Best Talk Podcasts (2020)
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The day’s news made fast, fair and fun – in 10 minutes. Erica Mandy is like a trusted friend who always ‘gets’ both sides. She’s a veteran journalist who was tired of talking heads, alarmist headlines and monotone voices, so she created something different. The NewsWorthy is packed with politics, tech, business and entertainment from a variety of sources -- brought together in one, convenient place (and with a fun twist). Join the thousands of people already listening each weekday!
 
Post Reports is the daily podcast from The Washington Post. Unparalleled reporting. Expert insight. Clear analysis. Everything you’ve come to expect from the newsroom of The Post. For your ears. Martine Powers is your host, asking the questions you didn’t know you wanted answered. Published weekdays by 5 p.m. Eastern time.
 
Let's make sense of the world – together. From the economy and health care to politics and the environment – and so much more – On Point host Meghna Chakrabarti speaks with newsmakers and real people about the issues that matter most. On Point is produced by WBUR for NPR.
 
Fresh Air from WHYY, the Peabody Award-winning weekday magazine of contemporary arts and issues, is one of public radio's most popular programs. Hosted by Terry Gross, the show features intimate conversations with today's biggest luminaries.
 
America feels divided. From the most salient questions about our national identity and place in the world, to fundamental concerns about technology, religion, the economy, and public policy, Intelligence Squared U.S. is here to help. A respite from polarized discussions, we bring together the smartest minds to debate and dissect issues in depth, restoring civility and bringing intelligence to the public square in the process.
 
A weekly discussion of current affairs in China with journalists, writers, academics, policy makers, business people and anyone with something compelling to say about the country that's reshaping the world. A SupChina production, hosted by Kaiser Kuo and Jeremy Goldkorn.
 
Author and social critic Chris Hedges hosts a weekly interview show called ‘On Contact,’ which will air “dissident voices” currently missing from the mainstream media. Hedges interviews the black sheep of the establishment, leading discussions that can’t be heard anywhere else.
 
In Intelligence Matters, former acting Director of the CIA Michael Morell, speaks with top leaders of the U.S. intelligence community as they reflect on their life, career and the critical roles they play in shaping national security policies. As a central figure in the most significant U.S. counter-terror efforts of the past two decades and a former CIA intelligence analyst, Morell is uniquely skilled at taking industry leading knowledge to make connections that provide deep insight into co ...
 
Talk Python to Me is a weekly podcast hosted by developer and entrepreneur Michael Kennedy. We dive deep into the popular packages and software developers, data scientists, and incredible hobbyists doing amazing things with Python. If you're new to Python, you'll quickly learn the ins and outs of the community by hearing from the leaders. And if you've been Pythoning for years, you'll learn about your favorite packages and the hot new ones coming out of open source.
 
Journalists of color tell you what you’re missing from the mainstream news. Co-hosted by award-winning journalists Maria Hinojosa and Julio Ricardo Varela, IN THE THICK has the conversations about race, identity and politics few people are discussing or want to discuss.
 
The hot topics that have everyone talking from the five voices that will have everyone listening. Don't miss 'The Five' as they discuss, debate and at times debunk the hot news stories, controversies and issues of the day.
 
Every weekday, TED Talks Daily brings you the latest talks in audio. Join host and journalist Elise Hu for thought-provoking ideas on every subject imaginable — from Artificial Intelligence to Zoology, and everything in between — given by the world's leading thinkers and creators. With TED Talks Daily, find some space in your day to change your perspectives, ignite your curiosity, and learn something new.
 
Coronavirus! Climate! Brexit! Trump! Politics has never been more unpredictable, more alarming or more interesting: Talking Politics is the podcast that tries to make sense of it all. Every week David Runciman and Helen Thompson talk to the most interesting people around about the ideas and events that shape our world: from history to economics, from philosophy to fiction. What does the future hold? Can democracy survive? How crazy will it get? This is the political conversation that matters ...
 
