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NYT's The Daily discussed this in response to Parkland. I found it to be quite insightful.
@save_ferris +2 more
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Episodes from News podcasts recommended on Hacker News.
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The Daily podcast's series on it seemed like a good introduction
@colinhb +2 more
Daniel Radcliffe, Mariska Hargitay and the Happiest List on Earth
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The NYTimes The Daily podcast this week had an interesting explanation of this situation: North Korea is more a rogue proxy state than a proxy.
@mtanski +1 more
Martin McDonagh Has a Vision for Hope. It's Not for the Faint of Heart.
1
Thursday night's episode on Zuckerberg's success built on mining personal data and his reluctance to be transparent.
@atrain34
Sunday Special: TV's Big Night
1
The Daily has a good podcast episode going into more detail with the reporters who wrote the NYT article.
@fuddle
The Voters Who Flipped Congress
1
Listen to "The Daily", the NYTimes podcast, for the episode "A Secret U.F.O. Program" about how the reporter first came to the story.
@bvinc
Who Will Rule the 2026 U.S. Open?
1
A former white nationalist describes how dinners with his Jewish friend changed his mind; a fascinating story.
@ulrikrasmussen
To Save His Life, Our Food Critic Reset His Appetite
1
for more information, there was a podcast episode on the daily about this practice
@lattalayta
Sunday Special: A Sea of Streaming Docs
1
A very strong podcast series on the common failure of epidurals, eye-opening, and it shows that the system handles this failure poorly.
@rocqua
The Retrievals S02 - Ep. 2
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Suggests the most recent Serial episode, "The Trojan Horse Affair," on religion and public schooling in Birmingham, as relevant to the thread.
@tptacek
The Trojan Horse Affair - Part 1
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Explains in practical terms what is likely to happen in current-event legal questions and why, in a format that works for laypeople.
@Waterluvian
BONUS: Josh and Ken talk about the criminal indictments against Allen Weisselberg and the Trump Organization
with Ken White
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The one linked above is good as well.
@LimaBearz
Why Suing Amazon Just Got Easier
1
Calls Nice White Parents a great podcast, tying its school district story to how Black flight shapes urban districts.
@rayiner
Nice White Parents - Ep. 1
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An interesting podcast on pseudoscience in criminal justice, though its interviewee cites little actual science.
@djsumdog
Episode 94: The Goofy Pseudoscience Copaganda of TV Forensics
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Listen to the third season of Serial to learn more about the US judicial and prison system.
@josu
Serial S03 - Ep. 1: A Bar Fight Walks into the Justice Center
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Highly recommended to everyone: the episode covers a Galleon insider trading defendant's experience of the whole process and how he felt.
@shostack
Criminal Justice, Part 3: The Defendant
1
Serial season one is "some of the best 10 hours of content you'll ever hear," with a compelling story and multi-episode presentation.
@dankohn1
Serial S01 - Ep. 6: The Case Against Adnan Syed
1
There is a great episode where she and Taibbi commiserate about the direction of mainstream media.
@rayiner
How the Media Shapes the Cornell Lie, with Matt Taibbi, and the Harms of "White Guilt," with Eli and Shelby Steele | Ep. 1414
with Matt Taibbi
1
The "I don't speak German" podcast really makes some impressions I had more concrete (also the episode with Becca Lewis).
@kgarten
65: The Alternative Influence Network, with Rebecca Lewis
with Becca Lewis
1
Good overview of the longer story of polarization: Ezra Klein on Chris Hayes' podcast.
@ddebernardy
Why We’re Polarized with Ezra Klein
with Ezra Klein
1
Seth Ackerman outlines in this podcast episode why US labor parties are constituted backwards from European ones, top-down versus bottom-up.
@knuththetruth
A New Party of a New Kind
with Seth Ackerman
1
A great Volts episode on a startup making synthetic shipping fuel from waste CO2, with good discussion of CO2 sourcing and distribution.
@geonaut