Black holes are one of the most mysterious cosmological phenomena out there. Astrophysicist Priya Natarajan calls them "the point where all known laws of physics break down."
On the list of perplexing qualities: The origins of supermassive black holes. That story was only confirmed within the last year.
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NPR's Book of the Day - In ‘Liars,’ Sarah Manguso explores a marriage falling apart
When author Sarah Manguso was going through a divorce a few years ago, she says she put her rage into writing her novel Liars. It's about the dissolution of a marriage, and a woman reckoning with the failures of her relationship on a personal and societal level. In today's episode, Manguso tells NPR's Andrew Limbong how her protagonist's experiences differ from her own, and why different characters are to blame for the lying mentioned in the title.
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Crimetown - You Might Also Like: The Confessions of Anthony Raimondi
Marc heads to Williamsburg, Brooklyn to meet a 70-year old gangster and hear him confess to the murder of Pope John Paul I. What he learns is that there’s a lot more to Anthony Raimondi than meets the eye.
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Chapo Trap House - 854 – Medbed Bugs feat. Alex Nichols (7/29/24)
Felix and Alex provide some Olympics commentary by reviewing the last few Assassin’s Creed games. Plus, a return of our Animal News segment with a discussion of how much screen time captive gorillas should get. Then: Republicans get “weird,” Megyn Kelly critiques Kamala’s rise to power, Trump seems like he’s running out of gas, and Israel gets a January 6 by people demanding their soldiers’ freedom to commit sexual violence. Finally, a reading series on the phenomenon of “medbeds” and the people who hope Trump will unleash unlimited free space healing technology.
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Serious Inquiries Only - SIO452: Ambivalent Attitudes Promote Support for Extreme Political Actions
Dr. Joe Siev from SIO429 is back with us to discuss a new study he's published regarding political behavior among those who hold ambivalent attitudes. This one is very subtle and trickier to grasp fully than you might think. I talk more after the interview about how I've come to understand what this study means. Additionally, there's a blog post that makes it easier.
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The Stack Overflow Podcast - How Stack Overflow fends off scraping bots
As Josh explains, DDoS attacks aim to take down a website, while bot scrapers try to gather as much data as possible without getting caught.
Josh Zhang is a staff site reliability engineer (SRE) at Stack Overflow. Connect with him on LinkedIn.
ICYMI: In 2022, Josh wrote an article for our blog about how Stack defends itself against DDoS attacks.
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Read Me a Poem - “Tristan da Cunha” by Roy Campbell
Amanda Holmes reads Roy Campbell’s “Tristan da Cunha.” Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us: podcast@theamericanscholar.org. If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman.
This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by Chad Crouch.
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It Could Happen Here - I Read Kamala Harris’ Dad’s Book
Mia and James venture into the depths of Kamala Harris’ Dad’s fusion of Marxian and post-Keynesian economics and root out the truth about Donald Harris' Marxism.
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The Druze community of the Golan Heights mourns after a weekend rocket strike on a soccer field kills 12 children. The attack raises questions about the Druze identity— an Arab minority group that can claim Israeli citizenship.
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CBS News Roundup - 07/29/2024 | World News Roundup Late Edition
President Biden proposes Supreme Court reforms. Former President Trump to sit for FBI interview following assassination attempt. Deadly stabbing attack in the U.K. CBS News Correspondent Jennifer Keiper with tonight's World News Roundup.
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