Month: July 2024

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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - TBD | The Panopticon Olympics

How France changed its own laws to have the safest, most pervasively surveilled Olympics ever—and why some are worried the new security system will stay in place long after the games end.


Guests: 

Anne Toomey McKenna, professor, author, and expert in electronic surveillance.

Henry Grabar, covering the Olympics in Paris for Slate.


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It Could Happen Here - CZM Book Club: Stories About Nightingale the Robber

Margaret reads you Russian folklore about a cool bird robber guy who lives in a nest that some punks like.

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The Gist - BEST OF THE GIST: Like Gold, Bronze Is Better Than Silver Edition

In this installment of Best Of The Gist, with the 2024 Summer Olympic Games underway in France, we listen back to a 2016 Spiel, in which, Mike tries to get to the bottom of an Olympian canard about the happiness of bronze medalists. Then we listen back to our Tuesday Spiel, when Mike ponders Kamala Harris’ past as a prosecutor and whether or not that will mean anything as she faces a convicted felon in the race for President. 

 

Produced by Joel Patterson and Corey Wara 

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Motley Fool Money - The Investing Mosaic

How do you determine what a company’s worth? You pull a lot of information from a lot of different places. 


Jim Gillies joins Ricky Mulvey for a conversation on valuation and mosaic theory. They also discuss: 

  • How incentives impact valuation
  • The “new store growth story” at Costco
  • Case studies from a sneaker company and a space company


Companies/Tickers Mentioned: WINA, COST, ONON, SPCE


Host: Ricky Mulvey

Guest: Jim Gillies

Producer: Mary Long

Engineer: Dez Jones

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Global News Podcast - The Happy Pod: The surprise star of a US Olympics team

With the Paris Olympics underway, we hear about Beacon -- the therapy dog that's helped the USA Gymnastics team cope with the pressure and stress of competitive sport. His handler and owner, Tracey, tells us his friendly face and intuitive nature make him perfect for the job -- and that some of the gymnasts even talk to him.

Also: the first horse rider from the Arab world to qualify for Olympic equestrian eventing tells us it's a huge honour to represent the region's history.

How a new type of IVF is helping protect the future of threatened southern white Rhinos.

A woman who travelled solo across Africa on a motorcycle says the three month journey made her feel alive.

We're in Denmark to learn about a project that helps people with mental health issues - by prescribing a course of museum visits, concerts and other cultural activities.

And we find out about the Olympic couples competing in the city of love.

Our weekly collection of happy stories and positive news from around the world.

Presenter: Jannat Jalil. Music composed by Iona Hampson.

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Chicago Singer m.e.h.’s Journey From National Anthems To Lollapalooza

Megan Hammond came to Chicago in 2018 to study music at Columbia College. Since then, she’s released her own songs that highlight her powerful vocals, artful lyricism and genre-bending range. Now, she’ll be taking the stage at Lollapalooza as a part of the Chicago Made Music Showcase on Sunday, Aug. 4. Reset sits down with the singer to hear how she became the artist and musician she is today. For a full archive of Reset interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.