Month: September 2025

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State of the World from NPR - Looking Back at the Man Who Helped Shape the U.N.

In the early 1960s, U Thant, a practicing Buddhist from a remote town in Burma, became the first non-Western secretary-general of the United Nations. He immediately faced unfolding crises around the world. We talk with U Thant’s grandson about his new book “Peacemaker: U Thant and the Forgotten Quest for a Just World.”

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Audio Mises Wire - The Dehumanization of Charlie Kirk Came from the Establishment

Modern political life in the U.S. is increasingly defined by violence and toleration of violence against one's perceived enemies. The murder of Charlie Kirk has exposed the left's endorsement of deadly violence as a political tool.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/dehumanization-charlie-kirk-came-establishment

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The Journal. - The Killing of Charlie Kirk and the Rise of Political Violence

Charlie Kirk, the provocative conservative influencer and confidant of President Trump, was shot and killed yesterday. He was 31. WSJ’s Aaron Zitner reports on how Kirk quickly rose to become a prominent figure in conservative politics and where things stand with the investigation into his death. He also discusses the alarming recent rise of political violence in American life. Jessica Mendoza hosts.

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WSJ Minute Briefing - U.S. Indexes Hit New Records as Inflation and Jobless Claims Rise

Investor expectations for a rate cut fueled the rise. Plus: Paramount Skydance prepares a bid for Warner Bros. Discovery. And online-housing platform Opendoor’s stock climbs after naming a new CEO. Katherine Sullivan hosts.


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Marketplace All-in-One - The rise of political violence in America

In the wake of yesterday’s assassination of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, Regina Bateson, a political science professor at the University of Colorado Boulder, joins Kimberly to unpack the rise of targeted political violence in the United States and what it means for the health of our democracy. Then, one of our listeners shares how digitizing her great grandmother’s WWII diaries helped connect her with her family’s past.


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Science In Action - Asteroids, Comets and Where to Find Them

Scientists’ latest plans for welcoming interstellar visitor 3I/Atlas next month, and arranging a rendezvous with comet Apophis in 2029, as heard this week at the EPSC-DPS international planetary science joint meeting in Helsinki.

Presenter: Roland Pease Producer: Ella Hubber, with Alex Mansfield Production Coordinator: Jana Bennett-Holesworth

(Image: The asteroid Donaldjohanson as seen by the L'LORRI. Credit: NASA/Goddard/SwRI/Johns Hopkins APL/NOIRLab).

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Motley Fool Money - The Mortgage Market Gets its Groove Back

Ever since interest rates started to rise in 2022, the American mortgage market has been stuck. With recent economic data, though, mortgage rates have been coming down and it’s bringing buyers and refinancers out of the woodwork. Plus, Oracle’s record breaking market day and the continued rise of the exchange traded fund.


Tyler Crowe, Matt Frankel, and Jon Quast discuss:



- Mortgage applications jumped the most in over three years

- Oracle’s multi-year backlog and the implications for AI

- Exchange Traded Funds outnumbering stocks for the first tim

- Stocks (and ETFs) on our radar.


Companies discussed: RKT, UPST, ORCL, STX, AMD, QTUM, VTWO


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The Bulwark Podcast - Erin Ryan: The Murder of Charlie Kirk

This country has too many guns and too many crazy people. And the social media oligarchs are fanning the flames of violence by constantly trying to piss people off. The Kirk assassination highlights just how dangerous a moment we are living in. America is not free if people are too afraid to speak their minds. Plus, parenting and the surprising gap in what Gen Z women and men think are the highest priorities in life.

Crooked Media's Erin Ryan joins Tim Miller.

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