Month: March 2025

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CBS News Roundup - 03/22/2025 | Weekend Roundup

On this week's "CBS News Weekend Roundup", host Peter King gets the latest on the court battle over the Trump administration deporting more than 200 people last week from CBS News White House correspondent Nancy Cordes. CBS's Linda Kenyon reports on President Trump's executive order to abolish the Department of Education. And on this week's Kaleidoscope segment, CBS News correspondent Allison Keyes speaks with David Bier, director of immigration studies at the Cato Institute, about the Trump administration's deportations.

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More or Less: Behind the Stats - What are the chances of an asteroid hitting earth in 2032?

On 27 December 2024, astronomers spotted an asteroid that was potentially heading towards earth. Named 2024 YR4, it was estimated to be between 40m and 90m across, with the potential to cause massive damage if it hit a populated area of the planet.

The chances of that happening, however, seemed to fluctuate significantly - ranging from 1% to a peak of 3%, before falling to virtually zero.

Tim Harford investigates what was going on, with the help of Davide Farnocchia, a navigation engineer at NASA?s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Presenter: Tim Harford Producer: Lizzy McNeill Series producer: Tom Colls Production co-ordinator: Brenda Brown Sound Mix: Hal Haines Editor: Richard Vadon

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CBS News Roundup - 03/21/2025 | World News Roundup Late Edition

Flights resume at London's Heathrow Airport after a fire caused it to shut down for hours. Columbia University agrees to policy changes following threats from President Trump. And a judge accuses Trump administration of knowingly violating orders to turn around deportation flights.

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The Gist - Joe Gatto Continues Messing with People

On today’s Gist, former Impractical Jokers star Joe Gatto joins to discuss his new stand-up special Messing With People and how he pulls off pranks that leave folks smiling, not steaming. Then, Mike breaks down why Disney’s Snow White remake may mark the end of an era where ideology outweighed audience. And in the Spiel, the U.S. retreats from Ukraine—not just militarily, but morally—while the cost of disengagement climbs.


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The Bulwark Podcast - S2 Ep1005: Michael Lewis: Government Workers Aren’t the Corrupt Ones

Trump loves to complain about the deep state while Elon claims he's rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse with all his mass firings. But DOGE should be looking higher up the food chain to target the graft: for example, the South African immigrant whose car company would not have gotten off the ground without the taxpayer money he still collects. In contrast, government workers are mainly mission-driven and they're not in it for the money. Michael's new collection of essays takes a look at some of the characters who populate our federal workforce, including people performing small miracles without fame and glory. Plus, the risk of Trump politicizing economic data and his plan to destroy whatever trust people still have in the government.

Michael Lewis—and Sarah Vowell, who profiled a record keeper at the National Archives for the new book—join Tim Miller for the weekend pod.
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The Commentary Magazine Podcast - Rescuing Astronauts and Fighting Eco-Nuts

James B. Meigs joins today's podcast to discuss the return from space of the astronauts stranded for nine months after the failure of their Boeing craft and what all that says about business, high tech, and the capitalist future. And we dive deep into a landmark lawsuit against Greenpeace. Give a listen.

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