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Jamaican and Caribbean Weekly News Summary
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Jamaican and Caribbean Weekly News Summary
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A weekly summary of the Jamaican & Caribbean Headline news, Business news, Sports news and Entertainment news.
Global experts and decision makers discuss, debate and analyse a key news story.
The Historias podcast is a weekly program featuring scholars, journalists, and activists discussing cutting edge research and offering perceptive observations on current events associated with Latin American and Caribbean societies. If you are looking for smart and inviting conversation on a wide variety of issues and more, this show is for you. Historias is a digital media project from the Southeastern Council of Latin American Studies (SECOLAS).
A weekly 30 minute review of international news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio and the internet. With times, frequencies, and websites for listening at home. 3 files- Highest quality broadcast, regular broadcast, and slow-modem streaming. NHK Japan, Sputnik Radio, Radio Havana Cuba, and Radio Deutsche-Welle.
Music from Abakua traditions and examples of Abakua culture in Cuban popular/contemporary music. Expe traditions expressed in the music of Calabar, Nigeria and Cameroon.
Revisionist History is Malcolm Gladwell's journey through the overlooked and the misunderstood. Every episode re-examines something from the past—an event, a person, an idea, even a song—and asks whether we got it right the first time. From Pushkin Industries. Because sometimes the past deserves a second chance. iHeartMedia is the exclusive podcast partner of Pushkin Industries.
Formula Indie America is a 2 hours weekly music showcase focused on independent music made in America produced by European Indie Music Network info on www.euroindiemusic.info Released every Monday Country List Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada , Chile, Colombia ,Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Jamaica, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru ,Dominican Republic, St. Kitts and Nev ...
Chris Garcia’s dad had one dying wish: That his family scatter his ashes off the coast of Cuba. Chris’s mom? She doesn’t give a crap about dying wishes. She’s vowed to never go back to Cuba again. As Chris tries to do right by his dad, he sets out to uncover the truth about a man he barely knew. Scattered is produced by WNYC Studios, home of other great podcasts including Radiolab, Death, Sex & Money, On the Media and Nancy.
BBC World Football leading the conversation on the global game.
New episodes come out every Monday and Wednesday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. Netflix vs. HBO. Nike vs. Adidas. Business is war. Sometimes the prize is your wallet or your attention. Sometimes, it’s just the fun of beating the other guy. The outcome of these battles shapes what we buy and how we live. Business Wars gives you the unauthorized, real story of what drives these companies and their leaders, inventors, investors and executives to new heights -- or t ...
NPR's top daily news about world events, politics, economy and culture. Download the World Story of the Day podcast.
“Pod Save America” cohost Tommy Vietor thought foreign policy was boring and complicated until he got the education of a lifetime working for President Obama’s National Security Council. On “Pod Save the World,” he and former deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes break down the latest developments and bring you behind the scenes with the people who were there. New episodes every Wednesday.
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Jake Goldberger and Cuba Gooding, Jr.: Meet the Filmmaker
Oscar-winning actor Cuba Gooding, Jr. and director Jake Goldberger discuss "Life of a King." The film tells the unlikely true story of ex-con Eugene Brown and his one-man mission to give inner-city kids in Washington D.C. something he never had—a future.
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Idomen, or The Vale of Yumuri by Maria Gowen Brooks (1794 - 1845)
Idomen (1843) is the creative-nonfiction memoir of the beautiful and brilliant American poetess Maria Gowen Brooks, who was compared in the 19th century to Byron and Swinburne. In it she tells the story of an ill-fated love affair she had twenty years earlier while traveling with her young son in Canada following the death of her much older husband. The traumatic breakup led to suicide attempts on her part, which romantic masochist Brooks byronically relates in full, albeit changing everybod ...
Down in Cuba is a late in life coming out story about a man stuck in a routine marriage and an unremarkable career as a professor of Latin American Studies at a small California college. In a last ditch effort to save himself from the ennui of mid life, Martin heads to Cuba on sabbatical to write a book about Cuban icon, Jose Marti. With the confusing mores of modern Cuba on one side and his personal demons on the other, he meets a charismatic young artist, who leads him down a road of passi ...
