Some companies drop new products. sweetgreen drops new vegetables.
Nicolas Jammet is the Cofounder and Chief Concept Officer of sweetgreen, a health-minded fast casual chain with more than 200 locations. Jammet joined Mary Long for a conversation about:
- The future of automation and eating.
- Creating an “Apple-like” retail experience at a restaurant.
- sweetgreen’s balance between value and growing to become profitable.
In these closing days of the presidential election, polling across the board has nearly every swing state in a statistical tie, meaning the election may come down to just a couple thousands votes.
No matter who wins, in the coming days we're going to hear a lot more from Donald Trump and his allies about the results.
And if history is any guide we can expect a mix of misleading information, rumors and outright lies
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Just a quick note – TMK is on holiday for a couple weeks! Jathan is enjoying his honeymoon totally disconnected from all work, while Ed and Jereme are taking a much needed break. We'll back later in November with more exciting episodes. Until then – later!
Who deserves public assistance from the government? This age-old question has been revived by policymakers, pundits, and activists following the massive economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Anne Whitesell takes up this timely debate, showing us how our welfare system, in its current state, fails the people it is designed to serve.
From debates over stimulus check eligibility to the uncertain future of unemployment benefits,Living Off the Government?: Race, Gender, and the Politics of Welfare(NYU Press, 2024) tackles it all. Examining welfare rules across eight different states, as well as 19,000 state and local interest groups, Whitesell shows how we determine who is—and who isn't—deserving of government assistance. She explores racial and gender stereotypes surrounding welfare recipients, particularly Black women and mothers; how different groups take advantage of these harmful stereotypes to push their own political agendas; and how the interests and needs of welfare recipients are inadequately represented as a result. Living Off the Government? highlights how harmful stereotypes about the race, gender, and class of welfare recipients filter into our highly polarized political arena to shape public policy. Whitesell calls out a system that she believes serves special interests and not the interests of low-income Americans.
Ancient mathematics was very different than the mathematics you are used to today.
Two primary tools ancient mathematicians used were the compass and the straightedge. With these two very simple objects, they were able to make an astounding number of proofs and mathematical discoveries.
However, there were some problems that were always beyond their grasp.
Learn more about squaring the circle and the problem that eluded mathematicians for over 2000 years on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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There are only two days left until Election Day and for both the campaigns of Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump swing states are the key to victory. In order to help us understand each campaign's strategy, today on the show we feature our colleagues at the NPR Politics Podcast. Host Miles Parks is joined by Domenico Montanaro and Mara Liasson to talk about what each campaign is doing to gain those magical 270 electoral votes needed to win the White House.
Voters in swing states are being subjected to constant political messages—on billboards, commercials and, increasingly, via text messages. But are dozens of “make a plan to vote” texts you’re receiving going to make a difference?
Guest: Jacob Neiheisel, political science professor at the University at Buffalo
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With just two days to go, Dan sits down with Election Night guru and NBC News National Political Correspondent Steve Kornacki for a pre-election deep dive. Steve breaks down the state of the race, shares insights on key battleground states, trends among key voter groups, and which counties he's watching to signal election night outcomes. Then, Steve and Dan dig into close Senate and House races, plus some quirks in ballot-counting that could affect how quickly we get results.
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Each weekend on Best Of The Gist, we listen back to an archival Gist segment from the past, then we replay something from the past week. This weekend, though, we’re kicking it old school, with two segments from 2014. First up, Mike’s now-10-year-old interview with Casper Kelly creator of the epic and addictive Adult Swim video Too Many Cooks. Then, with endorsements in the air, we listen back to Mike’s conversation with Patrick LaForge from the New York Times, who tells us the origin story behind the expression “retweets don’t equal endorsements.”