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Sports promoter Eddie Hearn, presenter and comedian Elis James, former GB athlete and sports presenter Kath Merry and comic Matt Forde join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry, humour and entertainment.Points are awarded for informed comment, wit and passion, but taken away for nonsense and answers lacking in conviction.In the final round…
 
This week on the Best of Car Talk, can Ray grant one listener's Christmas wish by snorting less? And why can't Bob stop laughing about his Geo's starting problem? Elsewhere, Alan's Lincoln is starting to sound eerily like his mother; Karen's Caravan's dashboard is telling her she's always going 120 miles per hour on an empty gas tank; Steph wants t…
 
As a police officer, Jeremy Brewer interacts with individuals experiencing trauma and loss on a daily basis. Giving us a peek into this little-discussed aspect of the job, Brewer shares thoughtful insights on why respecting people's space is sometimes more important than trying to fix an unfixable moment -- and explains how you can use this approac…
 
This week we discuss CentOS going upstream, Kubernetes removes Docker support and who’s buying the AirPods Max. Plus, Coté critiques Apple’s Notes App. The Rundown CentOS CentOS is dead, long live CentOS Stream Red Hat resets CentOS Linux and users are angry Meet Rocky Linux: New RHEL Fork by the Original CentOS Creator Docker Don't Panic: Kubernet…
 
As we wait for a Brexit deal or no deal, we discuss what the next year might hold for French and Italian politics. What are Macron's prospects as he heads towards the next presidential election? Has Giorgia Meloni replaced Matteo Salvini as the leader of the Italian far right? And what chance of a return to political normalcy in either country? Wit…
 
Henry Jeffreys is features editor of Masters of Malt, and author of The Cocktail Dictionary. On the podcast, he tells Lara Prendergast and Olivia Potts about living like the Goodfellas in Leeds, being 'portly' at university, and enjoying his mum's apple and bramble pie. Table Talk is a series of podcasts where Lara Prendergast and Olivia Potts talk…
 
In this episode of Talk Nerdy, Cara is joined by award-winning science journalist Angela Saini to talk about her book "Superior: The Return of Race Science." They discuss the deep roots of scientific racism from taxonomy to eugenics and beyond, including its present-day incarnations. They also talk about emergent themes of her previous book, "Infer…
 
When we think about accounts and security, we often think about identity (logging in and proving who you are). But for many applications, especially internal apps at large organizations, that's just step one. The next step is what can you do and what can you not do. In this episode, you'll learn about a new library called oso. It's a declarative wa…
 
On this week's "Face the Nation," the FDA has approved Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use -- how quickly can it be distributed -- as coronavirus cases continue to surge? We hear from Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and Former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb. Plus interviews with Louisiana Democratic Congressman Cedric Richmon…
 
It's been nearly five years since Italian student Giulio Regeni was tortured and killed in Egypt.New videos obtained by Al Jazeera suggest security services followed the 28-year old for more than a month before he disappeared.Italian prosecutors, frustrated by a lack of cooperation from Egypt, have charged four Egyptian agents with kidnapping and m…
 
Amid the death and desperation of the Auschwitz concentration camp, two inmates, David Wisnia and Helen Spitzer, found love. On today’s episode, the story of how they found each other — first within the camp and again, seven decades later. This story was written by Keren Blankfeld and recorded by Audm. To hear more audio stories from publishers lik…
 
On the show this week, Chris Hedges talks to journalist Diana Johnstone about the betrayal of the left with its historical role as the champion of social justice and peace now replaced with the boutique activism of identity politics, political correctness and what has become known as humanitarian intervention, the justification of US and NATO adven…
 
This week marked the so-called safe harbor deadline when states have certified their results for the U.S. presidential election. Typically, by the safe harbor deadline, election-related challenges at the state level are wrapped up. But, President Trump is continuing to claim - without proof - that the results in many of the states that voted for Jo…
 
