Consider This from NPR - What Makes A Football Movie Great?

Hollywood films have long tried to capture America's obsession with its most popular sport. So on this Super Bowl weekend, we ask: what do the best football movies have in common?

Is it the "Big Speech" with the team down a point and only seconds to go? Or what about the classic underdog story?

Scott Detrow discusses that with Brittany Luse, host of NPR's It's Been a Minute, and with Stephen Thompson of NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour.

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Planet Money - A lawsuit for your broken heart

Keith King was upset when his marriage ended. His wife had cheated, and his family broke apart. And that's when he learned about a very old type of lawsuit, called a heart balm tort. A lawsuit that would let him sue the man his now ex-wife had gotten involved with during their marriage.

On this episode, where heart balm torts came from, what relationships looked like back then, and why these lawsuits still exist today (in some states, anyway.) And also, what happened when Keith King used a heart balm tort to try to deal with the most significant economic entanglement of his life: his marriage.

This episode was hosted by Erika Beras and Sarah Gonzalez. It was produced by Emma Peaslee and edited by Molly Messick. It was fact-checked by Sierra Juarez and engineered by Gilly Moon. Alex Goldmark is Planet Money's executive producer.

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The Gist - Identifying Non-Identity-Based Solutions

We end DEI week with the second half of our interview with Denise Hamilton, author of Indivisible: How to Forge our Differences into a Stronger Future. We discuss areas where racism might very well be at play, though focusing on identity isn't necessarily the best way forward. And our President is a well-meaning elderly gentleman, qualities that are apparently much more of an electoral vulnerability than being a vindictive old man who forever holds a grudge. Plus, why freezing liquified natural gas matters ... all states of matter, in fact.


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The Daily Signal - Biden’s ‘Poor Memory,’ Trump Wins Nevada, Tucker Carlson Releases Putin Interview | Feb. 9

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


  • Special Counsel Robert Hur says President Joe Biden is an “elderly man with a poor memory.”
  • Tucker Carlson’s two hour interview with Russian President ​​Vladimir Putin is out!
  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu indicated plans to launch military operations in Gaza Strip city of Rafah. 
  • Former President Donald Trump wins the Nevada caucuses.
  • The names of five U.S. Marines killed in a helicopter crash are released. 


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Big Technology Podcast - Sam Altman’s $7 Trillion Fundraise, Google Gemini Catches OpenAI, The Return To Office Ploy

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) Sam Altman seeking to raise trillions for a new chip company 2) S&P 5,000 3) Google’s Gemini reaching parity with GPT-4 4) The commoditization of AI models 5) The rise of AI agents 6) Google's looming identity criss 7) What happens if Meta is more valuable than Google 8) FCC bans AI generated robocalls 9) The fallout of failed acquisitions like Amazon - iRobot and Adobe - Figma. 10) Snap doing layoffs and its stock sinks 11) Chris Dixon’s book taking a sketchy route to the best seller list 12) Adam Neumann wants WeWork back 13) Is Return to office a ploy to downsize and hold back raises? 14) Reflections on the Vision Pro


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Motley Fool Money - Big Wins: Burrito, Music, Ride-Hailing

The industry defining companies continue to win in fast-casual, music streaming, and transportation.


(00:21) Emily Flippen and Matt Argersinger discuss:

- Chipotle’s status as big burrito, and how things look as the stock hits all-time highs.

- Spotify and Uber’s impressive combo of growth and efficiency.

- Earnings updates from Roblox, Simon Property Group, and Enphase.


(19:11) Valentine’s day is coming up – to help our listeners in matter gift-giving and money in relationships, Deidre Woollard caught up with Scott Rick a marketing professor at The University of Michigan and the author of "Tightwads and Spendthrifts: Navigating the Money Minefield in Real Relationships."


(34:04) Emily and Matt break down two stocks on their radar: Starbucks and Snap.


Stocks discussed: CMG, SPOT, UBER, RBLX, SPG, ENPH


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CrowdScience - When will the next earthquake hit?

In 2011, CrowdScience listener Amanda survived the devastating earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand.

It arrived unannounced - as all earthquakes do - leaving her with no time to prepare a response. So Amanda wants to know whether science will ever be able to give us advance warning of quakes.

To explore her question CrowdScience heads to New Zealand to meet listener Amanda, as well as the brains behind the country’s earthquake forecasting models. We dig in a field for thousand-year-old tectonic clues that could help us understand when the next earthquake might strike. But even if we could get a head start against a quake, would we respond in the right way?

Please note: earthquake response advice varies by location. Please check local guidance and individual building procedures.

Featuring:

Nicola Litchfield, Principal Scientist in Paleoseismology at GNS, Wellington, New Zealand Matt Gerstenberger, Seismologist and leader of the National Seismic Hazard Model, GNS, Wellington, New Zealand Andy Howell, University of Canterbury, New Zealand Lauren Vinnell, Lecturer in Emergency Management at the Joint Centre for Disaster Research at Massey University

Presenter: Caroline Steel Producer: Emily Bird Editor: Cathy Edwards Production: Jonathan Harris, Jana Holesworth Sound Engineer: Steve Greenwood

(Photo: Earthquake damage in Christchurch. Credit: John Crux Photography)

Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - WBEZ’s Weekly News Recap, Feb. 9, 2024: Lurie Cyberattack, IL Races To Watch And More

A judge rules that an Illinois challenge to former President Donald Trump appearing on the ballot won’t be delayed. Meanwhile, Springfield takes up the so-called “subminimum wage” for tipped workers and Chicago’s elected school board. Reset goes behind those headlines and more in the Weekly News Recap, this week with Simone Alicea, executive producer of City Cast Chicago, Alex Nitkin, reporter with the Illinois Answers Project for the Better Government Association, and Amanda Vinicky, WTTW political correspondent.