The Outdoor Inspirations of Thomas Rhett’s New Album

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Country music megastar Thomas Rhett grew up hiking, hunting, and fishing, but the schedule of a touring musician doesn’t allow much time for outdoor adventure. In 2019, his Very Hot Summer Tour had him playing nearly 50 shows in five and a half months. “Looking back, I was overcommitted in every are...

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Pluralistic: 28 Jun 2021

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Podcasting "Qualia": My column on quant-bias, antitrust, drug policy and epidemiology.
Lazy Congress only schedules 9 days' work this summer: We're not paying you to party ...

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5 New Podcasts for Your Summer Road Trip

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One of our favorite new podcasts this summer starts off with a somewhat fair self-own: “Hi, I’m Alex Honnold, and just like everybody else in the pandemic, I started a podcast.” He’s right: the estimated number of active podcasts jumped from about 850,000 to 1 million between 2019 and 2021 (though w...

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Pluralistic: 21 Jun 2021

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Podcasting "Inside the Clock Tower": Reading my Consumer Reports story about an interoperable future.
This day in history: 2016, 2020
Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, ...

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Weekend Reads: Pocket Watches, Notes, Drinking with the French, and Podcasting from Hell

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"Rekindling A Lifelong Fascination With The Pocket Watch" | Hodinkee:

If it’s not already obvious, I know next to nothing about antique Swiss movements, counting jewels, or anything else ...

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Pluralistic: 24 May 2021

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Podcasting "The Memex Method": Reading my inaugural Medium column for my podcast.
Watomatic, for lower Whatsapp switching costs: Comcom in action.
This day in history: 2006, ...

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🎧 Explaining maths without Numbers

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Episode summary: Tim Harford interviews Milo Beckman – a young mathematician, still in his twenties, who has written a book called ‘Math without Numbers’. Milo explains why he wanted to …

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🎧 Longitude

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Episode summary: Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the search for Longitude while at sea. Following efforts by other maritime nations, the British Government passed the Longitude Act in 1714 to …

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🎧 Blackface – Minstrelsy

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                            Episode summary: BLACKFACE &amp; MINSTRELSY - At its most basic level, ‘blackface’ is the application of any prosthetic to imitate the complexion of another race. In theory, it’s a performance ...

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Pluralistic: 17 May 2021

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Paygo, false consciousness and the IRS: Why we can't have nice things.
The Public Interest Internet: Reviving pre-enclosure glory.
Concluding How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism: ...

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🎧 Suzanne O’Sullivan – The Sleeping Beauties

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Episode summary: Dr Suzanne O’Sullivan has been a consultant in neurology since 2004, first working at the Royal London Hospital and now as a consultant in clinical neurophysiology and neurology …

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🎧 Episode 164: Sanctuary

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                            Episode summary: After 32 years in the United States, José Chicas was told he had to leave. He bought a plane ticket to El Salvador, but then a local church ...

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Pluralistic: 10 May 2021

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Biden's shift on vaccine patents is a Big Deal: A world turned upside-down.
LA traveling toward free public transit: But first we must abolish means-testing.
How ...

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🎧 Perfume

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                            Episode summary: PERFUME: What’s the connection between perfume &amp; politics in the 20th century and how do scents become invested with meaning? Laurie Taylor talks to Professor Karl Schloegel, Chair ...

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Pluralistic: 03 May 2021

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Dishwashers have become Iphones: Meet the Bob Cassette Rewinder.
Part 5 of How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism: This week on my podcast!
This day in history...

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🎧 Beethoven Symphony No. 1

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                            Episode summary: Today begins a pretty massive project for Sticky Notes - a complete Beethoven cycle over the next few weeks! We start of course with Beethoven’s 1st symphony. Some ...

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🎧 Ovid

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                            Episode summary: Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Roman poet Publius Ovidius Naso (43BC-17/18AD) who, as he described it, was destroyed by ‘carmen et error’, a poem and a mistake. ...

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🎧 The Test Kitchen Revisited

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                            Episode summary: The Reply All team takes a look at the Test Kitchen, and what those mistakes mean for the future of the show. Learn more about your ad choices. ...

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🎧 After Merkel, What?

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                            Episode summary: We talk to Hans Kundnani about the prospects for German politics in the run-up to September’s federal elections, now that the cast list of possible successors to Merkel ...

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Apple Podcasts Subscriptions: What Now?

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Jason Snell has written up a great overview of Apple's new Podcasts Subscriptions service over at his blog, Six Colors:

Now that I’ve had a week to think about ...

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🎧 Presenting: The Bomber Mafia by Malcolm Gladwell

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                            Episode summary: Season 5 of Revisionist History included four episodes on the rise of air power during the Second World War. Listeners met Air Force generals Haywood Hansell and Curtis ...

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🎧 Will 2021 have more Covid deaths than 2020?

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                            Episode summary: In 2020 there were 1.8 million reported Covid deaths. So far this year, we’ve had 1.2 million. We’re currently seeing around 12,000 deaths a day across ...

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🎧 Episode 163: The Ghoul of Grays Harbor

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                            Episode summary: The Pacific Northwest was said to be terrorized by a serial killer in the early 20th century. A local police chief told reporters that he believed that they ...

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🎧 A Whole Night for the Future

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                            Episode summary: Tonight, as you’re lying in bed, take a moment to think about the fact that in the night sky right above you, a massive river of birds is ...

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🎧 The Franco-American Alliance 1778

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                            Episode summary: Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the treaties France entered into with the United States of America in 1778, to give open support to the USA in its revolutionary ...

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