Plus: Mexico announces plans to raise tariffs on imports of key goods from countries with which it doesn’t have an existing trade agreement. And, one of President Trump’s top advisors moves one step closer to joining the Federal Reserve. Kate Bullivant hosts.
America’s most prominent young conservative was assassinated while conducting one of his signature campus events. His death might only widen political divides. In Asia a broad trend of deflation points to lower prices but unhealthy economies. And what happens when spiritual leaders are given hallucinogens.
Simon Ritter has been in the IT industry for 40 years. He went from university to work on Unix in the early days, employed by AT&T and programming in the C language. In 1996, he switched gears to join Sun Microsystems, programming in Java. Years later, after the Oracle transition, he started to dig into what might be next. Outside of tech, he is married with an older son. He is a complete petro-head - meaning, he is really into cars. In fact, in the last few years, he and his son re-built a classic mini from the ground up.
While Simon was at Oracle, he started to crave a different opportunity, but still in the Java space. He stumbled upon a company digging into powering the Java platform, to make it the most secure, efficient and trusted platform on the planet - and he, and the company, found a great fit.
Originally imported to Monterey County for sport by a wealthy landowner in the 1920s, wild boars now number in the hundreds of thousands, and they are destroying sensitive habitats and suburban lawns all over the state, including Morgan Hill, Lafayette and San Jose. Bay Curious listener Travis Mowbray wondered if there were any creative solutions to the problem.
This story was reported by Rachael Myrow. Bay Curious is made by Katrina Schwartz, Gabriela Glueck and Christopher Beale. Additional support from Olivia Allen-Price, Jen Chien, Katie Sprenger, Maha Sanad, Ethan Toven-Lindsey and everyone on Team KQED.
In which television stations spend decades signing off every night after the national anthem, and John likes to keep a stiff upper lip during Mormon TV ads. Certificate #31942.
It’s challenging for parents to get access to their kids’ data to look out for online harms. In Congress, there's a bipartisan push to change that with a bill called Sammy's Law, named after a teen who died of fentanyl poisoning in 2021. He purchased drugs on social media.
Marketplace’s Nova Safo spoke with Will Oremus, tech news analysis writer at The Washington Post, who’s been monitoring the bill's progress.
The year 2023 was a deadly one at the Cook County Jail. Eighteen people died in custody, “for many reasons,” said reporter Carlos Ballesteros, who reported on the record year for Injustice Watch. His reporting cited drug overdoses, lapses from jail staff and failed oversight.
In our last episode, we learned about a group of volunteers who set up outside Cook County Jail to hand out free supplies to people after they get released.
Today, we’ll hear about a few people who never were released, the conditions and circumstances that led to some of their deaths, what changes have been made and what changes may still be needed at the Cook County Jail.
“Ultimately, it's jail, right?” Ballesteros said. “But the things we hear from people inside and their families is really disturbing.”
The number of deaths at the jail has decreased since the 2023 report. We get an update from the Cook County Sheriff’s Department, which oversees the jail.
Charlie Kirk was shot and killed at Utah Valley University, sparking a shelter-in-place search for a suspect. Poland says it downed multiple Russian drones that violated its airspace, prompting NATO consultations. In Los Angeles, two women’s remains were found in separate towed cars. In business, Rivian will lay off about 200 employees as federal EV tax credits expire and DoorDash will test warehouse-based drone deliveries in San Francisco.
Police are still searching for the gunman who killed right-wing activist Charlie Kirk during a speech at a Utah college campus. We look back at Kirk’s rise in conservative politics through Turning Point USA and the controversies that defined him. And in Europe, Russian drones crossing into Poland are testing NATO’s limits and raising fears of a wider war.
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In this episode, Rivers and Carter are THRILLED to welcome comedian and musician Chris Crofton and filmmaker Seth Pomeroy back to Disgraceland for a big fun time! Speaking of fun times, we talk about a man who got a little too comfortable at a KoRn concert in New Jersey. We test out a HORRIBLE energy drink from Alani Nu and talk about their HORRIBLE creators. Woody Allen showed up on a recent appearance on Bill Maher's "Club Random" and Seth and Chris have a new movie! Faith No More's "Epic" is our JAM OF THE WEEK! Listen now. Follow Chris Crofton on all forms of social media @TheCroftonShow Follow Seth Pomeroy on all forms of social media @SethPomeroy Follow our show @TheGoodsPod on absolutely everything! Rivers is @RiversLangley Sam is @SlamHarter Carter is @Carter_Glascock Subscribe on Patreon for an UNCUT video version of the show as well as HOURS of bonus content! http://patreon.com/TheGoodsPod Pick up a Goods from the Woods t-shirt at: http://prowrestlingtees.com/TheGoodsPod