Five years ago, world leaders signed the Paris Climate Agreement to cut carbon emissions and stop global temperature rises.However, the last five years have been the warmest on record.The coronavirus pandemic is providing some hope of a green, climate-led recovery.In collaboration with the UN Environment Programme's Champions of the Earth award, we…
 
[audio mp3="http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/2020-12-12_James_Corbett.mp3"][/audio]via LiveFreeNow.show: In this powerful interview, John Bush talks to James Corbett of the Corbett Report to shine light on how COVID-19 has accelerated the insider's plans to usher in a technocratic and authoritarian global government.…
 
On this week's episode, the Spectator's deputy US editor, Dominic Green, argues that if Joe Biden departs from Donald Trump’s foreign policy, American interests will be harmed. (01:00) After, Tanya Gold reads her interview with Belle Delphine, the 21-year-old who earns more than $1 million a month from videos she posts online. (13:25) Lionel Shrive…
 
Kate Winslet co-stars in the new film 'Ammonite' as Mary Anning, a 19th-century paleontologist who has an intense love affair with the wife of a geologist. We talk about her new film and how things have changed for women in Hollywood. Singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III and Nighthawks bandleader Vince Giordano collaborated on the 1920s and '30s…
 
Chris discusses the Supreme Court rejecting Texas' and Trump's bid to overturn election results in four battleground states won by Biden with Ana Navarro and Michael Smerconish. He continues that conversation with Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro. Chris wraps up the show with Dr. Sanjay Gupta and Dr. Leana Wen on the FDA approving Pfizer'…
 
The modern world is an integrated system of almost unfathomable complexity, built upon sub systems, technologies, people and practices that if partially removed or neglected sufficiently, result in disastrous supply chain break downs as witnessed in wartime or as the world seized up in response to an over-hyped flu virus in 2020. One of the industr…
 
The Supreme Court rejected a bid from Texas' attorney general, which was supported by President Donald Trump, to block millions of ballots in four battleground states that went in favor of President-elect Joe Biden. Even the justices who Trump placed on the court had no interest in allowing this latest legal bid to continue. CNN Political Correspon…
 
It’s OFFICIAL! The Pfizer vaccine gets the official nod from the FDA and HHS Secretary Alex Azar tells "Good Morning America" that people could get the vaccine as soon as Monday or Tuesday. Looks like nine states will give the vaccine to prisoners first and then the general public. Will the mask mandate be over after the vaccine comes to the public…
 
Maria and Julio dive into some of the biggest stories of the week! They give an update on the latest with the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S. and talk about how President-elect Joe Biden's latest nominations will impact the current health crisis. They also discuss the latest with the case of Army specialist Vanessa Guillén and give their thoughts …
 
FORTY FOUR States Now DISPUTING The Election, 126 GOP Reps Sign On REJECTING Biden, Support Trump. In an (almost) unprecedented move 126 members of the Republican party serving in the US House of Representatives have signed an amici curiae in support of Texas and president Trump. Democrats insist that the lawsuit from Texas is frivolous but at this…
 
What can go wrong when police are the ones responding to mental health crises. And grieving virtually during the pandemic. Read more: The final moments of Stacy Kenny’s life are captured on a recorded 911 call. Kenny, who had been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, begs an emergency operator to explain why she’s been pulled over. The officers –…
 
A federal judge recently ordered the Trump administration to reinstate DACA — the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program— to its original form and to start accepting new applications. But the window of time to do so might be short-lived. And, what are the implications of the newly inked deal between Israel and Morocco to normalize relations…
 
Richard Nixon's first vice president, Spiro Agnew, resigned in 1973 amidst charges of bribery and tax evasion. MSNBC host Rachel Maddow and producer Mike Yarvitz investigated the Agnew scandal in the podcast 'Bag Man.' Now their work on the podcast has been adapted into a book, 'Bag Man: The Wild Crimes, Audacious Cover-Up, and Spectacular Downfall…
 
