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The Commentary Magazine Podcast - The Protesting-Crime Connection

Today's podcast finds a connection between the pro-Palestinian protests closing bridges and tunnels and inconveniencing hundreds of thousands of people and the kinds of petty shoplifting that make going to stores in urban centers more and more hellish. What's the connection? And why should kids take the SAT? Give a listen.

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Everything Everywhere Daily - The Maginot Line

After the First World War in France, many generals thought that the end of the war was really just a pause before another war began. They wanted to make sure that the next time war broke out with Germany, they were ready and could never be invaded again. 

To that end, they created a series of defensive fortifications they believed to be impregnable. 

Spoiler alert: it didn’t work. 

Learn more about the Maginot Line, why it was built, and why it failed on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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NPR's Book of the Day - Olympic runner Caster Semenya’s memoir tackles gender stereotypes in sports

When she was only a teenager, South African runner Caster Semenya won gold at the 2009 World Championships. But she was soon faced with intense scrutiny over her gender and testosterone levels and forced to endure intrusive questions and tests about her eligibility to compete. In her new memoir, The Race to Be Myself, Semenya opens up about having her skill and merit challenged on a global stage and choosing self-love over it all. She speaks with Here & Now's Deepa Fernandes about breaking down expectations for women athletes, and raising her own daughters with that experience in mind.

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Pod Save America - Biden vs. Trump on January 6th

Biden frames the 2024 presidential race as a fight for democracy while Trump and his allies call the insurrectionists “hostages.” Then, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is hospitalized without informing the White House, conservatives continue to wage war on the Ivy League, and New York Times congressional correspondent Annie Karni joins to talk about a deal to avoid a potential shutdown and the GOP effort to impeach Biden’s Homeland Security Secretary.

 

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Read Me a Poem - “Eurydice” by Linda Gregg

Amanda Holmes reads Linda Gregg’s “Eurydice.” Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us: podcast@theamericanscholar.org. If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman.

 

This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by Chad Crouch.


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The Indicator from Planet Money - Five reasons why Americans and economists can’t agree on the economy

One of the most puzzling developments for economists in recent months is the disconnect between positive traditional economic data and how people say they feel negatively about the economy. Add to that, people's behavior tracks with what economists would normally expect for happy times. So what's going on?

Today on the show, we turn to something economists have tracked for decades called the misery index. Right now, it says America shouldn't be so miserable, but as we've covered before, surveys say otherwise. We identify five reasons that explain the disconnect.

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Bad Faith - Episode 336 Promo – Screams Without Evidence (w/ Max Blumenthal)

Subscribe to Bad Faith on Patreon to instantly unlock this episode and our entire premium episode library: http://patreon.com/badfaithpodcast    Grayzone editor-in-chief Max Blumenthal joins Bad Faith to discuss his explosive reporting on the evidentiary failures of the New York Times' story on sexual violence in Gaza. He breaks down the inconsistencies in the Times' report, retractions from the family of an alleged victim, and the shaky credibility of witnesses. Then Max gives a first hand account of how the elite media has circled the wagons to attack his own journalistic credibility. A must-listen.

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Everything Everywhere Daily - Everything You Need to Know About Petroleum (Encore)

Thousands of years ago, humans discovered a black-yellowish liquid that come out from the ground and could burn when it was set on fire. 

Today, the fluid that seeped from the rocks is responsible for much of our modern world.

But how does that fluid become usable fuel, and how exactly do you get it out of the rocks? 

Learn more about petroleum, aka crude oil, and how it gets from the ground to your vehicle, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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NPR's Book of the Day - Booker Prize winner ‘Prophet Song’ is a dystopian tale of Irish authoritarianism

Early on in today's interview with author Paul Lynch, he says he was careful not to specify whether his dystopian novel Prophet Song is set in the future. Instead, the gripping tale of an Irish family sticking together through the fall of democracy focuses on the present moment and the personal relationships affected by it. In today's episode, Lynch speaks with NPR's Scott Simon about the power of fiction to break through the noise of news and social media – and the weight of his own platform after winning the Booker Prize.

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