Up First from NPR - Ukraine Ceasefire Talks, Stock Market Slide, Columbia University Arrest Latest

As Ukraine begins ceasefire negotiations in Saudi Arabia, the Trump administration signals that aid could resume if Ukraine makes concessions. A steep sell-off on Wall Street followed new tariffs from China and Canada, as investors worry that Trump's trade policies could tip the U.S. into a recession. And, after an ICE arrest at Columbia University, the U.S. Education Department is warning 60 universities they could face penalties over antisemitism investigations.

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Local And National Opioid Overdoses Have Decreased. How?

Illinois saw a drop in drug overdose deaths in 2023, according to newly released data from the Illinois Department of Public Health. And in Cook County, that trend seems to have held in 2024 as well, according to preliminary data from the county coroner’s office. Reset talks with Fanya Burford-Berry, a community worker at West Side Heroin Opioid Task Force, where they provide outreach to hear what’s led to this decrease and what’s needed to bring the numbers down even further and WBEZ reporter and anchor Araceli Gomez-Aldana. For a full archive of Reset interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.

The Intelligence from The Economist - Sects and balances: a violent flare-up in Syria

Horrifying attacks on Alawites, the sect of deposed leader Bashar al-Assad, throw into question the power—or the will—of Ahmed al-Sharaa, the country’s leader, to maintain peace. For the first time in decades it now makes more sense to pay off a mortgage early (10:36). And high-end satellite data, once the preserve only of spies, could soon be available to all (16:19).


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Native America Calling - Tuesday, March 11, 2025 – How federal cuts affect Native veterans

Military veterans make up just under a third of the thousands of federal job cuts that the White House has imposed since January. On top of that, the Trump Administration indicates it intends to cut 80,000 jobs from Veterans Affairs. We’ll explore how those cuts are being felt by the population that traditionally has the highest military participation compared to any other group.

Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders - S10 E23: Anthony Eden, DNSimple

Anthony Eden is a gray beard in terms of internet time, being around when Netscape was released. He was studying music at the University of Miami, and decided to build a website to show off his music and other peoples work - and was hooked. Outside of tech, he grew up surfing, living in Hawaii, France and now Florida. He enjoys writing software for fun - when he has time - and playing board games with this kids - when they are around.

In the past, Anthony was coming off of a failed startup. At the time, he was using a different vendor to manage domains and DNS - which he did not like at all. He decided to go forward and build a better solution, and one that is - you guessed it - simple.

This is the creation story of DNSimple.

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The Daily Detail - The Daily Detail for 3.11.25

Alabama

  • Congressman Strong has 2 bills pass the House dealing with the CCP
  • Democrat suggests unvaccinated students in AL learn through ZOOM only
  •  AL House passes 3 of 5 bills dealing with illegal aliens at state level
  • State senator says 2nd mega prison project will be done differently from 1st
  • Bham's MCAA roster of speakers flies in face of State law and Trump's EO's
  • Walker Count Commission puts daylight between them and Sheriff's Dept.

National

  • DHS puts out new app to encourage self deportation of illegal aliens
  • DNI Sec. Gabbard revokes security clearances for former Biden officials
  • Judge calls a halt to deportation of recently arrested Hamas activist in NYC
  • DoD Sec Hegseth cancels 90 studies in Pentagon on climate change
  • WI school district settles with teacher fired for not using preferred pronouns
  • Autopen presidency of Biden being exposed by Heritage Foundation
  • Elon Musk  tells Fox Business he will stay with DOGE for another year to delete the rule by bureaucracy and return US to democracy



The Daily Signal - Rubio & Zelensky Begin Negotiations, X Cyber Attacked, Blue States Fight Trump | March 11, 2025

On today’s Top News in 10, we cover:

  • Secretary Rubio & Ukrainian President Zelensky arrive in Saudi Arabia to begin peace negotiations.
  • Cyberattacks plague social media app X, and Tesla vehicles are set on fire. Investigative journalist Sarah Westall on the Big Tech wild west.
  • Controversy surrounds the actions of state governments in both Maine & Washington.


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Honestly with Bari Weiss - Meet Sarah Wynn-Williams, Facebook’s Highest-Ranking Whistleblower

You may have never heard of Sarah Wynn-Williams, but that’s about to change. 


She’s written a memoir about her nearly seven years at Facebook, the company that has since rebranded as Meta. In doing so, she’s become the company’s highest-ranking whistleblower. 


Until around 72 hours ago, the book’s existence itself was a secret. Wynn-Williams, a onetime New Zealand diplomat, was effectively the company’s top envoy to governments around the world. She traveled extensively with Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg—the company’s two top leaders during her time—and her experiences with them often read like pure comedy, a mix of Succession and The Office


The book, however, is a lot more than that. It’s a shocking insider’s account of working at one of the world’s most powerful companies at the highest level, and the gap between the idealistic way it sold itself to its employees and the world. 


It’s called Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism. And it coincides with the news that Wynn-Williams has filed an SEC complaint against the company, alleging that Zuckerberg agreed to crack down on the account of a high-profile Chinese dissident living in the U.S. in the hopes that it would help convince Beijing to allow Facebook into China. 


On today’s Honestly, Bari and Wynn-Williams discuss her bizarre experiences, her thoughts on the future of Facebook, the pushback she’s already received, and why she wrote this book—despite the risk of taking on a corporate behemoth like Meta. 


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Everything Everywhere Daily - Emperor Claudius (Encore)

Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, known to history as Claudius, was the fourth Emperor of Rome. 


Of the emperors that came before him and all those who came after him, he was the most unlikely of emperors. 


Up until the moment he became emperor, no one during his entire life seriously thought of him as emperor material. When he became emperor, he surprised everyone. 


Learn more about Emperor Claudius and his surprising rise to power on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.



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NBN Book of the Day - Martha Bayless, “Entertainment, Pleasure, and Meaning in Early England” (Cambridge UP, 2024)

The people of early England (c. 450–1100 CE) enjoyed numerous kinds of entertainment, recreation and pleasure, but the scattered records of such things have made the larger picture challenging to assemble. Entertainment, Pleasure, and Meaning in Early England (Cambridge University Press, 2025) by Dr. Martha Bayless illuminates the merrier aspects of early English life, extending our understanding of the full range of early medieval English culture. It shows why entertainment and festivity were not merely trivial aspects of culture, but had important functions, in ritual, in community-building, in assuming power, and in resistance to power. Among the activities explored are child's play; drinking and feasting; music, dance, and performance; the pleasures of literature, festivals and celebrations; hunting and sport; and games.

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