Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3245: Memes
Episode: 3245 Memes, Internet Challenges, and the Selfish Gene. Today, memes.
The Indicator from Planet Money - What media consolidation means for free speech
Jimmy Kimmel’s brief departure from the airwaves triggered a wave of debate over free speech. Partly triggering his suspension was the government threatening to leverage its power over pending media deals. That’s in part due to a piece of decades-old legislation.
Today on the show, we look at how the Telecommunications Act of 1996 set the stage for government meddling and corporate capitulation.
Related episodes:
Breaking up big business is hard to do
Mergers, acquisitions and Elon’s “rude” proposal
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Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1450: Searching for Cleopatra
Episode: 1450 In which we learn too much about Cleopatra and the Pharos Lighthouse. Today, we look for Cleopatra.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1449: Image and Reality
Episode: 1449 Another look at image and reality: Fake Triceratops and manuscript books. Today, more on images and reality.
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1448: Guillotin/Guillotine
Episode: 1448 The Guillotine and the democratization of death. Today, heads will roll.
More or Less: Behind the Stats - The Case of the Missing US Data
In early February 2025, something strange started happening across US government websites.
Decades of data began disappearing from webpages for agencies such as the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health and the Census Bureau. In many cases the entire website went dark. Within a few days some 8,000 government pages and 3,000 datasets had been taken down. Since then, many have been reinstated - but some have not. We speak to Professors Maggie Levinstein and John Kubale to find out why this data was taken away, and why any of it matters.
If you spot any numbers or statistical claims that you think we should check out contact: moreorless@bbc.co.uk
Presenter: Tim Harford Producer: Lizzy McNeill Series Producer: Tom Colls Editor: Richard Vadon Production Co-Ordinator: Rosie Strawbridge Audio Mix: Neil Churchill
Audio Mises Wire - Presidents Have a Long History of Using the FCC to Silence Their Critics
President Trump’s latest anti-broadcast media actions are portrayed in legacy media as being unprecedented. While they definitely are outrageous, they hardly are the first time presidents have used federal agencies to go after broadcast opposition.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/presidents-have-long-history-using-fcc-silence-their-critics
The Indicator from Planet Money - Argentina’s bailout, a new way to cool data centers, and a cold holiday hiring season
It’s Indicators of the Week! It is that show where we parse the most fascinating financial numbers in the news and bring them to you.
On today's show: Argentina needs a bailout, Microsoft’s new way to cool data centers, and retail hiring is not looking like it’s in the holiday spirit.
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A radical plan to fix Argentina's inflation
What $10 billion in data centers actually gets you
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On today's show: Argentina needs a bailout, Microsoft’s new way to cool data centers, and retail hiring is not looking like it’s in the holiday spirit.
Related episodes:
A radical plan to fix Argentina's inflation
What $10 billion in data centers actually gets you
For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org. Fact-checking by Sierra Juarez. Music by Drop Electric. Find us: TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Newsletter.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1447: Eighteenth-Century Factory Maintenance
Episode: 1447 18th-C factory maintenance: messier than Diderot showed us. Today, a question of image and reality.
Curious City - ‘Friendship set to music’: Curious City goes square dancing on the South Side
It’s a Thursday night and a group of folks in Washington Heights do-si-do to the bassline from “Shake Your Groove Thing” by Peaches & Herb. Square dancing has a reputation as more of a hobby for white people set to country music. But social clubs like the Southside Squares are turning that image on its head.
Last episode, we heard how square dancing was once a booming hobby. Today, we hear from one social club that’s working to keep it alive in the 21st century.
But square dancing’s African and African-American roots often get lost in popular accounts. Some of the first callers and musicians were enslaved Black people.
Since then, square dancing has continued to be a part of African-American communities, including a long-running social club that meets up in Washington Heights every week to get down. Today, we hear from members of the Southside Squares.
And you can’t have a dance without a caller. We also talk with a living legend in square dancing: world renowned caller Sandie Bryant. She’ll show us the ropes and tell us what it’s like being one of the few Black women callers today.