Not a Strait-foward solution
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Sean Farrington brings all the reaction to Presidents Trump's Iran address
while back at home, we look ahead to the Prime Minister hosting a meeting
of 3...
Dark times for Cuba’s economic experiment
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Live event info and tickets here.
For more than 60 years, Cuba has survived on two seemingly contradictory
economic strategies: leaning on friendly commun...
The Danger of Keeping Score
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Last Friday, the Washington state Attorney General sued Kalshi, the
prediction market platform where users can place bets on real world events,
such as t...
Skeptoid #1034: The Colorado Martian
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The discovery of a Martian sarcophagus in Colorado in 1864: An oddball
story, or consistent with the lore of the day?
Learn about your ad choices: dovetai...
884: The Idiot
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M. Gessen returns to our show with a true-crime story that takes place
entirely within their own family. This story comes to us from the producers
at Ser...
Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World
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Japan is the forge of the world’s fantasies: karaoke and the Walkman, manga
and anime, Pac-Man and Pokémon and Hello Kitty, online argots like selfies
and ...
News Post: Underground Tour
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Tycho: When I was pulling up our Gran Turismo 7 video to link it, I ended
up skipping through a few parts of it to appreciate just how otherworldly
some as...
How to Do Cross Product Calculator
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The vector thing, or cross thing, of two vectors is a vector. If C is the
vector consequence of An and B, we form
Imagine a repairman turning a wrench t...
Mix: The Best of Shibuya-kei, Volume One
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The time has been right for a new mix that showcases, celebrates, and
reintroduces the best tracks from Shibuya-kei’s peak years: dj david, mon
amour - “Th...
15.11.42
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Church bells rung this morning – in celebration of the victory in Egypt.
[1] The first time that I have heard them in over two years. [1] Following
the att...
Capitol Crimes
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With disgraced lobbyist back in the news and on the big screen in Alex
Gibney's new film, CASINO JACK, we re-present Bill Moyers 2006 in-depth
exploration ...
Obama the Sphinx
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President Obama officially launched his push for peace in the Middle East
yesterday, sending his new envoy George Mitchell to the region and
declaring his ...
Why Do Americans Still Hate Welfare?
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"Welfare" remains a charged word in the American lexicon, even though it's
rarely talked about as a political issue any more. But why?
Dmitry and Brian
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Things in Russia played out very predictably last week. On May 7, Dmitry
Medvedev, the former pipeline CEO and presidential aide who Vladimir Putin
had chr...