Interview:
http://freshairnpr.npr.libsynfusion.com/tracing-the-origins-of-the-islamic-state
Saturday, October 10, 2015
Tracing The Origins Of The Islamic State (Terry Gross, Fresh Air)
Journalist Joby Warrick, author of 'Black Flags,' traces the Islamic State's development from an al-Qaida-related insurgency in Iraq to a successful jihadist movement that now holds territory in Syria and Iraq.
Interview:
http://freshairnpr.npr.libsynfusion.com/tracing-the-origins-of-the-islamic-state
Interview:
http://freshairnpr.npr.libsynfusion.com/tracing-the-origins-of-the-islamic-state
Planned Parenthood And The Debate Over Fetal Tissue Research (Diane Rehm Show)
Many first heard about fetal tissue research when the Center for Medical Progress released a series of videos about Planned Parenthood. But scientists have used fetal tissue since the middle of the 20th century. It has contributed to the development of many vaccines, including the vaccine for polio, and today some scientists say these cells – from aborted fetuses – are the key to more groundbreaking discoveries. Others are less optimistic, pointing to the advancement of new stem cell technologies and the complicated issue of abortion tied into research. We look at how the political fight over funding for Planned Parenthood is drawing attention to the medical uses of fetal tissue.
Interview:
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2015-09-30/planned-parenthood-and-the-debate-over-fetal-tissue-research
Interview:
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2015-09-30/planned-parenthood-and-the-debate-over-fetal-tissue-research
House Calls To The Homeless: A Doctor Treats Boston's Most Isolated Patients (Terry Gross, Fresh Air)
As a doctor who provides medical care to Boston's homeless population, James O'Connell and his colleagues are used to working in unusual locations. "We are basically visiting them in their homes, which are often under bridges, down back alleyways [and] on park benches," O'Connell tells Fresh Air's Terry Gross. "It's been an education for us over these years."
O'Connell is president of the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program, which provides health care services at over 65 sites, including adult and family soup kitchens, detoxification units and corrections facilities. He writes about his practice in a new memoir, Stories from the Shadows: Reflections of a Street Doctor.
O'Connell has been caring for Boston's "rough sleepers," or homeless, since 1985. He says that homeless patients suffer from the same chronic and acute illnesses as the general population — with one crucial difference. "What we see ... frequently, are regular issues that have been neglected for years and years," he says. "So we see the natural history of illness that is usually interrupted by good preventive care."
Over the years, O'Connell has seen the ravages of untreated frostbite, AIDS and diabetes, as well as the effects of profound isolation and extreme loneliness. But he has also witnessed a courage and resourcefulness in his patients.
"These are people who are nameless and faceless when they are sitting out in the street," he says. "But when you get to know them, they are stories of great courage, of struggles against unbelievable adversity. ... I think I probably would've been a broken person had I lived through what they lived through."
Interview:
http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/09/29/444214320/house-calls-to-the-homeless-a-doctor-treats-bostons-most-isolated-patients
O'Connell is president of the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program, which provides health care services at over 65 sites, including adult and family soup kitchens, detoxification units and corrections facilities. He writes about his practice in a new memoir, Stories from the Shadows: Reflections of a Street Doctor.
O'Connell has been caring for Boston's "rough sleepers," or homeless, since 1985. He says that homeless patients suffer from the same chronic and acute illnesses as the general population — with one crucial difference. "What we see ... frequently, are regular issues that have been neglected for years and years," he says. "So we see the natural history of illness that is usually interrupted by good preventive care."
Over the years, O'Connell has seen the ravages of untreated frostbite, AIDS and diabetes, as well as the effects of profound isolation and extreme loneliness. But he has also witnessed a courage and resourcefulness in his patients.
"These are people who are nameless and faceless when they are sitting out in the street," he says. "But when you get to know them, they are stories of great courage, of struggles against unbelievable adversity. ... I think I probably would've been a broken person had I lived through what they lived through."
Interview:
http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/09/29/444214320/house-calls-to-the-homeless-a-doctor-treats-bostons-most-isolated-patients
A Better Life, with Chris Johnson (The Humanist Hour #170)
In this episode, Chris Johnson, author of the book A Better Life and producer of the movie with the same title, talks about his experience creating these works and what it means to have “a better life.”
