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Today, Maria has lessons from a poker tournament she recently played in Monte Carlo, where she made it to the final table. Then, Nate discusses what RFK Jr.’s impressive polling numbers could mean for Biden and Trump. And Nate and Maria discuss Caitlin Clark and what her story tells us – or doesn’t – about the gender pay gap.
First we dive into some exciting news of actual innovation: ultrasonic extraction for cold brew coffee. Then offer a live react to OpenAI’s new product GPT-4o, which is its new flagship model in the form of a voice assistant, and jump from there to talk more deeply about the problems with AI companions via a tech column in the NYTimes.
••• Scientists Use Ultrasound to Make Cold Brew Coffee in 3 Minutes Instead of 24 Hours https://www.404media.co/scientists-use-ultrasound-to-make-cold-brew-coffee-in-3-minutes-instead-of-24-hours/
••• Hello GPT-4o https://openai.com/index/hello-gpt-4o/
••• Meet My A.I. Friends https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/09/technology/meet-my-ai-friends.html
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President Biden and former President Trump agree to two debates, in June and September. Security officials warn of foreign interference in elections. Supreme Court orders Louisiana to use congressional map with additional Black district in 2024 election. CBS News Correspondent Jennifer Keiper with tonight's World News Roundup.
Paul Rosolie is a naturalist, explorer, author, and founder of Junglekeepers, dedicating his life to protecting the Amazon rainforest. Support his efforts at https://junglekeepers.org
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(00:00) – Introduction
(12:29) – Amazon jungle
(14:47) – Bushmaster snakes
(26:13) – Black caiman
(44:33) – Rhinos
(47:47) – Anacondas
(1:18:04) – Mammals
(1:30:10) – Piranhas
(1:41:00) – Aliens
(1:58:45) – Elephants
(2:10:02) – Origin of life
(2:23:21) – Explorers
(2:36:38) – Ayahuasca
(2:45:03) – Deep jungle expedition
(2:59:09) – Jane Goodall
(3:01:41) – Theodore Roosevelt
(3:12:36) – Alone show
(3:22:23) – Protecting the rainforest
(3:38:36) – Snake makes appearance
(3:46:47) – Uncontacted tribes
(4:00:11) – Mortality
(4:01:39) – Steve Irwin
(4:09:18) – God
Joe Biden surprises Donald Trump with a debate challenge, and Trump accepts. Tommy and MSNBC’s Jen Psaki discuss the strategy behind Biden’s move and how likely it is that those debates will actually happen, Trump’s courthouse surrogate operation, the latest with Israel and Gaza, and whether it’s true that Biden thinks the polls are wrong. Then, Tommy and Jen relive the best White House stories from Jen’s new book, Say More: Lessons from Work, The White House, and the World.
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Economist Allison Schrager, Bloomberg columnist and author of An Economist Walks into a Brothel: And Other Unexpected Places to Understand Risk, makes the case for working well into your 70s. And even if you think the case is "poor," that's exactly what you'll be if you opt out of the workforce at 62. Plus, a French gangster known as La Mouche, or "The Fly," shoots his way to freedom as the French fret about the Olympics.
The graduating class of 2024 is taking one of the biggest steps in their academic careers. What’s next? We know that almost three quarters of Native students graduate high school. And college graduates reached an achievement only 1 in 5 Native people attain by age 25. We devote this show to the Native academic stars reaching a major educational milestone.