Category: 9-NotNowMaybeSomeday

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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - CLASSIC: What the F*ck is up with Florida?

Out of all the states in the Union, it seems like Florida is home to the craziest shenanigans. Every few days another story about a weird, madcap crime in the Sunshine state makes the circuit in mass media, and it’s created a nationwide stereotype about the state and its residents. But how did we get here? Is there any truth to the bizarre stereotype?

They don't want you to read our book.: https://static.macmillan.com/static/fib/stuff-you-should-read/

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It Could Happen Here - We Are Not Numbers, We Are People: A Conversation with Gaza Parkour (part 2)

The second half of our conversation with Ahmed and Abdullah. In this episode we talk about grieving the loss of their friends and how solidarity and protest outside Gaza has made an impact on them.

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Serious Inquiries Only - SIO446: Believe It Or Not, The Right Has An Effective Youth Movement

Author and journalist Kyle Spencer knows - she wrote the book on it. It's called Raising Them Right, soon to be out in paperback. She spent extensive time with Charlie Kirk, among others, and saw how he built an effective right wing youth movement. How did he do it? Who is funding it? Do these people really believe what they say? She answers those questions and more.

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Serious Inquiries Only - SIO446: Believe It Or Not, The Right Has An Effective Youth Movement

Author and journalist Kyle Spencer knows - she wrote the book on it. It's called Raising Them Right, soon to be out in paperback. She spent extensive time with Charlie Kirk, among others, and saw how he built an effective right wing youth movement. How did he do it? Who is funding it? Do these people really believe what they say? She answers those questions and more.

We're also big fans of Kyle's Reporting Right newsletter. Check it out!

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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - Strange News: Colorado Protects Brainwaves, Chechnya’s Weird Music Ban, A Man Sets Himself On Fire.

Colorado moves to protect human thought. Chechnya restricts all music to a certain amount of beats per minute (spoiler: it's super weird). In protest against an alleged conspiracy, a man self-immolates in front of a Manhattan courthouse. Ben, Matt and Noel learn their prediction about robot dogs proved correct. All this and more in this week's strange news segment.

They don't want you to read our book.: https://static.macmillan.com/static/fib/stuff-you-should-read/

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It Could Happen Here - We Are Not Numbers, We Are People: A Conversation with Gaza Parkour (part 1)

James and Shereen talk to Ahmed and Abdullah from Gaza Parkour about how it feels to be outside of Gaza watching the horrors unfold and how listeners can stand in solidarity with the people of Gaza.

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This Machine Kills - *Unlocked* – 333. JSOC for the Environment

[Jathan got married last weekend! So no new shows until next week.] We dig into reporting on a special forces unit in the Brazilian ministry of environment which is composed of tier one operators who are also all scientists that are driven by a singular righteous mission of protecting the Amazon rainforest, wildlife and Indigenous communities from illegal miners and loggers. It’s almost like if the EPA had a wet works team—or, at least, it’s a good start. ••• The Brazilian Special-Forces Unit Fighting to Save the Amazon https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/04/08/the-brazilian-special-forces-unit-fighting-to-save-the-amazon Subscribe to hear more analysis and commentary in our premium episodes every week! https://www.patreon.com/thismachinekills Hosted by Jathan Sadowski (www.twitter.com/jathansadowski) and Edward Ongweso Jr. (www.twitter.com/bigblackjacobin). Production / Music by Jereme Brown (www.twitter.com/braunestahl)
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Serious Inquiries Only - SIO445: The Science of 3 Body Problem with Paul Sutter

We welcome back cosmologist and science communicator Dr. Paul Sutter! Previously, he had come on to talk about his book, Rescuing Science. This time, he's here to take us through some of the science of the super cool new Netflix show 3 Body Problem. What does it get right and what does it get wrong? Or does that even matter? Paul takes us through it! Make sure to check out his podcast Ask A Spaceman!

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It Could Happen Here - CZM Book Club: “The Fortunate Death of Jonathan Sandelson” by Margaret Killjoy, Part One

Margaret reads Danl a story about hackers using drones to disrupt for-profit incarceration.

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Serious Inquiries Only - SIO444: Climate Change Made “the Blob.” It Killed Tons of Marine Life

Everyone's favorite marine biologist, Dr. Heidi Pearson is back! This time, we're talking about a new, large scale study just out about the massive loss of marine life caused by "the blob." It's another tale of man-made climate change wreaking havoc on the world. But, we've also got some more fun stories to talk about! Gay whales caught in the act, a solo orca that didn't wait for its pod to hunt and kill a Great White Shark, and menopause in whales.

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