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You Should Probably Read More
"Dickmatized by the Brothers Karamazov" with Caroline Goldfarb

You Should Probably Read More

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2023 40:46


Reading books and talking shit - what co-hosts, besties, and fellow book nerds Shanon Kelley and Nolan Bellavance love to do best. On this inaugural episode they're joined by Caroline Goldfarb @officialseanpenn noted library card holder and avid kindle reader for some Beauty and the Beast banter and a round of Fuck, Marry, Kill. Welcome to You Should Probably Read More! Books mentioned in this episode: Cormac McCarthy - Suttree Alexander Dumas - Three Musketeers Tom Reiss - The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo Benjamin Labatut - The Maniac Pema Chödrön - How We Live Is How We Die Sam Knight - Premonitions Bureau Naomi Klein - Doppelgänger David Grann - The Squid Hunger (New Yorker, 2004) John Ronson - Lost at Sea Emma Clint - The Guest Marisa Meltzer - Glossy  William Faulkner - As I Lay Dying Emily Bronte - Wuthering Heights Alice Robb - Don't Think, Dear  Adam Chandler - Drive-Through Dreams  Jen Beagin - Big Swiss Joseph Conrad - Heart of Darkness Williams Faulkner - Light in August  J.D. Salinger - Catcher in the Rye Taylor Jenkins Reid - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Hanya Yanagihara - A Little Life Rebecca Yarros - Fourth Wing For questions, comments and suggestions slide in the DMs @youshouldprobablyreadmore  Or email youshouldprobablyreadmore@gmail.com Shanon: @shaaaanoooon Nolan: @nolanbellavance  This podcast is produced, recorded, edited and theme song'd by John McSwain @vacationsonline  YOU SHOULD PROBABLY READ MORE!

All the Books!
All the Backlist! February 3, 2023

All the Books!

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2023 12:28


This week, Liberty talks about a couple of fabulous backlist titles she loves related to the week's new releases and more! Give the gift of Tailored Book Recommendations! We're currently hiring both an Ad Ops Associate and a Full-Stack Web Developer—check out the listings here. Follow All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and never miss a beat book. And sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. And sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS MENTIONED ON THE SHOW: Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake In Every Generation: Buffy: The Next Generation by Kendare Blake The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss The Carrefour Curse by Dianne K. Salerni The Swallowtail Legacy 1: Wreck at Ada's Reef by Michael D. Beil Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SARCASM MAYBE 007
Vampires Diaries: Who was the real Count Dracula

SARCASM MAYBE 007

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2022 4:10


The Book XChange Podcast
Episode 43: And Now for Something a Little Different: The BXC 2022 Kick-Off Show

The Book XChange Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2022 126:22


After a 33-day hiatus, which felt really long for us if not for our listeners, the BXC brothers return and finally kick off 2022 with a looser, less structured episode filled with a little of this and that. First, in response to a suggestion from a listener, we share what books we gifted each other for Christmas at the end of last year (and why). Second, we kick around the idea of setting "resolutions" for the upcoming year in reading, and share a few of the ones we made for ourselves. And finally (there's a reason we titled this episode "something a little different") we cross over to another medium entirely and offer short reviews of two excellent, recent movies adapted from literary works: 'The Tragedy of MacBeth' and 'The Green Knight.' Hope you enjoy this grab bag of an episode, and we're looking forward to continuing "the great conversation" with you all through 2022 and beyond... MUSIC BY VOIDZ PANDA, YOUNG WOLF BOOKS DISCUSSED/MENTIONED/RECOMMENDED IN THIS EPISODE What John is currently reading/plans to read next: 'SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome,' Mary Beard - 'Transcendent Kingdom,' Yaa Gyasi - What Jude is currently reading/plans to read next: 'Bleak House,' Charles Dickens - 'The Death and Life of the Great Lakes,' Dan Egan - Books/Writers discussed in this episode: CHRISTMAS XCHANGE PICKS - Jude gave to John: 'Perchance to Dream,' Charles Beaumont; 'The Sea Trilogy,' Rachel Carson - John gave to Jude: 'Paradise,' Abdulrazak Gurnah; 'The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo,' Tom Reiss - THE BXC TWINS' READING RESOLUTIONS FOR 2022 - Jude: Listed first 12 books to read in 2022; read 3 BIG books from his shelf; read 2 "Collected Stories" volumes from major fiction writers; read 3 biographies - John: continue spiritual reading and vacillating between fiction and non-fiction; read more books about the natural world in 2022 - THE BXC TWINS' SURPRISE MOVIE REVIEWS/RECOMMENDATIONS: 'The Green Knight,' directed by David Lowery, based on the anonymously-written medieval epic poem - 'The Tragedy of MacBeth,' directed by Joel Coen, based on the play by William Shakespeare - Planned next episode of the Book XChange podcast: Episode 44 is once again... TBD! (Sorry folks, we will get back on track with teasing upcoming episodes very soon)

