The federal government spends millions of dollars each year on wildlife damage management, a program that includes killing thousands of coyotes. Yet this program may actually have the opposite effect on the coyote's population. Today on the show, why the government keeps spending money on a problem it can't fix.
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Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1339: The Good Soldier Svejk
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More or Less: Behind the Stats - What is an IQ map and can we trust them?
You may have seen a map circulated on social media that claims to show the average IQ of different nations.
If you look closely these numbers vary dramatically, with incredibly low scores in developing countries, including many in Africa.
Unsurprisingly the map is often used as a way to bolster arguments about racial or national superiority.
However, when you look at the data behind the claims the whole thing falls apart. We dive into the methods behind the map and ask whether it?s even possible to accurately put a number on intelligence. Presenter: Charlotte McDonald Producer: Lizzy McNeill Series Producer: Tom Colls Editor: Richard Vadon Studio Manager: James Beard Production Co-Ordinator: Brenda Brown
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It's Indicators of the Week! Our weekly look at interesting numbers from the news.
On today's show, we have Southwest Airlines changing course on their free checked bag policy, skyrocketing fraud, and Americans' insatiable appetite for avocados.
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On today's show, we have Southwest Airlines changing course on their free checked bag policy, skyrocketing fraud, and Americans' insatiable appetite for avocados.
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More fraud, higher bond yields, and faster airline boarding
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Cato Daily Podcast - Christian Asylum Seekers Thwarted by Trump Immigration Policy
Donald Trump created a "faith office" to protect religious liberty and a DOJ task force to combat anti-Christian discrimination, but his immigration policy leaves foreign Christians facing persecution without a way to escape to the US. David Bier explains.
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Curious City - How does honoring the dead impact the environment?
How should we decide what happens to our bodies when we die? And what implications does that decision have for the living?
It’s common to think a burial at a cemetery is the final resting place for a loved one. But as we heard in our last episode, sometimes the need to progress as a society is in direct conflict with the desire to honor the dead.
Today, we talk to one of the leaders of the Green Burial Council, funeral director Samuel Perry. His organization advocates and sets standards for “natural” burials, which he calls “the full body burial of the person directly in the ground with only biodegradable materials.”
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