Month: May 2024

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Bad Faith - Episode 376 – Hopium Chronicles (w/ John Nichols)

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The Nation's John Nichols returns to Bad Faith to break down the avalanche of bad press Biden has been getting over the last week, including a viral article by Ian Chotiner in The New Yorker in which Dem strategist Simon Rosenberg tried to rage-quit the interview after being asked basic questions about Biden's bad polling. Nichols, a historian of American politics, walks us though nearly a century-worth of elections to assess what opportunities exist in this moment for the left: A challenge at the convention? A third party candidate? (N.B. -- we recorded prior to the news that Biden's nomination at the convention would be "virtual.")

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Produced by Armand Aviram.

Theme by Nick Thorburn (@nickfromislands).

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Inside Europe - Inside Europe 30 May 2024

Elections 101: with just one week to go before EU parliamentary elections, DW's Jack Parrock tells you all you need to know. The inside story of how a far-right masterplan was exposed in Germany, the 80th anniversary of D-Day in the shadow of the war in Ukraine. Plus: we mark June's Kafka centenary with a special half hour dedicated to one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century.
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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - Listener Mail: Chemicals and Fame, Aura Goggles, Food Cube Theory and Pornhub Bans in Texas

How have notable historic figures been affected by dangerous chemicals? Did the US really suppress secret goggles that allow you to see auras? Why has Pornhub banned itself in Texas? In Letters From Home, the guys learn more about the Food Cube Theory. All this and more in this week's listener mail segment.

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Focus on Africa - Nigeria: One year into President Tinubu’s term in office, how has he fared?

It's one year since Bola Tinubu became Nigeria’s President. Mr Tinubu assumed office during a time of unprecedented challenges for Africa’s most populous country. How are Nigerian's feeling about his promise of a "renewed hope"?

Somalia is the only sub-Saharan country to carry out the death penalty, where according to Amnesty International executions are on the rise. What's the attitude towards the death penalty there?

And Zimbabwe re-launches it's national youth programme, which aims at equipping young people with life skills. What do young Zimbabweans think?

Presenter: Richard Kagoe Producers: Joseph Keen, Bella Hassan, Yvette Twagiramariya and Patricia Whitehorne Senior Journalist: Karnie Sharp Technical Producer: Phillip Bull Editors: Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi

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Native America Calling - Thursday, May 30, 2024 – Basketball is in the air

Basketball fans are glued to their teams’ performance in the NBA conference finals, with at least two Native players still battling for the title. And the WNBA just started its season, welcoming Minnesota Lynx draft pick Alissa Pili (Iñupiaq and Samoan) onto the court. We’ll hear from Pili, as well as University of Houston Coach Kelvin Sampson (Lumbee), who the AP just named Coach of the Year, along with some other perspectives on Native representation on the court.
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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - A CPS Teacher’s Diary Of His Final School Year

For Chicago teachers, a note from the principal detailing their assignment for the upcoming school year is a mere formality. Some return to the same grade level or subject as the year before. But for others, including veteran teacher Gregory Michie, the switch was a “sucker punch.” Michie was reassigned to teach media literacy to all grade levels, from kindergarten through eighth grade, a challenge he hadn’t encountered before. In a series of diary entries, he chronicles his experiences of his final year in Chicago Public Schools. Now readers can learn from Michie’s experience in his published book, “176 Days: A Teacher’s Diary of an Unexpected Year.” Reset sits down with Michie to learn more about the lessons he learned. For a full archive of Reset interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.
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Up First from NPR - Voter Views on Trump Trial, Blinken At NATO Meeting, Justice Alito Rejects Recusal

A NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll offers insights into how the outcome of former President Donald Trump's New York criminal trial might affect how people vote. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the U.S. is paying attention as some NATO allies allow Ukraine to strike military targets inside Russia using their weapons. And Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito says he will not recuse himself from cases related to former President Trump and his 2020 election defeat.

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Today's episode of Up First was edited by Dana Farrington, Nick Spicer, Elana Hadler Perl, Lisa Thomson and Ally Schweitzer. It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Ben Abrams and Lindsay Totty. We get engineering support from Arthur Laurent. Our technical director is Zac Coleman.

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