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Nate has ridden in a Waymo, and it was like stepping into the future. Maria’s never been in one, but she’s been stuck behind a lot of autonomous vehicles… They swap human-driven car horror stories and discuss some of the risks and benefits of a future full of self-driving cars.
From the New York Times: The Data on Self-Driving Cars Is Clear. We Have to Change Course.
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- Arab Israeli Peace and New Visions for Gaza feat. Dana El Kurd
- Oops All Gambling, Political Betting Joins the News
- Natalism feat. Andrew
- The Insurrectionist Running to Replace Nancy Mace
- Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #45
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Arab Israeli Peace and New Visions for Gaza feat. Dana El Kurd
Bad Cousins - https://badcousins.show/
GREAT Trust Plan - https://www.washingtonpost.com/documents/f86dd56a-de7f-4943-af4a-84819111b727.pdf
A Plan to Rebuild Gaza Lists Nearly 30 Companies. Many Say They’re Not Involved - https://www.wired.com/story/a-plan-to-rebuild-gaza-lists-nearly-30-companies-many-say-theyre-not-involved/
Paradox of Peace - https://academic.oup.com/isagsq/article/3/3/ksad042/7280243
Oops All Gambling, Political Betting Joins the News
https://news.kalshi.com/p/kalshi-cnn-prediction-market-partnership
https://www.businessinsider.com/kalshi-cnbc-deal-cnn-data-integration-partnership-2025-12
https://x.com/Kalshi/status/1996233186251075862?s=20
https://illinoislawreview.org/wp-content/ilr-content/articles/2008/3/Cherry.pdf
https://www.axios.com/2025/11/20/time-galactic-prediction-market
https://dune.com/datadashboards/prediction-markets
https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/SpeechesTestimony/behnamstatement051024
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/02/business/appeals-court-allows-kalshi-election-betting/index.html
https://www.datawallet.com/crypto/polymarket-restricted-countries
https://dune.com/rchen8/polymarket
https://blog.uma.xyz/articles/unpacking-polymarkets-meteoric-rise-in-numbers
https://www.forbes.com/sites/boazsobrado/2025/12/04/alleged-insider-nets-1-million-on-polymarket-in-24-hours/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcPwUiMPj6w
https://news.kalshi.com/p/zohran-mamdani-cites-kalshi-election-odds
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/tennessee-us-house-7-special-election-polls-2025.html
https://www.natesilver.net/p/sbsq-26-do-prediction-markets-make
https://www.axios.com/2024/07/16/nate-silver-polymarket
https://www.legalsportsreport.com/sports-betting-states/
https://x.com/Polymarket/status/1996978855538823522?s=20
Natalism feat. Andrew
https://iep.utm.edu/anti-natalism/
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/11/what-is-pronatalism-right-wing-republican
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40660745/
The Insurrectionist Running to Replace Nancy Mace
https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/south-carolina-man-sentenced-assaulting-law-enforcement-during-jan-6-capitol-breach-0
https://www.postandcourier.com/beaufort-county/politics/tyler-dykes-campaign-sc1-congress/article_c255115c-45cf-430e-b4a4-160a322631e1.html
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67681795/united-states-v-dykes/
https://atlantaantifa.org/2023/04/19/inside-southern-sons-active-club-part-i/
https://atlantaantifa.org/2023/04/19/inside-southern-sons-active-club-part-ii/
Executive Disorder: White House Weekly #45
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/09/politics/georgia-democrat-eric-gisler
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5641420-democrats-gain-momentum-miami/?utm_social_handle_id=1917731&utm_social_post_id=619113438
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/pipe-bomb-suspect-told-fbi-believed-2020-election-conspiracy-theories-rcna247544
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7869373/1/Return-to-Sunny-Town
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In this episode, the Goods from the Woods Boys are hangin' at Disgraceland Studios with our ol' buddy, comedian Dave Yates! We try out an energy drink made by a VERY intense ex-Marine and podcaster named "Jocko". Then, we talk about the life and recent Congressional ambitions of Vince Offer aka "The Shamwow Guy". We chat about our favorite concert experiences of 2025 and Black Shelton and Trace Adkins' "Hillbilly Bone" is our JAM OF THE WEEK! Tune in now, y'all. Follow Dave on all forms of social media @YatesComedy and buy a bottle of Ha Ha Hot Sauce here: https://www.hahahotsauce.com Music at the end is "Christmas in My Coffin" by Nobody's Peach.
Despite the historic flooding in Washington state, the governor says that so far there have been no reports of fatalities. Congressional Democrats released more than a dozen photos of Jeffrey Epstein with prominent personalities from a trove of thousands of images. Nobel Peace Prize winner -- and Venezuelan opposition leader -- Maria Corina Machado speaks exclusively with CBS News.
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Florida is a state that often feels tangible impacts of climate change, with strong storms and hurricanes making landfall in the state every hurricane season. However, this year is the first time in a decade that the Sunshine State was spared from experiencing a single hurricane. Jessica Meszaros, a climate change reporter at WUSF, joins Kimberly to explain how Floridians are rebuilding a year after hurricanes Debby, Helene and Milton hit the state. Plus, we’ll play a round of Half Full/Half Empty!
Here’s what we talked about on the show today:
In 2008, Chicago’s budget was in a bad place. The city needed money. One way to raise money was to increase property taxes, but what politician wants to do that? So instead, Mayor Richard M. Daley’s administration looked around at the resources the city had, and thought, ‘Any of this worth anything?’ They opted to lease out the city’s metered parking system — to privatize all 36,000 of its parking meters.
The plan: have private companies bid on operating the meters, modernizing the system, and keeping the profits for a certain number of years. In exchange, they would give Chicago a big lump sum payment. The winning bid was $1.16 billion dollars for a 75-year lease.
Today’s episode is the story of how that bid got put together, and how it came to be hated. There are kidnapped parking meters, foot chases through City Hall, and trashbags filled with secret documents.
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Tonight's episode: Ben, Matt, Noel and Dylan ask: How many planets exist? According to current astronomical research, a lot of speculation and tons of conspiracy theories, there may be more to the solar system.
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