Category: Podcasts
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USA: Useful podcasts
No comments on USA: Useful podcastsThe “How to Win” podcast did a special 4-part series on the Project 2025 Republican plan for a second Trump presidency. I just listened to the episode on climate, but there are also episodes on abortion, education, and LGBT+ rights. Each has a rough transcript along with audio. Overall I don’t want what Trump and […]
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Treadmill listening
Today’s treadmill listening was season 4, episode 1 of “How We Survive” on water sourcing in Arizona. Then I switched to episodes 1028-1030 of “Make Me Smart.”
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Make Me Smart with guest Lindy West
I’m listening to a fave podcast, Make Me Smart, which did a “live in Seattle” recording. Tuesday’s episode includes them talking with Lindy West. They talk about work, about the WGA strike, and … Ozempic. Link: https://www.marketplace.org/shows/make-me-smart/live-from-seattle-part-2-we-talk-to-lindy-west/ (Or search for Make Me Smart in your podcast app) As Lindy notes, not everyone has $1000/mo for […]
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Adapting to climate change by raising your house
Like, on stilts. Marketplace – the NPR show that became a favorite commute listen and eventually a favorite podcast commute listen – discusses how a woman who spent $97.5k on her house ended up spending $100k (mostly from a FEMA grant) to raise it more than 8 feet. Half a dozen workers, drenched in sweat […]
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