Irish poet Pádraig Ó Tuama cataloged spreadsheets of poems to help create his new anthology, 44 Poems on Being with Each Other. The collection features writing from a variety of poets as well as reflections from Ó Tuama on the nuances of the human condition. Ó Tuama is also out with his own poetry collection, Kitchen Hymns. In today's episode, he speaks with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly about poetry that reflects complex emotions and about his background in theology.
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President Donald Trump has said that Canada should be the 51st state... and Canadians? Well, they're furious about it. The nation's former finance minister is calling Trump the biggest threat Canada has faced since World War 2. So today on the show, we dig into what lessons Canada can teach the US, and how the two North American nations are already deeply intertwined.
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In town halls from Oregon to Georgia, people are letting Republicans know just how angry they are about the dramatic cuts to the federal government. And their displeasure is starting to sink Trump’s approval rating.
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We are joined by Professor Steven Calabresi, the co-founder and co-president of the Federalist Society, for three big topics. First, he offers insights for this fraught moment in our history with a new book on a key figure from an earlier era. Second, he finds himself on the other side from our current president on an important constitutional issue of the day. And third, he and Professor Amar explore aspects of unitary executive theory, where they find themselves diverging on key cases that have profound implications for many of the more controversial actions of the new administration. All in all, it adds up to something you don’t see that often these days: a prominent conservative and a scholar often on the side of the Democrats having civil discussion and finding common ground as well as principled disagreement. Professor Calabresi speaks for himself in this podcast, and not on behalf of the Federalist Society. CLE credit is available for lawyers and judges at podcast.njsba.com.
American school children receive two distinct versions of United States history depending on what state they live in: one version of the American past aimed to meet the curricular demands of the largest market, California, and an often strikingly different version to meet the increasingly rightwing expectations of the Texas legislature. Most of the other states in the union pick between the two. This episode will examine how this situation developed, the increasing national influence of one Texas evangelical author David Barton, how Americans perceive the relationship of church and state, the continuing war on the theory of evolution, and the strange story of how efforts to post the Ten Commandments in American classrooms can be traced to Hollywood marketing of the 1950s Cecile B. D. Mille epic, The Ten Commandments.
Sources:
Dana Goldstein, “Two States. Eight Textbooks. Two American Stories,” New York Times, January 12, 2020.
Kevin M. Kruse, One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America (New York: Basic Books, 2015.)
James W. Loewen, Lies My History Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1995.)
Alan Nadel, Containment Culture: American Narratives, Postmodernism, and the Atomic Age (Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 1995.)
Michael Phillips, White Metropolis: Race, Ethnicity, and Religion in Dallas, 1841-2011 (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2006.)
Confusion persists over Elon Mask's latest demand of federal workers. U.S., Ukraine reportedly agree on terms for U.S. access to Ukraine’s vast mineral wealth in what President Trump has called “payback” for past aid. House Republicans have cleared a key hurdle on a budget proposal that would unlock President Trump's legislative agenda, but some lawmakers are expressing concern over the plan's cuts to Medicaid. CBS News Correspondent Jennifer Keiper with tonight's World News Roundup.
The Bulwark’s Will Saletan joins to discuss Trump, Ukraine, and whether the former president is truly delusional—or just acting like he is. We also examine if the normal laws of political gravity will ever catch up to him. Plus, Trump endorses Elon Musk’s “five things you did last week” questionnaire. And in the Spiel, practical lessons from the Principles First Conference: How should we react when court orders are violated? Who will form the real, effective resistance to Trump’s autocratic ambitions?
More than 6 in 10 voters believe President Donald Trump and the Department of Government Efficiency will significantly reduce federal government spending over the next year.
Up until now, most Republicans have cheered Elon Musk’s cost-cutting measures at DOGE. But there are signs of frustration in some quarters of Washington.
Customs and Border Protection encountered only 200 illegal aliens at the U.S. southern border on Saturday. That is the lowest number of apprehensions in a single day in over 15 years.
Plus, our news flash:
The White House announced a big change for the press pool, the group of journalists who cover Trump’s activities.
Press secretary Karoline Leavitt also forcefully defended the choice of Dan Bongino to serve as deputy director of the FBI.
Rachel Maddow took aim at her own employer Monday night after MSNBC fired Joy Reid.
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The goal of Gov. JB Pritzker’s proposed cell phone ban is to improve student performance and social skills and fight cyberbullying. But can parents handle the limiting of direct access to their kids during school hours?
Reset checks in with Chicago Sun Times education reporter Nader Issa and hears from expert Devorah Heitner on the impact of screens on kids. We also check in with Sharon Desmoulin-Kherat, superintendent of Peoria Public Schools, which has already gone phone-free in its classrooms.
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