Month: January 2025

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The Intelligence from The Economist - Arrest development: South Korea’s Yoon held

After dramatic scenes in South Korea, President Yoon Suk Yeol has been detained on insurrection charges, stemming from his attempt to impose martial law in December. But, says our correspondent, the political and economic fallout is not over. The craze for plastic surgery reaches some surprising body parts (7:46). And a visit to the world’s most disciplined primary schools – in Japan (16:40).


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Up First from NPR - Smooth Sailing For Trump’s Nominees?, LA Fire Outlook, South Korea President Arrested

Senate Republicans are promising no drama for Trump's cabinet nominees in hearings this week. Do Democrats have anything to say about that? Plus, L.A. neighborhoods remain on lockdown after wildfires, and anti-corruption officials arrest South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol.

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Big Technology Podcast - To Love An AI Bot — With Eugenia Kuyda

Eugenia Kuyda is the founder and CEO of Replika, an AI companion app where people befriend — and sometimes fall in love with — AI bots. Kuyda joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss the nature of these relationships, and what they say about our society. In this conversation, Kuyda reveals Replika's ambition for its "phase two," a plan to have AI friends join us in the real world, helping us keep in touch with friends, get off social media, or even watch movies together. Tune in for a fascinating look at the future of human + AI relationships.

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Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders - S10 Bonus: Anand Kulkarni, Crowdbotics

Anand Kulkarni started his career in the dark ages of AI, as a Computer Science researcher at UC Berkeley. He published papers on human intelligence inside of software products, and eventually founded LeadGenius, which was AI for sales and was supported by Andreessen Horowitz and Sam Altman. Outside of tech, he is married with 2 kids, and used to be an avid rock climber. He also loves to eat tofu, and has been picking up a lot more science fiction lately.

Though the AI space is crowded today, Anand and his team have been working in the space since 2016. They observed the need to modernize legacy software and digitally transform organizations. They wanted to utilize an intelligent approach to this, and started down the path of building a large dataset, building software to learn from it, and use that to modernize software.

This is the creation story of Crowdbotics.

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60 Songs That Explain the '90s - “Amber”—311

Rob explores the genre-fluid positive energy of rap/reggae/rock ‘90s holdovers 311 and their hit ‘Amber.’ Among other things, he also talks about them as a bridge from a previous era, the musicality of their bass in particular, and the way they’re in conversation with bands that petered out in the ‘90s, as well as bands that grew in popularity in the 2000s. Then, Rob is joined by New York magazine music critic Craig Jenkins to discuss why 311 is actually good and situates their legacy as it stands today.


Host: Rob Harvilla

Guest: Craig Jenkins

Producers: Jonathan Kermah, Justin Sayles, and Bobby Wagner

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Opening Arguments - Democratic Senators Faced Their First Test in the Trump 2.0 Era – the Hegseth Confirmation

OA1112 and T3BE55! 

But who will watch the doozy watchers? We will. We watched Pete Hegseth's confirmation hearing, but our focus might have been a bit different than elsewhere. Here at Doozywatch(tm) HQ our concern wasn't with Hegseth as much, because every single one of us and them already knows he isn't fit to be Secretary of Defense. Our focus, and the focus on today's OA is - how did the Democrats do? We've been quite nervous about to what extent the Democrats will obey in advance. So what did this hearing tell us? Lydia Smith is here and lordy there are tapes! Then, it's Thomas Takes the Bar Exam 55! That means we've got the answer to last week's question, as well as a fresh new one. Heather Varanini is in the house!

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Money Girl - 5 Tips for Living and Working in Different States

Laura reviews tips for living in multiple states and ways to prepare your finances to do it successfully as a remote worker, sunbird, or snowbird.

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The Daily Detail - The Daily Detail for 1.15.25

Alabama

  • Sen. Tuberville asks Pete Hegseth about raising numbers & morale in military
  • Sen. Britt sponsors amendment that places term limits on Congress
  • State lawmakers approve the overhaul of the Alabama Board of Pharmacy
  • The ACLU files lawsuit against the state for its ban on DEI policies
  • City of Mobile approves the purchase of street bollards ahead of Mardi Gras
  • Blount county DA Pamela Casey to run in 2026 for Attorney General
  • AL delegates offer resolution on Redstone Arsenal & Space Command

National

  • US House passes bill that protects women's sports from transgender athletes
  • Donald Trump wants to create the "External Revenue Service" for foreign $
  • Capitol One is being sued over its savings accounts promotion and rates
  • LA Fire Dept had over a hundred firetrucks incapacitated due to budget cuts
  • Pete Hegseth was first Trump nominee to enter the battle for confirmation
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The Daily Signal - Victor Davis Hanson: Trump and ‘The Art’ of the ‘Troll’

In this edition of The Daily Signal’s “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” Hanson delves into former President Donald Trump's negotiation techniques, which critics call “trolling.”

Hanson discusses how Trump's strategies, as described in 'The Art of the Deal,' play out in various geopolitical scenarios: renaming the Gulf of Mexico, purchasing Greenland, renegotiating the Panama Canal Treaty, and making Canada a state:

“In the case of renaming the Gulf of Mexico, the Mexican president showed a map recently of the southwest of the United States being part of Mexico. That was her counter. That's kind of a bad troll, because they rely on $63 billion of remittances.”

The discussion emphasizes Trump's approach of making extreme demands to gain an upper hand and highlights the irony in how he uses left-wing arguments against their proponents. Tune in to understand the intricate dynamics of Trump's methods and their implications on international relations.

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