Month: February 2024

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The Gist - American History Tellers: The Underground Railroad

Wondery’s podcast American History Tellers takes you to the events, times and people that shaped America and Americans — our values, our struggles and our dreams.

In the early 1800s, slavery rapidly expanded across the American South. But each year, thousands of courageous enslaved men, women, and children fled their owners in search of freedom. And in Philadelphia, secret allies came to their aid. Quaker abolitionists collaborated with free Black people to bring the freedom seekers to safety.

It was the start of the Underground Railroad, a clandestine network of activists, safe houses, and escape routes that would help tens of thousands of enslaved people flee bondage in the decades before the Civil War and challenge the very roots of American slavery.

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Everything Everywhere Daily - Cruciferous Vegetables

One of the most common food items consumed today is cruciferous vegetables. Even if you aren’t familiar with the term, you almost certainly have consumed some before, and there is a good chance you do so on a regular basis. 

What many people don’t know is that these vegetables are actually rather modern. 

Early neolithic humans never ate broccoli, cabbage, or Brussels sprouts because humans invented these foods. 

Learn more about cruciferous vegetables and where they came from on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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Up First from NPR - The Sunday Story: The Diaspora’s Troubled African Dream

In the sleepy town of Asebu, a few miles inland from the Atlantic along Ghana's Cape Coast, a serene 5,000 acre rural settlement is rising out of the palm forests and farmland.

Pan-African Village is envisioned as an idyllic haven for settlers from the African diaspora. It was established in 2019, after a local chief announced that anyone from the diaspora could have plots for free. Hundreds of people, largely from North America and the Caribbean, have accepted the offer and are in the midst of building large homes.

They regard themselves as the first wave of settlers, carving a new life in their ancestral homeland, devoid of racism and repression. But while locals have tentatively welcomed returning diaspora, Ghana is also experiencing some of the worst economic conditions in decades. In Pan-African Village, brewing tensions over ownership and privileged access to the land are threatening to spill over into violence and unravel the promise of this diaspora haven.

This week on The Sunday Story, producer Andrew Mambo speaks with Emmanuel Akinwotu, NPR's West Africa Correspondent, about the complicated relationship between the diaspora settlers and the place they see as their ancestral home.

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The Gist - BEST OF THE GIST: Women In Film

In this installment of Best Of The Gist, with the Oscars fast approaching, we listen back to Mike’s Thursday Spiel in which he tries to figure out if 2023 was a great or terrible year for women in Hollywood films. We also listen back to our 2015 interview with filmmaker Leslie Headland, whose film Sleeping With Other People had just come out. 

 

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Up First from NPR - Two Years of Russia’s War On Ukraine; South Carolina GOP Primary

As the Russia-Ukraine War heads into its third year, we look at the state of the conflict. Also, former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley has spent millions in her home state and sharpened her attacks on former President Donald Trump, hoping to chip away at his support.

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Everything Everywhere Daily - The Tuskegee Airmen

During the Second World War, one of the most distinguished American aviation units was one that no one thought would even have existed when the war began. 

It was a unit of African American aviators who were trained at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabam. 

Over a thousand airmen were trained and served in the European theater of the war and were some of the most decorated pilots of the conflict. 

Learn more about the Tuskegee Airmen and their incredible story on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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The NewsWorthy - Special Edition: Two Years of War & Its Impact on the U.S.

Today marks exactly two years since Russia first invaded Ukraine, and right now, there is no end in sight for this war.

So today, we’re getting an update on where things stand and insights about what we might expect next. 

Today’s expert is Fred Kagan from the non-partisan think tank AEI. He clarifies how U.S. funding for Ukraine’s war effort is actually used, what message it might send when America hesitates on sending more assistance, what role NATO plays in this conflict, and what all of this means for American citizens here at home.

 

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CBS News Roundup - 02/24/24 | Alabama & IVF, AT&T Outage, HIV & Humor

On the "CBS News Weekend Roundup", host Allison Keyes has details and fallout from CBS's Ed O'Keefe after the Alabama State Supreme Court rules that frozen embryos are the legal equivalent of children. CBS's Jo Ling Kent on a massive AT&T outage. In the "Kaleidoscope with Allison Keyes" segment, a discussion about an online show using comedy to tackle a public health crisis.

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More or Less: Behind the Stats - NBA basketball: Is height more important than skill?

In the NBA, the US professional basketball league, the average player is a shade over 6ft 6 inches tall. So just how much does being very tall increase a man?s chances of becoming a professional player?

Tim Harford talks to data scientist Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, author of Who Makes the NBA?: Data-Driven Answers to Basketball?s Biggest Questions.

Presenter: Tim Harford Producer: Debbie Richford Production Co-ordinator: Katie Morrison Series Producer: Tom Colls Sound Mix: David Crackles Editor: Richard Vadon

(Image: Charlotte Hornets v New York Knicks. Credit: Focus on Sport/Getty Images)