Pod Trawlers Episode 8 - Fi & Jane and Marian Keyes, Princess Kate (aka: the Duchess of Cambridge), the Gossipmongers, the Coronavirus, Michael Bloomberg, Privacy, Child Pornography epidemic, and Sir David Attenborough and The Peregrinethis we talk about

In this episode our favourite podcasts were:



FROM VIC:

Fortunately with Fi and Jane 

and with guest, author, Marion Keyes

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p082lwrc

The Gossipmongers

https://play.acast.com/s/gossipmongers

And The Peregrine read by the cultural icon that is David Attenborough 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p07xn9lc

AND FROM VERONIKA:

Princess Kate (aka: The Duchess of Cambridge) 

The Duchess of Cambridge opened up about being a mother, and her childhood, and her charity, in a interview for Giovanna Fletcher’s Happy Mum Happy Baby podcast.

https://www.giovannafletcher.com/blog/posts/happy-mum-happy-baby-the-duchess-of-cambridge

 

The Daily:

Hosted by Times political journalist Michael Barbaro, its episodes are based on the Times' reporting of the day:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/28/podcasts/the-daily

Fear, Fury and the Coronavirus - how it all started

China’s Communist rulers are not just fighting an epidemic. They are also struggling to contain an upwelling of public anger about their own failure to stem the outbreak.

The End of Privacy as We Know It?

A secretive company promising the next generation of facial recognition software has compiled a database of images far bigger than anything ever constructed by the U.S. government. 

Michael Bloomberg
Where did he come from, and how far can he go?
Can Michael Bloomberg buy his way into the White House?


The Child Pornography Epidemic
Last year, tech companies reported over 60 million online photos and videos of children being sexually abused. Lawmakers foresaw this crisis years ago, but enforcement has fallen short.

These two episodes are grim (because they deal with a very grim, and almost taboo topic), but, we think, essential listening.

Making Sense with Sam Harris

Sam Harris is joined by psychologist Paul Bloom to chew over the implications of the epidemic of child sexual abuse, the ethics of loyalty, eugenics, existential risk, the Bloomberg and Sanders campaigns, and other topics.

The first 30 minutes of all recent episodes are free:

https://samharris.org/podcasts/187-february-20-2020/ 


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