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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.
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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
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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.
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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 As Amy mentioned in Episode 15, Social Venture Partners Dallas published her reflection on her experience in the Dominican Republic. See below for the link to her commentary.
Proximity & Dichotomy: Lessons from the Dominican Republic Related Links: Social Venture Partners Dallas Dove Missions Dominican Starfish Foundation Global Education, Inc.
Kari and Amy fly solo this week and discuss: What is the political and environmental impact of Trump's withdrawal of the US from the Paris Accord? And, what is the intention behind Jeff Sessions' new policy guidance on criminal justice?
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Selected Links: NYTimes: Bucking Trump, These Cities, States and Companies Commit to Paris Accord Mike Bloomberg: Americans don’t need Washington to meet our Paris commitment NYTimes: Attorney General Orders Tougher Sentences, Rolling Back Obama Policy CATO: Statement on U.S. Withdrawal from the Paris Climate Treaty
Two of our friends join this week, Ihsane Aziz and Alexis Kanter. We ask what exactly feels so wonderful about Tom Holland's Lip Sync Battle performance? What does Michael Cohen's tweet showing his daughter in lingerie demonstrate about our male political leaders' attempts to talk about their wives and daughters? And do Melania and Ivanka's Trump wardrobe choices in Saudi Arabia respect or challenge that culture?
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Selected Links: YouTube: Tom Holland on Lip Sync Battle Tablet Magazine: Trump’s Lawyer Puts Daughter on Display Melania, Ivanka, and Michelle Obama in Saudi Arabia (photos from Reuters, Getty Images, and AP, respectively):
Grace Weil joins us to ask: What should Americans know about Cinco de Mayo before we celebrate it? Do human rights actually matter; a conversation on Rex Tillerson's state department guidelines. And how and why does Serena Williams' pregnancy matter to the media?
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Selected Links: CNN: 5 things to know about Cinco de Mayo The Daily Show with Jon Stewart: The Real Cinco de Mayo BuzzFeed: This Bar Set Up A Wall For Cinco De Mayo Brookings: Tillerson says goodbye to human rights diplomacy Politico: Priebus: Human rights do matter to White House Bitch Media: Not Your Belly, Not Your Business Ecosia.org FreeRice.com
Topics with Nel Fedorov: Is Ivanka Trump's White House position nepotism and does it matter? Is Trump's position on NATO logical? And we question Donald "the deal-maker" given AHCA's failure in the House.
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Selected Links: SNL: Complicit Independent: Donald Trump 'printed out fake £300bn Nato invoice and handed it to Angela Merkel' The Atlantic: The Real Story of Obamacare's Birth WaPo: Jennifer Garner urges Congress to fund early-childhood education
With Ben Anderson we ask what's the right way to do LGBT representation and how well did Disney manage it in their update to Beauty and the Beast? Also, how can we be more aware of living and working in accessible places for people with different abilities? Finally, following last week's Irish state visit, how much do the "little things" matter when it comes to international diplomacy?
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The Daily Beast: Beauty and the Beast’s Big Gay Nightmare Polygon: Beauty and the Beast’s openly gay character is a poor tribute Movie Pilot: Why Disney's First Gay Character In 'Beauty & The Beast' Is An Insult To LGBT People WaPo: Ewan McGregor jokes about ‘Beauty and the Beast’ controversy: ‘There is a lot of gay sex in this cartoon’ Zach Anner and the Quest for the Rainbow Bagel WaPo: Trump’s proverb, Paul Ryan’s ‘despicable’ pint and other St. Patrick’s Day mishaps The Guardian: St Patrick's Day: Trump's 'Irish proverb' provokes derision on the web The Hill: Trump appears to ignore Merkel request for handshake BuzzFeed: This Rescue Dog Made So Many Mistakes On This Agility Course And He Looked So Happy The Whole Time NYTimes: Populists Appear to Fall Short in Dutch Election, Amid High Turnout
Kristen Lega joins as Amy & Kari's first guest in our test episode of Fun Facts. We discuss Trump's proposed spending cuts to the NEA, free speech in public schools, and international reactions to Trump's election.
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Selected Links: WaPo: Trump reportedly wants to cut cultural programs that make up 0.02 percent of federal spending The Hill: Trump team prepares dramatic cuts Scientific American: Novel Finding: Reading Literary Fiction Improves Empathy |