Killing Nostalgia
Episode 2.8- Pierre Picaud: The Real Count of Monte Cristo

Killing Nostalgia

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2020 44:32


Maggie and Jasmin tell the tale of the man who inspired Alexandre Dumas to write The Count of Monte Cristo, Pierre Picaud. *as always, you can find the complete source list for this episode at thegoodolddayspod.com***This episode is brought to you by Libro.fm. Use promo code OLDDAYS to get two audiobooks for the price of one. libro.fm/redeem/olddaysSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/darknostalgiaworks)

A Podcast, But Evil
Black Lives Matter Special

A Podcast, But Evil

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2020 80:20


Special guest Tarik Davis (Freestyle Love Supreme, Brothers From Another Planet) graciously joins us to facilitate an in depth discussion of the evils of systemic racism through the lens of three historical figures - Thomas Jefferson, Napoleon Bonaparte, and J. Edgar Hoover. Send your feedback to @podcastbutevil. Tarik can be found at @tarikrdavis. And, of course, #BlackLivesMatter. Also, Tarik was kind enough to direct us to the following additional sources: “The Dark Side of Thomas Jefferson” by Henry Wiencek https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-dark-side-of-thomas-jefferson-35976004/ “The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo” by Tom Reiss https://www.amazon.com/Black-Count-Revolution-Betrayal-Cristo/dp/0307382478 “American Rule: How a Nation Conquered the World but Failed Its People” by Jared Yates Sexton https://www.amazon.com/American-Rule-Nation-Conquered-Failed-ebook/dp/B084FLKQ86 “The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution” (dir. Stanley Nelson) https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/videos/the-black-panthers-vanguard-of-the-revolution-full-film/ “Was J. Edgar Hoover Black?” by Barbara A. Reynolds https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/therootdc/post/was-j-edgar-hoover-black/2011/11/20/gIQAZcu3kN_blog.html