Chris is a New York-based photographer and filmmaker. He received his undergraduate degree in film production (along with a minor in religious studies) from Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec. His photography has been seen in various outlets, including The New York Times. He has spent the last three years working on A Better Life, traveling across the United States, Canada, the UK, Ireland, and other countries. Apart from his own film and photographic work, he has also collaborated with artists and directors in various roles and capacities from assistant director and stage manager, for theatre, film, and print.
For the book and film of A Better Life, he interviewed many prominent atheist figures such as Richard Dawkins, Steven Pinker, Dan Dennett, Derren Brown, Pat Churchland, Julia Sweeney, Penn & Teller, and many more. He has given talks on atheism and his work at the Humanist Community at Harvard, New York Society for Ethical Culture, PA State Atheist/Humanist Conference, Sunday Assembly – New York, the Atheist Community of Austin, Freedom from Religion Foundation Annual Conference, and more. In addition, he has also been a guest on various podcasts and TV shows such as The Humanist Hour, Atheist Airwaves, The Phil Ferguson Show, The Atheist Experience, and Pivot TV’s TakePart Live.
Interview:
http://thehumanist.com/multimedia/podcast/the-humanist-hour-170-live-at-the-harvard-humanist-hub-a-better-life-with-chris-johnson
Chris is a New York-based photographer and filmmaker. He received his undergraduate degree in film production (along with a minor in religious studies) from Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec. His photography has been seen in various outlets, including The New York Times. He has spent the last three years working on A Better Life, traveling across the United States, Canada, the UK, Ireland, and other countries. Apart from his own film and photographic work, he has also collaborated with artists and directors in various roles and capacities from assistant director and stage manager, for theatre, film, and print.
For the book and film of A Better Life, he interviewed many prominent atheist figures such as Richard Dawkins, Steven Pinker, Dan Dennett, Derren Brown, Pat Churchland, Julia Sweeney, Penn & Teller, and many more. He has given talks on atheism and his work at the Humanist Community at Harvard, New York Society for Ethical Culture, PA State Atheist/Humanist Conference, Sunday Assembly – New York, the Atheist Community of Austin, Freedom from Religion Foundation Annual Conference, and more. In addition, he has also been a guest on various podcasts and TV shows such as The Humanist Hour, Atheist Airwaves, The Phil Ferguson Show, The Atheist Experience, and Pivot TV’s TakePart Live.
Interview:
http://thehumanist.com/multimedia/podcast/the-humanist-hour-170-live-at-the-harvard-humanist-hub-a-better-life-with-chris-johnson
Texas Board Of Education Member Dismisses Outrage Over Textbooks Calling Slaves ‘Workers’
A Texas Board of Education member said the outrage over an inaccurate and offensive textbook is like an episode of ... Read more
Ben Carson Controversy Over Holocaust Comments, Oregon Shooting
Ben Carson is under scrutiny this week over comments he made regarding the Oregon shooting, the Holocaust and his experience being held up at a Popeyes.
https://youtu.be/CLL7nmxeCxc
https://youtu.be/CLL7nmxeCxc
Nearly 90 Percent Of Americans Think Political Candidates Should Understand Science
In news that shouldn't need repeating: Americans think it's important for our policy makers to actually understand the science ... Read more
The Future Of Our Food Depends On Honeybees, And The USDA Is Spending Millions To Save Them
The USDA is working with farmers in six Midwestern states to help make bee-friendly changes on their land. ... Read more
DREAMer To Hillary Clinton: ‘Immigrant Youth Do Not Trust You’
"Each dollar of private prison money accepted by the Clinton campaign undermines her pro-immigrant policy promises," Juan ... Read more
Virginia Sheriff Is Shocked At Outrage Over His Repeated Use Of The ‘N-Word’ In An Interrogation
"I was able to get a confession, and the man is in the penitentiary now as a result of it." ... Read more
Carson: I'm Campaigning Like Soldiers Who Saw 'A Thousand Bodies' On D-Day
Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson invoked the American soldiers who stormed the beaches of Normandy during World War II while discussin... Read more
Armed Protesters Gather As Obama Visits Oregon Shooting Victims' Families
Gun-toting protesters gathered on Friday morning to await President Obama's arrival in Roseburg, Ore., where he planned to meet with the families of v... Read more
Wilmore: If Obama Is Apologizing For Afghan Bombing, Bush Should Too (VIDEO)
Following a bombing at a Doctors Without Borders in Kunduz, Afghanistan, President Barack Obama personally apologized to the international charity. B... Read more
Real Time with Bill Maher: Overtime – October 9, 2015 (HBO)
Bill Maher and his guests – Energy Sec. Ernest Moniz, Rob Thomas, Anne-Marie Slaughter, Andrew Sullivan and former Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy – answer viewer questions after the show.
