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Marketplace All-in-One - Surveillance cameras livestreamed for the internet to see

For the past couple months, YouTube technologist Benn Jordan has been investigating Flock Safety surveillance cameras. With the help of 404 Media, they found that many of these cameras were not only tracking, zooming and following every passerby, but the footage was freely accessible on the internet.


Jordan joined Marketplace Tech host Meghan McCarty Carino to talk about how he found the footage and the dangers the surveillance system poses to privacy and other civil liberties. Remember, Big Brother is always watching.

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Bay Curious - How Tiny Homes Once Housed Thousands in San Francisco

After the 1906 Earthquake and Fire, thousands of San Franciscans were homeless. City leaders needed them to stay in the city to help rebuild, so they built tiny homes and set up villages in neighborhood parks. These earthquake cottages gave many people their first shot at homeownership and helped the city recover. You can still find a few of them dotted around the city if you know what to look for.


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Curious City - ‘It felt like a secret’: Remembering Chicago’s Berlin nightclub

Berlin nightclub in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood closed permanently in November 2023, after four decades in business. The closure happened amid stalled negotiations between the bar’s owners and its unionizing employees. Today, the space remains empty, and it’s unclear what will take its place. In our last episode, Curious City looked into a mural that was a staple at Berlin for much of its existence. Today, we revisit an episode of WBEZ’s The Rundown podcast from just after the club closed. In asking some of the people who worked there, danced there and made memories there, it’s obvious that Berlin was more than just a bar. “It felt like a secret almost,” said All The Way Kay, who DJed at Berlin for over 15 years. “It felt like something that you wanted to hold very, very close to you because spaces like that really don't exist.” We talked with Kay, queer historian Owen Keehnen, DJ Greg Haus and several listeners who called The Rundown podcast to share what Berlin meant to them and what they hope for the future.
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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - CLASSIC: Poltergeists: Fact and Fiction

In the world of spirits and apparitions, the poltergeist is a unique type of ghost -- one known for its alleged ability to move physical objects (often in violent, unpredictable ways), to target and torment specific human beings and, perhaps strangest of all, to suddenly, one day, disappear. While not everyone uses the name 'poltergeist,' legends of these and similar creatures occur in numerous civilizations throughout history. Some stories are proven hoaxes. But others, the true believers argue, are more difficult to explain.

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WSJ What’s News - Traders Bet on Trump’s Next Military Move

A.M. Edition for Jan. 8. Federal and state officials square off over yesterday’s shooting of a 37-year-old woman by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis. Plus WSJ reporter Alexander Osipovich explains how prediction-market gamblers are putting big bucks behind their bets on the next target of U.S. military action. And why users can’t get enough of LinkedIn. Luke Vargas hosts.


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Up First from NPR - Minnesota ICE Shooting, Venezuela Oil Tanker Pursuit, RFK Jr’s New Dietary Guidelines

Minnesota state law enforcement officials are working with the FBI to investigate the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman by an Immigrations and Customs Enforcement officer. 
U.S. forces boarded a tanker carrying sanctioned oil after a two-week chase across the Atlantic, as the Trump administration expands plans to take control of Venezuela’s oil sales indefinitely.
And Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new dietary guidelines flip decades of advice, elevating meat and dairy and alarming many public health researchers.

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(01:54) Minnesota ICE Shooting
(05:48) Venezuela Oil Tanker Pursuit
(09:35) RFK Jr's New Dietary Guidelines

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The Daily - The R.F.K. Jr. Era of Childhood Vaccines

Warning: This episode contains strong language.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday released new guidelines that dramaticaly cut down the number of childhood vaccines recommended by the federal government.

Apoorva Mandavilli and Benjamin Mueller, who cover health, explain what is being cut and how it fits into Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s broader agenda.

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The Daily Detail - The Daily Detail for 1.8.26

Alabama

  • Sen. Britt criticizes Dems for reaction to  Venezuala's freedom from Maduro
  • Sen. Tuberville says replacement for Maduro is just as corrupt
  • Pre-filed bill requires all forms of testing for driver's license to be in English
  • State lawmaker seeks to exempt rural hospitals from certificate of need requirement
  • Governor Ivey to deliver final "state of the state" address next Tuesday.

National

  • CO woman shot and killed in MN for trying to run over ICE agent
  • SoS Rubio details plans for Venezuela and new government
  • Congresswoman Luna makes criminal referral to DOJ over fraud in MN
  • Dr. Oz to defer federal funds in MN due to governor's negligence
  • DOJ files lawsuit against AZ and CT for not providing voter roll info
  • Michael Reagan, son of Ronald Reagan, dies at age of 80