Month: October 2024

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The Journal. - Stop the Steal 2.0

Across the country, elections officials are bracing for a potentially contentious election day. At the same time, a network of conservative election integrity groups are preparing to challenge the result. WSJ's Rebecca Ballhaus reports on the billionaire-funded effort to contest the election, and WSJ's Jim Carlton reports how Maricopa County, Arizona is preparing for the worst.


Further Reading:

-The Secretive Billionaire Network Funding ‘Stop the Steal’ 2.0 

-‘It Feels Very Dystopian.’ Republican County Officials Brace for Election Deniers—Again 


Further Listening:

-Red, White and Who? The Desperation Stage  

-Uncovering Elon Musk's Secret Political Donations 


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1A - Local Spotlight: The Role Of Private Equity In For-Profit Health Care

U.S. health care has a reputation for costing a pretty penny – and making one, too.

So, when the country's largest for-profit health care system – Steward Health Care in Dallas, Texas – filed for bankruptcy in May, alarm bells sounded.

In September, CEO Ralph de la Torre was subpoenaed to testify about it in front of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee.

For the latest installment of our Local Spotlight series, we highlight the work of The Boston Globe's Spotlight team reporting on Steward Health Care.

We discuss how a for-profit health care system goes from the largest in its field to left with nothing how that affected the communities it served.

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Federalist Radio Hour - ‘You’re Wrong’ With Mollie Hemingway And David Harsanyi, Ep. 120: Media Meltdown Over Trump

Just two weeks out from Election Day the propaganda press is working overtime to drag Vice President Kamala Harris across the finish line. Join Federalist Editor-in-Chief Mollie Hemingway and Washington Examiner Senior Writer David Harsanyi as they break down how the left is using the press to mislead voters as former President Donald Trump continues to hold his own. 

Pre-order David's book The Rise of BlueAnon: How the Democrats Became a Party of Conspiracy Theorists here. 

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The Indicator from Planet Money - How American heiresses became Dollar Princesses

In the late 19th century, British aristocrats had a big problem. They were short on cash to fund their lifestyles and maintain their vast country estates. In our third installment of Love Week, we look at the economic forces that drove some British men of the time to marry American heiresses, dubbed "Dollar Princesses," forming a union of money, status and, sometimes, love.

For more on Dollar Princesses, Mark Taylor's research paper is published here. Kristen Richardson's book is called The Season: A Social History of the Debutante.

Related episodes:
Why the publishing industry is hot (and bothered) for romance (Apple / Spotify)
It's Love Week! How the TV holiday rom-com got so successful (Apple / Spotify)

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The Bulwark Podcast - Jeffrey Goldberg and Catherine Rampell: The Un-American

Donald Trump doesn't share our values or our norms, and he wants the privilege of being able to shoot down Americans in the street. And former officials who worked in his administration are frightened about what he could do to the country. Meanwhile, all the Hitler talk drowns out any talk about Kamala's proposed policies, which are more popular than people realize.

Jeffrey Goldberg and Catherine Rampell join Tim Miller.

show notes:

Goldberg's latest reporting on Trump's preoccupation with dictators
The NYT's interview with John Kelly
Rampell's piece on the popularity of Kamala's policies
Rampell's piece on Flint, MI's baby bonus
Rampell's piece about Trump losing his edge on the economy
Bulwark piece on McKinley and tariffs

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Chapo Trap House - MM15 – Save Your Servants!: Barker, Blatty & Writers In Hell

[Note: these Movie Mindset Horrortober Season 1 episodes were already unlocked for free this year over on the Patreon feed, just adding them to the public feed to make them more widely available. To get every Movie Mindset episode, subscribe at patreon.com/chapotraphouse.] Brendan James returns to take on two triumphant works from writers-turned-directors: Clive Barker’s “Hellraiser” (1987) and William Peter Blatty’s “The Exorcist III” (1990). Both films feature visions of Hell’s intrusion onto earth; two competing and complementary visions of evil, one from a gay British man and the second from a devout American Catholic. Will, Hesse and Brendan go deep on these films, highlighting in Hellraiser some of the most ghoulish practical effects ever put to screen, and in Exorcist III dissecting one of the most infamous jump-scares in film history.
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Time To Say Goodbye - Why Can’t Kids Read Anymore with Susannah Grossman

Hello!

This week we are discussing the state of reading in America and the big Atlantic article that said that college kids can’t really make it through difficult books anymore and blamed woke or something. Our guest is Susannah Grossman, a veteran teacher who has been on both sides of this debate. Really good episode this week imho — lotta lively talk and perspective from someone who has been inside these classrooms.



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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - Sportswashing: Why Saudia Arabia Suddenly Loves Golf

Whether you love it or hate it, there's no denying: golf is one of the world's most popular -- and most lucrative -- sports. In recent years the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has raised global eyebrows as they pour billions of dollars into their own golfing initiative: LIV. Supporters find this move par for the course (get it?), yet critics allege there's a larger conspiracy afoot. Join Ben, Matt and Noel as they dive into the strange allegations surrounding Saudi Arabia, golf, and 'sportswashing.'

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The Commentary Magazine Podcast - If Harris Wants to Win, She Has to Try

Kamala Harris seems to have stalled out on her way to Election Day, while Trump is inching upward. The kinds of things she might be hoping will help her—like the manufactured October Surprises from the New York Times and the Atlantic again highlighting bad Trump quotes and supposedly bad Trump behavior—likely won't. So how can she win unless she figures out a way to...win? Plus, a Commentary Podcast Drinking Game! Give a listen.

 

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