Eclectic Readers
Episode 71: Orlando: Don't Take My Pants Away

Eclectic Readers

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2019 64:45


It’s Non-Fiction November! Susan, Meredith, and Tara discuss the genre in general, do they read a lot of nonfiction? And what are some of their favorite nonfiction books? Then they go into a fictional biography with Orlando. Virginia Woolf really is ahead of her time and they come to the conclusion that more time may be needed for classics. Find us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/eclecticreadpod), Litsy (https://www.litsy.com/web/user/EclecticReaders), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/eclecticreaders/), and Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/68328-eclectic-readers) Introvert Power on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3260326-introvert-power) and Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Introvert-Power-Inner-Hidden-Strength/dp/1402280882/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=introvert+power&qid=1573011370&sr=8-2) The Kingdom of Copper on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39988431-the-kingdom-of-copper) and Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Kingdom-Copper-Novel-Daevabad-Trilogy-ebook/dp/B076P8TD5Y/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=kingdom+of+copper&qid=1573011426&sr=8-2) Trail of Lightning on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36373298-trail-of-lightning) and Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Trail-Lightning-Sixth-World-Book-ebook/dp/B075RWTMLY/ref=sr_1_1?crid=4PO31VSMK41R&keywords=trail+of+lightning&qid=1573011492&sprefix=trail+of+%2Caps%2C238&sr=8-1) Code Girls: The Untold Story of The American Women Code Breakers Who Helped Win WWII on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34184307-code-girls) and Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Code-Girls-Untold-American-Breakers/dp/0316352543/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=code+girls&qid=1573011621&sr=8-2) Blood at the Root on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28789644-blood-at-the-root) and Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Blood-Root-Racial-Cleansing-America/dp/0393354733/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1R6QQ4HD65P7C&keywords=blood+at+the+root&qid=1573011711&sprefix=blood+at+the+ro%2Caps%2C197&sr=8-1) Let’s Pretend This Never Happened on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12868761-let-s-pretend-this-never-happened) and Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Lets-Pretend-This-Never-Happened-ebook/dp/B0065S8R38/ref=sr_1_1?crid=7LG58IIK471T&keywords=let%27s+pretend+this+never+happened+a+mostly+true+memoir&qid=1573011792&sprefix=let%27s+preten%2Caps%2C203&sr=8-1) Furiously Happy on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23848559-furiously-happy) and Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Furiously-Happy-Funny-Horrible-Things-ebook/dp/B00V37BC4C/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2PFNYBZ3ESKHM&keywords=furiously+happy+by+jenny+lawson&qid=1573011862&sprefix=furiousl%2Caps%2C275&sr=8-2) March on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29844341-march) and Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/March-Trilogy-Slipcase-John-Lewis/dp/1603093958/ref=sr_1_3?crid=CHP4GSDLW41&keywords=march+trilogy+by+john+lewis&qid=1573011918&sprefix=march+%2Caps%2C242&sr=8-3) Mary Roach (https://www.amazon.com/Mary-Roach/e/B001H6MAHM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share) Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25065629-hunger-makes-me-a-modern-girl) and Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Hunger-Makes-Me-Modern-Girl/dp/0399184767/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1SSZ54LF90VQ3&keywords=hunger+makes+me+a+modern+girl+by+carrie+brownstein&qid=1573012031&sprefix=hunger+makes+m%2Caps%2C191&sr=8-1) It’s a Bird on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/373150.It_s_a_Bird_) and Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Its-Bird-New-Steven-Seagle/dp/1401272886/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=it%27s+a+bird&qid=1573012124&sr=8-2) Born a Crime by Trevor Noah on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29780253-born-a-crime) and Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Born-Crime-Stories-African-Childhood/dp/B01IW9TM5O/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=born+a+crime&qid=1573012202&sr=8-1) I Am Malala on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17851885-i-am-malala) and Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Am-Malala-Stood-Education-Changed/dp/B00F9G4WEK/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1HS7UIZV9YQW1&keywords=i+am+malala&qid=1573012259&s=audible&sprefix=i+am+ma%2Caudible%2C189&sr=1-1) Eats, Shoot & Leaves on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8600.Eats_Shoots_Leaves) and Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Eats-Shoots-Leaves-Tolerance-Punctuation/dp/B0006IU6IM/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1QBBHYH5SFMIK&keywords=eats+shoots+and+leaves+by+lynne+truss&qid=1573012305&s=audible&sprefix=eats+s%2Caudible%2C193&sr=1-1) The Wonder Weeks on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9684947-the-wonder-weeks-how-to-stimulate-your-baby-s-mental-development-and-he) and Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Wonder-Weeks-Stimulate-Development-Predictable/dp/9491882163/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=) The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and The Real Count of Monte Cristo on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13330922-the-black-count) and Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Black-Count-Revolution-Betrayal-Biography-ebook/dp/B007OLYPA4/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+black+count&qid=1573012679&s=books&sr=1-1) Horror Stories on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44525549-horror-stories) and Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Horror-Stories-Memoir-Liz-Phair-ebook/dp/B07NKQ4ZX4/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3CHZEA39COGBO&keywords=horror+stories+liz+phair&qid=1573012728&s=books&sprefix=horror+st%2Cstripbooks%2C202&sr=1-1) In the Dream House: A Memoir on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42188604-in-the-dream-house) and Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Dream-House-Carmen-Maria-Machado/dp/1644450038/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=in+the+dream+house&qid=1573012778&s=books&sr=1-1) Yours, for Probably Always: Martha Gellhorn's Letters of Love and War 1930-1949 on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44765548-yours-for-probably-always) and Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Yours-Probably-Always-Gellhorns-1930-1949/dp/0228101867/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Yours%2C+for+Probably+Always%3A+Martha+Gellhorn%27s+Letters+of+Love+and+War+1930-1949&qid=1573012825&s=books&sr=1-1) Next Episode’s Book: The Tenth Girl on Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42642111-the-tenth-girl) and Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Tenth-Girl-Sara-Faring-ebook/dp/B07K6H3X9L/ref=sr_1_1?crid=YLOGY4GLL6RC&keywords=the+tenth+girl&qid=1573012887&s=books&sprefix=the+tenth+gir%2Cstripbooks%2C185&sr=1-1)

