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Episode 572
Climate risks to your home; Astroworld fallout; crisis in Ethiopia; Tick, Tick ... Boom! and more
Day 6 for Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021.
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Ethiopian PM bears responsibility for escalating conflict in the country, says academic
A year-long war in Ethiopia has escalated in recent weeks with government forces going door-to-door, arresting ethnic Tigrayans. Lecturer Awol Allo says that Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed bears the blame for the conflict, which has displaced thousands.
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How did the Astroworld music festival turn so deadly, so quickly?
Melissa Vincent is a writer, editor and producer and explains the many factors that appear to have contributed to last Friday's disaster at the Astroworld festival in Houston — and the lessons we might be able to draw from it.
Late Rent creator would be touched by Lin-Manuel Miranda's revival of Tick, Tick... Boom, says friend
Twenty-five years after his death, Broadway composer Jonathan Larson's legacy lives on in the film adaptation of his 1990 musical, Tick, Tick… Boom. Larson is perhaps best known for creating the hit musical Rent, which became a worldwide phenomenon.
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Tucker Carlson says roads can't be racist. People who study infrastructure say he's missing the point
Fox News host Tucker Carlson led efforts to ridicule U.S. Transport Secretary Pete Buttigieg for saying he would use the government's new infrastructure bill to fix the racism that's built into the country's highways, bridges and urban design. Angela Wright, a Canadian writer, historian and political analyst, says Buttigieg's approach is long overdue.
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This American company wants to help you assess the risk climate change poses to your home
The Canadian Institute for Climate Choices released a report last month that found many Canadians are unwittingly buying homes in areas with serious climate-related risks. Enter ClimateCheck, a company that offers climate change risk assessments for homeowners, real estate agents and people looking to buy property.
Riffed from the Headlines: 13/11/2021
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Episode 571
Billionaires at COP26; NHL confronts sexual assault; QAnon after Trump; Y: The Last Man and more
Day 6 for Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021.
Instead of writing big cheques to fight climate change, billionaires should just pay taxes: environmentalist
Billionaires, celebrities and royalty were front and centre at this week’s COP26 climate conference, where Amazon founder Jeff Bezos pledged $2 billion to fight climate change. But some experts say the billions pledged are little more than a distraction from the real issues at hand.
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Fallout from the Kyle Beach case could provoke a reckoning on how hockey deals with sexual assault: journalist
As the NHL faces damning sexual assault allegations, Melissa Burgess, managing editor of SB Nation's Die by the Blade blog, says this could be the beginning of a reckoning on how hockey deals with sexual assault.
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Former Nirvana manager Danny Goldberg on the influence of artists, entertainers on the 2020 U.S. election
While many moments of the 2020 U.S. election campaign and the road to inauguration day have been well documented, former Nirvana manager Danny Goldberg says there's an untold story: one that focuses on musicians, actors and artists.
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Y: The Last Man comics largely ignored trans people. A new TV adaptation is trying to fix that
Y: The Last Man, a new FX series, examines the aftermath of a devastating global plague that kills everyone with a Y chromosome except for a single man and his male monkey. But as the title itself hints, the original comics largely equated sex with gender — leaving little room for trans people or those who don't fit inside the stereotypes of gender essentialism.
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John F. Kennedy, Jr. died in 1999. So why is QAnon rallying for his return as Trump's 2024 running mate?
On Tuesday, hundreds of QAnon supporters from across the U.S. gathered in downtown Dallas, Texas, believing that John F. Kennedy Jr. — who died in a plane crash in 1999 — would return and announce he would run with former president Donald Trump in 2024.
Riffed from the Headlines: 06/11/2021
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Episode 570
Climate change and conflict in Afghanistan; a mannequin graveyard; gaming Guardians of The Galaxy; and more
Day 6 for Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021.
Increasing conflict in Afghanistan related to ongoing climate change, experts say
Afghanistan has been wracked by decades of war and occupation. But former climate negotiator Samim Hoshmand says you cannot talk about the situation in Afghanistan without talking about the role climate change has played in making a bad situation worse.
You can visit a mountain of mannequin parts in the English countryside — and even take some home
In a field near the former Royal Air Force station in Fulbeck, England, is Mannakin Hall. The attraction, run by Roz Edwards, is home to various mannequin displays — and a graveyard of the life-size figures, complete with their assorted parts.
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What three trials unfolding now could reveal about racism in the American legal system
Racism and political violence are front and centre in three U.S. courtrooms this week. The circumstances in each case are different, but Nicole Lewis, senior editor of the Jurisprudence section at Slate, says they all tell the story of the U.S. justice system’s inability to genuinely deal with racism.
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Colin Kaepernick taking a knee set stage for BLM protests, Kamala Harris as VP: writer
Five years ago, Colin Kaepernick, then a star NFL recruit, began kneeling during football games in a protest of violence against Black people, igniting conversations surrounding race, policing and activism in sports. Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Marcus Hayes says those protests have reverberated across America.
Should I Play It?
New Guardians of the Galaxy game sometimes a 'bumpy ride,' but great for Marvel fans
Gamers looking to take a dip into one of the weirder corners of the Marvel universe have reason to celebrate this week, as Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy is finally out on home consoles. Day 6's resident gaming expert Jonathan Ore shares his review of the game.
Riffed from the Headlines: 30/10/2021
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Episode 569
Introducing the metaverse, crisis in Afghanistan, Stuff the British Stole, Islamic influence in Dune and more
Day 6 for Saturday, Oct. 22, 2021.
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Facebook is expected to rebrand as a metaverse company — but what is that?
With news that Facebook Inc. is expected to rebrand as a metaverse company, the not-so-novel term has made its way into headlines around the world. Here's what it means, and how companies are hoping it will hook users.
Afghans urgently need financial aid to survive winter, says longtime humanitarian
Much of Afghanistan's international aid was cut off in mid-August when the Taliban took hold of the country. Jan Egeland, secretary-general of the Norwegian Refugee Council, warns of dire consequences if aid doesn't flow into the country immediately.
Frank Herbert's Dune novels were heavily influenced by Middle Eastern, Islamic cultures, says scholar
The main character in Frank Herbert's seminal 1965 science fiction classic Dune is named after a mythological Greek figure. But some readers might be surprised to learn the book contains ample references to Middle Eastern and Islamic culture.
