Month: December 2024

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NPR's Book of the Day - Colson Whitehead’s novel ‘The Nickel Boys’ comes to the big screen

Colson Whitehead's 2019 novel The Nickel Boys follows the studious and idealistic Elwood Curtis, a Black teenager whose prized possession is a recording of speeches by Martin Luther King Jr. But when Elwood is sent to a juvenile reformatory in Florida, his worldview is challenged by the horrors he experiences there. Now, Whitehead's novel has been adapted into a film. In today's episode, we revisit a conversation between Whitehead and NPR's Scott Simon, where they discuss the real-life reform school that inspired Nickel Academy, MLK's idea of soul force, and Whitehead's strong emotional reaction to the characters in his novel.

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Everything Everywhere Daily - All About Sand

One of the most common substances on Earth is sand. 

Most people don’t think very much about sand, but sand is an extremely important part of our world. 

It isn’t just for building sand castles and going to the beach. Sand is the second most consumed resource in the world after water. 

There is an entire science to sand, what different types consist of, how it is made, and even how it moves. 

Learn more about sand and the surprising complexity of a seemingly simple subject on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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Up First from NPR - The Poetic Wealth of Nikki Giovanni

The legendary African American poet Nikki Giovanni passed away this week at the age of 81. Since fiercely coming onto the scene during the Black Power movement of the 1960s, Giovanni established a rich and powerful literary legacy. Her work often celebrated the power of Black joy contained within the fight for civil rights by reminding readers that "Black love is Black wealth".

Today on the show, we feature a conversation between Rachel Martin, host of NPR's Wild Card, and Nikki Giovanni from earlier this year.

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The Gist - BEST OF THE GIST: Tight Edition vs Loose Edition

Each weekend on Best Of The Gist, we revisit an archival segment from the past and pair it with a replay of something from the past week. This weekend, we revisit Mike’s 2018 interview with cultural psychologist Michele Gelfand, who challenges us to think of societies not along the traditional “liberal to conservative” spectrum but instead as ranging from “tight to loose.” It’s a theory she explores in her book Rule Makers, Rule Breakers: How Tight and Loose Cultures Wire Our World. From the past week, we replay Mike’s Tuesday Spiel about the acquittal of Daniel Penny. 

 

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Up First from NPR - S. Korea President, Texas Abortion Lawsuit, Coffee Prices

South Korea's parliament impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol for his attempt to impose martial law on the democracy. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued a New York doctor for prescribing abortion medication to a Dallas-area woman. A drought in Brazil has caused the price of coffee on the futures market to reach a 47-year high.

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Everything Everywhere Daily - Gunung Padang (Encore)

Located on the island of Java in Indonesia, just 100 kilometers from the capital of Jakarta, lies what might be one of the most important archeology sites in the world. 

While it has been known to locals for centuries and to professional archeologists for over 100 years, it has only been seriously studied in the last several decades. 

Some of the estimates of the age of this site, if true, would radically transform what we know about early human civilization.

Learn more about Gunung Padang, perhaps the oldest and largest pyramid in the world, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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The NewsWorthy - Special Edition: Top 10 Tech Stories of 2024 (& What’s Next)

Today we're taking a look back at the 10 most important tech-related stories of 2024! Ready for the countdown? 

Our guest is Brian McCullough from the Techmeme Ride Home podcast. He's sharing his list, then naming which one he believes was THE most important of the year.

Then, of course, we look ahead to 2025 with what to expect next in tech...

 

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