For Real
E31: #31 Francophile Bonanza

For Real

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2019 41:03


This week Alice and Kim talk about Soviet spy cats, French history, and Harper Lee and a murder trial. This episode is sponsored by Kawaii Craft Life by Sosae Caetano and Dennis Caetano and Book Riot’s TBR. Check out Book Riot Insiders for the inside scoop! Subscribe to For Real using RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Stitcher. For more nonfiction recommendations, sign up for our True Story newsletter, edited by Kim Ukura. New Books Rough Magic: Riding the World’s Loneliest Horse Race by Lara Prior-Palmer  Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia by Sabrina Strings The Unspeakable Mind: Stories of Trauma and Healing from the Frontlines of PTSD Science by Shaili Jain Nuking the Moon: And Other Intelligence Schemes and Military Plots Left on the Drawing Board by Vince Houghton Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee by Casey Cep The Theft of a Decade: How the Baby Boomers Stole the Millennials’ Economic Future by Joseph C. Sternberg The Endeavour: The Ship That Changed the World by Peter Moore The Shadow King: The Life and Death of Henry VI by Lauren Johnson No Visible Bruises by Rachel Louise Synder The Castle on Sunset by Shawn Levy   Nonfiction About France KIM: The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss La Belle France: A Short History by Alistair Horne The Widow Clicquot: The Story of a Champagne Empire and the Woman Who Ruled It by Tilar J Mazzeo Veuve Clicquot Podcast  The Little Pleasures of Paris by Leslie Jonath Reading Now KIM: Becoming by Michelle Obama (audiobook) ALICE: Mad Enchantment: Claude Monet and the Painting of the Water Lilies by Ross King   CONCLUSION You can find us on SOCIAL MEDIA – @itsalicetime and @kimthedork on Twitter RATE AND REVIEW on ITUNES so people can find us more easily, and subscribe so you can get our new episodes the minute they come out.

DILGITALK
Quick Count is a Real Count?

