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The Daily - The 100 Best Movies of the 21st Century
Warning: This episode contains strong language.
This summer, The New York Times put out a list of the top 100 movies of the past 25 years. It prompted furious debate about what movies stand the test of time, why they matter and what those movies tell us about ourselves.
Kyle Buchanan, a pop culture reporter for The Times, discusses how the list came to be, and actors and directors including Celine Song, Molly Ringwald and Ebon Moss-Bachrach speak about their votes.
Guest: Kyle Buchanan, who is a pop culture reporter and serves as The Projectionist, the awards season columnist for The New York Times.
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- Read the list of the 100 best movies of the 21st century so far.
- Here’s how The Times decided on the list.
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Start Here - Homecoming Dance: Will Texas Dems Return?
With a 30-day emergency session winding down, Democratic state legislators in Texas consider returning to Texas. President Trump hears out Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ahead of a Russia summit. And glacier melt threatens to flood Juneau, Alaska for a third straight year.
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Everything Everywhere Daily - Frequent Flyer Programs
One of the things that almost every airline has in common is frequent flyer programs.
Frequent flyer programs were initially designed for loyal customers who flew frequently. However, they eventually branched out to people who used certain credit cards and earned miles by making everyday purchases.
These programs have become so popular that many airlines now make a considerable amount of their money from them, and in many cases, they are the difference that makes airlines profitable.
Learn more about Frequent Flyer Programs, how they started, and how they work on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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The Daily Detail - The Daily Detail for 8.14.25
Alabama
- Cindy Myers declared winner in Tuesday's GOP special primary runoff vote
- Congressman Moore says record in US house to be part of senate campaign
- Auburn University to sunset its "test optional" admissions process by 2027
- Hoover city council members say oversight role bypassed by mayor Brocato
- Aerospace company Lockheed Martin to expand its facility in Cortland
- Video of debate between Orange Beach mayoral candidates now on website
National
- An Appeals court rules in favor of Trump admin cutting foreign aid funds
- Trump to meet with Russian president this Friday in Alaska for peace talks
- FBI busts human trafficking ring run out of 4 hotels in Omaha, Nebraska
- Doctor at OH Children's hospital charged with 150K child sex abuse images
- 8th Circuit Court rules that AR can ban transgender surgeries for minors
- A press conference set for 9.3 in DC with victims of Jeffrey Epstein
The Daily Signal - Trump’s Crime Bill, ‘Consequences’ for Russia, and UK Free Speech Problem | Aug. 14, 2025
On today’s Top News in 10, we cover:
- President Donald Trump reveals his longer-term plan for the crackdown on crime in Washington, D.C.
- The president says Russia will face consequences if Putin won’t agree to end the war with Ukraine.
- And the State Department is calling out the U.K. for violations of free speech.
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NBN Book of the Day - James Kimmel, Jr., “The Science of Revenge: Understanding the World’s Deadliest Addiction—and How to Overcome It” (Random House, 2025)
There is a hidden addiction plaguing humanity right now: revenge. Researchers have identified retaliation in response to real and imagined grievances as the root cause of most forms of human aggression and violence. From vicious tweets to road rage, murder-suicide, and armed insurrection, perpetrators almost always see themselves as victims seeking justice. Chillingly, recent behavioral and neuroimaging studies of the human brain show that harboring a personal grievance triggers revenge desires and activates the neural pleasure and reward circuitry of addiction.
Although this behavior is ancient and seems inevitable, by understanding retaliation and violence as an addictive brain-biological process, we can control deadly revenge cravings and save lives. In The Science of Revenge: Understanding the World's Deadliest Addiction—and How to Overcome It (Random House, 2025), Yale violence researcher and psychiatry lecturer James Kimmel, Jr., JD, uncovers the truth behind why we want to hurt the people who hurt us, what happens when it gets out of hand, and how to stop it.
Weaving neuroscience, psychology, sociology, law, and human history with captivating storytelling, Dr. Kimmel reveals the neurological mechanisms and prevalence of revenge addiction. He shines an unsparing light on humanity’s pathological obsession with revenge throughout history; his own struggle with revenge addiction that almost led him to commit a mass shooting; America’s growing addiction to revenge as a special brand of justice; and the startlingly similar addictive behaviors and motivations of childhood bullies, abusive partners, aggrieved employees, sparring politicians, street gang members, violent extremists, mass killers, and tyrannical dictators. He also reveals the amazing, healing changes that take place inside your brain and body when you practice forgiveness. Emphasizing the necessity of proven public health approaches and personal solutions for every level of revenge addiction, he offers urgent, actionable information and novel methods for preventing and treating violence.
James Kimmel, Jr. is an assistant clinical professor in psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine, a lawyer, and the founder and co-director of the Yale Collaborative for Motive Control Studies.
Caleb Zakarin is editor of the New Books Network.
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What A Day - Can Trump Broker Peace With Putin?
President Donald Trump is scheduled to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday in Anchorage, Alaska, to discuss the future of the war in Ukraine (which Putin started). While Trump insisted Wednesday there would be “very severe consequences” if Putin doesn’t agree to some kind of ceasefire, the Russian president has given no indication he plans to give up his goal of eventually taking over all of Ukraine. And Ukraine continues to insist it will not cede any of its territory to Russia. In short: The war is still at a stalemate, and the president of the United States wants to move the needle by hosting the aggressor — an international pariah who faces an arrest warrant on war crimes from the Hague – right here on American soil. Julia Ioffe, a founding member of Puck News and a long-time Russian politics expert, joins us to talk about the Alaska summit and what could come out of it.
And in headlines: Trump suggested he may extend federal control of the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police Department beyond the 30-day limit, a panel of appeals court judges opened the door for the White House to suspend or terminate billions in foreign aid funding, and fewer Americans say they’re drinking alcohol.
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The NewsWorthy - ICE Facilities Scrutinized, National Debt Record & Bright Firefly Season – Thursday, August 14, 2025
The news to know for Thursday, August 14, 2025!
We’ll tell you how President Trump’s Washington, D.C. takeover could expand even more.
And — the White House’s latest legal win that means cutting billions more dollars in foreign aid.
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Audio Mises Wire - The Ambiguous Nationalism-Patriotism in Brazilian Politics
In both cases, the use of nationalism and patriotism by Brazilian governments reveals a recurring strategy: appealing to national pride to divert attention from self-inflicted crises.
Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/ambiguous-nationalism-patriotism-brazilian-politics