Interview:
https://youtu.be/7G9XoYwz_as
Interview:
https://youtu.be/7G9XoYwz_as
Real Time with Bill Maher: Ready for Hillary? - October 9, 2015 (HBO)
Bill Maher and panelists Anne-Marie Slaughter, Rob Thomas, and Andrew Sullivan discuss Hillary Clinton's candidacy in the clip from October 9, 2015.
Interview:
https://youtu.be/z7exyHxzXPE
Interview:
https://youtu.be/z7exyHxzXPE
Noah: Carson Would Leave A Mass Shooting, Not Rush The Gunman (VIDEO)
After a week of hearing Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson talk about rallying people to charge a mass gunman, "Daily Show" host Trevor Noah... Read more
How an underwater heat wave is bleaching coral reefs worldwide
Ocean temperatures that are too warm for corals may leave the world's reefs damaged long-term. ... Read more
What cities can learn from one community's handling of police shooting
Attorneys for the North Charleston, S.C., and the family of Walter Scott are hailing the city's response to police officer Michael Slager's fatal shoo... Read more
House Of Dodge
Thanks to John Boehner and Kevin McCarthy, Speaker of the House is the most important job in the country that nobody wants.
https://youtu.be/Wx2xzqDOivc
https://youtu.be/Wx2xzqDOivc
Friday, October 9, 2015
Week In The News: Kunduz Bombing, TPP Politics, South Carolina Floods (Tom Ashbrook, On Point)
Chaos in the House Republican caucus this week as heir apparent to John Boehner, Kevin McCarthy, bails out with a bombshell announcement leaving the GOP deeply divided and no one with any idea who will be Speaker of the House, second in line to the Presidency. “Banana republic,” said one Republican. In Syria, Russia cranks up the attacks and the US pulls the plug on training rebels. We’ve got Hillary Clinton going negative on the TPP. Miles of flooding woe in South Carolina. And a furor in fantasy football. This hour On Point, our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.
Interview:
http://onpoint.wbur.org/2015/10/09/tpp-south-carolina-kunduz-bombing-2016-election
Interview:
http://onpoint.wbur.org/2015/10/09/tpp-south-carolina-kunduz-bombing-2016-election
Friday News Roundup – Domestic (Diane Rehm Show 2015-10-09)
House Republicans meet at the Capitol this morning to figure out next steps after Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) withdrew from the speaker race yesterday. President Barack Obama travels to Roseburg, Oregon to meet with families of the victims of last week’s mass shootings, as news of another deadly campus shooting breaks in Arizona. In the Senate, Democrats begin a new push for gun control measures. On the campaign trail, Hillary Clinton announces her opposition to the new Pacific trade deal. And California becomes the fifth state to pass right-to-die legislation. Guest host Indira Lakshmanan and a panel of journalists discuss the week’s top national stories.
Interview:
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2015-10-09/friday-news-roundup-domestic
Interview:
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2015-10-09/friday-news-roundup-domestic
Friday News Roundup – International (Diane Rehm Show 2015-10-09)
Russia denies the U.S. claim that cruise missiles aimed at Syria hit Iran. NATO denounces Russia for reports that it violated Turkish airspace. President Obama apologizes for the U.S. bombing of a civilian hospital in Afghanistan. Doctors Without Borders calls for an independent investigation into the attack in Kunduz that killed physicians and patients. And a group of four Tunisian organizations working together to promote democracy wins the Nobel Peace Prize. A panel of journalists joins guest host Indira Lakshmanan for analysis of the week’s top international news stories.
Interview:
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2015-10-09/friday-news-roundup-international
Interview:
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2015-10-09/friday-news-roundup-international
Ben Carson defends his use of aborted fetal tissue in medical research
... Carson said his work, which was published in Human Pathology and describes the use of materials "from two fetuses aborted in the ninth and 17th week of gestation," is different from Planned Parenthood's alleged use and sale of tissue from aborted fetuses...
