The NCAA’s $2.8 billion settlement doesn’t just change the rules—it rewrites the entire playbook. Mike talks with Gabe Feldman, director of Tulane’s Sports Law Program, about what happens now that schools can pay athletes directly. They get into how the money will be split, why Olympic sports are suddenly on the chopping block, and whether this new system can survive Title IX scrutiny.
The proposed overhaul of Texas’ congressional map is designed to give the GOP five new seats after next year’s midterm election. But will that map actually give President Trump what he wants? The newly drafted boundary lines would give Republicans at least some new seats. But an analysis of the tentative redistricting plan suggests the plan could backfire.array(3) {
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With the first day of classes just weeks away, we’re asking: How did Chicago teens spend their summer vacation? Turns out, some got to work, gaining new skills and experiences in preparation for the start of school.
Reset hears from teens about how hard it was to land a job, where they ended up, and what lessons they’re taking away from the summer season.
For a full archive of Reset interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.
As President Donald Trump puts political pressure on the Bureau of Labor Statistics, experts worry BLS data will become less trustworthy. Economists following China say they know the feeling. In this episode, what we can learn from them. Plus, we peek behind the scenes of a municipal bond sale, speak with some economists who aren’t too surprised by the revised jobs numbers, and break down what it means that Trump can nominate a new Fed governor.
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With the first day of classes just weeks away, we’re asking: How did Chicago teens spend their summer vacation? Turns out, some got to work, gaining new skills and experiences in preparation for the start of school.
Reset hears from teens about how hard it was to land a job, where they ended up, and what lessons they’re taking away from the summer season.
For a full archive of Reset interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.
With the first day of classes just weeks away, we’re asking: How did Chicago teens spend their summer vacation? Turns out, some got to work, gaining new skills and experiences in preparation for the start of school.
Reset hears from teens about how hard it was to land a job, where they ended up, and what lessons they’re taking away from the summer season.
For a full archive of Reset interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.
The United States and Mexico are neighboring nations that for decades have shared an economy. But under President Donald Trump that relationship is getting shaken and stressed. What does the future hold for U.S. Mexico relations under Trump?array(3) {
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Google's AI Overviews feature can deliver an answer to your question before you click a single link. But it spells bad news for the publishers that write the articles that power these AI summaries: their business models depend on site visits to sell ads. And some smaller publishers have already gone out of business as the use of AI summaries grows.
"The extinction-level event is already here," said Helen Havlak, publisher of tech news site The Verge.
NPR's John Ruwitch reports on how companies are adapting to the artificial intelligence shake-up in Google search. And Google is a financial supporter of NPR, but we cover them like any other company.
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The former head of the Israeli internal security agency Shin Bet, Ami Ayalon, tells Newshour why he thinks Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu needs to end the Gaza war. Meanwhile, reports suggest that the prime minister may order the Israeli Defence Forces to seize and hold the entire Gaza Strip.
Also in the programme: the family of a Hiroshima atom bomb survivor reflect as the 80th anniversary of the bomb approaches; the devastation plastic pollution is wreaking on human health; and why Indian cricket fans have been ecstatic over today's game in London.
On today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” Hanson breaks down the absurdity of the outrage and exposes the real history of eugenics—hint: it doesn’t come from the Right.
“ We have all sorts of models that pose for jean commercials. American Eagle have had black women, people, Hispanics, everybody. And do you remember the ad by Levi's for Beyonce? Levi's has her portrayed with a cowboy hat, a yellow wig, and in a country-western setting with Levi jeans. … Nobody objected, nobody said, ‘Beyonce is objectifying whiteness because, as an African American, she's got a blond wig on.’”
“ A final warning or a piece of advice from Aristotle: We act to beauty by proportion and mathematics. As I said, Beyonce is beautiful, not because she's black or not because she's not white, or Sydney Sweeney is beautiful, not because of her skin color, but because she has, as Aristotle would say, perfect symmetry. And that's a universal idea.”
👉He’s also the host of “The Victor Davis Hanson Show,” available wherever you prefer to watch or listen. Links to the show and exclusive content are available on his website: https://victorhanson.com
(0:00) Sydney Sweeney’s Good Jeans/Genes Ad
(0:27) Left's Outrage
(0:33) Other Examples of Jean Commercials
(3:05) The Essence of Advertising and Classical Beauty
