Kari and Amy comment on Charlottesville and discuss Confederate monuments.  Planned topics for the week include a perspective on North Korea and our opinions on Disney's decisions to leave Netflix for their own streaming service.

We've removed this episode from our hosting platform, but please check out some of our highlights here!

​Selected Links:

Southern Poverty Law Center: Whose Heritage?

Vox on YouTube: The growing North Korean nuclear threat, explained
NPR: North Korea Says It Won't Fire Missiles At Guam After All

BuzzFeed: Disney Is Ending Its Netflix Deal, Will Launch Its Own Streaming Services

Charli XCX: Boys
Ingrid Michaelson: Time Machine
Ingrid Michaelson: Girls Chase Boys

​Leah Murphy guests as we try to remember exactly what sort of threat Russia poses to America.  We also ask why are we still teaching math as memorization and can programmed machines really create better art than humans?

Apologies for the late release.  This episode was originally scheduled for release on August 7th.

We've removed this episode from our hosting platform, but please check out some of our highlights here!

​Selected Links:

BBC: How much of a threat does Russia pose, and to whom?
HuffPo: Improve Relations With Russia

NYTimes Opinion: The Politics of Math Education
The Atlantic: How Does Race Affect a Student's Math Education?

Hyperallergic: Humans Prefer Computer-Generated Paintings to Those at Art Basel

NYTimes: Cindy Sherman Takes Selfies (as Only She Could) on Instagram