Month: May 2025

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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - Interview: Cancellation Island, with John Cameron Mitchell, Part One: The Lost Art of Gnostic Nuance

What does it mean to be 'canceled'? How do we collectively navigate the baffling, complex and contradictory world of an 'always-on' society? In the first part of this week's special two-part interview, Ben, Matt and Noel welcome the legendary writer, actor, playwright and activist, John Cameron Mitchell, creator of Cancellation Island, for a wide-ranging conversation on everything from lizard people to gnosticism, the power of language, Aleister Crowley and everything in between.

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Time To Say Goodbye - Are White Men Allowed to Write Novels with Andrew Boryga

Hello!

Today we take a break from Trump to bring back one of our favorite guests, Andrew Boryga, the novelist behind the brilliant book Victim, and the author of a funny and incisive substack. We talk about the latest compain-fest in the literary world about white millennial men and how they’re supposedly shut out of the fruits of culture like the NYPL Young Lions Award or whatever. Then we talk a little bit about the Pulitzer controversy surrounding James and Andrew’s own thoughts on who gets to write novels and who does not.



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Focus on Africa - Ethiopia: Why are health workers striking?

Medical professionals in various parts of Ethiopia are on strike. They say they are seeking adjustments in salaries, improved benefits and better working conditions. We hear from Ethiopian doctors.

Also, as the movie industry expands in Africa, so do concerns about the safety of actors.

And we'll meet 19 year old Makhosazana "Khosi" Dlomo, who is breaking barriers as the first black female competitor in tent pegging.

Presenter: Audrey Brown Technical Producer: Chris Kouzaris Producers: Bella Hassan, Blessing Aderogba and Yvette Twagiramariya Senior Journalist: Karnie Sharp Editors: Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi

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Marketplace All-in-One - A potential tax on remittances

The House's proposed tax plan includes a 5% tax on remittances. These are electronic transfers of money sent by people in the U.S. — often immigrants — to friends and family abroad. There are some exceptions to the tax, including most transfers made by U.S. citizens. We'll learn how this might play out. Also: a (sorta) stock market milestone, a crypto company in the S&P and a bill that could hurt renewables in Texas.

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The Daily Signal - Trump Goes International, Bad Luck Biden & Democrat’s ICE Insurrection | May 14, 2025

President Trump is making big news in Saudi Arabia, his first stop on his first major foreign trip of his second term. 


The bad news cycle for former President Joe Biden just gets worse. (Bad News Biden)


And a Republican Lawmaker is trying to hold Democrat lawmakers accountable for allegedly storming an ICE facility with protestors in New Jersey. 


I am not Tony Kinett, but Bradley Devlin, Politics Editor for The Daily Signal and Host of The Signal Sitdown.


Today is May 14, 2025, and here is your Top News in 10:


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Native America Calling - Wednesday, May 14, 2025 – Troubling rise in persistent diseases in animals and humans

Tribal wildlife officials are trying to get a handle on the seemingly unstoppable increase in chronic wasting disease among large game animals. Now in at least three dozen states, the disease is always fatal for the deer, elk, and moose that contract it. Some public health officials are also cautioning about the potential for it to make the jump to humans. At the same time, measles cases have jumped over 1,000 in the United States. Decades after the highly contagious and easily preventable disease was all but eradicated, measles comes at at time when skepticism of scientifically proven vaccines is at an all time high. We’ll find out what wildlife managers and public health officials say about the threats from these two illnesses.