DILGITALK

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2019 9:09


Setelah dilihat, masih banyak yang mengaggap quick count hanya diartikan sebagai penentu kalah dan menang, tanpa melihat tujuan utama dari quick count itu sendiri

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Sinica Podcast
Mythbusting China’s social credit system

Sinica Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2018 59:00


This week on Sinica, Kaiser traveled across the Atlantic to host a live podcast at the Asia Society of Switzerland in Zurich. The topic of discussion is the social credit system (SCS) in China, a fiercely debated and highly controversial subject in the West, often construed as a monolithic and Orwellian initiative. Our guests are Manya Koetse, editor and founder of What’s on Weibo — a wonderful resource that aggregates and examines trending information from social media platform Sina Weibo — and Rogier Creemers, a postdoctoral scholar at the University of Leiden, who has done extensive research on China’s governance and digital policy and has translated extensive primary source materials from Chinese government sources and publications on SCS. Rogier and Manya provide fresh perspectives on a subject that has become a wedge in the China-watching community. They discuss the varying perceptions of SCS around the world; what observers have gotten right and wrong about the system according to government publications; the relative lack of integration in the many different moving parts that comprise the SCS; and the changing role of technology in daily life and how big of a role that could play when one thinks of social credit. What to listen for this week on the Sinica Podcast: 13:19: Manya explains to Kaiser that “We in the West have somehow been trapped in this one-dimensional vision of this system, or this policy. Just looking at it from that angle, politically and also from the idea that it’s the state versus the people. Always the state versus the people … and it’s much more multidimensional than that.” 27:01: Is discussion of social credit systems suppressed in China? Manya answers, “This was a little bit difficult for me … I see it everywhere on Twitter, but it’s not a trending topic on Weibo, so I was looking on Weibo on what to write about.” Kaiser asks if this is because of internet censorship, to which Manya responds, “I don’t think so … there are some websites like freeweibo.com [that show uncensored trending topics] and social credit system definitely is not one of them. Another thing is that state media is trying to propagate articles that are about the system and various local credit systems are on Weibo. If anything I have the feeling that there are probably people out there that wish this was more talked about on Weibo.”   37:16: Despite popular belief, there is local pushback against some local credit systems, which Rogier elaborates on: “One of the local trials, run in a place called Suining close to Shanghai in Jiangsu province, was actually shut down after it was criticized quite harshly in national official media. There is some jostling for ‘we want the system on the whole,’ but as with any system there are going to be negative consequences … not to want to present the Chinese government as more benevolent than it is … but it is also too simplistic to say that this is top-down impulse, no questions asked.” 43:01: Rogier provides two key takeaways to Kaiser’s question on how our expectations towards the world outside of the West have changed in the age of the internet. How have our perceptions of technology changed in the modern era? Towards China as a rising technological power? What role is an acceptable role for technology to play in our lives and in governance? Recommendations: Kaiser: The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal and the Real Count of Monte Cristo, the Pulitzer Prize–winning biography of Alexandre Dumas written by Tom Reiss. Rogier: DigiChina, a platform for information on the development of China’s digital economy and digital politics, and The Silk Roads: A New History of the World, by Peter Frankopan. Manya: Manc.hu, a digital platform for studying the Manchu language.

WashingTECH Tech Policy Podcast with Joe Miller
Courtney Cogburn: Virtual Reality to Improve Race Relations (Ep. 132)

