Month: December 2025

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State of the World from NPR - Will Myanmar’s Election Change Anything?

Myanmar, also known as Burma, will hold a phased general election starting later this month. It comes amidst a years long civil war that has killed thousands and displaced millions. And it is being called by a military government that seized power in a coup four years ago. We learn about the lengths the leadership is going to in order to convince the world to accept the election’s results.



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The Journal. - How the ‘Chemtrails’ Conspiracy Theory Is Sabotaging One Company

Cloud seeding is a decades-old rain-making technology, and it’s making a comeback in drought-stricken western states. Utah is partnering with a startup called Rainmaker as they try to stabilize the Great Salt Lake, assisted by drones and AI. But those efforts are colliding with weather conspiracy theories that have only gotten more persistent after some blamed Rainmaker for deadly floods in Texas last year. Jessica Mendoza spoke to the company’s CEO Agustus Doricko about their projects, and WSJ’s Kris Maher explains the growing movement for states to ban weather modification despite scientific consensus.

Further Listening:

- Hot, Dry and Booming: A Texas Climate Case Study

- Is Asheville No Longer a 'Climate Haven?'

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The Bulwark Podcast - Catherine Rampell and Michael Steinberger: Trump Wants to Cook the Books

POTUS is firing or censoring the statisticians who collect data on health and climate, as well as the kind of experts who could verify his lofty claims of an A++++ economy. And while Vance says that Trump is really turning things around, job losses are rising from his destructive tariff and immigration policies. Plus, the back story on Palantir and how it's helping to facilitate the administration's authoritarian ambitions.

Author Mike Steinberger and Catherine Rampell join Tim Miller.

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Federalist Radio Hour - ’You’re Wrong’ With Mollie Hemingway And David Harsanyi, Ep. 179: Vanity (Un)Fair

Join Washington Examiner Senior Writer David Harsanyi and Federalist Editor-In-Chief Mollie Hemingway as they analyze the Trump White House's decision to entertain a sit-down with Vanity Fair, discuss the Islamic terrorist attack on Jews at Bondi Beach and the shooting at Brown University, and examine emails showing the FBI did not believe there was probable cause to raid President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence. They also share their thoughts on Trump's response to the murder of Rob Reiner and review several books and movies, including Hamnet.

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Big Technology Podcast - CNBC’s Jim Cramer: Big Tech Hot Takes, NVIDIA $10 Trillion?, Building Wealth In Any Market

Jim Cramer is the host of CNBC's Mad Money and author of How To Make Money In Any Market. Cramer joins Big Technology Podcast to talk through hot takes the top tech names: Apple, Amazon, Meta, OpenAI, NVIDIA, Microsoft, Tesla, Coreweave, and more. We discuss whether NVIDIA can hit $10 trillion, whether Tesla needs self driving to work, whether OpenAI can make it, and much more. We talk why Cramer encourages looking at individual stocks vs. index funds and what money is for.


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In the Loop with Sasha-Ann Simons - What Expiration Of Federal Solar Tax Credits Means For Illinois

Despite the federal government cutting tax credits for clean energy, Illinois continues to invest in grants for residents, municipalities and organizations to make the switch to solar energy. In the Loop hears from Senyo Ador, co-founder of the local green energy company Sesenergi Eco Solutions Enterprise and our sustainability contributor Karen Weigert. For a full archive of In the Loop interviews, head over to wbez.org/intheloop.
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Time To Say Goodbye - (Not) Reading in the Time of Robots with Celine Nguyen and Leif Weatherby

Hello!

Today, we have an episode about how nobody can read anymore, AI, humans, and why we’re so afraid of the robots with Celine Nguyen, the great author of the Personal Canon substack, and repeat guest Leif Weatherby, who came by to talk about his book Language Machines: Cultural AI and the End of Remainder Humanism.

Enjoy!



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Planet Money - PM does a pop culture draft: 1999 edition

Welcome to the inaugural Planet Money Pop Culture Draft! In today's episode (a Planet Money+ episode we’re releasing into the main feed) we're gonna go back to the year 1999. Three hosts, Kenny Malone, Wailin Wong, and Jeff Guo, go head to head and each drafts a “team” of economic pop culture. So a movie, a song, and a wild card pick that best represents the Planet Money spirit!

It could be a movie related to business or maybe a song about money … as long as it came out in 1999! Listen to hear each of them make the case for why their team should be crowned the winner!

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This episode was hosted by Kenny Malone, Wailin Wong, and Jeff Guo. It was produced by Viet Le and edited by Planet Money’s executive producer Alex Goldmark.

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