Humans have seen a significant increase in life expectancy over the past 200 years — but not in overall lifespan. Nobody on record has lived past 122 years. So, for this early Halloween episode, host Regina G. Barber asks: Why do we age and why do we die? Microbiologist Venki Ramakrishnan explains some of the mechanisms inside of our bodies that contribute to our decay — and tells us if it's possible to intervene in the process.
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Slate Books - Money Talks: The Gambler Who Bet on Alibaba
In this Money Talks: the man who would bet billions on a coin toss. Host Felix Salmon chats with Lionel Barber, whose new book Gambling Man: The Secret Story of the World’s Greatest Disruptor, Masayoshi Son reveals how the man who backed Alibaba became the world’s biggest maverick investor, throwing fortunes at enterprises that could either succeed spectacularly or go down in flames.
Podcast production by Jared Downing and Cheyna Roth.
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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - Spoiler Alert: Undecided Voters
The hardest-to-reach portion of the electorate remains “undecided” at this point of the election cycle, but the outcome depends on which campaign can convince them to join their side.
Guest: Michael Podhorzer, Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress (CAP) and author of the substack Weekend Reading.
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The Daily Signal - Andrew Klavan Examines American Culture Through New Mystery Novel
Podcast host for The Daily Wire and bestselling author Andrew Klavan's newest mystery novel examines American culture without being a political book.
"I've sort of taken the issues out so that I'm not lecturing people on what I think, how I think they should vote, or what I think they should think, and just describing the anger, the division, the ideological capture that's taking place," Klavan tells The Daily Signal.
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Read Me a Poem - “The Testimony of J. Robert Oppenheimer: A Fiction” by Ai
Amanda Holmes reads Ai’s “The Testimony of J. Robert Oppenheimer: A Fiction.” 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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The Stack Overflow Podcast - How can you get your kids into coding? We asked an 8-year-old app builder.
Watch Fay build a Harry Potter-themed chatbot with an assist from AI.
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It Could Happen Here - We Are All Brothers: How the Emberá Community of Bajo Chiquito Welcomes Migrants in the Darién Gap
In the second part of his series on the Darién Gap, James looks at the impacts of migration on the indigenous Panamanian Emberá community.
Sources:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DAaDkSwh1Jk/?igsh=bmgyanBteW10czd5
https://www.themanual.com/outdoors/darien-gap-feature/
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/apr/18/panama-darien-gap-jose-raul-mulino
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2022/10/27/the-darien-gap-a-deadly-extension-of-the-us-border
https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/supporting_resources/jmhs.pdf
https://www.strausscenter.org/publications/asylum-processing-at-the-u-s-mexico-border-august-2024/
https://www.msf.org/lack-action-sees-sharp-rise-sexual-violence-people-transiting-darien-gap-panama
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Chapo elections unit Dave Weigel and Josh “Ettingermentum” return for one last check-in on the state of the 2024 US Elections. We review Trump’s fascist clown show rally at Madison Square Garden over the weekend, and discuss its potential impacts on the final week of the race. We look at the closing arguments & strategies of both campaigns, the increasingly strained relationship between the electorate and the media, key senate races to watch, and give final chances for Trump & Harris.
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CBS News Roundup - 10/28/2024 | World News Roundup Late Edition
Outcry over comedian's comments at former President Trump's New York rally. DHS warns of threats of violence towards election officials and infrastructure by domestic extremists. Fires set to drop boxes in Washington and Oregon. CBS News Correspondent Jennifer Keiper with tonight's World News Roundup.
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The Gist - Floating Pile Of Garbage Punchlines
A joke at a punch rally gets pilloried. And a full-show interview with Musa al-Gharbi on his book We Have Never Been Woke: The Cultural Contradictions of a New Elite. This is the conversation all the symbolic capitalists have been waiting for!
Produced by Joel Patterson and Corey Wara
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