A man filmed playing the piano while homeless went viral. Now he's raising money for others and says it's saved his life. Also: showing love with Christmas lights; how a cat saved its owner; and AI spots dolphin accents.
The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe - The Skeptics Guide #1015 – Dec 21 2024
Live from Washington DC; News Items: The Science of Tipping, JonBenet Ramsey Case, Primordial Black Holes, Oldest Alphabet, Food Distribution, Goop Spiral; Live Q&A; Science or Fiction
Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Chicago Film Buffs Share Their Best Movies Of 2024
Whether you’re a fan of big blockbusters like “Dune: Part Two” or “Wicked” or someone more interested in arthouse hits, there were a lot of movies to choose from in 2024. Reset talks with a panel about what made their best-of lists. Michael Phillips is the film critic at the Chicago Tribune. Ahmed Ali Akbar is a Chicago Tribune food writer and co-host of “Dune: Prophecy The Official Podcast.” Colton Campbell is a manager at the Music Box Theatre.
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The Daily Signal - George Soros, Cartels, and the Downfall of California
Following the election of President Donald Trump in November, California Gov. Gavin Newson, a Democrat, convened a special session of the state legislatures to “Trump-proof” California. At the top of the agenda is Newson’s effort to prevent a Trump administration from deporting illegal aliens living in the state.
“This is going against the rule of law and against the will of the American people” who elected Trump, Allison Huynh said of Newson’s efforts.
Democrats in California have “romanticized” sanctuary cities and even crime, according to Huynh, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and former Democrat.
“We’re just opening the gate and allowing all these illegal immigrants to come in, a lot of criminals, drug dealers, and it’s all funded by George Soros and the cartels,” she said.
A narrative has been perpetuated in California that justifies crime in the name of being kind to the poor, according to Huynh, but the reality is that “were basically frogs being boiled alive.”
Huynh grew up in a Marxist Communist country until the age of seven when her family left Vietnam and moved to America, and says she is watching as her state embraces “full blown socialism.”
Huynh joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to explain how Newson’s actions are moving her state towards socialism, and if there is any hope left for California.
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NBN Book of the Day - Lindsay Weinberg, “Smart University: Student Surveillance in the Digital Age” (Johns Hopkins UP, 2024)
In Smart University: Student Surveillance in the Digital Age (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2024), Lindsay Weinberg evaluates how this latest era of tech solutions and systems in our schools impacts students' abilities to access opportunities and exercise autonomy on their campuses. Using historical and textual analysis of administrative discourses, university policies, conference proceedings, grant solicitations, news reports, tech industry marketing materials, and product demonstrations, Weinberg argues that these more recent transformations are best understood as part of a longer history of universities supporting the development of technologies that reproduce racial and economic injustice on their campuses and in their communities.
Mentioned in this episode is this piece that Dr. Weinberg wrote in Inside Higher Ed:
Lindsay Weinberg is a clinical assistant professor and the Director of the Tech Justice Lab in the John Martinson Honors College at Purdue University.
Dr. Michael LaMagna is the Information Literacy Program & Library Services Coordinator and Professor of Library Services at Delaware County Community College.
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Everything Everywhere Daily - How to Build a Colony on Mars
Ever since the beginning of the Space Age, some have envisioned landing humans on Mars.
There are a few who have taken things a step further. They envision not just landing on Mars but having a population of humans who live there permanently.
But how realistic is that dream? Could we actually do this, and if we can’t, what would we need to do?
Learn more about building a colony on Mars and what it would take on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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What A Day - The New Jersey Drones Mass Delusion, Explained
Something mysterious has been going down in New Jersey this week…but it’s NOT drones. It’s that thousands of people are looking at airplanes in the night sky and thinking they see UFOs. What causes mass delusions like this wave of now mostly debunked drone sightings? In this concluding episode of How We Got Here, Max and Erin share four stories of famous mass hysterias and talk to William Bernstein, an author who writes about the science of mass delusions and why they happen.
The NewsWorthy - Special Edition: Phone Pics a Mess? Manage Your Memories Easily
If the pictures in your phone feel like a mess, but it overwhelms you to think about how to organize all your precious memories, this episode is for you!
"Miss Freddy" (real name Casey von Stein) is a professional photo organizer who shares her simple strategies for organizing your camera roll in a way that will make it easier to enjoy your memories for years to come.
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Slate Books - Gabfest Reads: The Life and Legacy of John Lewis
Slate Political Gabfest host David Plotz talks with author David Greenberg about his new book, John Lewis: A Life. They discuss how Lewis went from marching with Martin Luther King, Jr. to an iconic career as a politician, Lewis’s commitment to non-violence, how Greenberg uncovered never-before-seen documents, and more.
Tweet us your questions @SlateGabfest or email us at gabfest@slate.com. (Messages could be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.)
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Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - Defamation Stations!
It wasn’t a great week for speaking truth to power. ABC’s decision to settle Donald Trump’s defamation lawsuit to the tune of $16 million at the behest of parent company Disney sent shockwaves through newsrooms around the country. Coupled with Trump’s lawsuits pending against publishers, journalism prize organizations, CBS, and this week’s news that the President-elect is suing an Iowa pollster and the newspaper that published her poll for “election interference”, rising fears about the freedom of the press are pretty understandable. On this week’s Amicus, Dahlia Lithwick is joined by storied media columnist Margaret Sullivan and First Amendment scholar Sonja R West to understand the protections in place and the pinch points for a free press under Trump.
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