero and the Fight for Freedom in Slavery's Borderland."

His book tells the story of Thomas Smallwood, an activist and writer who's story and the key role he played in the abolition movement has mostly been lost to history.

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Consider This from NPR - How The Underground Railroad Got Its Name

Popular culture is filled with stories of the underground railroad - the legendary secret network that helped enslaved people escape from southern slave states to free states in the north.

Harriet Tubman is the underground railroad's best known conductor. Tubman, who was a Union spy during the Civil War, escaped slavery in Maryland, but returned again and again, risking her own freedom to help free others, including members of her family.

Inevitably there's much we don't know ...including how the term, the Underground Railroad, came to be.

Journalist Scott Shane, stumbled on the answer while he was writing his book "Flee North: A Forgotten Hero and the Fight for Freedom in Slavery's Borderland."

His book tells the story of Thomas Smallwood, an activist and writer who's story and the key role he played in the abolition movement has mostly been lost to history.

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Motley Fool Money - Berkshire After Charlie

Warren Buffett’s annual letter points to a steady path ahead.


(00:21) Jason Moser and Deidre Woollard discuss:

- Why Berkshire Hathaway doesn’t pay a dividend.

- If utility businesses are in trouble.

- What a mountain of cash means for the insurance business.


(17:53) Ken Costa, author of The $100 Trillion Dollar Wealth Transfer, explains how a sea change in wealth could impact the world’s financial future.


Companies discussed: BRK.A, BRK.B, DPZ, LULU


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Host: Deidre Woollard

Guests: Jason Moser, Ken Costa

Producer: Ricky Mulvey

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Judge Nixes Mayor Johnson’s ‘Bring Chicago Home’ Ballot Referendum

A Cook County judge ruled Friday that Mayor Brandon Johnson’s plan to alter the real estate transfer tax to raise up to $100 million a year to fight homelessness is invalid. Reset checks in with WBEZ city government and politics reporter Tessa Weinberg. For a full archive of Reset interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.