Tech Won't Save Us - Can Europe End Its Dependence on US Tech? w/ Aline Blankertz

Paris Marx is joined by Aline Blankertz to discuss whether Europe is going to finally make a serious push to end its dependence on US tech and how different European interests are trying to take advantage of those debates.

Aline Blankertz is an economist working on digital policy. She currently works with Rebalance Now and was previously at Wikimedia Germany.

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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - Impeachment From the Bottom Up

Thousands of “Hands Off!” protestors took to the street over the weekend. While it’s clear they were marching against the actions of Elon Musk and President Donald Trump, what would “hands off” look like? If it’s removing these guys from office, why not tell the people with the power to do it?


Guest: Gabe Garbowit, former Senate staffer, current organizer at citizensimpeachment.com



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The Stack Overflow Podcast - “There is a real cost to moving fast”: Using AI to accelerate drug discovery

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  • Explore key challenges engineering leaders face, including data capacity, relevance, and throttling issues.
  • Highlight how emerging AI tools and applications are transforming software engineering practices.

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Risky Business with Nate Silver and Maria Konnikova - Tariffs, Tariffs, Tariffs

Nate and Maria discuss Trump’s latest round of tariffs. What is the strategy here, if any? What should other decision-makers – like Elon Musk or the United States’ Congress – do to intervene? And how should the average American react?

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It Could Happen Here - Esperanto with Andrew

Andrew is joined by James to discuss the history and practice of Esperanto, the global language.

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Planet Money - Do trade deficits matter?

At the heart of President Trump's tariffs is this idea that we should not be buying more from other countries than they are buying from us. Basically, he wants to get rid of the trade deficit.

And in the wake of the tariff announcement we got a LOT of questions from listeners about what that means. Do trade deficits matter? Is it bad to have a trade deficit? Are we getting ripped off?

Today on the show – we tackle those questions.

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The Gist - Then They Came For They

John McWhorter joins to discuss his new book Pronoun Trouble, which unpacks the politics and poetry of tiny words. Also, Trump touts his tariff triumph by jabbing Canada, walloping China, and baffling Wall Street into bullishness. He riffed on trade deficits, finger amputations, immigration, mental ward discharge, and compared economic instinct to Indy car strategy. Markets cheered, economists jeered, and Trump took a victory lap after hitting the wall.


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