WashingTECH Tech Policy Podcast with Joe Miller

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2018 22:08


Courtney Cogburn: Virtual Reality to Improve Race Relations (Ep. 132) Columbia University School of Social Work Professor Courtney Cogburn joined Joe Miller to discuss her work with virtual reality to improve race relations. Bio Courtney Cogburn (@CourtneyCogburn) is an assistant professor at the Columbia School of Social Work and a Faculty Affiliate of the Columbia Population Research Center. Her research integrates principles and methodologies across psychology, stress physiology and social epidemiology to investigate relationships between racism-related stress and racial health disparities across the life course. Her work has been supported by the National Institutes of Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Her current research projects examine: the effects of cultural racism in the media on physiological, psychological and behavioral stress reactivity and moderating effects of cognitive appraisal processes; the role of structural racism in producing disease risk; and chronic psychosocial stress exposure and related implications for understanding Black/White disparities in cardiovascular health and disease between early and late adulthood. At the end of 2014, Dr. Cogburn received an award from the Provost’s Grants Program for Junior Faculty Who Contribute to the Diversity Goals of the University for a project titled “Black Face to Ferguson: A Mixed Methodological Examination of Media Racism, Media Activism and Health.” In addition to her academic research, Dr. Cogburn works with the Southern Jamaica Plain Health Center at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and is a senior advisor at the International Center Advocates Against Discrimination in NYC to educate and build community activism around issues of racism and health. Before coming to Columbia in July 2014, Dr. Cogburn was a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholar at the Harvard School of Public Health. She received her BA in Psychology from the University of Virginia, MSW from the University of Michigan School of Social Work and PhD in the Combined Program in Education and Psychology from the University of Michigan. Resources Columbia School of Social Work Experiencing Racism in VR by Courtney Cogburn (Ted Talk) The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss News Roundup Facebook makes moves to contain Cambridge Analytica fallout Facebook has made several moves to contain the fallout from the Cambridge Analytica scandal and salvage what remains of its integrity and public image. The company announced that it will now fact-check political photos and videos, allow you to see the personal data they have on you, and limit the sharing of your personal information with data brokers. Meanwhile, on the legal front, Missouri’s Republican Attorney General has opened an investigation into Facebook’s data collection practices. Attorney General Josh Hawley wants to know about every instance in which Facebook shared user data with political entities, the rates they paid and whether users were notified.  In addition, Facebook will not provide evidence or testify before a U.K. parliamentary committee investigating Facebook’s use of user data. However, he will testify before Congress, and Sunny Bonnell reports in Inc. that it could happen as soon as April 10th. In addition, housing groups are suing Facebook for allowing real estate advertisers to discriminate against mothers, the disabled and minorities, according to Jordan Pearson in Motherboard. And Ali Breland reported on a memo leaked from 2016 written by Facebook executive Andrew Bosworth suggesting the company’s expansion is justified even if it costs lives from bullying or a terrorist attack. Sinclair, which is in the process of buying Tribune Media, has anchors read same script Sinclair Broadcasting, the little-known media company that’s in the process of buying Tribune Media for $3.9 billion, has been accused of being a mouthpiece for conservative viewpoints. Republican FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has been seen by many to have paved the way for Sinclair by relaxing longstanding media ownership rules. Now, Deadspin has put together a video showing dozens of anchors on tv stations owned by Sinclair reciting the exact same script making the same claims about fake news that the Trump administration has been making. Sinclair now reaches 2 out of every 5 American homes, with 193 stations concentrated in midsize markets. The merger with Tribune Media would bring that number up to 236, including stations in New York City and Chicago, if Sinclair doesn’t divest some of the stations.  Emily Stewart reports in Vox. In a Tweet, President Trump defended Sinclair.  Saks/Lord & Taylor hacked  Vindu Goel and Rachel Abrams report for the New York Times that a well-known band of cybercriminals hacked the credit and debit card numbers of some 5 million Saks and Lord & Taylor customers. The parent company of the two department stores, Hudson’s Bay Company, said in  a statement that the company has identified the issue, is taking steps to contain it, and will keep the public informed. Trump attacks Amazon Trump attacked Amazon on twitter last week, saying the company should be regulated, which led to a dip in the company’s stock prices. But policy experts say that antitrust action against Amazon is a long shot. Laura Stevens reports in the Wall Street Journal. City of Atlanta hit by cyberattack Eight thousand employees of the City of Atlanta had to shut down their computers last week. The reason? A ransomware attack. The attackers demanded $51,000 to unscramble government processes usually handled online. While the attack did not affect major systems like wastewater treatment and 911 calls, police officers had to write tickets by hand, none of Atlanta’s 6 million residents could apply for city jobs, and the courts could not validate warrants. Nicole Perlroth and Aland Blinder report in the New York Times. FCC greenlights SpaceX’s satellite internet service The FCC has given the green light to SpaceX’s satellite broadband internet service. The company aims to deploy thousands of small satellites to reach underserved areas, such as rural communities, at fiber-like speeds. Samanta Masunaga reports in the LA Times.   Tumblr cancels 84 accounts tied to Russia Morgan Chalfant reports in the Hill that Tumblr took down 84 accounts linked to the Internet Research Agency, the Russian troll farm at the center of a federal investigation into the Russian propaganda campaign that swayed the 2016 presidential election. Last month DOJ Special Counsel Robert Mueller indicted 13 Russians and 3 Russian entities connected to the Internet Research Agency. Trump administration to look at social media accounts for visas The Trump administration announced that it is planning to review the social media accounts of people applying for visas to enter the U.S. People entering the U.S. from countries with visa-free status, like the UK, Canada, France, and Germany, won’t be subjected to the additional vetting. But individuals seeking entry visas into the U.S. from countries like India, China and Mexico would need to turn over their social media information. The BBC has the story. But Joe Uchill and Stef W. Kight reported for Axios that ICE already uses Facebook data – not to track immigrants, though, but to track child predators. D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals to hear challenges to the FCC’s net neutrality order Finally, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals will now hear the consolidated appeals of the FCC’s December order to repeal the 2015 net neutrality rules. The Ninth Circuit had won the lottery to hear the case, but Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals granted a request to move the cases to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, which heard the appeals of both the 2011 rules and the 2015 rules, which it had upheld. John Eggerton reports in Broadcasting and Cable.

