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Clarence Thomas' Unshaken Belief in Big Money
On the Media - July 03, 2024 07:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 8.4K ratingsLast month, Clarence Thomas acknowledged several luxury trips that were gifted to him by billionaire Harlan Crow. But the pair’s financial ties had long been public knowledge, thanks to a bombshell report by ProPublica in 2023. The gifts included lavish vacations, trips on private yachts and je...
Women, The GOP And The 2024 Election
Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast - July 02, 2024 19:10 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 455 ratingsWe hear a rundown of some new reporting on women affiliated with the GOP, from members of Congress, to candidates around the country. On Today's Show: Rebecca Traister, writer at New York Magazine and author of Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger (Simon and Schuster, 2018), ...
Women, The GOP And The 2024 Election
Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast - July 02, 2024 19:10 - 23 minutesWe hear a rundown of some new reporting on women affiliated with the GOP, from members of Congress, to candidates around the country. On Today's Show: Rebecca Traister, writer at New York Magazine and author of Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger (Simon and Schuster, 2018), ...
July 2, 2024 - Nearly 60 students gather for Summer Intensive Faith Formation
Catholic Diocese of Buffalo Podcasts - July 02, 2024 15:18 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingTeens affiliated with parishes in the Diocese of Buffalo's Parish Family #7 have just completed a five-day faith formation program which allowed them to learn about different perspectives, some local Catholic faith history, and about service. WNY Catholic Audio was there as the participants learn...
Ethnomusicologist Fredara Hadley on Reckoning with the Past
Helga - July 02, 2024 08:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 164 ratingsFredara Hadley is an ethnomusicologist at The Juilliard School whose research focuses on the musical legacies of historically Black colleges and universities. Her writing has appeared in The Washington Post, Billboard Magazine, the Journal of Popular Music Studies, and elsewhere. In this episod...
Baby Reindeer’s Intimacy Coordinator on Sex and Trauma on Screen
Death, Sex & Money - July 02, 2024 07:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 7.2K ratingsSince the #MeToo movement, the presence of intimacy coordinators have become more common on movie and TV sets. In this episode, Elle McAlpine the intimacy coordinator for many projects including Poor Things and Baby Reindeer, talks about what her job entails, from choreographing the perfect orgas...
SCOTUS Hands Trump Political Win
Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast - July 01, 2024 20:31 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 455 ratingsToday was the Supreme Court's final day of opinions, on immunity for former president Trump over his 'official' or 'unofficial' acts while in office that led to the Jan. 6 insurrection. On Today's Show: Aziz Huq, professor of law at the University of Chicago Law School and author of the forthco...
SCOTUS Hands Trump Political Win
Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast - July 01, 2024 20:31 - 18 minutesToday was the Supreme Court's final day of opinions, on immunity for former president Trump over his 'official' or 'unofficial' acts while in office that led to the Jan. 6 insurrection. On Today's Show: Aziz Huq, professor of law at the University of Chicago Law School and author of the forthco...
What To Do When Your Hypothesis Is Wrong? Publish!
Science Friday - July 01, 2024 20:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★ - 5.2K ratingsMost scientific studies that get published have “positive results,” meaning that the study proved its hypothesis. Say you hypothesize that a honeybee will favor one flower over another, and your research backs that up? That’s a positive result. But what about the papers with negative results? I...
Indie/Prog-Leaning Post-Punk Band English Teacher, In-Studio
Soundcheck - July 01, 2024 16:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 128 ratingsThe band called English Teacher is from the northern English city of Leeds, although as their debut LP This Could Be Texas suggests, one place is very much like another when it comes to how people treat each other, and themselves. One might expect a band with a name like English Teacher to be sm...
No, Joe Biden Didn’t Poop His Pants. Plus, the Supreme Court’s Fact-Checking Problem
On the Media - June 28, 2024 23:19 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 8.4K ratingsSome of the most outrageous stories about President Biden are originating from a single, unverified source. On this week’s On the Media, hear about the shadowy organization that’s influencing election narratives. Plus, factual errors are at the heart of a recent Supreme Court decision. Learn how...
The Sample From The Far Side Of The Moon | Will The Seine Be Clean Enough For The Olympics?
Science Friday - June 28, 2024 20:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★ - 5.2K ratingsChina’s Chang’e 6 return capsule landed in Mongolia, carrying samples from the far side of the moon. Also, Paris has invested $1.5B in cleaning up the Seine for open-water swimming events, but recent tests indicate it’s not yet safe. A Sample From The Far Side Of The Moon Lands On Earth This w...
Last Night's Debate: An Unofficial Callers' Focus Group Weighs In
Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast - June 28, 2024 19:41 - 37 minutesYesterday evening, President Biden struggled at times to deliver cohearant points, while former president Trump pushed numerous falsehoods on the CNN debate stage in Atlanta. On Today's Show: Sabrina Siddiqui, national politics reporter at The Wall Street Journal, offers analysis of Thursday ni...
Last Night's Debate: An Unofficial Callers' Focus Group Weighs In
Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast - June 28, 2024 19:41 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 455 ratingsYesterday evening, President Biden struggled at times to deliver cohearant points, while former president Trump pushed numerous falsehoods on the CNN debate stage in Atlanta. On Today's Show: Sabrina Siddiqui, national politics reporter at The Wall Street Journal, offers analysis of Thursday ni...
The Alford Plea
Radiolab - June 28, 2024 14:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 41K ratingsIn 1995, a tragic fire in Pittsburgh set off a decades-long investigation that sent Greg Brown Jr. to prison. But, after a series of remarkable twists, Brown found himself contemplating a path to freedom that involved a paradoxical plea deal—one that peels back the curtain on the criminal justic...
