Month: May 2025

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The NewsWorthy - First American Pope, New Trade Deal & Happy Mother’s Day – Friday, May 9, 2025

The news to know for Friday, May 9, 2025!

We’re talking about the first American-born pope in history, and his first message to the world since taking the helm of the Catholic Church,

Also, we have details from President Trump’s first deal with a major trading partner,

Plus, we’ll tell you what former President Biden had to say during his first live TV interview post-presidency, how one of the most influential charities in the world is ramping up giving and winding down operations, and we’ll recap some of the biggest moments from last night’s Academy of Country Music Awards

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Pod Save America - Pope Save America

White smoke! Cardinal Robert Prevost, an American-born prelate with a surprisingly political Twitter history, dons the papal vestments as Pope Leo XIV. Trump announces a trade deal with the United Kingdom and swaps out two key nominees for MAGA (and MAHA) favorites: tree-loving influencer Casey Means for Surgeon General, and Fox News’s Jeanine Pirro for US Attorney for DC. Senate Democrats clash with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and FBI Director Kash Patel over the constitutional right to due process. And President Joe Biden attempts to rehabilitate his reputation, going on The View to talk about why he believes he would've won the 2024 election. Jon and Dan discuss MAGA's reaction to our new, possibly woke pope, House Republicans' internal debate over Medicaid cuts, and why Democrats should be honest about Biden's decline. Then, Jon talks to Leah Litman, co-host of Strict Scrutiny, about the Trump administration's attacks on the judicial system and her new book Lawless: How the Supreme Court Runs on Conservative Grievance, Fringe Theories, and Bad Vibes.

 

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The Best One Yet - 🐻 “Eat Pray Chew” — Grüns’ $500M gummybear. Google’s DVD moment. England’s Ron Weasley trade deal.

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Stocks jumped after an “historic” US/UK trade deal… yet it reminds us of Ron Weasley.

Google’s stock is dropping because Apple may cut it from iPhones… It’s Google’s DVD Moment.

Grüns has hit a $500M valuation for gummy bear supplements… It’s “Idea Arbitrage.”

Plus, the untold origin story of Juicy Couture… the ultimate Mother’s Day entrepreneurship tale.


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Short Wave - Could AI Go Green?

Google, Microsoft and Meta have all pledged to reach at least net-zero carbon emissions by 2030. Amazon set their net-zero deadline for 2040. To understand how these four tech companies could possibly meet their climate goals amid an artificial intelligence renaissance, Short Wave co-host Emily Kwong discusses the green AI movement. Speaking with scientists, CEOs and tech insiders, she explores three possible pathways: nuclear energy, small language models (SLMs) and back-to-the-future ways of keeping data centers cool.

Listen to Part 1 of Short Wave's reporting on the environmental cost of AI here.

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The Indicator from Planet Money - Prepping for a rainy day and higher used car prices

It's ... Indicators of the Week! Our weekly look at some of the most fascinating economic numbers from the news.

On today's episode: China bulks up for a financial chill, how much to save for a rainy day, and the price of used cars goes up.

Related episodes:
America's small GDP bump, China's big stimulus dispersal, and a Monkey King (Apple / Spotify)
How nonprofits get cash from your clunker (Apple / Spotify)
IRS information sharing, bonds bust, and a chorebot future (Apple / Spotify)

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NPR's Book of the Day - In ‘Romantic Friction,’ ‘The Fact Checker’ the publishing world is fodder for fiction

In their new novels, authors Lori Gold and Austin Kelley draw from personal experiences in the publishing and magazine industries. First, Gold's Romantic Friction follows Sofie Wilde, a popular fantasy romance author and self-proclaimed outcast. At a book event, she finds out about a new author who's billed herself as "the next Sofie Wilde" – and is using AI to write books pulled directly from Sofie's. In today's episode, Gold speaks with Here & Now's Tiziana Dearing about the author's feelings about AI's role in publishing, the rabid fandom of romance readers, and books that go viral. Then, we hear from Kelley about his new novel The Fact Checker, in which a fact checker ends up on a quest for a missing source. In today's episode, Kelley joins NPR's Scott Simon for a conversation about the book and the author's time as a fact checker with The New Yorker.

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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - TBD | Chatbots All The Way Down

Why artificial intelligence isn’t waiting for consumer demand.

Guest: Gerrit De Vynck, tech reporter for The Washington Post.

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What Could Go Right? - The Progress Report: Ancient Scrolls Decoded by AI!

This week on The Progress Report, Emma and Zachary dive into the mysterious world of ancient Herculaneum scrolls—charred by Vesuvius, now decoded by AI and particle accelerators. Maryland smashes its conservation goals, becoming the first U.S. state to hit “30 by 30.” And, are we really past peak alcohol consumption? We unpack what it means for the world (and Zachary’s distillery).


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Opening Arguments - A Very Stablecoin Genius

For this Rapid Response Friday, we answer patron questions on everything from how to examine a  warrant to why Donald Trump will never be sending anyone to Alcatraz. We also consider just how bad the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the administration’s ban on trans military service members actually is, how the single biggest financial corruption scandal in Presidential history is happening right now right in front of us, and why the forced departure of the acting DC U.S. Attorney is some of the best news this country has had since January 20, 2025. Also: a surreal Black Mirror-style  footnote about the first time a U.S. courtroom has ever heard a victim’s statement in a video made years after his death.

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