A podcast about Cuban history from its pre-colonial past all the way to the present with host Andrés Pertierra, a History PhD student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Alt.Latino is a spotlight on the world of Latinx arts and culture through music, stories and conversation.
Sick, tired, and frustrated with life under Capitalism? Me too. We're talkin' Revolutionary Marxist theory and applying it to the material and social conditions we live in each day.
Join Tree, Cuba, and Roy for geek news,revies, angry rants and a slew of what ever topic is tickling our fancy at the time.
The podcast version of a documentary & interview series on war and inequality from the heart of Empire hosted by Abby Martin. Empire Files is donor-funded, independent and add free. Help keep us going by becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/empirefiles. Follow: @EmpireFiles and @AbbyMartin Like: www.facebook.com/TheEmpireFiles
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Best of the Left - Progressive Politics and Culture, Curated by Humans
BestOfTheLeft.com
An award-winning, expertly-curated podcast of progressive politics and culture. Diving deeply on a wide range of topics, we draw from more than 100 sources of progressive news and commentary. Est. 2006.
Welcome to Playbook Deep Dive, the stories behind the power. From Congress and the White House to bar stools and back rooms, POLITICO's top reporters and Playbook authors bring you the most compelling and confounding stories that explain what’s really going on in Washington.
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Listen in on what Jesus is doing in the hearts and lives of the people of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba!
a podcast celebrating all things cuban-american. hosted by carmen and fryda
The official podcast of http://faustasblog.com Fausta's Blog. Fausta Wertz podcasts daily at 11AM Eastern at Fausta’s 15 Minutes on Latin America on the relationship between American and Latin American politics, news, current events and culture.
Latino USA offers insight into the lived experiences of Latino communities and is a window on the current and merging cultural, political and social ideas impacting Latinos and the nation.
This podcast helps Catholic men to find good works of literature that will help them become more cultured, more gentlemanly and more like a saint.
The Filter: A podcast about the lenses through which we perceive our world
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ALEXANDER was Born in Cuba, surrounded by musical inspiration, Alexander's love of music surfaced early, and by age 19 he was working as a dj in LA learning the ropes from a diverse talent pool. In 1999 he began his first residency at Circus Disco, and during his four years there, he developed the large loyal following he keeps to this day. Currently a resident dj of Nyc's newest mega club, VIVA Saturdays & Reflex Afterhours in LA.
Join host Carol Castiel for this 30-minute weekly newsmaker program that provides listeners around the globe with information and insights on a wide range of topics spanning U.S. politics, foreign policy, global health, science and culture.
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The Movements: A Podcast History of the Masses
The Movements History Podcast
The Movements is a podcast history of the working class, anti-fascists, revolutionaries, women, people of color, and liberation movements. My history shows are narrative driven and audiobook style, with a focus on serious historical and materialist analysis.History Eps = Scripted Drama, Scholarly Analysis.Stallin' For Time = Opinion, Cuss WordsSupport the show by donating at https://www.patreon.com/movementspod
There is a story inside every smoke shop, with every cigar and with every person. Come be a part of the cigar lifestyle at Boveda. This is Box Press.
A podcast wherein we analyze business news in light of the concepts in the book "Culture Is Everything" by Jeff Veyera (Quality Press, Feb, 2020).
Fareed Zakaria GPS takes a comprehensive look at foreign affairs and global policies through in-depth, one-on-one interviews and fascinating roundtable discussions.
Great conversations with interesting people.
Deemed too hard for the radio, Tommy G has finally returned to the podcast airwaves talkin‘ sports, life, and the weakness of an entire generation
Join veteran reporter and WLRN's Americas Editor Tim Padgett in an exploration of how what happens in Latin America and the Caribbean has a profound effect on South Florida.
DJ Play has been in the industry for over 15 years spinning in venues around the globe including his hometown of Toronto, Regina, Seattle, Cuba, New York and Miami. With a flair for caribbean music such as soca, reggae, dancehall and chutney, DJ Play is truly versatile being able to throw down the best of top 40, hip hop, house, bollywood, bhangra, and even country music!
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Hagerty Sidedrafts: Cars | Classics | Racing
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Hagerty Sidedrafts: Cars | Classics | Racing
Hagerty Media
Hagerty Sidedrafts brings you the greatest automotive stories from past and present from classic car insights and collector market news to interviews with leading experts and profiles of the most interesting icons. Does Cuba hold hidden Ferraris? Who is the Father of the Corvette? And Is the Corvair a death machine? Automotive journalists, Larry Webster and Aaron Robinson, explore theses and other compelling car stories. For more deep dives, visit https://www.hagerty.com/articles-videos.
Every weekday our global network of correspondents makes sense of the stories beneath the headlines. We bring you surprising trends and tales from around the world, current affairs, business and finance—as well as science and technology.
Revolutionary Marxist program for the Latinx community in La Patria Grande and the diaspora.
Interviews with scholars of the Caribbean about their new books. Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/caribbean-studies
Authoress, Witch, Proud Mom and Counselor to Love Makers Worldwide. Call to get your Love Questions Answered: 213-973-2157
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PawVogue with Cuba, America's Top-Dog - Pet Fashion on Pet Life Radio (PetLifeRadio.com)
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PawVogue with Cuba, America's Top-Dog - Pet Fashion on Pet Life Radio (PetLifeRadio.com)
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PawVogue is dedicated to the very fast growing high end pet fashion industry. PawVogue.com is the first Pet Fashion Portal for pet fashion designers and the thousands of people who love pet fashion and fan/members of PawVogue. In addition to meeting dozens of pet fashion designers, and talking about their special designs, you will meet people and their dogs who have all come together to embrace the Pet Fashion World. Our guests will include PawVogue super-models and their moms, a very specia ...
Feliz Piez wants to die, write his book and get to Cuba, and not necessarily in that order, so he hired a guru to kill him and a ghost writer to witness it--and then he disappeared. Who is Feliz Piez? Where is he? Is he dead yet? I am on a quest to find him...I am the ghost writer.
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So Pope Frankie Loves Him Some Communist Cuba
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Would you expect anything different of the False Prophet of the Anti-christ at this point? Pope Francis: A True Supporter in Castro-Communism (https_elamerican.com)By Jeff Veyera
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Lillian Guerra on Cuba - November 19, 2021
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After unprecedented nationwide pro-democracy protests rocked Cuba in July, Havana preempted a large demonstration slated for November 15. But the Cuban protest anthem, “Patria y Vida” won song of the year at the 22nd annual Latin Grammy Award ceremony even as one of the musicians behind the song — Maykel Osorbo — remains imprisoned in Cuba. Host Ca…
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017. what's going on post 11J cuba protests
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carmen & fryda's 101 on what's going on in cuba right now. this episode examines the protests that broke out on july 11th, 2021 in cuba and why this was a moment for the history books. as cubans gain increased connectivity to the internet and mobile devices become more popular, the island nation moves toward unprecedented times where cuba's authori…
White roses, white sheets hung from homes, even white t-shirts: a movement’s symbolic colour was not much in evidence after officials quashed national protests. Part of Saudi Arabia’s plan to wean its economy off oil is to entice lots of tourists; we ask how likely that is to work. And gut bugs beget a bigger bounty of blackcurrant berries. For ful…
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Cuba's government is using police and other tactics to crush plans for dissent
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NPR's A Martinez talks to CNN's Havana-based correspondent Patrick Oppmann, who describes the situation in Cuba, after a prominent activist called for a protest on Monday.By NPR
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Cubanía Calling: 'Picturing Cuba' is a thorough look at Cuban art — and identity
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Florida International University Cuban Research Institute head Jorge Duany has put together one of the few (if only) comprehensive Cuban art histories. It will be featured at the Miami Book Fair.By Tim Padgett
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Cuba, Vietnam And USA With Frank And Carlos
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The Filter Podcast with Matt Asher
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Ep 51: Martha Bueno on Cuba, Che, and Praying for Ice Cream
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I talk with Martha Bueno about life in Cuban, the true nature of our embargo, Miami politics, the perils of foreign aid, and two-tiered systems.Related links:• Bueno for Miami• Martha Bueno on TwitterBy Mattasher
Governments’ rapid responses to a new coronavirus strain were wise. But much is still to be learned about the Omicron variant before longer-term policies can be prescribed. Vietnam’s government wants to create internationally competitive firms, and a growing new class of billionaires suggests the plan is working. And research suggests that social d…
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Business Wars
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Blackberry vs iPhone | The Smartphone Generation | 5
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It’s a GPS! It’s a camera! It’s a computer! It’s...your smartphone. And in 2021, it feels like you can’t live without it. But when Blackberry and iPhone got into the game in the mid-2000s, that wasn’t yet the case. In just 15 years, our technology has changed dramatically — and so has the culture around it. To help us make sense of it all is Nilay …
A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week: the venture-capital industry is being turbocharged, what the fate of star tennis-player Peng Shuai reveals about one-party rule in China (10'52) and, when a museum is on fire, how do you decide what to save? (19'09) Tell us what you think at www.ec…
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#1385 The Lost Causes of the Confederacy and the Forty Fives (Repost)
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Original Air Date 12/09/2020 Today we take a look in real-time at the construction of the world's newest Lost Cause narrative, the failed re-election of Donald Trump. This is not our country's first experience with Lost Causes and it's not, contrary to popular opinion, even our second connection to a Lost Cause narrative because we didn't invent th…
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You're Living In The Neo Modernism Era - Joe From The Neutral Ground Podcast [+Video]
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The Neutral Ground Podcast https://theneutralgroundpodcast.com https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClSW07ZA4XASfPjwUD3Gv7w Dr. Joe Meyer is the host of The Neutral Ground Podcast. The Neutral Ground Podcast is a place for bringing people into a neutral space where thinking can happen. It isn't always going to be pretty, but it's going to be genuine. W…
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World Story of the Day : NPR
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Peru has the world's highest COVID death rate. Here's why
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An isolated city on the Amazon illustrates why Peru has the highest COVID death rate in the world. One infectious disease expert called the country's awful record the result of a "perfect storm."By NPR
Intimidation of officials works. We'd better start using it against our would-be slavemasters. Utah GOP State Rep Who Demanded 2020 Forensic Audit Suddenly Resigns (https_resistthemainstream.org)By Jeff Veyera
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What Comes Next: Greenwich Concours Seminar | S2E69
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What will the automobile look like in a world of autonomous driving technologies and alternative power sources? An all-star panel of motoring luminaries including Ralph Gilles, Ed Welburn, and Jay Ward, will explore the possibilities and challenges as we enter this brave new world.
Host Carol Castiel and reporter Nabeel Biajo of VOA’s “South Sudan in Focus,” speak with former US Ambassador to South Sudan, Tom Hushek, as the world’s youngest nation commemorates its 10th anniversary. While hopeful that South Sudan can overcome its political, economic, and social challenges after a devastating civil war, Ambassador Hushek warns …
Preview of Abby's report-back from the COP26 UN climate summit in Glasgow. For the full 75-minute episode join our community at https://www.patreon.com/empirefilesFOLLOW // twitter.com/EmpireFilesMERCH // www.empirefiles.storeBy Empire Files
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Box Press
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Why in the Hell is the Vice Principal Selling Cigars? (feat. Steve Zengel) | Box Press Ep. 52
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He’s been a coach, a teacher, a vice principal, a financial advisor and a Jersey Shore cigar shop owner. So with a doctoral diploma on the wall, why is Steve Zengel running a cigar company for a living? Um, because it’s awesome. Hear the whole twisty-turny origin of Los Caidos from its founder who sat down with Boveda’s Rob Gagner at 2021 PCA in La…
At Thanksgiving Americans express gratitude for family, the harvest… and a big, juicy turkey. Americans consume the most meat per person, but that's not good for the planet. Could they cut back? The Economist’s Jon Fasman and his sons prepare the Thanksgiving turkey. We go back to a nationwide contest to find the perfect chicken. And Caroline Bushn…
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Enjoying Watching Them Create A Gulag Archipelago Across America?
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Enjoy it while you can---you're next to be admitted. Judge orders RELEASE of Jan 6th detainee after surprise inspection found deplorable conditions (https_therightscoop.com)By Jeff Veyera
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Episode 407: Listen to the Podcast of the Jamaica & Caribbean Weekly News Summary for the week ending November 26, 2021
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Listen to the 7 Jamaica & Caribbean News items you may have missed for the week ending November 26, 2021. The JAMAICA WEEKLY News Summary Podcast is brought to you by Jamaicans.com. For past Jamaica & Caribbean Weekly News Podcasts please visit https://www.youtube.com/outofmanyonline
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A cut-rate theory: Turkey’s currency spiral
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As President Recep Tayyip Erdogan keeps pushing his upside-down economic ideas, the currency plummets and an immiserated population grows restless. Sunday’s presidential election in Honduras will be a test of the country’s democracy; fears abound of the deadly protests that marred the last vote. And our obituaries editor reflects on the life of Ros…
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The Real Story
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Hunger in Afghanistan: Time to work with the Taliban?
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It has been 100 days since the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan and the country is on the brink of a humanitarian crisis. More than half of the country’s 39 million people face acute food insecurity as prices skyrocket. Severe drought, the pandemic and the damage caused by decades of war have all helped to bring the economy to its knees. Wi…
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Business Wars
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Wondery Presents: Flip and Mozi's Guide to How To Be An Earthling
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Introducing Flip & Mozi’s Guide to How to be an Earthling, the intergalactic musical podcast that brings conservation into the conversation for kids and their grown-ups. From the creators of the #1 Kids and Family podcast, Wow in the World, in collaboration with Grammy-nominated,The Pop Ups, each audio animated, humor-filled episode inspires a sens…
On March 14, 2020, Martha Escudero and her two daughters became the first of a dozen unhoused families to occupy one of over a hundred vacant houses in El Sereno, Los Angeles. Some call them squatters, but they call themselves the Reclaimers. The houses the Reclaimers occupied actually belong to a state agency that purchased the houses in the 1960’…
This week's show features stories from NHK Japan, Sputnik Radio, Radio Havana Cuba, and Radio Deutsche-Welle.http://www.outfarpress.com/swr211126.mp3 From JAPAN- Money is being set aside for fishermen as the Japanese government moves forward with plans for releasing much larger quantities of contaminated water from the devastated Fukushima nuclear …
World Cup winner Gilberto Silva looks ahead to the Copa Libertadores final between Flamengo and Palmeiras. Also on the programme, the former Australia international Alicia Ferguson reacts to the latest abuse allegations in women's football.Picture on website: A Palmeiras fan holding the team's flag after beating Santos. (NELSON ALMEIDA/AFP via Gett…
In 1956 the Suez Crisis forced the Egyptian-born cookery writer and her Jewish family to flee Cairo for London. She tells Anne McElvoy why she collected the recipes of fellow refugees to keep the flavours of home alive and what food tells us about stories of migration. The octogenarian author of “A Book of Middle Eastern Food” and “Med” spills the …
The greatest day of the year.By Jeff Veyera
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You put your left side in: Germany’s shake-about
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A three-way coalition has struck a deal to govern. We ask who’s who among top ministers and what’s what on the newly centre-left agenda. A shortage of lorry drivers has sharpened Britain’s supply-chain woes; our correspondent hitches a ride with one, finding why it is such a hard job to fill. And what Maine’s new “right to food” actually means. Hav…
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Protesters demand civilian rule once again in Sudan
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A month after a military coup removed the civilian prime minister from power, he is back in office. But protests in Sudan's capital, Khartoum, continue, demanding restoration of civilian rule.By NPR
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#1457 GOP Authoritarianism Will Likely To Get Worse Before It Gets Better
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Air Date 11/24/2021 Today we take a look at the state of the ever-increasingly authoritarian Republican Party as they hack the media by being too terrible to hold to account, hack the democratic process through gerrymandering and endlessly rebrand because in their core they stand for nothing. Be part of the show! Leave us a message at 202-999-3991 …
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Historias 147 - Combatting feminicide in Argentina with Irina Popescu
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Dr. Irina Popescu joins Steven to discuss her latest article entitled "Memorialization and Escraches: Ni una Menos and the documentation of Feminicidio in Argentina," published recently in The Latin Americanist.More about Irina - https://www.bowdoin.edu/profiles/faculty/ipopescu/index.htmlHer article - https://muse.jhu.edu/article/805479…
Venture capital is no longer embodied by Silicon Valley investing in its own backyard. A new wave of both capital and competition is powering new ideas across sectors and around the world. Our correspondent Arjun Ramani and host Rachana Shanbhogue speak to veteran VCs, newcomers and founders to find out whether the innovation being funded will be w…
Enough with the weasel-words to appease your would-be masters and FIGHT. The top item on the ruling leftist elite's agenda: obedience (americanthinker.com)By Jeff Veyera
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America’s sneezing: diagnosing global inflation
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Prices are up all over, especially in America. But whether the world’s largest economy is part of the problem or just suffering the same symptoms will determine how to fix it. Autocratic leaders of middling-sized countries are having a field day as America has relinquished its world-policeman role. And what makes some languages fail to develop a wo…
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Russian officials move closer to shutting down a major human rights group
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Russian prosecutors are seeking court action to shut down the country's oldest human rights group. They accuse the group known as Memorial of being a foreign agent.By NPR
Tommy and Ben talk about the allegations by and disappearance of Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai, calls to boycott the Beijing winter Olympics, British PM Boris Johnson’s rough couple of weeks, economic woes in Turkey, democratic backsliding, asteroid killing satellites, what human rights advocates are demanding from Justin Bieber, how Popeyes is ta…
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Blackberry vs iPhone | A Requiem in Slow Motion | 4
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It’s January 2011 and Research in Motion’s Jim Balsillie is in Davos, Switzerland when he discovers that his company is being threatened by the Egyptian government. BlackBerry’s BBM messaging system is a lifeline for protestors in the country. Balsillie starts to think that BBM could hold the key to RIM’s survival — even as its sales disintegrate. …
The coronavirus could be lurking in many species of animals, according to a new report. We analyse the implications for human health. Also, what is the relationship between an unbalanced gut microbiome and autism? And, the father of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy died this month. Aaron Beck’s daughter, the psychiatrist Judith Beck, tells us how her …
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U.S. diplomat helping Haiti rebuild its police: elites tied to gangs are 'on notice'
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Assistant Secretary of State Todd Robinson has the daunting task of helping Haitians restore their collapsed security — so they can restore their collapsed country.By Tim Padgett
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Murdered Through Poor Judgment in Judgment-Free America
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Gabby Petito was doomed from the moment she shacked up with Brian Laundrie. America Needs to Stop Cohabitating (americanthinker.com)By Jeff Veyera
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New bid on the bloc: Europe and vaccine mandates
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A Delta wave is driving restrictions and restrictions are driving unrest. Vaccine mandates like that enacted by Austria may be the only way to end the cycle. We examine the dim prospects for Peng Shuai, a Chinese tennis star who accused a senior politician of sexual assault. And a broader view of modern art at the UAE’s new Guggenheim museum. Have …
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Amid a COVID-19 surge in Europe, Austria imposes a lockdown
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NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to freelance journalist Benjamin Breitegger about how Austria is trying to combat a spike in new coronavirus infections.By NPR
Latino USA presents another episode from the new season of Port of Entry, which focuses on artists and musicians who’ve turned pain into superpowers. Mexican musician Javier Bátiz could very likely have been world famous had he headed north of the border with his good friend and bandmate Carlos Santana back in the 1960s. But instead, Javier went so…
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Ep 54: Andrew Thurman on Absurd Art, Virtual Embassies, and Why Walken’s Watch Was Worth so Much
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I talk with Coindesk reporter and entrepreneur Andrew Thurman about Non-Fungible-Tokens, what gives them value, and the history of absurd art. We also discuss the implication of Barbados opening a virtual embassy in the Metaverse.Related links:• Andrew Thurman on Coindesk• Follow Andrew on Twitter• Article by Matt Asher about the Metaverse as dysto…
...wherein America by the grace of God alone avoids the complete discrediting of its justice system.By Jeff Veyera
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Left, right and no centre: Chile’s elections
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Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai tells Olympic officials that she's safe
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Questions persist over the well-being of Peng who hadn't been seen publicly after accusing a senior Communist Party leader of sexual assault. A video and photos showed her in public over the weekend.By NPR
