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NPR's Book of the Day - ‘Great Black Hope’ is a character study of a young, Black, queer man in high society

Smith – the protagonist in Great Black Hope – is at a party in the Hamptons when he's arrested for cocaine possession. Smith is a young, Black, queer man of privilege who's floated through New York's largely white downtown social scene – but that changes when his roommate is found dead. In today's episode, author Rob Franklin joins NPR's Ayesha Rascoe to talk about his debut novel. They discuss Black respectability politics, the long tradition of bored rich kids in the literary canon, and the novel's origins.

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The Indicator from Planet Money - Will Iran block the Strait of Hormuz?

The world has held a close eye on the Strait of Hormuz lately with Israeli and U.S. strikes on Iran. Nearly a quarter of the world's seaborne oil passes through the narrow waterway, and many are worried Iran could shut the strait down. Today on the show, we explore what it would mean for Iran to close off the strait, and what insurance could tell us about tensions in the Middle East.

Related episodes:
Oil prices and the Israel-Hamas war (Apple / Spotify)
How the 'shadow fleet' helps Russia skirt sanctions (Apple / Spotify)

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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - The Lawsuit Scaring Protesters

A jury recently found Greenpeace liable for more than $660 million in damages to the company behind the Dakota Access pipeline for its role in the Standing Rock protests. 

But the ramifications extend far beyond Greenpeace. As protests against various Trump administration policies heat up across the country, what does this lawsuit say about how opponents can weaponize the courts to criminalize protesters?

Guest: Alleen Brown, independent investigative reporter, editor at Drilled

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Podcast production by Ethan Oberman, Elena Schwartz, Paige Osburn, Anna Phillips, Madeline Ducharme and Rob Gunther.


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Chapo Trap House - 945 – Hashtag Fordow Fail feat. Libby Watson (6/23/25)

Libby Watson returns to the show! We discuss the weekend’s limited US strike on Iran and Trump’s baffling behavior around what already may be a winding-down conflict. We also talk Democratic & media responses, and where Iran might go from here. Then: all eyes are on Zohran in the NYC mayoral primary, voting is tomorrow, we discuss Zorhan’s campaign and his chances of bringing this all home. Finally, we celebrate the love & marriage of an old friend of the show with their NYT vows section announcement. Find Libby’s new show “What’s All This Then” wherever you get podcasts, and all her other links here: https://linktr.ee/whatsallthisthen New merch for the summer up at https://chapotraphouse.store
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Risky Business with Nate Silver and Maria Konnikova - Cautionary Questions with Nate Silver and Maria Konnikova

Can game theory be used to win a world cup? Can you pay the way out of political corruption? And are there winning strategies in life we don't use because we're too embarrassed?

We're sharing this special episode of Cautionary Tales in which Nate and Maria make an appearance to answer listener questions with CT host Tim Harford.

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Read Me a Poem - Verse 31 from “Gitanjali” by Rabindranath Tagore

Amanda Holmes reads verse 31 from Rabindranath Tagore’s Gitanjali. Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us: podcast@theamericanscholar.org. If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman.

 

This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by Chad Crouch.

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It Could Happen Here - Dividing the World, Pt. 1 feat. Andrew

James and Andrew discuss different ways of splitting up the world, and what they tell us about the way their proponents see the world.

Sources/Links:

Rome: https://europe.factsanddetails.com/article/entry-1087.html

China: Rome, China, and the Barbarians Ethnographic Traditions and the Transformation of Empires by Randolph B. Ford

European Colonialism: https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1mf71b8.7?seq=1

Edward Said - Orientalism

Benedict Anderson - Imagined Communities

John Lewis Gaddis - The Cold War: A New History Samuel Huntington - Clash of Civilisations

Immanuel Wallerstein - The Modern World System

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/elia-j-ayoub-the-periphery-has-no-time-for-binaries

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