More or Less: Behind the Stats - Will there be a billion climate refugees?

Former Vice President Al Gore has said that climate change is predicted to lead to a billion climate refugees. But where do these predictions come from and are they realistic? We investigate the idea that floods, droughts, storms and sea level rise will cause a mass migration of people across borders.

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The Indicator from Planet Money - Endless shrimp and other indicators

On the latest edition of Indicators of the week, inflation in the U.S. and Europe is slowing down. Plus, a new report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston highlights the number of gig workers typical employment counts miss. And finally ... Red Lobster, endless shrimp and loss leaders.

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the memory palace - Episode 210: Smoky and Bill

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Music

  • I Believe in the Night by Keith Kenniff

  • Improvisations sur les folies d’Espagne (extraits) from Marin Marais and Jordi Savall

  • Finally by Lambert

  • Voltige by Marin Lizotte

  • Violin Solo no. 1 by Peter Broderick

  • Fratres fur violin und klavier by Avro Part as played by Ursula Schloch and Marcel Worms

  • Dungen by Henrik Lindstom

Notes

  • There are plenty of places to go to read about Smoky and Bill but why would want to go anywhere else than his book, Yorkie Doodle Dandy?

The Commentary Magazine Podcast - Israel Goes In, Blinken Goes Wobbly

Today's podcast is a hybrid. The first part, about the appalling rhetoric used by Antony Blinken about Israel and its conduct of the war that has now restarted, was recorded Friday morning, December 1. The second half, about the passing of Henry Kissinger and my trip to the massacre site in Israel, was recorded Thursday afternoon, November 30. Please be understanding as you give a listen.

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Everything Everywhere Daily - The Library of Alexandria (Encore)

Sometime during the reign of Ptolemy I or Ptolemy II, the Egyptian state decided to build an institution dedicated to accumulating all human knowledge in the City of Alexandria.

As the city grew, this institution grew along with it to become the greatest knowledge repository in the ancient world.

…and then Julius Caesar burned it down. Maybe

Learn more about the Library of Alexander, how it was created, and how it ended on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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NPR's Book of the Day - Two National Book Awards finalists take on climate extremes

Today's episode features interviews with two authors whose works are 2023 National Book Awards finalists — one fiction, one nonfiction. Both broach the topic of climate realities, though their books take place hundreds of years apart. First, NPR's Scott Simon chats with Hanna Pylväinen about The End of Drum-Time, which opens with a startling earthquake and centers an 1850s community of native Sámi reindeer herders in the Scandinavian Arctic. Then, Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd asks journalist John Vaillant about Fire Weather, which covers the 2016 wildfires in Fort McMurray, Canada.

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The Indicator from Planet Money - Could SCOTUS outlaw wealth taxes?

The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments next week on whether the federal government can tax some "unrealized" gains. That's when an asset you hold, rather than sell, gains value. Tax experts say it's the biggest constitutional tax case seen in a century.

Today, we lay out the stakes and the massive implications for government revenue, taxpayers, and even wealth inequality.

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Could a wealth tax work

How the proposed tax on billionaires would actually work

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Pod Save America - Why This Democrat Thinks He Can Beat Joe Biden

Trump's lawyers preview a new defense strategy, Nikki Haley lands a big new endorsement, and President Biden fights back on the economy—and hits Lauren Boebert in her own district. Then, Minnesota Rep. Dean Phillips visits the studio for a heated conversation about why he's running against Biden in the Democratic primary, what Democrats should be doing differently, what it would take for him to get out of the race, and of course, the difference between ice cream and gelato. NOTE: the interview with Congressman Phillips has been edited for length and clarity. You can watch the full interview at https://www.youtube.com/@podsaveamerica.

 

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