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Bay Curious - SFO’s One-of-a-Kind Art Museum

Barry Asin flies through SFO about once a month and often stops to take a look at the art exhibits dotted throughout the terminals. He particularly loves the history exhibits that showcase what makes the Bay Area unique, seeing it as a nice welcome to travelers visiting the area. He wants to know more about who curates the exhibits, how they decide what to bring in and what we can expect in the future.


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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - CLASSIC: The Hidden History of Africville

If you're not from Nova Scotia, you may have never heard of Africville -- it was a small community in Halifax. The larger government of Halifax seemed content to pretend Africville simply didn't exist. After the infamous Halifax Explosion of the early 1900s, the government changed their tactic, and aggressively conspired to erase Africville from history.

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Marketplace All-in-One - The little-known regulatory bodies that can make or break AI data centers

The AI boom is propelling a once-obscure group of state regulators into key decision-making roles for the economy. AI needs data centers, data centers need power and power is generally regulated in some way — depending on the state — by public utilities commissions.


That's the topic of a new report from the Center on Technology Policy at NYU. Scott Brennen, CTP director and author of the report, said these commissions often make decisions on planning and permitting for new infrastructure and decide the rates utilities charge consumers.

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WSJ What’s News - America’s Business-Heavy Postwar Vision for Ukraine Triggers Clash with Europe

A.M. Edition for Dec. 11. The U.S. proposals have sparked an intense battle at the negotiating table, with WSJ security correspondent Benoit Faucon saying the outcome is set to profoundly alter Europe’s economic map. Plus, the U.S. wants more tourists to show their social-media history before they enter the country. And, it’s decision day for Republican Senators as the chamber prepares to vote on saving Obamacare subsidies. Luke Vargas hosts.


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The Daily - The Cracking of the Trump Coalition

In the year since President Trump roared back to power, one of the most surprising story lines of his second term has been a series of public ruptures between him and the movement he created.

Robert Draper, who covers domestic politics for The New York Times, discusses the growing tensions inside the MAGA movement and what they tell us about what the American right might look like in a post-Trump world.

Guest: Robert Draper, who covers domestic politics.

Background reading: 

  • After an interview with a white nationalist, Tucker Carlson has continued to fracture the right.
  • Marjorie Taylor Greene strove both to be the ultimate Trump warrior and to be taken seriously. She wound up in political exile.
  • Nick Fuentes is a white nationalist problem for the right.

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The Daily Detail - The Daily Detail for 12.11.25

Alabama

  • State Supreme Court agrees to oral arguments in Mac Marquette case
  • Congressman Rogers not probing 2nd boat strike, has heard enough
  • Sec. of War Hegseth to be at Redstone Arsenal today for sign unveiling
  • Sen. Britt wants to see age restrictions on social media use
  • Lt. Gov. Ainsworth critical of charter school commission's recent approval
  • New state law on package stealing makes the crime not worth the time

National

  •  US military has taken possession of an oil tanker off coast of Venezuela
  • US House passes the NDAA funding bill for 2026, heads over to senate
  • Federal reserve drops interest rates by one quarter of a percentage point
  • National Guard member shot in DC is now able to get out of hospital bed
  • DOJ files lawsuit against a VA school district for violating student rights
  • Administrator for Medicare supports a review of childhood vaccine schedule


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New Books in Native American Studies - Charlotte Macdonald, “Garrison World: Redcoat Soldiers in New Zealand and across the British Empire” (Bridget Williams Books, 2025)

The pivotal year of 1870 brought down the curtain on the redcoat garrison world at both the metropolitan and colonial ends of the empire . . . In fewer than forty years, less than a lifetime, Aotearoa had gone from being a Māori world in which rangatira dominated, to a colony in which the settler state was in control of the economy, politics and people’s social destiny.

Garrison World: Redcoat Soldiers in New Zealand and across the British Empire (Bridget Williams Books, 2025) by Professor Charlotte Macdonald explores the lives of soldiers, sailors and their families stationed in Aotearoa New Zealand and across the British empire in the nineteenth century. Spanning the decades from 1840 to 1870, this major new history from Charlotte Macdonald places the New Zealand Wars within the wider framework of imperial power. It shows how conflict and resistance throughout the empire, from rebellion in India to the Morant Bay uprising in Jamaica, were connected to the colonial project in New Zealand.

At the centre of this history are the thousands who served in the British military – from rank-and-file soldiers and bluejackets drawn from working-class Britain and Ireland, to officers from elite backgrounds who purchased their commissions. Their presence in New Zealand was vital to the imposition of imperial control, both during times of war and in the intervening years when the garrison underpinned a fragile settler economy and society.

Through rich archival detail and personal accounts, Garrison World traces the structures, experiences and legacies of military occupation. Acknowledging the impact on Māori communities and whenua, the book offers a critical and unflinching account of how imperial authority was imposed – and often violently asserted. This is a compelling and significant contribution to understanding the reordering of power that shaped Aotearoa in the nineteenth century.


This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. You can find Miranda’s interviews on New Books with Miranda Melcher, wherever you get your podcasts.

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