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Bonus Sample #323 Solving Antisemitism
(Hear the Full Show, Members Get Bonus Shows + No Ads!) Air Date: 10-7-24 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon and Erin discuss: - The Today Show's take on viral phenom Moo Deng - The GOP's obsession with killin
#1660 Criminalizing Pregnancy: The high cost in health, freedom, and even lives of the campaign to keep people pregnant.
Air Date 10/4/2024 When women's value is seen only in relation to their ability to bear and raise children, you get policies that strip them of the right to choose whether that is something they actua
#1659 Conflagration Through Escalation: Israel expands the war to Lebanon to defend their ongoing genocide in Gaza
Air Date 10/1/2024 There's still no end in sight to Israel's war on its neighbors and the US continues its toothless efforts to de-escalate while maintaining seemingly unconditional support in spite o
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Introducing Education in the Age of AI from Smart Talks with IBM.Follow the show: Smart Talks with IBMThe role of AI in the classroom is evolving rapidly. When students and teachers embrace this technology, it has the ability to democratize access to educ
You Might Also Like: The Catch
Introducing S4 Maine Part II: What's Crab Got to Do With It? from The Catch.Follow the show: The Catch Reporter Caroline Losneck joins The Catch once again to share with host Ruxandra Guidi how Maine's iconic lobster fishing is adapting to new arr
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Introducing Trailer: Peak Travel from Peak Travel.Follow the show: Peak Travel Travel can do amazing things: broaden horizons, build relationships, and rejuvenate the soul. But often, those experiences come at a cost. This is Peak Travel, a new p
#1658 Pileup on the Information Superhighway: Information Dispensation in the Age of Deep Doubt
Air Date 9/27/2024 Let's just say that it's not a coincidence that right-wing authoritarians are on the rise at the same time as people around the world are having a harder time than ever figuring out
You Might Also Like: Peak Travel
Introducing Bali, Under The Influence from Peak Travel.Follow the show: Peak Travel Social media has turned Bali’s shrines and temples into a playground for disrespectful tourists, but residents are fighting to preserve the island’s integrity.
#1657 Modeling Positive Masculinity: Between Tim Walz and the Manosphere, boys are looking for guidance
Air Date 9/24/2024 The positive dad vibes of Tim Walz came onto the national scene in the middle of an ongoing crisis of masculinity that stretches from the youngest generations to the oldest. Both po
Bonus Sample #321 Beauty is Truth, Truth Beauty
(Hear the Full Show, Members Get Bonus Shows + No Ads!) Air Date: 9-23-24 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon and Erin discuss: - Musk's latest - J.D. Vance's war on truth and brown people - The super villains