In this episode, Rivers and Sam are joined once again by comedian and history professor Dr. Benjamin Sawyer from 'The Road to Now' Podcast! We kick this one off by chugging a very weird AriZona Iced Tea energy drink that is carbonated for some reason. Then, Rivers tells the tale of the karate pioneer, crazy person, and "World's Most Dangerous Man", Count Dante. We talk about some fun stuff we've been up to this week and Darius Rucker's "Wagon Wheel" is our JAM OF THE WEEK! Listen now, y'all! Follow Ben on all forms of social media @SawyerComedy and listen to 'The Road to Now' wherever you get your podcasts. 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
Airbnb has opened another front in its ongoing competition with the hospitality industry with “services,” a new product line that will offer everything from private chefs to personal trainers for guests—as long as their hosts approve. Plus, WSJ’s Lauren Weber explains why you may just have to accept talking to people while they’re wearing airpods. Patrick Coffee hosts.
Tesla just opened something completely wild: a drive-in movie theater diner / charging station… run by robots.
About ½ of all zippers are made by 1 company: YKK… it’s the most international brand on earth.
WNBA All-Stars wore pay-protest t-shirts on the court… so we’re breaking down the salary negotiation.
Plus, the untold origin story of the most valuable franchise in history… Pokemon.
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Palestinian American writer Hala Alyan has a personal history of exile. Over the years, the author and her relatives have been displaced from their homes in Gaza, Kuwait, and Lebanon – and she says it's difficult to fully separate herself from these places. In today's episode, she speaks with NPR's Leila Fadel about her new memoir I'll Tell You When I'm Home, which contends with themes including exile, infertility, surrogacy, and motherhood.
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Earlier this year, the White House proposed a nearly 24% cut to NASA's 2026 fiscal year budget — the largest in the agency's history. The trims are largely aimed at the NASA's fundamental science research and would halt science that has already been partially paid for, like the Mars sample return and the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. Many scientists and policy experts are also worried that the reduced funding would cause a scientific brain drain. But within the last month, Congress has started to discuss appropriations packages that may not severely contract the budget after all. So, in this episode, Regina reports on the important hypotheticals: What programs might be affected? Are these cuts likely to happen? If so, when?
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After Congress approved President Donald Trump’s clawback of funds distributed through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, tribal stations are frantically searching for money to keep from going dark. Tribes are stepping up in some cases, audiences are responding with increased donations, and the stations are scaling back their operations. In the meantime, higher education officials are worried about a Trump budget plan to cut federal funding to tribal colleges and universities by nearly 90%. Representatives from some of those institutions say they will have to significantly scale back their operations. Others say they will have to close outright. We’ll get more detail on both of these major funding changes.
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Stephen Wall (citizen of the White Earth Nation and a descendent of Cattaraugus Seneca Community), interim president for the Institute of American Indian Arts
Sean Chandler (Aaniinen [Gros Ventre Nation]), president of Aaniiih Nakoda College
Aziza Smith (Eastern Shoshone), senior at Haskell Indian Nations University
Marina Decora (Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska), sophomore at Haskell Indian Nations University
Lenora Ward (Iñupiaq), general manager of KOTZ and Kotzebue Broadcasting
Karl Habeck (Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa), general manager of WOJB
Break 1 Music: Navajo Radio (song) Arigon Starr (artist) Meet the Diva (album)
Break 2 Music: Steamboat Akalii Song (song) Jay Begaye (artist) Horses Are Our Journey World (album)
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Journalist Jasper Nathaniel joins us to discuss his reporting on the West Bank and Israel’s second front in the war on Palestine. We look at the increasingly violent settler movement, Israel’s flagrant violation of international laws, the use of archaeological warfare in the region, and the constant ubiquitous violence that defines life for Palestinians living under Israeli occupation. And on the domestic front, we have an update on the good professor Davidai and his relationship to the august institution Columbia University.
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