Month: June 2024

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What A Day - Harris, Trump Head To California To Court Big-Money Donors

Former President Donald Trump’s campaign rode his felony conviction to a banner fundraising day last week, raking in more than 50 million dollars within 24 hours of the verdict, according to aides. Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are in California this week to court big donors to grow their campaign war chests with the November election less than six months away. Meanwhile, both campaigns have reportedly seen a significant decline in small-dollar contributions during this election cycle. Arjun Singh, a podcast producer with the investigative outlet The Lever, explains the state of fundraising in the race so far.

And in headlines: The Georgia Court of Appeals said prosecutors cannot move forward with Trump’s election interference trial until it decides whether Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis can stay on the case, U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres called for a global ban on fossil fuel advertising to combat climate change, and Senate Republicans voted to block a bill that would have protected access to contraception.


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The NewsWorthy - Turning Point in History, Cucumber Recall & NBA Finals- Thursday, June 6, 2024

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Also, what we know about giant, flying spiders moving across parts of the U.S.

Plus, another milestone was reached in space travel; a vegetable recall has made Americans sick, and teams are battling for championships in a couple of different sports.

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the memory palace - Episode 218: Olga

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A Note on Notes:

I always prefer that the listener goes into each episode cold, not knowing what it's going to be about. So, you might want to tread carefully, as there are spoilers in the notes below. 

Music

  • L'espagne pour memoire by Michel Portal
  • Find me Tomorrow from Christophe Beck's score to Charlie Countryman
  • The old Soviet philharmonic plays some Shostakovich.
  • The London Symphony Orchestra plays The Blue Danube Waltz.
  • We hear Walt by Mother Falcon.
  • Sombolero by Luiz Bonfa

Notes

  • Like a lot of people below, say, 55, I first heard about Olga Fikotova-Connolly when reading her obituary in the New York Times.
  • By far the best thing you can do if you want to know more about her is track down her out-of-print memoir, The Rings of Destiny, which, despite its rather puffed-up title, is so warm and detailed and intimate. It's a delight. 
  • You might also enjoy this late-in-life interview with Olga as well. 


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The Best One Yet - 🐂 “Lone Star Stock Exchange” — Texas’s new stock market. Champion’s final sweatshirt. Boeing’s space launch.

Texas is building its 1st stock market… either because of politics or competition.

Sweatshirt icon Champion is getting sold and (kinda) shut down… because of our Fads rule.

Boeing is back after launching NASA astronauts into space… and this involves Elon and urinals.

Plus, the hot new investment is actually… the oldest investment: Dinosaur bones.


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The Daily Signal - Miami Aims for ‘Functional Zero’ Homeless Population. Is It Working?

The mayor of Miami has an ambitious goal—to reach a “functional zero” homeless population within his bustling city. 


“We reached functional zero veteran homeless, and I realized … that we could, we should, take it a step further and get to a functional zero,” says Mayor Francis Suarez, a Republican who leads Florida’s second-biggest city.


Miami is partnering with several organizations—including Hermanos de la Calle, Lotus House, and Camillus House—to meet the varied needs of the homeless and create a model that other cities could duplicate to tackle their own homelessness crises. 


But Suarez says addressing homelessness extends beyond meeting the physical, mental, and emotional needs of the homeless—cities must also create an economic environment that allows all citizens to thrive. 


If city leaders want to effectively address homelessness, Suarez argues, they also must consider a “broader macroeconomic reality” that plays a role in creating or alleviating the problem. To this end, the mayor says Miami’s government has followed three rules: “We've kept taxes low; we've kept people safe; and we've leaned into innovation.” 


Suarez joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to explain how Miami is advancing toward a “functional zero” homeless population and to share the exciting results of a recent event toward reaching that goal. 


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Tech Won't Save Us - How the FBI Tapped the Encrypted Chats of Criminals Around the World w/ Joseph Cox

Paris Marx is joined by Joseph Cox to discuss how the FBI created an encrypted phone company called Anom to read criminals’ messages and eventually carry out the largest international sting operation by law enforcement.

Joseph Cox is the author of Dark Wire: The Incredible True Story of the Largest Sting Operation Ever and the host of the 404 Media Podcast.

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The podcast is made in partnership with The Nation. Production is by Eric Wickham. Transcripts are by Brigitte Pawliw-Fry.

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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - The Hollywood Strikes Are Over. No One’s Back To Work.

After waiting for two strikes to resolve, film and television crews across Hollywood were hungry to return to work. But the work has been slow to come back. As a number of crew union contracts expire at the end of July, how strong is their negotiating position?


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Diane Haithman, Senior Entertainment Business Reporter, TheWrap

Diego Mariscal, IATSE local 80 dolly grip


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NPR's Book of the Day - ‘Malas’ is a novel about womanhood, curses and family history in a Texas border town

Marcela Fuentes' debut novel, Malas, is set in a small town nestled on the border between Texas and Mexico. There, two vastly different women begin to uncover decades of secrets, town gossip and broken family histories wrapped up in rodeos, Chicano politics and a hardcore punk band. In today's episode, NPR's Isabella Gomez Sarmiento speaks with Fuentes about the complicated ideals of womanhood in Mexican-American culture and the way her protagonists struggle to live their truths.

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Risky Business with Nate Silver and Maria Konnikova - Mistakes and Unknowns: Election Polls, Poker Tournaments, and the NBA Finals

This week on Risky Business, Nate gives his analysis of what Trump’s guilty verdict may mean for the election, Maria shares the biggest mistakes she’s seen at the World Series of Poker so far, and Nate reveals an interesting ripple in the sports betting ecosystem ahead of the NBA Finals.

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It Could Happen Here - Did the Houthis Sink the USS Eisenhower?

Robert explains to Garrison how a chunk of the online left have convinced themselves the Houthis sunk an aircraft carrier, and what that means about the nature of reality in 2020s.

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