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Category Archives: Podcasts
Morning News: Violence In South Africa, Booster Shots, Decline Of Baseball
Widespread looting and the worst violence since apartheid continue, exposing ethnic divisions and the persistent influence of Jacob Zuma, a former president. How to quell the tensions?
As some countries administer third covid-19 “booster shots” we ask about the epidemiological and moral cases for and against them. And the bids to reverse the decline of America’s national pastime.
Science: Heat Waves In U.S. Impacting Minorities, Graphene Layers, Twitter
Why heat waves disproportionately impact minorities in US cities, and the researcher that critiqued his whole career on Twitter.
In this episode:
00:45 How heat waves kill unequally
Researchers are beginning to unpick how historic discrimination in city planning is making the recent heat waves in North America more deadly for some than others.
News Feature: Racism is magnifying the deadly impact of rising city heat
11:59 Research Highlights
A graphene layer can protect paintings from age, and a new and endangered species of ‘fairy lantern’.
Research Highlight: A graphene cloak keeps artworks’ colours ageles
Research Highlight: Newfound ‘fairy lantern’ could soon be snuffed out forever
14:25 Self-criticism
When researcher Nick Holmes decided to criticise his past papers, in 57 tweets, he found the reflection enlightening. Now he’s encouraging other researchers to self-criticise, to help speed scientific progress.
World View: I critiqued my past papers on social media — here’s what I learnt
20:53 Briefing Chat
We discuss some highlights from the Nature Briefing. This time, Richard Branson’s commercial space flight, and the Maori perspective on Antarctic conservation.
The Washington Post: Richard Branson and his Virgin Galactic crew are safely back from space, ushering in a new era
The New York Times: The Maori Vision of Antarctica’s Future (intermittent paywall)
Morning News: Record Heat In U.S., $3.5T Health Plan & Cuba Protests
U.S. West dealing with record heat, Senate Democrats agree to $3.5 trillion healthcare and antipoverty plan, and this is the ‘best place’ to live in America.
Morning News: U.S.-Russia Climate Meeting, Moldova & Aviation Sustainability
What could US climate envoy John Kerry hope to achieve in his visit to Moscow? Plus: we unpack the fallout from Moldova’s election and discuss the aviation sector’s sustainability goals.
Morning News: Global Corporate Tax Hurdle, Virgin Galactic In Space
A.M. Edition for July 12. WSJ’s Paul Hannon on how the international plan for a corporate minimum tax may face hurdles with U.S. lawmakers. Billionaire Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic space flight.
Big U.S. bank earnings are expected this week. Companies see business opportunities in stressed-out Americans. Keith Collins hosts.
Sunday Morning: Latest Headlines From Zurich, London & The Balkans
Monocle’s Emma Nelson, Latika Bourke and Rob Cox cover the weekend’s biggest news. Also in the programme: a check-in with our correspondent in the Balkans and what’s on the pages of Austria’s ‘Profil’ magazine.
Saturday Morning: News Headlines From London
Emma Nelson sets the tone for the weekend with newspaper reviewer Vincent McAviney. Also in the programme: the biggest news from the Cannes Film Festival and what we learned this week.
Science: History Of U.S. Opioid Crisis, 3-D Printed Protein Candy & Books
Morning News: South Sudan, Indigenous People Of Canada & A Folk Queen
The world’s youngest state was born amid boundless optimism. But poverty is still endemic and ethnic tensions still rule politics; what hope for its next decade?
Mass graves found at Canada’s “residential schools” have sparked a reckoning about past abuses of indigenous peoples. And marking 50 years since the final album of Karen Dalton, the forgotten queen of folk.
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