Month: July 2024

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Up First from NPR - The Sunday Story: Is this what democracy looks like?

This week on The Sunday Story, a new series from NPR's Embedded podcast that explores what happens when one political party has near-complete control. Supermajority, hosted by WPLN reporter Meribah Knight, follows three conservative moms in Tennessee over the course of a year as they learn to navigate their Republican-controlled state legislature.

Reeling from a mass shooting at their kids' school, the three moms become advocates for gun control. But this isn't a story about gun control. It's about what they find when they step inside their state capitol for the first time in their adult lives. These political newcomers confront powerful lawmakers, a dizzying legislative process and most importantly – their own long-held beliefs. What can the women accomplish? How will the work change them? And what might it all reveal about democracy?

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The Gist - BEST OF THE GIST: Founding Fathers Day Edition

In this installment of Best Of The Gist, a couple interviews from the vault in honor of Independence Day. First up, historian Gordon S. Wood explains why the friendship between founding fathers Thomas Jefferson and John Adams should give us hope. Then Mike talks about founding fathers’ thighs with Alexis Coe, author of You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington. 

 

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Everything Everywhere Daily - How to Lie With Statistics

Mark Twain once said, 'There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.'

The reason why he placed statistics into its own category is because it is possible to use numbers to misrepresent the truth, distort reality, or outright lie. 

However, if you know what to look for, you can catch misuses of statistics, and if really pay attention, you can find these misuses almost everywhere.

Learn more about how you can lie with statistics on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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The NewsWorthy - Special Edition: America’s Divide Explained (RERUN)

America’s political divide has been growing in recent decades – and that seems especially true with a contentious election just months away. 

So today, as many of us continue to celebrate America’s independence, we wanted to go back and re-listen to a conversation we shared late last year with an expert who has done the research – and found we all carry biases that may contribute to our country’s current polarization.

Our guest is breaking down the biases that keep us fractured and offering possible solutions we can implement in our own lives.

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CBS News Roundup - 07/06/2024 | Weekend Roundup

On the "CBS News Weekend Roundup", host Allison Keyes gets the latest on the deadly heat wave bringing dangerous temperatures to the West from CBS News Meteorologist David Parkinson. The nation celebrates Independence Day with everything from fireworks to celebrating the service members that keep the nation free. In the "Kaleidoscope with Allison Keyes" segment, a discussion about the Civil Rights Act, sixty years after it was signed into law.

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CBS News Roundup - 07/05/2024 | World News Roundup Late Edition

President Biden insists he will not drop out of the presidential race. Former president Donald Trump asked the judge in his classified documents case to put it on hold. And Hurricane Beryl is threatening Texas.

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The Indicator from Planet Money - One of the hottest jobs in AI right now: ‘types-question guy’

U.S. job growth cooled this month. But one job is hot to the touch: AI prompt engineer. The role can command a six figure salary, but ... what is it? Today, we speak to an AI prompt engineer to figure out what they actually do and how long the job could remain hot.

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The Gist - Living Constitutionally Requires A Strong Constitution

Americans talk a big game about the U.S. Constitution and its role in guiding the nation for nearly 250 years, but few try to live strictly by the words of said document. AJ Jacobs is one of them. For a year, this patriot upheld the high values, carried a musket in public, and struggled against the oppression of Revolutionary era socks, and he is out with the book, The Year of Living Constitutionally: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Constitution's Original Meaning. Plus, Mike officially disses the Articles of Confederation. 

 

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