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The Commentary Magazine Podcast - The Wobbly Clock is Ticking

Eli Lake joins the podcast to talk about the fecklessness of the Biden administration and how that may have given Iran a sense it could act with impunity—and whether, once again, America will go wobbly when it comes to Israel defending itself. Only this time, will Bibi Netanyahu's country allow its leaders to go wobbly in response? Give a listen.

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NPR's Book of the Day - ‘The Big Myth’ breaks down pro-market, anti-government propaganda in the U.S.

The Big Myth, a new book co-written by Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway, details the rise of free market capitalism in the 19th century and its long-lasting impact on American democracy. In today's episode, Oreskes speaks with Here & Now's Scott Tong about how Little House on the Prairie, union busting, and Ronald Reagan all played a role in diminishing government regulation – and how the effects of that policy and pop culture campaign can still be seen in today's housing crisis and COVID-19 response.

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Everything Everywhere Daily - The History of Tomatoes

One of the most popular foods in the world is tomatoes. 

Tomatoes are grown almost everywhere in the world today, and they have become the basis of several international cuisines. 

However, just a few hundred years ago, no one was eating tomatoes as we know them today.

In fact, even after they were cultivated, there were people terrified to actually to eat them.

Learn more about tomatoes and tomatoes and their history on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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Pod Save America - Hamas Makes War, Republicans Play Politics

Israel has begun a full-scale siege of the Gaza Strip after Hamas launched a surprise attack on Saturday. Republican politicians wasted no time blaming Biden for the attack, despite his administration offering full support for Israel. Meanwhile, the race to be the next Speaker of the House kicks off a busy week. RFK Jr. announces he's dropping out of the 2024 Democratic Primary and launching a third-party bid for president. Later, former Republican Congressman Adam Kinzinger stops by to talk about the chaos his old colleagues in the House have created.

 

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Read Me a Poem - “The Watcher” by Rainer Maria Rilke

Amanda Holmes reads Rainer Maria Rilke’s “The Watcher,” translated from the German by Stephanie Bastek. 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.

 

The Watcher

by Rainer Maria Rilke


I see the storms coming in the trees

that on swollen, balmy days

beat at my anxious window,

and hear the Distance saying things

that I can’t bear without a friend,

can’t love without a sister.


There goes the storm, a rearranger,

goes through forest and through time,

and everything is as though ageless:

the landscape, like a verse in a psalm book,

is truth and might and eternity.


How small it is, what we wrestle with,

what wrestles with us, how great;

if we could let ourselves be more like things,

be subdued by great storms—

we would become vast and nameless.


What we defeat is the Small,

and the victory itself makes us small.

The Eternal and Enormous

will not be bent by us.

This is the Angel that appeared

to the wrestlers of the Old Testament:

when its adversary’s sinews

strained like metal in the struggle,

it felt them under its fingers

like the strings of deep melodies.


Whoever was bested by this Angel—

who so often renounced struggle—

he goes righteous and upright

and great from that harsh hand,

which embraced him like a sculptor.

Victories do not entice him.

This is how he grows: deep defeat

by ever greater forces.


Translated by Stephanie Bastek


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The Commentary Magazine Podcast - The Monsters Must Pay

Dan Senor joins today's podcast to mourn with us at the horrors in Israel, to reflect on the burdens and the courage of Israeli people, and worry about the world's inconstancy in the face of a long and possibly brutal war Israel must win. You will note there is no intro music and no outro music, and no ads. This is a grim day. Give a listen.

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NPR's Book of the Day - Nathan Hill’s ‘Wellness’ examines marriage, parenthood and polyamory

Nathan Hill's novel Wellness starts with a blossoming romance between two artists in Chicago's underground scene. Twenty years later, they're married, raising a kid, and running into all sorts of conflict, within themselves and with one another. In today's episode, Hill speaks with Here & Now's Robin Young about how love and partnership changes over time, and how the start of the book – which he wrote two decades ago – felt much different when he reapproached it in his 40s.

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Everything Everywhere Daily - The Axis Powers

World War II was famously fought between two forces, the Axis and the Allies. 

Most people know that the Axis was comprised of Germany, Italy, and Japan. What many people don’t know is that there were actually several more countries that were part of the alliance. 

…and why exactly was it called the Axis? … and how did these countries work together?

Learn more about the Axis powers, how the alliance was created, and how they worked together, or didn’t, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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