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The White House says it will clarify new levies on gold. Plus, the Trump administration is preparing to sell stock in mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Anthony Bansie hosts.
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Why are even black and Hispanic Americans rejecting it? What does Trump get right that DEI advocates can’t answer? And how did elites like Elizabeth Warren and Zohran Mamdani game the system? Victor Davis Hanson answers these questions and explains how DEI’s unravelling will pan out on today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words.”
“ It predicates hiring, retention, promotion, tenure on the color of your skin and not the content of your character, or your gender or your sexual orientation. And so, it's a winning issue for Donald Trump, when you look at the polls. It's not just that 60% of so-called white people, who often feel they're victimized by DEI are opposed, but Hispanics and blacks also poll that they are against it. And people—that's baffled people. But it's kind of obvious when you think about it. It's commonsensical.
“DEI was based on poverty and past documented racism. … Mr. Mamdani says he's a minority and he is black, and he needs special preference. He also said he was gonna go after “white or affluent neighborhoods.” He's Indian American. His family originally came from India. Indian Americans, according to our census, are the wealthiest, most privileged ethnic group in America.So, what I'm getting at is your skin color no longer can be correlated, exactly, with your class.”
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(0:00) The Decline of DEI
(3:05) Criticisms of DEI
(3:16) Evolution of Affirmative Action
(4:52) Challenges in a Multiracial Society
(5:27) Abuse and Misrepresentation in DEI
(7:31) Class vs. Race in DEI
(9:28) The Future of DEI
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P.M. Edition for Aug. 8. In an exclusive, we’re reporting that the Trump administration is preparing an IPO for mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac later this year, which it estimates could raise $30 billion. But WSJ capital markets reporter Corrie Driebusch says that key questions remain—including whether the companies will remain under government conservatorship. Plus, gold futures briefly surpassed a 45-year record before paring gains after the White House said it would clarify tariffs on gold. And nicotine is in, beer is out: What Americans’ changing vices mean for the companies behind the goods, and their stock prices. WSJ reporter Laura Cooper discusses how the companies are responding. Alex Ossola hosts.
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There’s a new game selling out stadiums around the country: banana ball. The game’s founder, Jesse Cole, describes how he got started. And WSJ’s Jason Gay watched a game to see what Major League Baseball – and other pro sports – can learn from banana ball’s fan-first approach. Jessica Mendoza hosts.
Further listening:
- NCAA President on New Era for College Sports
- How Parlays Became the Biggest Bet in Sports
- The Biggest Trade in Sports Wasn’t an Athlete –– It Was a TV Show
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Autonomous vehicles hit an inflection point, GPT-5 is here, and The Trade Desk drops 38%, plus the stocks on our radar.
Companies discussed:.Alphabet (GOOG), Microsoft (MSFT), The Trade Desk (TTD), Hims & Hers (HIMS), Crocs (CROX), Shift4 (FOUR), Palantir (PTLR), Axon (AXON), Figma (FIG), Reddit (RDDT), Universal Display (OLED), Montrols Environmental (MEG).
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CrowdScience listener Rit, from Pune in India, is staring out of his window at the falling rain. It’s been pouring for four days now, and shows no sign of stopping. The laundry is piling up, all his shoes are wet, and he’s worried about the effect it’s having on the environment, and on agriculture. When it rains like this, the animals suffer, and the crops are destroyed.
Cloud seeding and Weather Engineering are hot topics right now, and can bring the rain to places that need it. But Rit wants to know whether we can artificially stop the pouring rain, especially in an emergency. Following the devastating floods in Texas, it’s clearly not just a problem for countries with a monsoon season.
Presenter Chhavi Sachdev is also sitting in a downpour at home in Mumbai. She dons her rain jacket and rubber boots to try and find out whether science can help Rit with his question. From controlling the clouds in India, to bringing rain to the deserts of the UAE, to firing high-powered lasers into the skies above Geneva, we find out what weather engineering is really capable of.
With thanks to:
Dr Thara Prabhakaran, from the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology
Alya Al Mazroui, Director of the UAE Research Program for Rain Enhancement Science
Jean-Pierre Wolf, Applied Physics Department of the University of Geneva
Presenter: Chhavi Sachdev Producer: Emily Knight Series Producer: Ben Motley
(Image: Girl carrying umbrella while standing on road against trees during rainfall. Credit: Cavan Images via Getty Images)
Plus: Lyft bets on robotaxis. And battery startup Lyten buys bankrupt Northvolt’s remaining European assets. Julie Chang hosts.
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Join us for our next ATXplained Live at Bass Concert Hall! Here’s a sample from one of our previous shows, where we answer a question about the space you’ll be sitting in at the show.
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