The Marc Steiner Show
The Black Count: Interview with writer Tom Reiss

The Marc Steiner Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2017 51:39


July 3, 2017 - Segment 1 - We hosted an archive edition of The Marc Steiner Show, in which writer of The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo Tom Reiss and I talked about General Alex Dumas, hero of the French Revolution who was born to a Black slave mother and a fugitive white French nobleman in Saint-Domingue (present-day Haiti), and was father of the novelist Alexandre Dumas.

Codex Prime
EPISODE 07 - The First Rule of Book Club Is...

Codex Prime

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2015 144:27


The three-headed hydra of Maurice, Victor and Aris are joined by guest host and friend-of-the-show Angela Marandola, first discussing the latest Comic Con trailers for Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice, Suicide Squad and Deadpool, as well as the wonderful behind-the-scenes reel for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The four also get into a robust literary conversation, dropping their thoughts on some solid book recommendations ranging from Wonder Woman graphic novels, to black French Revolutionary generals, Stephen King and The Dresden Files. If you're searching for some quality literature recommendations, then you've come to the right podcast. GET IT! FEATURED BOOKS Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth (Grant Morrison) The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo (Tom Reiss) A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole) The Dark Tower series (Stephen King) The Dresden Files series (Jim Butcher) The Kingkiller Chronicle (Patrick Rothfuss) Naked (David Sedaris) Rose Madder (Stephen King) Sword of Truth series (Terry Goodkind) Wonder Woman: The Circle (Gail Simone) Wonder Woman: The Hiketeia (Greg Rucka) LINKS OF INTEREST (COMIC-CON 2015 TRAILERS) Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WWzgGyAH6Y Suicide Squad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WI3hecGO_04 Star Wars: The Force Awakens Behind-the-Scenes Reel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTNJ51ghzdY CATCH CODEX PRIME AT: Facebook: www.facebook.com/codexprime iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/codex…id998035389?mt=2 Twitter: twitter.com/codexprimecast SEND YOUR EMAILS TO: CodexPrimePodcast@gmail.com

Stuff You Missed in History Class
Vlad Tepes: Who was the real Count Dracula?

Stuff You Missed in History Class

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2008 11:32


Vlad Tepes, a 15th-century Wallachian prince, was the notoriously blood-thirsty basis for Dracula, Bram Stoker's classic gothic horror character. Check out our HowStuffWorks article to learn more about Vlad Tepes. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers