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The University of Bath podcasts are a series of public lectures available to download for free. Enhance your understanding of subjects ranging from how babies develop to the workings of the universe. Learn from academics and business and industry experts. The University of Bath is a leading UK insitution. We offer a distinctive blend of research-led teaching, an outstanding graduate employment record and personal development opportunties.
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How do the Nordic nations consistently top international league tables? Between Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland they are the world's best democracy, the best place to be a woman, the best educated people and the happiest. They regularly top UNICEF's child wellbeing index, lead on the Green Transition and have an enduring emphasis on equality that's the envy of the world. Nordic Horizons is a Scottish-based group that's been interested in learning more from our nearest European n ...
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A series of conversations hosted by the United States Helsinki Commission on human rights and comprehensive security in Europe and beyond. The Helsinki Commission, formally known as the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, promotes human rights, military security, and economic cooperation in 57 countries in Europe, Eurasia, and North America.
It cost a researcher only $25 worth of parts to create a tool that allows custom code to run on the satellite dishes.
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Nikos, Pastor Rob and Solo discuss "What is it to be a warrior for God?"
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Elizabeth Kolbert on a Historic Climate Bill, Plus a Lesson from Kansas
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The Inflation Reduction Act now before Congress is being celebrated as the most important piece of climate legislation in the history of this country—which is “a pretty low bar,” the staff writer and Pulitzer Prize-winner Elizabeth Kolbert tells David Remnick, “because they’ve never really passed a piece of legislation on climate change.” The Infla…
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Big Takeaways From the FBI's Mar-a-Lago Raid
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The Senate’s passage of the Inflation Reduction Act this week marks a turning point in the Biden Presidency. After more than a year of negotiations, the Democratic caucus agreed on a sweeping package, worth hundreds of billions of dollars, which includes many of the Party’s long-sought climate and healthcare initiatives. This was followed by the ne…
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All the Data Amazon’s Ring Cameras Collect About You
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Alex Kotlowitz is known as a chronicler of the city of Chicago, and of lives marred by urban poverty and violence. His books set in Chicago include “An American Summer,” “There Are No Children Here,” and “Never a City So Real.” But for some 40 years, he has returned to a remote stretch of woods summer after summer. At a young age, he found himself …
Last month, the story of a 10-year-old rape victim captured national headlines. The young girl was forced to travel out of state because of Ohio’s draconian abortion ban with no exceptions for rape or incest, which would have been nearly unthinkable until very recently. Jane Mayer took a deep dive into statehouse politics to learn how a longtime sw…
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An Attack on Albanian Government Suggests New Iranian Aggression
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Jane Mayer on Ohio’s Lurch to the Right
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The Microsoft Team Racing to Catch Bugs Before They Happen
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What's it like to be responsible for a billion people's digital security? Just ask the company's Morse researchers.
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Can Suing Gun Manufacturers Reduce Gun Violence?
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Gun manufacturers are the only industry explicitly protected by federal statute from liability lawsuits. Carmakers and cigarette companies can be taken to court if their products or marketing endanger the public. But a 2005 law called the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (P.L.C.A.A.) has made it very difficult to sue a gunmaker. Jonathan L…
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Bitcoin Fog Case Could Put Cryptocurrency Tracing on Trial
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Roman Sterlingov, accused of laundering $336 million, is proclaiming his innocence—and challenging a key investigative tool.
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How Tor Is Fighting—and Beating—Russian Censorship
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Russia has been trying to block the anonymous browser since December—with mixed results.
Much of the globe has seen record-breaking temperatures in recent heat waves that seem increasingly routine. Dhruv Khullar, a contributor and a practicing physician, looks at the effects of extreme heat in India, where the capital, New Delhi, recorded a temperature this year of 122 degrees. “People are amazingly resilient,” he notes. “But I think w…
The next time someone wants to borrow your device to make a call or take a picture, take these steps to protect your privacy.
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Jamie Raskin on the Facts of January 6th, and the Danger Ahead
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Jamie Raskin, a Democrat from Maryland, serves on Congress’s Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the Capitol. He spoke with David Remnick about the effort to demonstrate Donald Trump’s culpability in the insurrection in a way that would resonate with voters, and about Trump’s political future. Trump is “guilty as sin, and ever…
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Interstate Travel Post Roe Isn’t as Secure as You May Think
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The DOJ vows to protect people’s ability to travel out of state for abortion care, but legal experts warn we can’t take it for granted.
