Curious City - What happened to Chicago’s Japanese community?
Lakeview once had a thriving Japanese community, but it fell victim to a push for assimilation. As one Japanese-American puts it: “You had to basically be unseen.”
60 Songs That Explain the '90s - “No One Knows”—Queens of the Stone Age
It’s Queens of the Stone Age Day here at 60 Songs! Listen as Rob finds a way to juxtapose heavy metal and stand-up comedy like only he can on his journey to celebrate the song “No One Knows.” Later, Rob is joined by The Ringer’s head of content and host of The Big Picture, Sean Fennessey, to further discuss the greatness of Queens of the Stone Age.
Host: Rob Harvilla
Guest: Sean Fennessey
Producers: Bobby Wagner, Jonathan Kermah, and Justin Sayles
Additional Production Support: Olivia Crerie
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The Indicator from Planet Money - Why are college coaches paid so much?
If you had to guess, would you say the president of a university usually makes more money than the football coach? Well, you may be wrong. A college's football coach is often their highest paid employee. The University of Alabama pays its football coach on average close to $11 million. Today on the show, why are college football coaches paid so much? Do their salaries really make economic sense?
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Why the Olympics cost so much (Apple / Spotify)
Want to get ahead in youth sports? Try staying back a year (Apple / Spotify)
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Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1766: Doctors and Detectives
Episode: 1766 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the man who hated Sherlock Holmes. Today, our guest, Bill Monroe, from the UH Honors College, tells us about doctors and detectives.
Audio Mises Wire - David Hume’s Insights Explain America’s Economic Decline
The Trump White House has enacted tariffs in the belief that other countries are “cheating” by enacting tariffs against US goods and “manipulating” their currencies. However, with the US dollar being the world's reserve currency, the US has engaged in dollar manipulation through inflation.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/mmt-and-us-history-redefining-chartalism
Audio Mises Wire - Inflation: Looking Beyond Aggregates
Mainstream economists define inflation as the increase in an imaginary “price level” that is relatively neutral in its effects. Austrian economists, however, know better, as they realize that the effects of inflating the money supply are anything but neutral.
Original article: Inflation: Looking Beyond Aggregates
Audio Mises Wire - Enslavement of Native Americans in the Caribbean
The transatlantic slave trade from Africa is a well-known chapter in the history of slavery in the Western Hemisphere, but much lesser known is the enslavement of Native Americans. Many of them were shipped to plantations in the Caribbean where they were worked to death.
Original article: Enslavement of Native Americans in the Caribbean
Audio Mises Wire - Truth or Consequences
The transatlantic slave trade from Africa is a well-known chapter in the history of slavery in the Western Hemisphere, but much lesser known is the enslavement of Native Americans. Many of them were shipped to plantations in the Caribbean where they were worked to death.
Original article: Truth or Consequences
Audio Mises Wire - Why Elon Musk Is Right: The Case Against Subsidizing Amtrak
Amtrak is always on the verge of reviving intercity rail traffic in the US, or at least that is what politicians want us to believe. The truth is that the case for defunding Amtrak has never been stronger.
Original article: Why Elon Musk Is Right: The Case Against Subsidizing Amtrak
Audio Mises Wire - The Political Business Cycle 50 Years Later
William Nordhaus coined the term “political business cycle” a half-century ago. The idea was that government authorities, particularly the central bank, would manipulate the economy to correspond with election cycles, a practice that continues to this day.
Original article: The Political Business Cycle 50 Years Later