Arguably, no high school reading list is complete without one of Toni Morrison’s books. In today’s episode, we look back at a 2004 conversation between the author and NPR’s Renee Montagne, who visited Morrison to talk about a new paperback re-release of five of her novels. The interview focuses on Morrison’s perspective on hauntings, apparitions and ghosts, including the way Morrison’s late father helped her complete Song of Solomon.
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Tech Won't Save Us - Palantir is Thriving Under Trump w/ Caroline Haskins
Paris Marx is joined by Caroline Haskins to discuss what Palantir actually does and the growing influence it has within the US government and many large corporations.
Caroline Haskins is a staff writer at Wired.
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The podcast is made in partnership with The Nation. Production is by Kyla Hewson.
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Peter Thiel is giving a series of lectures on the Antichrist.
- Caroline wrote about Palantir and getting confronted by the company at a conference.
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Paris mentioned a connection between Paypal and the founding of Palantir; a founding story for Palantir is that the concept for the company grew from the desire to use the fraud-detection software designed for PayPal to build counterterrorism software.
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Palantir is having a much better financial year than the rest of Silicon Valley.
What Next | Daily News and Analysis - Trump’s Getting His Economy. Yikes.
Donald Trump has been calling for the Fed to cut rates to bolster the economy, and yesterday, they announced they would. The bad news is that’s because the economy is going to need a lot more bolstering.
Guest: Justin Wolfers, economist and professor at the University of Michigan
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Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 2507: The Unsung Engineer
Episode: 2507 The Unsung Engineer: The Mechanical Arts in Diderot and d'Alembert's Encyclopédie. Today, celebrating the mechanical arts.
Global News Podcast - US TV host Jimmy Kimmel suspended over Charlie Kirk shooting comments
The American television network ABC has suspended late-night talk show host, Jimmy Kimmel, indefinitely over comments he made about the shooting of the right-wing influencer, Charlie Kirk. The announcement has reignited the debate about free speech in the US. Also: the latest on Donald Trump's state visit to the UK, thousands of Palestinians flee Israel's bombardment in Gaza City, an exclusive BBC interview with Brazil's President Lula, Indian-administered Kashmir's fruit industry on the brink of collapse, and how AI could predict your health in ten years' time.
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It Could Happen Here - Years of Lead Paint
The gang compare and contrast the Years of Lead to current brainrotted form of political violence in the United States from assassinations, conspiracy theories, and state sponsored doxing.
Sources:
https://www.cawshinythings.com/i-was-promised-a-more-aesthetically-pleasing-cyberpunk-dystopia/
https://www.cato.org/blog/politically-motivated-violence-rare-united-states
https://today.yougov.com/politics/articles/52960-charlie-kirk-americans-political-violence-poll
https://libcom.org/article/giuseppe-pinelli-death-anarchist
https://libcom.org/article/analysis-autonomia-interview-sergio-bologna
https://sk.sagepub.com/ency/edvol/terrorism2ed/chpt/ordine-nuovo
https://www.britannica.com/event/Bologna-train-station-bombing-of-1980
https://www.britannica.com/place/Italy/Terrorism#ref929858
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/09/16/us/tyler-robinson-charges.html?unlocked_article_code=1.mU8.jooL.UUL_fH4KQcdy
https://www.404media.co/doj-deletes-study-showing-domestic-terrorists-are-most-often-right-wing/
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CBS News Roundup - 09/17/2025 | World News Roundup Late Edition
Three police officers killed and 2 injured in shooting in rural Pennsylvania. We're learning more about how Charlie Kirk's accused killer turned himself in. Federal Reserve cuts key interest rate by a quarter percentage point. CBS News Correspondent Jennifer Keiper with tonight's World News Roundup.
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The Gist - Christian Duguay Brings the Valley Heat
Christian Duguay, creator of Valley Heat, breaks down how Doug Duguay, his in-show alter ego, works within a 51% fictional universe. Tight sound design and ad-jingle microplots create an absurd world populated with Canadian foosball biker gangs and rogue car washes. Duguay traces the show’s improv roots and why “I’ll take that” became its guiding ethos. Plus: RFK Jr. claims that CDC director Susan Monarez once admitted, “I am untrustworthy.” And in the spiel, Charlie Kirk’s killer has his first court appearance, as the administration all but declares war on leftists.
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PBS News Hour - World - Trump greeted with royal reception to begin his second state visit
President Trump enjoyed a warm welcome to Britain's Windsor Castle, where his royal hosts put on a display of pageantry, pomp and military parades. It's an unprecedented second state visit for Trump, and it comes with both regal spectacle and real-world diplomacy, including a civilian nuclear power deal to power and a massive trans-Atlantic tech agreement. Amna Nawaz reports. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy