Month: April 2025

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The Gist - The Ongoing Black Mark of the Red Scare

Clay Risen, author of Red Scare: Blacklists, McCarthyism, and the Making of Modern America, joins to discuss the era when suspicion was a political tool and civil liberties were sidelined. Today we have echoes—and outright repetitions—of McCarthyite tactics, from loyalty oaths to immigration crackdowns. Also- there may be three plastic spoons’ worth of microplastic in the average human brain—according to science, which Mike neither trusts nor understands, on account of his 0.5% spoon brain.


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Big Technology Podcast - A Week of Trade War Chaos & What’s Next For Tech

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) Ranjan's experience during the financial crisis 2) The uncertainty around operating a business today 3) Why bond traders are important 4) Could the U.S. position in global trade decline? 5) Was it the tariffs or the rollout that's causing chaos? 6) Why Apple manufactures in China 7) Exposure of Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Google, And Meta to tariffs 8) How this might end


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Consider This from NPR - How Trump’s immigration policy changes who gets arrested and detained

During his second Presidential campaign, Donald Trump vowed to carry out the largest deportation program the U.S. has ever seen.

And true to his word – Trump's administration is arresting, detaining and deporting immigrants without legal status.

But as part of the crackdown on illegal immigration, legal immigrants are getting caught up in the mix.

And then there's people like Amir Makled – a U.S. Citizen and lawyer. Makled was detained by Border agents at a Detroit airport as he returned from a family vacation in the Caribbean.

How is the Trump administration's immigration policy changing who is getting arrested and detained?

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Consider This from NPR - How Trump’s immigration policy changes who gets arrested and detained

During his second Presidential campaign, Donald Trump vowed to carry out the largest deportation program the U.S. has ever seen.

And true to his word – Trump's administration is arresting, detaining and deporting immigrants without legal status.

But as part of the crackdown on illegal immigration, legal immigrants are getting caught up in the mix.

And then there's people like Amir Makled – a U.S. Citizen and lawyer. Makled was detained by Border agents at a Detroit airport as he returned from a family vacation in the Caribbean.

How is the Trump administration's immigration policy changing who is getting arrested and detained?

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Consider This from NPR - How Trump’s immigration policy changes who gets arrested and detained

During his second Presidential campaign, Donald Trump vowed to carry out the largest deportation program the U.S. has ever seen.

And true to his word – Trump's administration is arresting, detaining and deporting immigrants without legal status.

But as part of the crackdown on illegal immigration, legal immigrants are getting caught up in the mix.

And then there's people like Amir Makled – a U.S. Citizen and lawyer. Makled was detained by Border agents at a Detroit airport as he returned from a family vacation in the Caribbean.

How is the Trump administration's immigration policy changing who is getting arrested and detained?

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - WBEZ’s Weekly News Recap, April 11, 2025

Mayor Johnson’s first aldermanic appointment is approved and a Chicago City Council committee advances a measure banning Jan. 6 participants from city jobs. Reset dives into these and other top local stories in the Weekly News Recap with Quinn Myers, Block Club Chicago reporte; Brandis Friedman, WTTW “Chicago Tonight” anchor; and Tom Schuba, Chicago Sun-Times reporter. For a full archive of Reset interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.
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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - Interview: Up and Vanished Weekly, with Maggie Freleng

Alien abductions. Unexplained disappearances. Unsolved murders. In tonight's interview, the guys join the legendary, award-winning journalist Maggie Freleng to learn more about her newest podcast, Up and Vanished Weekly.

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The Daily Signal - VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: How Will the Wars in Ukraine, Middle East End? The Answer Lies in History.

Are today’s endless wars a departure from the classical model of victory through total defeat and political transformation? Or have we simply lost the will to wage decisive wars?


“  Traditionally, the way that political differences were settled—the aggressor versus the invaded—was by defeating the enemy through superior force.


“ These conflicts are what we call a “bellum interruptum,” they just keep going on. They simmer down, they flare up like a forest fire. But the old classical idea that you defeat the enemy, you solve the political problem may not be as ossified as we think.


00:00 Introduction: Reflecting on the Nature of War

00:56 Historical Perspective: Classical Warfare

02:36 Modern Conflicts: The Shift in Warfare

04:12 Case Studies: Middle East and Ukraine

06:06 Conclusion: The Future of Warfare


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Motley Fool Money - Tariffs, Trump, and Turmoil

Today we talk economic uncertainty, airlines, building materials, and assorted spirits.


Motley Fool Senior Analyst Asit Sharma caught up with Martín de los Santos, the CFO of MercadoLibre, a few weeks ago for The Motley Fool's Market Volatility Summit. They talked about how MercadoLibre became resilient, and the long-term opportunities for the company.


And Emily and Matt share two stocks on their radar.


Host: Ron Gross

Guests: Emily Flippen, Matt Argersinger, Asit Sharma, Martín de los Santos

Engineer: Dan Boyd

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The Journal. - Can Pepsi Make a Comeback?

After decades of fighting Coca-Cola to be the nation’s favorite soda, Pepsi dropped to third place, after Dr Pepper. Now PepsiCo needs to win back soda drinkers . WSJ’s Laura Cooper reports that after years of focusing on potato chips and energy drinks, the company’s new beverage head Ram Krishnan is trying to refocus PepsiCo on drinks, in part with an agreement to purchase prebiotic soda brand Poppi. Allison Pohle hosts.  


Further Listening:

- ‘It Came out of Nowhere’: The Rise of Dr Pepper 

- The Fight to Kick Soda Out of Food Stamps 

- PepsiCo’s New Healthy Diet: More Potato Chips and Soda 


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