Generally, we at Short Wave are open-minded to the creepies and the crawlies, but even we must admit that leeches are already the stuff of nightmares. They lurk in water. They drink blood. There are over 800 different species of them. And now, as scientists have confirmed ... at least some of them can jump!
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The Daily Signal - SPLC ‘Labeled Us Anti-Ourselves’: Gays Against Groomers Founder Responds to ‘Hate Group’ Smear
Jamie Michell, a lesbian who founded the organization Gays Against Groomers, finds it ironic and "hilarious" that the Southern Poverty Law Center brands her openly LGBTQ group an "anti-LGBTQ hate group."
"It classifies us as an anti-LGBTQ hate group, which is the most ironic and hilarious thing ever because everybody in our organization is gay and we even have a few trans people," Michell tells The Daily Signal in an interview at the Republican National Convention earlier this month.
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NPR's Book of the Day - Stephen Graham Jones explores a new side of horror in ‘I Was a Teenage Slasher’
A small Texas town in the late 1980s, two teenagers on the outside of the social scene, and a curse for revenge. That's the setup for Stephen Graham Jones' new novel, I Was a Teenage Slasher. But as he tells NPR's Ayesha Rascoe, the classic slasher tale at the heart of Jones' book comes with a twist for both the reader and Jones himself as the writer.
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Opening Arguments - Rap on Trial
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Charis Kubrin is a professor of criminology at University of California Irvine whose extensive analysis of rap lyrics has provided the basis for her expert testimony in cases around the U.S. in which an artist’s work has been used against them as criminal evidence. Professor Kubrin joins us to explain what brought her to this subject, the history of “rap on trial,” and her ongoing work with the defense bar to push back against this problematic and almost inevitably racist practice.
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Charis E. Kubrin’s faculty bio at the UCI School of Social Ecology
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Rap on Trial Legal Guide (2nd Edition), Jack Lerner & Charis Kubrin
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The Economics of Everyday Things - Romance Novels (Replay)
How did love stories about vampires, cowboys, and wealthy dukes become the highest-grossing fiction genre in the world? Zachary Crockett gets swept away.
- SOURCES:
- Delaney Diamond, romance novelist.
- Danielle Flores, high school math teacher and avid romance novel reader.
- Brenda Hiatt, romance novelist.
- Diane Moggy, vice president of editorial at Harlequin.
- RESOURCES:
- "Even as Overall Book Sales Are Declining, Romance Novels Are on the Rise," by Elena Burnett, Sarah Handel, and Juana Summers (All Things Considered, 2023).
- "Key Takeaways from the Authors Guild’s 2023 Author Income Survey," press release by the Authors Guild (2023).
- "How Amazon Turned Everyone Into a Romance Writer (and Created an Antitrust Headache)," by Ann Kjellberg (Observer, 2022).
- "Vivian Stephens Helped Turn Romance Writing Into a Billion-Dollar Industry. Then She Got Pushed Out," by Mimi Swartz (Texas Monthly, 2020).
- "A Brief History of the Romance Novel," by Amanda Pagan (New York Public Library Blog, 2019).
- "How Harlequin Became the Most Famous Name in Romance," by Kelly Faircloth (Jezebel, 2015).
- "Fifty Shades of Amish: A Strange Genre of the Romance Novel," by Leah McGrath Goodman (Newsweek, 2015).
Consider This from NPR - Who will Vice President Kamala Harris pick to be her running mate?
Vice President Kamala Harris has a little over a week to pick a running mate to join her on the presidential ticket.
The list of possibilities is long, but many have a couple of things in common — the represent swing states and are white, straight men — qualities that might help make a winning ticket.
Who should the current Vice President pick to be her running mate, and what will make that a winning choice?
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The list of possibilities is long, but many have a couple of things in common — the represent swing states and are white, straight men — qualities that might help make a winning ticket.
Who should the current Vice President pick to be her running mate, and what will make that a winning choice?
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Consider This from NPR - Who will Vice President Kamala Harris pick to be her running mate?
Vice President Kamala Harris has a little over a week to pick a running mate to join her on the presidential ticket.
The list of possibilities is long, but many have a couple of things in common — the represent swing states and are white, straight men — qualities that might help make a winning ticket.
Who should the current Vice President pick to be her running mate, and what will make that a winning choice?
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The list of possibilities is long, but many have a couple of things in common — the represent swing states and are white, straight men — qualities that might help make a winning ticket.
Who should the current Vice President pick to be her running mate, and what will make that a winning choice?
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Audio Poem of the Day - A True Dimension of Nothingness
By Jason Adam Sheets
Everything Everywhere Daily - Gamblers Who Beat the House
You have probably heard the expression, “The house always wins.”
This is usually true….in fact, it's almost always true.
If it weren’t true, then casinos wouldn’t exist. Every game in a casino is designed to give the house an edge so that in the long run, with enough players, they are mathematically guaranteed to win money.
However, there have been a few occasions where people have figured out a way to use the rules in their favor to win big.
Learn more about the gamblers who beat the house on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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Pod Save America - What Undecided Voters Think of Kamala Harris (Ep. 6)
Jon is joined by longtime pollster Sarah Longwell to discuss how swing voters are reacting to Kamala Harris’ unexpected campaign for president. How did they react to Biden’s decision to withdraw? What concerns do they have about Kamala Harris’ chances against Trump? And is her candidacy reigniting their capacity for hope? Sarah shares new focus group tape collected during Kamala Harris’ first week on the campaign trail to find the answers and talks to Jon about the Vice President’s path to the White House.
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