Luke reflects on the 2021 State of the Word, while Jonathan holidays on a Mexican beach.
Post Reports
• The Washington Post
In Chicago, a test case for Biden’s EPA
How the fight in Chicago over a proposed scrap metal facility became a test case for the Biden administration’s approach to environmental justice.
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General Iron Industries is a Chicago-based scrap metal recycling company with a bad track record of pollution...
The Daily
• The New York Times
Why Was Haiti’s President Assassinated?
In July, a group of men stormed the presidential compound in Haiti and assassinated the country’s president, Jovenel Moïse. Months later, the case remains unresolved.
Investigating the killing, the Times journalist Maria Abi-Habib found that Mr. Moïse had begun compiling a l...
Post Reports
• The Washington Post
The new ‘tornado alley’
On the ground in Mayfield, Ky., after a string of tornadoes devastated the town, flattening buildings and leaving streets unrecognizable. The tornadoes tore through a 200-mile swath of land, and may be the sign of a lengthening tornado season.
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The Daily
• The New York Times
The Outsize Life and Quiet Death of the Steele Dossier
This episode contains strong language.
The Steele Dossier — compiled by Christopher Steele, a British former spy — was born out of opposition research on Donald J. Trump, then a presidential candidate, and his supposed links to Russia.
The document, full of salacious a...
Joost.blog
• Joost de Valk
Elementor: WordPress’ secret growth driver?
Is Elementor the secret behind WordPress’ growth in the last years? We know from my CMS market share analysis that WordPress has been growing fast. Could it be
The Daily
• The New York Times
The Sunday Read: ‘How the Real Estate Boom Left Black Neighborhoods Behind’
In Memphis, as in America, the benefits of homeownership have not accrued equally across race.
Housing policy in the United States has leaned heavily on homeownership as a driver of household wealth since the middle of the last century, and, for many white Americans, propert...
A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs
• Andrew Hickey
[Admin] An Explanation for Delays… And What I’m Going to Do About It
Hi,
This is not a proper episode of the podcast. Rather, this is an explanation, at least in part, of why there have been fewer episodes than normal this year, and what I plan to do about that.
One of the things I promised myself when I started this podcast was t...
Post Reports
• The Washington Post
After a school shooting
How the tight-knit community of Oxford, Mich., is healing after a mass shooting. Plus, remembering Post Editorial Page Editor Fred Hiatt.
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A 15-year-old opened fire at his Michigan high school on Nov. 30, killing four students and wounding seven others, police say. This is the deadliest episode of on-campus violence in almost three years. Reporter Kim Bellware and producer Rennie Svirnovskiy examine what it looks like for a town to start healing.
The Post remembers Editorial Page Editor Fred Hiatt, who died this week after a sudden cardiac arrest. A beloved colleague and friend, Hiatt worked for The Post’s editorial pages for 21 years. He is survived by his wife of 37 years and his three children.
You can also listen to the tributes for Hiatt on the Post’s Opinions podcast “Please, Go On.”
The Daily
• The New York Times
The Censoring of Peng Shuai
In November, Peng Shuai — one of China’s most popular tennis stars — took to Chinese social media to accuse Zhang Gaoli, who was a member of China’s seven-member ruling committee, of sexually assaulting her.
Within minutes, Chinese censors had taken down Ms. Peng’s post, and...
A Podcast (Summit) for Democracy
First, Alex and Joe talk how important Joe Biden's Democracy Summit this week is going to be. With autocracy on the rise worldwide, we have to sound the alarm and get to work. Then, what's up with the latest round of poll numbers? Joe points out what's noise and what re...
Post Reports
• The Washington Post
When is it self-defense?
What self-defense means in a country deeply divided over gun rights and race. And a story that shows the stakes of disappearing local news – about an Alaska community where climate change is costing them their school.
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After the high-profile trials of Kyle ...
A List Apart: The Full Feed
• by Patrick Brosset
Breaking Out of the Box
CSS is about styling boxes. In fact, the whole web is made of boxes, from the browser viewport to elements on a page. But every once in a while a new feature comes along that makes us rethink our design approach.
Round displays, for example, make it fun to play with circu...
The Daily
• The New York Times
‘Kids Are Dying. How Are These Sites Still Allowed?’
This episode contains details about suicide deaths and strong language.
A few years ago, a website about suicide appeared. On it, not only do people talk about wanting to die, but they share, at great length, how they are going to do it.
Times reporters were able to id...
Post Reports
• The Washington Post
Biden ended “Remain in Mexico.” Now it’s back.
Earlier this year, Joe Biden ended the controversial “Remain in Mexico” policy — but a court has now reinstated it. Today, what that means for asylum seekers, who are forced to wait in Mexico for their immigration proceedings.
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Today on Post Reports, we revisit Nancy, a woman we followed as she fled gang violence in El Salvador and ended up stuck in a border camp in Matamoros, Mexico. Nancy’s story shows how this program affects asylum seekers left in limbo on the U.S. southern border.
Dorie Clark: Author, Agent of Change, and Communications Coach
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Past guests on Guy Kawasaki’s Remarkable People Podcast: Dr. Jane Goodall, Salesforce CEO Mark Benioff, Netflix’s Dream Home Makeover stars Shea and Syd McGee of McGee Studios, Daniel Pink, Tiny Habit’s ...
The Daily
• The New York Times
Why Ukraine Matters to Vladimir Putin
The Russian military is on the move toward the border with Ukraine, with American intelligence suggesting that Moscow is preparing for an offensive involving some 175,000 troops.
Could the moves herald a full-scale invasion? And if so, what is driving President Vladimir V. P...
Mastodon Recap 2021
Disclaimer: Since Mastodon is decentralized, different Mastodon servers have a different view of the network depending on user activity, and providing an objective data summary across the entire network is not currently possible. Data provided in this blog post is provided ...
Post Reports
• The Washington Post
Russian troops on Ukraine's border
The limitations of American diplomacy — at the border between Russia and Ukraine, and at the Olympics in Beijing.
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According to U.S. intelligence and The Post’s reporting, Russia is planning to move up to 175,000 troops to its border with Ukraine — plans that have the international community concerned. On a call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, President Biden threatened economic sanctions and other measures if the Kremlin were to escalate the situation and invade Ukraine. Shane Harris reports on Putin’s plans, and on how difficult it is to deter a country like Russia.
Plus, the United States’ diplomatic boycott of the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics. Rick Maese reports on the pointed snub in protest of China’s human rights abuses.
A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs
• Andrew Hickey
Second Book Announcement
This is just to let everyone know that the second volume of the book based on the podcast should be available by the time you get this episode in your podcast app. It's been a long, long, time coming, because the last year and a bit has been far more difficult, for far more ...