Ben Carson's patients claim malpractice in star doctor's path to politics
As former neurosurgeon launches campaign for president on public persona of caring for children, multiple cases reveal private anguish and secret settlements.
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/may/04/ben-carson-malpractice-claims-doctor-for-president
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/may/04/ben-carson-malpractice-claims-doctor-for-president
Meet the Goat Blood-Drinking Senate Candidate Calling for Civil War
"...I have prophesied for years that I was born for a Great War; that if I did not witness the coming of the Second American Civil War I would begin it myself. Mark Well: That day is fast coming upon you. On the New Moon of May, I shall disappear into the Wilderness. I will return bearing Revolution, or I will not return at all..."https://youtu.be/j6To5NkZ9EM
Mike Huckabee’s 1998 Book Is Full Of Fake Quotes From America’s Founders
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary to make sure the sources in your book are not an Internet quotations page.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/mike-huckabees-1998-book-is-full-of-fake-quotes-from-america?utm_term=.xdw9JM7V1#.owGD1JG20
http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/mike-huckabees-1998-book-is-full-of-fake-quotes-from-america?utm_term=.xdw9JM7V1#.owGD1JG20
Sandy Hook Victim's Daughter: Carson's Gun Comments Are 'Morally Bankrupt'
The daughter of a Sandy Hook massacre victim lashed out at Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson on Thursday for what she said were "insensitiv... Read more
Christians In America Are Treated Like Jews In Nazi Germany | Crooks and Liars
Once again, the Religious Right is claiming that they are suffering from the violation of their First Amendment rights, in the same way the Jews were targeted in 1933 Germany.
http://crooksandliars.com/2015/10/christians-america-are-treated-jews-nazi
http://crooksandliars.com/2015/10/christians-america-are-treated-jews-nazi
Trump's Campaign Staff Loaded With Koch Employees
Fast-forward through to the part where Robert Costa comes on to discuss Trump's operation with Rachel Maddow. At about six minutes in, Rachel asks Co... Read more
Rand Paul's Answer To School Gun Safety Issues: Window Stickers
Rand Paul should just drop out and then lose his Kentucky Senate seat too. He can get a cushy job at a Koch-funded libertarian think tank and live out... Read more
With Ben Carson, the Doctor Is Always Out
During a Facebook question and answer session, he seemed to suggest that he preferred bodies riddled with bullets to more gun control. Carson wrote:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/08/opinion/with-ben-carson-the-doctor-is-always-out.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/08/opinion/with-ben-carson-the-doctor-is-always-out.html
Thursday, October 8, 2015
Trials and Textbooks: Jeffrey Selman on Fighting Creationism in Schools (Point of Inquiry, 2015-09-29)
When the public school board in Cobb County, Georgia, placed a disclaimer describing evolution as “just a theory” (in the non-scientific sense) and not a fact, citizen and author Jeffrey Selman knew he had to take a stand for the integrity of his son’s education.
This week on Point of Inquiry Josh Zepps talks to Selman about his new book, God Sent Me: A Textbook Case On Evolution vs. Creation, which is Selman’s personal account of reaching out to the ACLU and taking the entire school board of Cobb County to court for misrepresenting the credibility of evolution in order to promote religious belief. A strong supporter of religious freedom and a person of faith, Selman explains why separation of church and state is especially crucial in public schools, where vulnerable younger minds are heavily influenced by peer pressure and institutional coercion.
http://www.pointofinquiry.org/trials_and_textbooks_jeffrey_selman_on_fighting_creationism_in_schools/
This week on Point of Inquiry Josh Zepps talks to Selman about his new book, God Sent Me: A Textbook Case On Evolution vs. Creation, which is Selman’s personal account of reaching out to the ACLU and taking the entire school board of Cobb County to court for misrepresenting the credibility of evolution in order to promote religious belief. A strong supporter of religious freedom and a person of faith, Selman explains why separation of church and state is especially crucial in public schools, where vulnerable younger minds are heavily influenced by peer pressure and institutional coercion.
http://www.pointofinquiry.org/trials_and_textbooks_jeffrey_selman_on_fighting_creationism_in_schools/
Satanists bash ‘buffoon’ Okla. governor for trying to bring back Ten Commandments display
"...She has an egregious and embarrassing misunderstanding of how the political process works, the system of checks and balances, and a grossly misguided sense of even the appropriate activities of a public official… While I’m certain that Fallin’s call to reestablish a home for the 10 Commandments on Capitol grounds will result in failure, the entire nation should unite in urging her removal from office..."
