Month: May 2025

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Risky Business with Nate Silver and Maria Konnikova - Motivated Reasoning in the Biden Campaign, Silicon Valley, and Beyond

We tend to use logic to reach conclusions that agree with our biases. Psychologists call this motivated reasoning. Today, Nate and Maria talk about motivated reasoning in the Biden campaign and Silicon Valley. Also: Conspiracy theories and the NBA draft.

Further Reading:

Fight: Inside the Wildest Battle for the White House

Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again

Elizabeth Holmes’ Partner Has a New Blood-Testing Startup

The Mavs’ Cooper Flagg lottery miracle fuels conspiracy theories – and hope

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CBS News Roundup - 05/20/2025 | World News Roundup Late Edition

Extremely dangerous weather predicted for parts of the mid-South. President Trump announces details of the Golden Dome missile defense system. FDA will no longer routinely approve annual COVID-19 shots for younger adults and children who are healthy. CBS News Correspondent Matt Pieper with tonight's World News Roundup.

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The Gist - Inside the Movement to Dismantle Democracy in God’s Name

Katherine Stewart, author of Money, Lies, and God: Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy, explains how America’s Christian nationalist forces are exporting extremism abroad while cloaking domestic corruption in the guise of faith. Plus a suicide bombing outside a Palm Springs fertility clinic introduces the public to the dark ideology of “efilism”. Plus, Then, another look at the Yale professors fleeing to Toronto: their self-congratulatory tone is punctured by Sarah Longwell and Ben Wittes, who argue that true anti-fascist courage means staying and fighting. Produced by Corey Wara
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WSJ Minute Briefing - U.S. Stocks Fall as Big Tech Companies Weigh on Major Indexes

Four out of the Magnificent Seven tech stocks fell today. Plus: Home Depot shares tick down despite quarterly sales rising more than expected. And shares of Arc’teryx and Salomon parent Amer Sports surge after strong quarterly results and raised guidance. Danny Lewis hosts.


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WSJ What’s News - Google Adds AI to Its Search, Taking Aim at Chatbot Challengers

P.M. Edition for May 20. Google is adding an AI chatbot feature to its iconic search page, allowing it to more closely rival competitors like ChatGPT. WSJ reporter Katherine Blunt discusses Google’s parent, Alphabet, plans to bet even bigger on artificial intelligence. Plus, despite the fear of an immigration crackdown from the Trump administration, many workers without legal status are still going to work. Paul Kiernan, who covers the U.S. economy for the Journal, joins to talk about why that is, and what it means for industries dependent on migrant labor. And President Trump pressures Republican dissenters in the House to drop their objections to his tax and spending bill which could go on vote as early as tomorrow. Alex Ossola hosts.


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