Author Kate Riley says her book Ruth was partly based on her year spent living in an insular religious community. The debut novel explores what it’s like to live in a world without total access to information, despite the protagonist's intense curiosity. In today’s episode, Riley speaks with NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe about the Peace Church tradition, how her interior life shaped the novel, and why this might be Riley’s first and last book.
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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - Presidency for Sale
From selling hats, NFTs and cryptocurrency, to stock boosts, swaps and golf-course deals made abroad, the Trumps are taking this presidency to the bank—for what looks to be billions. You can call it distasteful, but has it tipped over into “illegal”?
Guest: David Kirkpatrick, staff writer at the New Yorker.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2714: Hub Motors
Episode: 2714 Hub Motors, aka In-Wheel Motors and their applications in electric vehicles. Today, re-inventing...wheels.
The Stack Overflow Podcast - Building AI for consumer applications isn’t all fun and games
Kylan Gibbs, CEO of Inworld, joins the show to discuss the technical challenges of creating interactive AI for virtual worlds and games, the significance of user experience, and the importance of accessibility and cost-efficiency in deploying AI models.
Episode notes:
Inworld provides solutions for AI applications that allow teams to build and deploy workloads, spend less time on maintenance, and accelerate iteration speed.
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Read Me a Poem - “If Money” by Kenneth Fearing
Amanda Holmes reads Kenneth Fearing’s “If Money.” Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us: podcast@theamericanscholar.org. If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman.
This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by Chad Crouch.
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It Could Happen Here - BlueAnon: Assassination False Flag and Liberal Election Denial
Garrison and Mia discuss the evolution of liberal conspiracy theories, and why people believe the Trump assassination was staged or that Elon Musk stole the 2024 election.
Sources:
https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/08/04/harris-nsa-audit-2024-election/
https://www.wired.com/story/election-denial-conspiracy-theories-x-left-blueanon/
https://www.ipsos.com/en-us/americans-accept-election-results-even-if-some-are-unhappy-outcome
https://www.reddit.com/r/houstonwade/comments/1gnwsv0/they_cheated/
https://theplotagainstamerica.com/
https://www.cip.uw.edu/2024/11/18/conspiracy-theory-starlink-election-results/
https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/trump_assassination_attempt_online_conspiracy_theories_musk.php
https://pro.morningconsult.com/analysis/trump-assassination-attempt-polling
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More than 800 people were killed and nearly 3,000 injured by a magnitude 6.0 earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan.
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Opening Arguments - Brown v. Board v. Science
OA1186 - We continue our series on some of our favorite Warren-era Supreme Court decisions with the one Warren-era decision--and very likely the only Supreme Court decision that is still good law--that most people can name from memory. The desegregation of American schools in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954) stands today as one of the greatest moments of justice in American legal history, but did you know that it was also an equally important moment for social science? Matt tees up the legal and historical context and Dr. Jenessa Seymour, Esq. brings her unique background as both a lawyer and a PhD in neuroscience to provide a singular perspective on the science behind Brown and what it has meant for both law and science in the 71 years since then.
Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - Strange News: An Orgy Dome Disaster, Cardboard Conspiracies, Insults on Airplanes and More
US Nationals captured attempting an info war to destablize Greenland. A lawsuit emerges on an airline. A cardboard cartel is in play and, it appears, actively conspiring against you. All this -- plus an orgy dome -- in this week's strange news segment.
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Survivors of a devastating earthquake in eastern Afghanistan have been spending the night in the open, as rescue efforts continue. The Taliban authorities say more than 800 people were killed and thousands injured when a magnitude 6.0 earthquake hit eastern Afghanistan on Sunday night. Dozens of helicopters have been used to lift the injured out of the worst affected areas in Kunar and Nangarhar provinces. The Taliban have called for international aid to help with the devastation wrought by the earthquake. Also: EU chief von der Leyen's plane hit by suspected Russian GPS jamming, and Anguilla - the Caribbean island making millions from the AI boom.
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