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Did the U.S. Miss the Chance to Stop Monkeypox?
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The World Health Organization has declared the monkeypox outbreak a global health emergency. There have been nearly twenty thousand cases worldwide and nearly thirty-five hundred in the United States, with New York City a major hot spot. As cases continue to rise, there are questions about whether the Biden Administration has missed a critical wind…
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Russia Is Quietly Ramping Up Its Internet Censorship Machine
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Since Vladimir Putin blocked Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter in March, Russia has been pushing away from the global internet at a rapid pace.
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New Mexico Is a “Safe Haven” for Abortion Between Texas and Arizona
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In New Mexico, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham has declared the state a “reproductive safe haven” between Arizona to the west, and Texas to the east. Already, she says, New Mexico’s few abortion clinics are seeing an influx of patients from outside its borders. “When you are a safe-haven state,” she says, “you put real stress on [the] current provi…
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27. Zsolt Bodoni - art, hygiene, politics
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Zsolt Bodoni is a Romanian artist, who experiments with a range of media in his paintings to create dimension. His latest venture are semi-transparent multi-layered works with light. In late 2021, his exhibition viewed in darkness at David Kovats London, introduced the artist to the UK. We were really excited to talk to him about his process, the e…
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The 2022 US Midterm Elections' Top Security Issue: Death Threats
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While cybersecurity and foreign meddling remain priorities, domestic threats against election workers have risen to the top of the list.
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The Unsolved Mystery Attack on Internet Cables in Paris
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As new details about the scope of the sabotage emerge, the perpetrators—and the reason for their vandalism—remain unknown.
Jason Isbell got into the music business early; he had a publishing deal when he was twenty-one. But he really came into his own as a songwriter around ten years ago, as he was getting sober from years of alcohol and drug use. His record “Southeastern,” which comes in the tradition of musicians like Guy Clark, swept the Americana Music Awards in 20…
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Don’t Look Now, but Congress Might Pass an Actually Good Privacy Bill
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A bill with bipartisan support might finally give the US a strong federal data protection law.
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New Mexico Is a “Safe Haven” for Abortion Between Texas and Arizona
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In New Mexico, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham has declared the state a “reproductive safe haven” between Arizona to the west, and Texas to the east. Already, she says, New Mexico’s few abortion clinics are seeing an influx of patients from outside its borders. “When you are a safe-haven state,” she says, “you put real stress on [the] current provi…
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Trump’s Hundred and Eighty-seven Minutes of Inaction on January 6th
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On Thursday evening, the committee charged with investigating the January 6th attack on the Capitol presented what it knows so far about President Trump’s behavior on that eventful day. As members of the President’s staff and family urged him to do something about the rioters, he watched television in the White House dining room. “He chose not to a…
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Instagram Slow to Tackle Bots Targeting Iranian Women’s Groups
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Despite alerting Meta months ago, Iranian women’s rights groups say tens of thousands of fake accounts continue to bombard them on Instagram.
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Heating homes without gas - the Nordic way
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Why did district heating start on farms in Denmark? Are the Norwegians wiser to depend on electrification? Could Scotland do something game changing with smart, local energy networks? Will nuclear help Sweden reach net zero? This 50 minute podcast of the COP 26 - Nordic Verdict event tackles all these big questions with contributions from Viktoria …
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How White Christian Nationalists Seek to Transform America
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The past few weeks have been full of unsettling indicators of the fragile state of our democracy. The January 6th committee has assembled a frightening account of how near the 2020 election came to being violently overturned. The Supreme Court has lurched rightward, striking down the constitutional right to abortion and issuing a series of momentou…
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The Most Popular Period-Tracking Apps, Ranked by Data Privacy
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Under increased scrutiny, certain period-tracking apps are seeing a surge of new users. Which are as safe as they claim to be?
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The Nerdwriter Conquers the Internet, Plus Kelefa Sanneh on Country Radio
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Evan Puschak, known on YouTube as the Nerdwriter, posts videos dissecting topics from Shakespeare and Tarkovsky to Superman; from Martin Luther King, Jr., and Bernie Sanders to Donald Trump. The videos are complex; he may spend weeks editing image, sound, and written narration. He spoke with the Radio Hour’s Ngofeen Mputubwele about what drew him t…
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A New Attack Can Unmask Anonymous Users on Any Major Browser
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Researchers have found a way to use the web’s basic functions to identify who visits a site—without the user detecting the hack.
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Making gender salient: From gender quota laws to policy
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In this event, Dr Ana Catalano Weeks (University of Bath) joined us to discuss her new book 'Making gender salient: From gender quota laws to policy'. Featuring contributions from Professor Rosie Campbell (King's College London) and Dr Peter Allen (University of Bath). This event took place at the University of Bath on 14 July 2022. For further inf…
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Nikos talks about life after limited or full-scale nuclear war and mitigations
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Watch the video with slides at: https://youtu.be/y3lYUARfw-s An in-depth look at recent research papers on the environmental consequences of nuclear war and some survival mitigations. This was pretty depressing work to make this. Timestamps Intro: 0:00 Relations can degrade quickly: 2:14 First impactful major nuclear winter study 1983: 3:56 Interme…
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The Writer Dmitry Bykov on Putin’s Russia, the Land of the “Most Free Slaves”
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Until very recently, Dmitry Bykov was a huge presence on the Russian literary scene. He is a novelist, a poet, a biographer, and a critic. He was a frequent presence on Echo of Moscow, the liberal radio station that was closed after the invasion of Ukraine, and his blunt political commentary made him an enemy of the regime. Bykov was teaching in th…
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A Privacy Panic Flares Up in India After Police Pull Payment Data
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Nonprofit donors had their information given to law enforcement without consent, highlighting limited data protections in the world’s largest democracy.
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The Queer Children’s Books Targeted By the “Don’t Say Gay” Bill
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Florida’s so-called “Don’t Say Gay” bill took effect this month. Signed into law by Governor Ron DeSantis, it limits the discussion of sexual orientation or gender identity in grade school classrooms, in some cases banning it completely. It threatens the ability of teachers to affirm of the existence of LGBTQ students, and to share materials, inclu…
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Will These Algorithms Save You From Quantum Threats?
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Quantum-proof encryption is here—decades before it can be put to the test.
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Russian ‘Hacktivists’ Are Causing Trouble Far Beyond Ukraine
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The pro-Russian group Killnet is targeting countries supporting Ukraine. It has declared "war" against 10 nations.
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PodcastXL: The pursuit of alternative alpha
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It has been hailed as the next frontier in quant investing. Using artificial intelligence, algorithms and vast volumes of new data types to explore untapped sources of returns sounds intriguing. Especially when times are uncertain, and alpha is evasive. But is this hype, false hope or real opportunity? We discuss these questions with three of our e…
Fake sellers. Competitions. Crypto cons. There are plenty of grifts on the platform, but you don’t have to get sucked in.
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The Comedian Hannah Gadsby Renounces Comedy, and Patricia Marx Tries to Relax
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The comedian Hannah Gadsby has been touring this summer with a show called “Body of Work.” She came to wide attention in 2018, with the Netflix special “Nanette.” It was a full-length comedy show, and, at the same time, a carefully structured critique of standup comedy which argued that comedians have to distort personal experience for the sake of …
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What Precedents Would Clarence Thomas Overturn Next?
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Justice Clarence Thomas once was an outlier for his legal views. But Thomas is now the heart of the Court’s conservative bloc, and his concurring opinion in the recent abortion ruling calls out some other precedents the Court might overturn. Jeannie Suk Gersen teaches constitutional law at Harvard Law School and clerked for former Justice David Sou…
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Apple’s Lockdown Mode Aims to Counter Spyware Threats
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Starting with iOS 16, people who are at risk of being targeted with spyware will have some much-needed help.
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What Precedents Would Clarence Thomas Overturn Next?
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Justice Clarence Thomas once was an outlier for his legal views. But Thomas is now the heart of the Court’s conservative bloc, and his concurring opinion in the recent abortion ruling calls out some other precedents the Court might overturn. Jeannie Suk Gersen teaches constitutional law at Harvard Law School and clerked for former Justice David Sou…
From cryptocurrency thefts to intrusions into telecom giants, state-backed attackers have had a field day in the year’s first half.
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End-to-End Encryption’s Central Role in Modern Self-Defense
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With abortion set to be criminalized in more than half the US, encryption has never been more important for protection—and civil disobedience.