http://www.rawstory.com/2015/10/satanists-bash-buffoon-okla-governor-for-trying-to-bring-back-ten-commandments-display/
http://www.rawstory.com/2015/10/satanists-bash-buffoon-okla-governor-for-trying-to-bring-back-ten-commandments-display/
Kasich warns against 'secular society'
"If we become secularists when we face a radical Islam that is the farthest thing from secularist, when we can't unite with our friends in the Jewish, Muslim and Christian community to espouse a set of values that is the true way for human beings to conduct their lives and live their lives, we will be in a very severe crisis point," Kasich, a presidential contender, said Tuesday before the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in Washington...
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/256068-kasich-warns-against-totally-secular-society
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/256068-kasich-warns-against-totally-secular-society
Sanders Blasts The Trans-Pacific Partnership
A TPP agreement reached over the weekend draws a vow of action in the Senate from the populist presidential hopeful.
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Robert Reich’s Dire Warning: America’s Free-Market Obsession Is “Poisoning” Our World
The former labor secretary sounds a clarion call against conservative free-market orthodoxy in his latest book.
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The Pope’s Billionaire Entourage: How the 1 Percent Embarrassed Themselves Before the Pontiff
Kenneth Langone and his ilk will pay handsomely to hear him speak. They just won't follow his actual teachings.
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Scientists figure out why elephants don't get cancer
They have 20 copies of the TP53 tumour suppressive gene. Almost all other species, including humans, only have 1.
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Andrea Wulf: “The Invention Of Nature: Alexander Von Humboldt’s New World” (Diane Rehm Show)
Trekking across Latin America in the early 1800s, Alexander von Humboldt climbed the tallest volcanoes. He paddled down treacherous rivers. And he observed wildlife unknown to his fellow Europeans. Humboldt was the Shakespeare of the scientific world, in his day–famed for his explorations and vivid accounts of the natural world. He is in many ways the founding father of environmentalism: he predicted man-made climate change, and was the first to conceive of the natural world as an interconnected web. And yet he is largely forgotten. Now one historian says it’s time to restore him to his rightful place in the history of science. We investigate the lost legacy of Alexander von Humboldt.
Interview:
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2015-09-29/andrea-wulf-the-invention-of-nature-alexander-von-humboldts-new-world
Interview:
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2015-09-29/andrea-wulf-the-invention-of-nature-alexander-von-humboldts-new-world
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Dr. Ben Carson on the economy (Kai Ryssdal, Marketplace on NPR)
On Monday, Marketplace host Kai Ryssdal talked with Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson about his campaign, the economy, and how he would change the government if he were elected.
http://www.marketplace.org/topics/elections/full-interview-dr-ben-carson-economy
http://www.marketplace.org/topics/elections/full-interview-dr-ben-carson-economy
Rally Invites ‘Fellow Patriots, Veterans, Bikers, Rednecks And Good Ol’ Boys’ To Anti-Islam Protest
"Given the recent endorsement of Islamophobia by national public figures, it would only be prudent for mosque and community ... Read more
Kasich Says Mass Shootings Caused By ‘Loneliness,’ Not Easy Gun Access
"I don't think gun control would solve this problem," he said. The post Kasich Says Mass Shootings Caused By ... Read more
This Community In Alaska Is Relocating Because Of Climate Change
As erosion and rising seas destroy their land, residents of Newtok, Alaska, are hopeful that their community can be saved ... Read more
How This Amateur Porn Festival Is Changing The Way Americans Approach Sex
Dan Savage's HUMP! amateur porn film festival shines a new light on a long-shamed topic. ... Read more
Maine Governor Revives Old Rule To Punish Poor People For Saving Money
Dozens of states have abandoned punitive asset tests for food stamps in recent years. Maine wants to reinstate theirs...
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How Indiana Is Tackling Mass Shootings Without Gun Control
"The gun debate will always be there. Let's continue it, but in the meantime, there are real actionable steps we can ... Read more
Vigilante Gun Owner Opens Fire On Shoplifter In Home Depot Parking Lot
If this wannabe Dirty Harry were an actual cop, she almost certainly would have violated the Constitution. ... Read more
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