Never forget the Christmas truce of World War I, when troops refused to be pawns of empire for one blessed day.
Original article: The Christmas Truce of World War I
Cato Daily Podcast - Is the War on Flavored Vapes in Its Final Stretch?
Flavored e-cigarettes are a popular whipping boy for would-be regulators. Jeff Singer explains why it's terrible policy to punish would-be former smokers.
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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - 2024 in Review: Would You Die For MrBeast?
While the What Next team enjoys some rest, enjoy this episode, originally aired on August 15.
MrBeast is known for videos that blend stunts and philanthropy, but his new team-up with Amazon and MGM is bringing some of his less savory aspects to light.
Guest: Madison Malone Kircher, reporter covering internet culture for The New York Times
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Podcast production by Elena Schwartz, Paige Osburn, Anna Phillips, Madeline Ducharme and Rob Gunther.
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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - TBD | Influencer vs. Influencer
One influencer working for Amazon sued another influencer who works for Amazon for creating content that looks too similar to theirs. But with how the algorithms work and reward, was this an inevitability? What does this mean for the economics of the influencer position?
Guest: Mia Sato, reporter covering platforms and communities for The Verge.
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What A Day - The New Jersey Drones Mass Delusion, Explained
Something mysterious has been going down in New Jersey this week…but it’s NOT drones. It’s that thousands of people are looking at airplanes in the night sky and thinking they see UFOs. What causes mass delusions like this wave of now mostly debunked drone sightings? In this concluding episode of How We Got Here, Max and Erin share four stories of famous mass hysterias and talk to William Bernstein, an author who writes about the science of mass delusions and why they happen.
More or Less: Behind the Stats - Did Mussolini make the trains run on time?
?Say what you like about Mussolini but he did make the trains run on time.? This phrase is the political equivalent of ?every cloud has a silver lining? ? but does it have any factual basis? Mussolini?s dictatorship in Italy was full of atrocities, brutal suppression and propaganda. Did it also create a more efficient railway network? We speak to Professor Ruth Ben-Ghiat about the truth of the claim and why the Mussolini regime wanted us to believe it. Presenter: Lizzy McNeill Producer: Lizzy McNeill Researcher: Esme Winterbotham Series Producer: Tom Colls Editor: Richard Vadon Sound Master: James Beard Production Co-ordinator: Katie Morrison.
Image: Benito Mussolini in his train studying maps. (Photo by ullstein picture/ullstein picture via Getty Images)
What A Day - House Republicans ClusterMusk
House Republicans on Thursday failed to pass their backup plan to fund the government temporarily. The bill’s demise left lawmakers with few options to avert a looming shutdown Friday, after President-elect Donald Trump and his ‘first buddy’ Elon Musk used their respective social media platforms earlier this week to blow up a bipartisan deal. Politico politics reporter Mia McCarthy, explains the prospects of a government shutdown just a few days before Christmas and the start of Hanukkah.
Later in the show, Melissa’ Murray, co-host of Crooked’s ‘Strict Scrutiny,’ recaps an eventful year at the Supreme Court.
And in headlines: Secretary of State Antony Blinken expresses optimism about an Israel-Hamas ceasefire, Amazon delivery drivers go on strike, and Russian President Vladimir Putin holds his annual press conference.
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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - Plus | A Karaoke Holiday With What Next
For a very special holiday edition of What Next, Mary chats with Death Sex & Money host Anna Sale about the anthems they’ll be belting out the next time they do karaoke—and they take calls from colleagues and listeners about their own go-to barn-burners for this unsettled moment.
You can find all these anthems (and more) on one Spotify playlist here https://tinyurl.com/whatnextkaraoke
Guest: Anna Sale, host of Slate’s Death, Sex & Money
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Cato Daily Podcast - Renewing Small Towns with Zoning Reform
Downtowns built 100 years ago are still viable, so why are they so hard to build today? Andrew Cline is president of the Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy. We talked about what's instructive about the changes in New Hampshire's zoning rules that have left so many towns unable to renew themselves.
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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - TBD | Drones!??!!!?!!!
Reports of flocks of drones, flying overhead nightly, are coming in from New Jersey down to Maryland. Are they UFOs? Nefarious foreign powers? Something even more pernicious? Something even more banal?
Guest: Jon Ostrower, editor-in-chief of The Air Current.
Ben Mathis-Lilly, Slate senior writer
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