Author Yvette Montoya didn't grow up playing Lotería, but she discovered the classic Latino party game in college. There, she fell in love with Lotería itself, but also the vibrant art and imagery of its boards and card decks. Now, Montoya has reinvented her own version of the bingo-like game with Mystical Lotería, a game set and book that give the traditional version a spiritual twist. In today's episode, Montoya talks with NPR's A Martínez about incorporating brujería–her witchcraft practice–into Mystical Lotería. They also discuss the resurgent interest in ancestral veneration within Latino culture, the need to move beyond Western healing modalities, and Día de Los Muertos.
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60 Songs That Explain the '90s - “Kids”—MGMT
This week, Rob assures you that yes, he was there, boots on the ground, for the indie rock (nay, indie sleaze?) boom that hit New York City in the 2000s. Rob sets the stage for the music scene that MGMT launched itself into, before he ultimately unpacks the pop sensation qualities of its megahit “Kids.” Later, music writer Larry Fitzmaurice joins to parse the indie pop scene, share what it was like to cover MGMT during its ascension, and weigh in on the legacy that the band's music and particular aesthetic have today.
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Everything Everywhere Daily - The Bone Wars
The 19th century was a period of rapid advancement. New technologies such as the railroad and the telegraph radically changed civilization.
Scientific advancements were almost constant as we took great strides in understanding our universe.
One such scientific field that saw incredible advances was paleontology. The field was advanced by two researchers who found an incredible number of fossils…..and who totally hated each other.
Learn more about the Bone Wars and how two paleontologists advanced the science while destroying each other on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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The Indicator from Planet Money - Why the government’s flood insurance program is underwater
Major flooding events are increasingly common across the U.S., but homeowners looking for flood insurance will find few choices. The main providers of flood insurance is the U.S. government through the National Flood Insurance Program, or NFIP. But even though the NFIP is one of the only flood insurance games in town, it's drowning in debt. On today's episode, the NFIP's struggle to stay afloat.
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Hazard maps: The curse of knowledge (Apple / Spotify)
When insurers can't get insurance
Flood money
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Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2487: Von Neuman, Computers, and Brains
Episode: 2487 John von Neumann's ideas on the similarities and differences of computers and brains. Today, UH math professor Krešo Josić talks about brains, computers and John von Neumann.
Cato Daily Podcast - RFK Jr., #MAHA, and Public Health
Robert Kennedy Jr. may carry significant influence in public health policy in the near term. Even if he seems to recognize a few big problems inherent to federal policymaking, many of his most prominent ideas are seriously misguided. Jeff Singer comments.
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The Commentary Magazine Podcast - Neocon Trump?
The selections of Marco Rubio, Mike Waltz, and Elise Stefanik to senior foreign-policy posts in the incoming administration offer significant signals that Trump 2 is not going to follow the neo-isolationist hopes and dreams of the Tucker Carlson crowd. What will this mean for Ukraine, and what does it say about the Jewish vote? Give a listen.
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The Indicator from Planet Money - Why this former banking regulator is writing kids books
In a first-best world, we'd all save enough money and there'd be no scammers. In a second-best world, we'd all know how to protect ourselves.
That's what Sheila Bair thought, too. As former chair of the FDIC, she noticed many kids and adults weren't quite getting the education they needed. So, she decided to do something about it.
Today on the show: What Sheila Bair has learned about American capitalism as one of its top regulators and how she's trying — one book at a time — to help new generations from falling into its traps.
We learned about Sheila Bair's kids books from listener Erin Vetter. If you've come across anything that makes finance fun, email us! We're at indicator@npr.org.
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That's what Sheila Bair thought, too. As former chair of the FDIC, she noticed many kids and adults weren't quite getting the education they needed. So, she decided to do something about it.
Today on the show: What Sheila Bair has learned about American capitalism as one of its top regulators and how she's trying — one book at a time — to help new generations from falling into its traps.
We learned about Sheila Bair's kids books from listener Erin Vetter. If you've come across anything that makes finance fun, email us! We're at indicator@npr.org.
Related Episodes:
Mailbag: Children Edition
Beach reads with a side of economics
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Everything Everywhere Daily - All About Butter
Ever since humans domesticated animals and realized they could extract milk from them, they have been making and consuming butter.
While we might not think much of butter today, at one point, it was so prized that it was given as an offering to the gods.
While some cultures prized it, others looked down upon it and some elevated the production and use of it as an art form.
Learn more about butter, what it is, how it is made and how it has been used throughout history on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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