PLEASE PLEASE fill out a very brief survey for us!!! https://survey.libsyn.com/openargs In this week’s episode, we look at some of the interesting details surrounding the intentional release of classified materials by Edward Snowden. In particular, we looked at the legacy of Snowden’s leaks, how they played out in the Second Circuit’s decision in ACLU v. Clapper, 785 F.3d … Continue reading OA19: Should Edward Snowden Be Pardoned? →
Does Trump so need women that he despises them? On The Gist, love and sex advice columnist Dan Savage considers Trump’s misogyny. Savage also clears the air about his withering criticism of Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein and gives third-party enthusiasts a reality check: “Elect some congressmen, elect a governor, and then we can talk about who you’re running for president.” Savage hosts the Savage Lovecast and writes for the Stranger.
Laura interviews Tom Meyer to discuss really needs a financial advisor. Find out when it's the right time to hire a financial professional, how much money you should have, where to find one, how they're paid, and how to know you've found someone who's the best fit for your situation. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2dWzUxP
So, Episode 80 of the African Tech Round-up, aka the episode that nearly never happened, is finally out.
In an interview Andile Masuku just taped for the upcoming season of the African Tech Conversations series, Co-founder and Chief Credit Officer of M-KOPA Solar, Chad Larson, shared words he lives by that epitomise why I’m glad the team didn’t give up on publishing the podcast this week— despite the ridiculousness that made it nearly impossible to do so. “Done is always better than perfect,” he said. So, here it is.
There’s no doubt that this has so far been a bumper year for the world’s hacking community. Last week, one of Kenya’s biggest banks, the Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB), spent a fair amount of energy trying to convince its customers that their personal data remains uncompromised-- this, following claims by a certain programmer who goes by @IrakChris on Twitter claiming to have accessed KCB's client data through vulnerabilities found in the bank's mobile app.
Meanwhile, Twitter, Spotify, Amazon, Reddit, Yelp, Netflix, and The New York Times suffered easily one of the world's biggest coordinated distributed denial of service (aka DDoS) attacks last Friday which led to the sites either slowing to a snail's pace or being knocked out altogether.
For all the details on these stories and more, tuck into this week's show, and be sure to tell us what you make of the week's headlines on Twitter @africanroundup, or via email using hello@africantechroundup.com.
Music Credits:
Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Podcast photo credit: jjackowski via VisualHunt.com / CC BY-NC-SA
In this episode, the Goods from the Woods Boys welcome comedian, Monika Scott, as they create a bracket in order to determine the worst song of all time. Here are the all contenders: Glen Goza - "Heaven Needed a Champion" Limp Bizkit - "N 2 Gether Now" The Buoys - "Timothy" Phish - "Free Bird" (LIVE) Panic! At the Disco - "The Only Difference Between..." Curtis Stigers - "This Time" Napoleon XIV - "They're Coming to Take Me Away" (B-SIDE) Puff Daddy & Jimmy Page - "Come With Me" Drowning Pool - "Bodies" Bloodrock - "D.O.A." Meatloaf - "California Isn't Big Enough" The Eagles - "Hotel California" R. Kelly - "Cookie" Fuckface Unstoppable - "Bend My Dick" Paul Simon - "The Vampires" 4 Non Blondes - "What's Up" Find Monika on Twitter and Instragam @MightyMonika. Listen to Monika's podcast "What Did You Learn?" every week on iTunes. Song of the week this week: "Suffering Jukebox" by Silver Jews. You can follow us on Twitter: @TheGoodsPod Rivers is @RiversLangley Dr. Pat is @PM_Reilly Mr. Goodnight is @SepulvedaCowboy Pick up a Goods from the Woods t-shirt at: http://prowrestlingtees.com/TheGoodsPod
America’s favorite debunker, Adam Conover, takes on the election in his TruTV special. Conover, famous for “Adam Ruins Everything,” talks to Mike about how comedians can change society, and the limits of satire as an art form. Conover’s special airs Tuesday, Oct. 25 at 9 p.m.
For the Spiel, what America was like the last time the Chicago Cubs won the World Series.
The decisions we make in the voting booth tend to be less informed and less decisive than the votes we cast with our feet. Ilya Somin, author of Democracy and Political Ignorance, explains.
In this week's episode, the gang talks about terrible, awful, no good, very bad recruiter questions, and how to actually interview developers. Additionally, the gang plays our new game, Startup or Shut Up. Jay doesn't do very well.
In this week's episode, the gang talks about terrible, awful, no good, very bad recruiter questions, and how to actually interview developers. Additionally, the gang plays our new game, Startup or Shut Up. Jay doesn't do very well.
