Month: March 2024

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The NewsWorthy - U.S. Airdrops Aid, Haley’s Historic Win & 401(k) Millionaires- Monday, March 4, 2024

The news to know for Monday, March 4, 2024!

We'll tell you about the U.S. effort to get humanitarian aid into Gaza and Republican Nikki Haley's first win in the 2024 presidential race.

Also, we're talking about the outcome of a criminal case that's been called a "game changer" for first responders.

Plus, a powerful storm shut down ski resorts and a major highway; a new lawsuit pits two of the world's most prominent tech leaders against each other, and two basketball stars made history over the weekend. 

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What A Day - Why Oregon’s Going From Drug Decriminalization To Recriminalization

Oregon’s legislature has reintroduced criminal penalties for hard drug possession, effectively reversing course three years after voters passed the state’s Measure 110 and decriminalized possession in many cases. Many describe the reversal as a big setback for the criminal justice reform movement. But to understand how we got here, we look at where Oregon fell short in its implementation of Measure 110.

Israel boycotted ceasefire talks in Cairo on Sunday after Hamas refused a demand to provide a list of all the hostages who are still alive and in their captivity. Meanwhile as the humanitarian crisis in Gaza continues to worsen, the U.S. carried out its first airdrop of aid supplies into the region.

And in headlines: CVS and Walgreens will start dispensing abortion pills, Caitlin Clark shatters an NCAA scoring record, and Donald Gorske shatters a McDonald’s eating record.

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Short Wave - The Evolution Of Cancer Treatment

Recently, the US Food and Drug Administration approved a first-of-its-kind cancer therapy to treat aggresive forms of skin cancer. It has us thinking of the long history of cancer. One of the first recorded mentions of cancer appears in an ancient Egyptian text from around 3000 B.C. And although we now know much more about how cancer begins — as a series of mutations in someone's DNA — it's a disease people are still grappling with how to cure cancers today. This episode, cancer epidemiologist Mariana Stern talks about cancer history and treatment today — plus, why some people are more prone to certain cancers and why that might matter for curing them.

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The Daily Signal - Is Your Money ‘Voting’ for Things You Don’t Believe In?

Americans with investments in the “Big Three” financial companies—BlackRock, State Street, and Vanguard—may see their money “voting” for things they don't believe in, warns the top lawyer at Strive Asset Management, the firm founded by former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy.


“I think, for a long time, we've been really focused on, where is money in politics, right?” Alexandra Gaiser, the general counsel at Strive, tells “The Daily Signal Podcast” in an interview at the National Religious Broadcasters convention in February. “So, you have all sorts of campaign finance restrictions.”


Gaiser joins the show to explain how Stive works.


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The Best One Yet - 🚕🤖 “1st Podcast Recorded In A Waymo Self-Driving Car”

From the backseat of a Waymo self-driving cab in San Francisco, we’ll make you an expert on the entire self-driving car industry. As our robot drives us around the City with mics in-hand, we cover the past, present, and future of robotaxis — and the technology, the business model, and the shockingly vast impact. From the controversies caused by Uber, Cruise, and Tesla to the huge gains to humankind that self-driving technology can bring, it’s all in this bonus episode.


So sit back, relax, and take your hands off the wheel — This is the world’s first self-driving podcast… For the first time in history, a podcast has been recorded in a self-driving robotaxi. 


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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - Florida’s Anti-Vaxxers Won. Then the Measles Surged.

Measles happens, but this outbreak in Florida is unfolding in a post-pandemic world where mistrust in public health officials and vaccinations is practically the party line. 


Guest: Lauren Weber, Washington Post accountability reporter focused on scientific and medical disinformation. 


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Strict Scrutiny - Content Moderation, Machine Guns, and Trump’s Trial Calendar

Leah and Kate analyze the ramifications of the Supreme Court agreeing to hear Trump's immunity case... seven whole weeks from now. They also recap the arguments in a case about whether the federal government can ban bump stocks, a device that turns a semi-automatic rifle into, essentially, a machine gun. Plus, evelyn douek joins the pod to recap arguments in a case about whether social media content moderation is censorship and therefore violates the First Amendment. 

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The Gatekeepers - 5. The Vortex

One of the strange things about our new media universe, is how innocuous decisions taken in Silicon Valley - turning a dial, or adding a few lines of code to increase engagement - can change your life.

In 2016, Instagram introduced a new way of looking at content: the non-chronological feed.

Now, instead of seeing what your friends were posting in the order they were posting it, an algorithm brought you stuff based on search history, likes, and interactions.

That’s how tech engineers saw things back then - not just at Instagram, but at Pinterest, and other platforms too - if you engage with something, that must mean you want more of it.

Ian Russell believes that this algorithmic change may have altered the course of his 14 year old daughter Molly's life.

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It Could Happen Here - A Brief History of Self-Immolation Protests

Robert and Mia start with an overview of self immolation protests in Vietnam and Taiwan.

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The Economics of Everyday Things - Bowling Alleys (Replay)

Once America’s favorite recreational activity, bowling has been in the gutter for decades. But some surviving alleys are resetting the pins. Zachary Crockett laces up.

 

  • SOURCES:
    • Mike Leong, owner of Bel Mateo Bowl.
    • Devon Stewart, head coach of Florida State University bowling team, C.E.O. of Bowl Connect, and consultant with the Hansell Group.