'The Grab' is a journalistic thriller on global politics
Documentary of the Week - June 28, 2024 00:00 - 1 minute ★★★★ - 15 ratings'The Grab' follows reporter Nathan Halverson as he investigates how wealthy countries seek to control land outside their borders for access to food and water. The film plays like a journalistic thriller when Halverson is leaked over 10,000 emails from a business central to this story.
The Octopus Overlooked By Science | Squid With ‘Giant’ Eggs Could Be New Species
Science Friday - June 27, 2024 20:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★ - 5.2K ratingsThe larger Pacific striped octopus is unusually social. But it wasn’t recognized by scientists until 2015, despite one man’s efforts. And, a deep-sea squid in the family Gonatidae was filmed cradling large eggs for its body size, which suggests it’s an entirely new species. Why It Took Decades ...
Guitarist and Composer Paolo Angeli, An Innovator Like No Other
Soundcheck - June 27, 2024 18:21 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 128 ratingsComposer, guitarist, and instrument builder Paolo Angeli is from the Italian island of Sardinia, and his instrument began as a chiterra sarda, a large, slightly deeper member of the guitar family. But over the years he has added multiple layers of strings: harp strings, sitar strings, motorized ...
Questions CNN Might Be Asking Themselves Before Tonight’s Debate
Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast - June 27, 2024 17:31 - 26 minutesOn today's show: Peter Hamby, founding partner at Puck News and host of Snapchat's Good Luck America, previews the presidential debate between President Biden and Donald Trump.
Questions CNN Might Be Asking Themselves Before Tonight’s Debate
Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast - June 27, 2024 17:31 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 455 ratingsOn today's show: Peter Hamby, founding partner at Puck News and host of Snapchat's Good Luck America, previews the presidential debate between President Biden and Donald Trump.
The Final Reckoning
Snap Judgment - June 27, 2024 16:42 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 10.8K ratingsJen is about to start an internship at a museum. But this isn’t a typical museum… it’s built inside two old, historic mansions. By this time, the original owners of these two old homes are long gone–or are they? And a night nurse dedicated to his job loves to help people. But when spiri...
House Stalls On Bill To Compensate Victims Of Nuclear Testing
Science Friday - June 26, 2024 20:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★ - 5.2K ratingsIn July 1945, the US deployed the world’s first nuclear weapon during the Trinity Test. Since then, the US has tested more than 200 nukes above ground in places including New Mexico, Nevada, and several Pacific Islands. For decades to come, “downwinders,” or people who lived near those test sit...
SCOTUS Rules On Social Media 'Censorship,' Plus, More Debate Preview
Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast - June 26, 2024 19:07 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 455 ratingsWe discuss the Supreme Court's latest decision, this one about the limits of government input on social media moderation policies On Today's Show: Errol Louis, political anchor of Spectrum NY1 News, host of "Inside City Hall" and "The Big Deal with Errol Louis", New York Magazine columnist and ...
SCOTUS Rules On Social Media 'Censorship,' Plus, More Debate Preview
Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast - June 26, 2024 19:07 - 11 minutesWe discuss the Supreme Court's latest decision, this one about the limits of government input on social media moderation policies On Today's Show: Errol Louis, political anchor of Spectrum NY1 News, host of "Inside City Hall" and "The Big Deal with Errol Louis", New York Magazine columnist and ...
Do Sperm Whales Talk to Each Other?
On the Media - June 26, 2024 07:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 8.4K ratingsThis week, we turn away from the media for a moment, to a realm thousands of feet beneath the ocean’s surface – where sperm whales swim. These behemoths spend most of their lives in complete darkness, surfacing only for a few minutes at a time. They have the largest brains of virtually any other...
Crowdsourced Data Identifies 126 ‘Lost’ Bird Species
Science Friday - June 25, 2024 20:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★ - 5.2K ratingsSome birds are famous for being extinct, like the Dodo and the passenger pigeon. But how do we prevent species from reaching that point? One of the starting points is to try and track down the birds that are “lost to science.” These are birds that have not been documented in over a decade, but ...
Is Biden or Trump Actually Better To Fight Inflation?
Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast - June 25, 2024 18:25 - 23 minutesWith the economy listed as a top priority for voters in the 2024 presidential election, we explore the candidates' records on money matters. On Today's Show: Jim Tankersley, New York Times White House correspondent with a focus on economic policy, discusses the economic policies Joe Biden and ...
Is Biden or Trump Actually Better To Fight Inflation?
Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast - June 25, 2024 18:25 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 455 ratingsWith the economy listed as a top priority for voters in the 2024 presidential election, we explore the candidates' records on money matters. On Today's Show: Jim Tankersley, New York Times White House correspondent with a focus on economic policy, discusses the economic policies Joe Biden and ...
Hole in the Heart from Uncuffed
Snap Judgment - June 25, 2024 13:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 10.8K ratingsDo you remember the moment you saw your first love? Rodney Hines sure does. He was 13 years old, and it was the 4th of July. His parents took him to their friends’ house where he saw Shani Browning. For the next two decades, their lives each resembled a rollercoaster ride with dramatic ...
Novelist Walter Mosley on Family and Forging His Own Path
Helga - June 25, 2024 08:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 164 ratingsAcclaimed author Walter Mosley writes about the intricacies of Black livelihood by grounding science fiction and mystery in America’s turbulent social and racial climate. Decorated with the O. Henry Award, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, a Grammy, and PEN America’s Lifetime Achievement Award, Mos...
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