Month: May 2024

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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - Strange News: New Orleans Archdiocese Scandal, Explosions in Clinton Township, The US Campus Protests Make History

A sex-trafficking inquiry targets the New Orleans archdiocese. An explosion in Michigan's Clinton Township triggers an investigation. Widespread anti-war protests across the United States place the country at a crossroads. All this and more in this week's strange news segment.

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Focus on Africa - East Africa Floods: Have governments done enough?

Hundreds of people have been killed and thousands remain displaced across east Africa. Kenya and Tanzania escaped major damage from cyclone Hidaya, over the weekend, but they remain at risk of further flooding and landslides. Have governments done enough?

Also why has the place of birth been removed from the passports of a group of people born in the Chagos Islands?

And what's going on between Wizkid and Davido?

Presenter: Daniel Dadzie Producers: Audrey Brown, Bella Hassan and Charles Gitonga Technical Producer: Phillip Bull Senior Producer: Karnie Sharp Editors: Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi

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The Commentary Magazine Podcast - It’s Worse Than That

A landmark podcast episode in which we all take turns claiming the situation between America and Israel and between college campuses and the rest of the country is worse. Who's right? What is worse? And what's the TV show you should watch but shouldn't Google anything about if you want to enjoy it? Give a listen.

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - What’s That Building? Quinn Chapel AME Church

Quinn Chapel is an icon in Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood that the community is in the process of restoring. The building sits on the corner of 24th and Wabash. It has a long history of Black activism and was once a station on the Underground Railroad, helping Black people escape enslavement. Reset learns more about this building and renovation project from architecture sleuth Dennis Rodkin. For a full archive of Reset interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.
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Up First from NPR - Gaza Ceasefire Talks Stall, Xi In Europe, Boeing Starliner Launch

The Gaza ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas appear to have hit a roadblock. China's president heads to France for a state dinner — hoping to drive a wedge between Europe and America. Boeing is hoping it has better success in space than it's lately had inside the atmosphere.

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Philosophers In Space - Downsizing and Altruisms

If you think about it, on the downsizing principles this is like a years worth of content, and two sentences is endless show notes. Or something, I dunno, the scaling doesn't really make any sense, much like the conceptual map surrounding altruism. Enjoy!

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