Month: December 2024

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Everything Everywhere Daily - The War of the Roses

For thirty years between 1455 and 1485, England suffered its greatest civil war at that point. 

The war was ultimately over succession to the throne and who should be king.

The period was filled with death and bloodshed, and when the dust settled, it left England a changed country and set the stage for its later ascension. 

Learn more about the War of the Roses, its causes, and its resolution on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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The NewsWorthy - Pardon Fuels Backlash, World’s Biggest Legal Case & Giving Tuesday – Tuesday, December 3, 2024

The news to know for Tuesday, December 3, 2024!

We’ll tell you about where wintry weather is settling in as Americans dig out from mountains of snow.

Also, we’ll explain a landmark climate case before the U-N’s top court, and what makes the pardon for President Biden’s son, Hunter, unprecedented.

Plus, the holiday theme on display this year at the White House, a financial setback for the world’s richest man, and what kind of deals you can expect on this “Travel Tuesday.”

Those stories and even more news to know in about 10 minutes! 

 

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NPR's Book of the Day - A game design company has mysterious forces at play in the new YA thriller ‘Darkly’

Author Marisha Pessl has always loved puzzles and board games. She's intrigued by the feeling of forced companionship that comes from solving a puzzle together. Her new novel, Darkly, follows a teen named Arcadia and six others as they embark on an internship with the renowned game design company Darkly. Working on the mysterious island that houses the Darkly headquarters, they come across mysteries of the company and its owner. In today's episode, Pessl speaks with NPR's Ayesha Rascoe about the idea of contained chaos and how the mysteries of the past can unlock the mysteries of the present.

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The Indicator from Planet Money - Boeing’s biggest blunder? Financial engineering.

Boeing continues to struggle. Safety concerns, a door blowing off mid-flight, a labor strike, impending layoffs ... and that's just the past year.

What's gone wrong at Boeing? For many observers, the mistake was shifting focus from engineering to financial engineering.

Today on the show we explain what financial engineering is and why this cultural change at Boeing may have led to the company's current problems.

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Read Me a Poem - “To a Friend Whose Work Has Come to Nothing” by William Butler Yeats

Amanda Holmes reads William Butler Yeats’s “To a Friend Whose Work Has Come to Nothing.” 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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CBS News Roundup - 12/02/2024 | World News Roundup Late Edition

President Biden faces criticism for pardoning his son Hunter. More accusations against President-elect Trump's pick for Defense Secretary. Woman sentenced for drunken driving death of a bride on her wedding day. CBS News Correspondent Jennifer Keiper with tonight's World News Roundup.

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