Singapore recently gave regulatory approval to a U.S.-based start-up behind chicken meat that does not come from slaughtered animals but is instead cultured in a laboratory. We speak with the CEO of Eat Just. Also, singer-songwriter Natalia Lafourcade discusses her album "Un Canto Por Mexico." All album proceeds benefit the reconstruction of a vita…
 
When the pandemic is in the rear window and we can go out safely and breathe within 6 feet of friends and strangers, what are the first things you’re going to do? We want to hear your post-pandemic fantasy. Is it a crowded dance floor? A trip around the globe? Or just simply dropping your kid off at school? And, what will you miss from this time? I…
 
The federal government and 46 states filed sweeping antitrust lawsuits against Facebook on Wednesday, alleging that the social media company is illegally maintaining a monopoly that crushes competition and harms users. The lawsuits, filed in Washington, D.C., seek remedies that could require Facebook to sell off WhatsApp and Instagram. We'll talk a…
 
President Donald Trump’s lawsuits to contest the election results, riddled with errors and bogus claims, have consistently failed in the courts. Even so, more than 100 House Republicans on Thursday signed an amicus brief in support of a lawsuit by Texas’ attorney general seeking to overturn the results in four swing states. We talk with New York Ti…
 
Today on The Editors, Rich, Charlie, and Jim discuss Texas’s ridiculous lawsuit, the ongoing investigation into Hunter Biden, and the Democratic outcry over General Austin. Editors’ picks: • Rich: Ryan Mills’s piece “The Data Analysts Who Believe They’ve Uncovered Widespread Illegal Voting in Georgia” • Charlie: Jim Geraghty’s post “Is Biden Just P…
 
During the pandemic, people are changing the way they celebrate old and new holiday traditions. We talk with two professors about what it's like to observe traditions and rituals during this time. And, Port Henry in New York is home to 1,200 residents and one local lake monster named Champ. Some residents are banking that Champ could help jumpstart…
 
Ghana's opposition NDC presidential candidate, John Mahama, has called into question the credibility of the elections results and refuses to accept defeat.Istanbul Basaksehir football star Nacer Chadli on why players walked off the pitch in solidarity to support the team’s Cameroonian assistant coach.And the Resident Presidents are hopeful a pesky …
 
Americans still traveled for Thanksgiving, despite Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warnings to stay home. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin puts forward a stimulus plan. The U.K. administers the first clinically-approved vaccine. Tens of thousands of farmers strike in India. Want to support 1A? Give to your local public radio station and…
 
Friday, 12/11 Listen as Chris talks about the mainstream media finally looking into the Hunter Biden NY Post story, the ongoing push for the Texas case to reach the Supreme Court, Eric Swalwell and his relationship with the Chinese spy, and Time Magazine naming Joe Biden and Kamala Harris 'Person of the Year'. See omnystudio.com/listener for privac…
 
In the nine months that the coronavirus pandemic has ravaged the U.S., the most vulnerable Americans have struggled to keep up with monthly expenses. Eight million Americans have fallen into poverty since May, and today, there are 10 million fewer employed people than there were before the pandemic. By quickly passing the $2.2 trillion CARES Act, C…
 
Morocco is joining three other Arab nations in establishing diplomatic ties with Israel. The Trump administration negotiated the four deals in what many are describing as a Quid Pro Quo style.In the case of Morocco, normalisation came in exchange of a U-S proclamation of sovereignty.The outgoing U.S. president recognised the Kingdom of Morocco's cl…
 
As coronavirus cases spike, the US and other countries are looking to measures such as COVID-19 vaccines and rapid self-testing. But steps such as mask-wearing and social distancing remain critical. As part of our regular series of conversations about the pandemic and as a special episode in The World's podcast feed, reporter Elana Gordon moderated…
 
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