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Bay Curious - The SF Landmark You’ve Never Heard of…Unless You’re French

There's a blue house in San Francisco's Castro neighborhood that is constantly mobbed by French tour groups. Bay Curious listener Helen Walker wants to know, "why?" This episode first aired in 2023.


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Up First from NPR - Bondi’s Heated Hearing, Pushback On Trump’s Tariffs, Revised 2025 Jobs Report

Attorney General Pam Bondi clashed with lawmakers during a Capitol Hill hearing dominated by questions about the Justice Department’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files.
President Trump’s tariff agenda faces a rare Republican pushback in Congress, even as the White House argues the policy is bringing money into the United States.
And a new jobs report shows stronger hiring to start the year, but revised data suggests the labor market was far weaker in 2025 than previously believed.

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(0:00) Introduction
(02:07) Bondi's Heated Hearing
(06:04) Pushback On Trump's Tariffs
(09:54) Revised 2025 Jobs Report

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The Daily - The Secret Plan to End U.S. Climate Regulations

The administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is expected on Thursday to repeal a scientific finding that requires the federal government to fight global warming. The move is the latest push by the Trump administration to wipe out climate regulations in the United States.

Lisa Friedman, a New York Times reporter who covers climate policy, has spent the past few weeks piecing together the inside story of how a small group of activists turned its goal of rolling back environmental protections into reality.

Guest: Lisa Friedman, a reporter covering climate policy and politics at The New York Times.

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Start Here - The Laser That Closed El Paso’s Airspace

A dispute between the FAA and the Pentagon over a military laser leads to the closure of airspace in El Paso, Texas. Attorney General Pam Bondi hits back at lawmakers as she faces questions about the DOJ’s handling of the Epstein files. And bodycam video is released in the case of a U.S. citizen shot five times by a Border Patrol agent. 

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The Goods from the Woods - Episode #513 – “Back in Aktion” with Joe Kaye & Kelly McInerney

In this episode, Rivers and Carter are joined at Disgraceland Studios by TWO of our all-time favorite guests, comedians Joe Kaye and Kelly McInerney! We kick this one off by chatting about "The Big Game" and, more importantly, the halftime show from Bad Bunny and the other halftime show by Kid Rock. Then, we chug a tangerine-flavored energy drink made by the Mexican juice company Jumex. That leads us down a weird rabbit hole into the wacky world of performance art. REO Speedwagon's "Take it on the Run" is our JAM OF THE WEEK! Tune in now, folks! Follow Joe on social media @JoeCharles Kaye. Follow Kelly on social media @KellyMcInerney Follow the show on social media @TheGoodsPod. Rivers is @RiversLangley Sam is @SlamHarter Carter is @Carter_Glascock Subscribe on Patreon for the UNCUT video version of this episode as well as TONS of bonus content! http://patreon.com/TheGoodsPod Pick up a Goods from the Woods t-shirt here: http://prowrestlingtees.com/TheGoodsPod

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What A Day - Bondi’s DOJ Fails Again

The Department of Justice fumbled yet another attempt to prosecute President Donald Trump’s enemies on Tuesday night. This time, it failed to get an indictment of the six Democrats who posted a video in November reminding U.S. troops they have an obligation to refuse illegal orders — no matter who they come from. Colorado Democratic Representative Jason Crow is one of those six lawmakers. We spoke about the investigation, Pam Bondi’s Congressional testimony, and how to protect U.S. troops from being targeted by the government they serve.

And in headlines, the House votes to rescind the tariffs Trump placed on Canada last year under the authority of a “national emergency,” revised government data shows President Trump’s first year in office wasn’t actually good for the job market, and Trump has a “very good meeting” with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu… even though it sounds like not much happened.

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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - No Really, Abolish ICE

Democrats have a list of demands and reforms they want implemented before continuing to fund the Department of Homeland Security. But  DHS doesn’t really need their approval to keep going.


Guest: Garrett Graff, journalist, historian, author of Doomsday Scenario.


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NPR's Book of the Day - A new book focuses on a queer, Black, WWII-era translator who risked safety for love

About a decade ago, professor and historian Ethelene Whitmire was presenting research on the experiences of African Americans living in Denmark. At that talk, she met – by chance – a relative of Reed Peggram, one of her research subjects. That relative directed Whitmire to a trove of letters written by Peggram, a queer, Black translator who found himself in Europe on the eve of World War II. In today’s episode, Whitmire joins NPR’s Scott Simon for a conversation about her book The Remarkable Life of Reed Peggram, the project that emerged from his family’s archive.


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Tech Won't Save Us - The Green Transition Needs So Much Mining w/ Thea Riofrancos

Paris Marx is joined by Thea Riofrancos to discuss the global struggle to move away from fossil fuels and the future of the green transition, including the limitations of existing supply chains, geopolitical tensions, and the tech industry's role in the growth of extractive industries.

Thea Riofrancos is the author of Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism. She is also Associate Professor of Political Science at Providence College and Strategic Co-Director of the Climate and Community Institute.

Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Support the show on Patreon.

The podcast is made in partnership with The Nation. Production is by Kyla Hewson.

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