Month: November 2024

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Lost Debate - Getting Stoned With Oliver Sacks

Ravi dives into the extraordinary life of Dr. Oliver Sacks, the beloved neurologist and storyteller who humanized medicine. Joined by Bill Hayes – author, photographer, and Sacks’ partner – they explore Sacks’ groundbreaking career, his personal struggles, and the profound empathy he brought to his work that redefined how we understand the human mind.

Bill then shares more about Sacks’ creative process, the transformative power of their relationship, and Sacks’ experimentation with psychedelics, part of a lifelong journey toward self-acceptance and love. Finally, Ravi and Bill reflect on Sacks’ legacy, and what we can learn from his unique perspective on life, death, and the human experience.


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Motley Fool Money - Walmart’s Flywheel Keeps Spinning

But the retailer’s valuation is giving investors more questions.

(00:14) Nick Sciple and Ricky Mulvey discuss:

- Highlights from Walmart’s quarter.

- What shoppers want from mac and cheese.

- Why nicotine pouches may be “the biggest consumer product story this decade.”

Then, (17:04) Robert Brokamp kicks off a two-part series with Christine Benz, Morningstar’s Director of Personal Finance and the author of “How to Retire: 20 Lessons for a Happy, Successful, and Wealthy Retirement.”


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Companies discussed: WMT, COST, PMI, MO, TPB

Host: Ricky Mulvey

Guests: Nick Sciple, Robert Brokamp, Christine Benz

Producer: Mary Long

Engineer: Rick Engdahl

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State of the World from NPR - Is Israel Using New, Deadly Military Technology in Gaza?

NPR has been collecting eyewitness accounts from Gaza that indicate Israel is using a new type of drone. One that has a gun attached that can shoot people remotely. We hear how Israel is using it in Gaza and what this technology could mean for the future of warfare.

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The Journal. - The Fight for 7-Eleven

Earlier this year, Canadian convenience store company Alimentation Couche-Tard put in a bid to acquire 7-Eleven. Then, management from inside 7-Eleven’s parent company, Seven & i, proposed a record-breaking buyout to counter. WSJ’s Jinjoo Lee on the drama around who will own the world’s largest convenience store chain. 


Further Listening:

-The Fight Over U.S. Steel and the Community Caught in the Middle 

-Why the FTC is Challenging a $25 Billion Supermarket Merger 


Further Reading:

-The Fight for 7-Eleven Isn’t Just About Money 

-Talk of a 7-Eleven Takeover Has Japan Worried About the Rice Balls 

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The Bulwark Podcast - Jen Psaki: Don’t Speak to Me

The Democrats focus too much on reaching white college-educated voters, and the threat to democracy was not the right closing message. Plus, Nancy Mace needs to get a life beyond getting MAGA street cred, no one wants to be in the same bathroom with MTG, and Jared Polis may be on to something with the hippie-ish libertarians. 

Jen Psaki joins Tim Miller.
show notes
Gov. Polis tweet about RFK, Jr.
The governor's follow-up tweet

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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - CLASSIC: The Windover Bog Bodies

In 1982, in Titusville, Florida, construction worker Steve Vandejagt happened across a skull amid the muck and debris of the job site. And this was only the beginning of the mystery. Steve had accidentally uncovered one of the oldest gravesites in the United States, proof of an ancient, mysterious culture that existed more than 7,000 years ago. Join the guys as they dive into the story of the Windover Bog Bodies.

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Federalist Radio Hour - What Comes Next For The Pro-Life Movement?

On this episode of "The Federalist Radio Hour," Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, joins The Federalist's Senior Elections Correspondent Matt Kittle to discuss what comes next for the pro-life movement. While voters rejected radical pro-abortion ballot initiatives in several states despite the left outspending the pro-life movement on messaging, the fight to protect life isn't over. Dannenfelser explains how leaders in the Republican Party can take on the fight to protect life -- and still win. 

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