Month: August 2024

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The Stack Overflow Podcast - How developer experience can escape the spreadsheet

Cortex is an internal developer portal that cuts noise and helps devs build and continuously improve software. Explore their docs or see what’s happening on their blog.

Cortex is also hiring, so if you’re an engineer who wants to work on these kinds of problems, check out their careers page.

Connect with Anish on LinkedIn or X.

Ganesh is also on LinkedIn and X.

Shoutout to Alex Chesters, who earned a Great Question badge with How to count occurrences of an element in a Swift array?. 

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It Could Happen Here - My RNC Grindr Adventure

Gare investigates the alleged increase in Grindr activity at the 2024 Republican National Convention.     

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CBS News Roundup - 08/01/2024 | World News Roundup Late Edition

Historic prisoner swap with Russia means freedom for journalist Evan Gershkovich and former Marine Paul Whelan. Simone Biles dominates Olympics gymnastics once again. Thousands turn out in Teheran to mourn Hamas leader, believed killed by Israeli strike. CBS News Correspondent Jennifer Keiper with tonight's World News Roundup.

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The Indicator from Planet Money - Why the Olympics cost so much

The modern Olympic Games are notorious for saddling host cities with burdensome cost overruns into the billions. Organizers for the Paris 2024 Olympics were aware of this and planned to put on one of the most cost-effective Olympics in recent memory. They still went over budget.

Today on the show, why the Olympics almost always costs host cities much more than they anticipate and what we can learn from the Olympic Games' original economic sin.

Related episodes:
Peacock, potassium and other Paris Olympics Indicators (Apple / Spotify)
Why California's high speed rail was always going to blow out (Apple / Spotify)

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1A - Local Spotlight: “Broken City: Inside New Orleans’ Chronic Dysfunction”

In most places in the U.S., if you see a pothole or broken streetlight, you can contact the city to request a repair. But response times vary dramatically.

In Memphis, Tennessee, it takes an average of five days for the city to fill a pothole upon a citizen's request. Louisville, Kentucky, and Miami Florida, complete the task within a couple of weeks.

But, in New Orleans, citizens wait an average of 355 days for a pothole to be filled.

Our "Local Spotlight" series hits the road. We highlight the meaningful investigative journalism happening in your communities.

For this installment, we head to Louisiana and talk about the recent series from the Times-Picayune called "Broken City: Inside New Orleans' Chronic Dysfunction."

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The Journal. - The Historic U.S.-Russia Prisoner Swap

Russia freed wrongfully convicted Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and more than a dozen others on Thursday as part of the largest East-West prisoner swap since the Cold War. WSJ’s Joe Parkinson and Drew Hinshaw report on the effort to bring Gershkovich home. 


Further Listening:

-Russia Tries a WSJ Reporter in a Secret Court 

-Two Parents on a Crusade to Free Their Son 


Further Reading:

-Inside the Secret Negotiations to Free Evan Gershkovich 

-WSJ Reporter Evan Gershkovich Is Free 

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The Gist - Biden’s Black Hole Polling Effect

With Biden now out of the 2024 Presidential race, the polling data has gotten cleaner … so says conservative pollster Kristen Soltis Anderson. She joins us to talk about Kamala’s sugar rush, Trump’s lack of a nickname for his new opponent, and the breaking of Biden’s negative effect on Democratic polling numbers. Also, an Olympic boxer punches “too hard.” And prisoners are swapped.


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Consider This from NPR - A look at Ashleigh Johnson, a powerhouse of women’s water polo

On Wednesday in Paris, the U.S. women's water polo team faced off against Italy and proved once again what a dominant force they are in the pool, cruising to a 10-3 win.

For the team's star goalkeeper Ashleigh Johnson, these games have been something of a reunion. She has played professionally on both Greek and Italian teams. Now that she's in Paris, she's competing against some of her former teammates.

She's the first Black woman to play on the U.S. women's water polo team. She made 80 saves at the Tokyo Olympics alone — more than any other goalkeeper in the women's and men's tournaments. She's considered one of the best goalkeepers in the world.

So how far will Johnson go in these Olympics?

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - A Karaoke Night For 5,000 Chicagoans? Salt Shed And Empty Bottle Want To ‘Set The Record’

Do you love to sing in the shower? Are you a regular at your local karaoke bar? Well, get ready to sing your heart out in front of 5,000 Chicagoans! The Empty Bottle and Salt Shed Chicago are hoping to make it into the ranks of the Guinness Book of World Records for hosting what they’re calling World’s Largest Karaoke on Aug. 8. Expect to write your name and song of choice on a sheet of paper and drop it into a bucket day-of. If you’re lucky, you might just be selected to grace the Salt Shed stage. So get ready to dust off the old pipes and RSVP for free here, or just show up. For a full archive of Reset interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.