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Tungsten and Humanesque sit down to challenge each other to the worst bad movies in the world. Breaking them down scene by scene together to humorous effect, Amateur Colonscopy digs down deep into the bowels of cinematic crap to provide you with nuggets of gold.
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newsCOUP: ”Overthrow The Status Quo” on Public Herald’s podcast with co-founder Joshua Pribanic. https://publicherald.org/newscoup
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Jordan Chariton's Status Coup podcast is the progressive alternative to the Trump-Media-Industrial-Complex: Real stories of struggle, corruption, injustice, and communities. It's time for a journalistic coup d'état of the status quo! Subscribe and rate this podcast! Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/statuscoup Support Status Coup News monthly via Patreon: http://Patreon.com/JordanCharitonReports Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/statuscoup/support
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I Just Wanna Be Hiker Trash (Thru-hikers, Backpackers, and Outdoor Adventurers)
Scott "Hell Ya Jesus" Hughes
What the hell is "Hiker Trash?" Some wear the term as a badge of honor, others use it in disgust, but Hiker Trash is more than a mere adjective for a dirty thru-hiker. Hiker Trash is a philosophy, a way of life, potentially even a catalyst for finding meaning. Thru-hiker, Scott "Hell Ya Jesus" Hughes, shares and explores what it really means to be Hiker Trash through personal anecdotes and interviews with hikers, adventurers and all those who challenge the status quo in Hiker Trash fashion
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This Podcast answers questions surrounding relationships. Jillian and Marion are two truth tellers in the big city willing to give listeners a straight answer. Just like King Solomon said,"Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but deceitful are the kisses of an enemy," These two Ladies are friends you can count on. Telling a friend something they do not want to hear, like warning them about a relationship, takes balls and not everyone is willing to risk a friendship to ask the tough questions ...
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Marketplace® is the leading business news program in the nation. We bring you clear explorations of how economic news affects you, through stories, conversations, newsworthy numbers and more. The Marketplace All-in-One podcast provides each episode of the public radio broadcast programs Marketplace, Marketplace Morning Report®and Marketplace Tech® along with our podcasts Make Me Smart, Corner Office and The Uncertain Hour. Visit marketplace.org for more. From American Public Media. Twitter: ...
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The Bloodbaths is the first book of Steve Libbey's new Aqua Pura Trilogy, a sword and sandal fantasy featuring a plumber on an epic quest to win back his beloved. Mercedes Lackey says: "Steve Libbey gives the 'sword-and-sandal' epic a kick in the tunic and propels it into the gestalt of the 21st century, with an everyman hero whose brains triumph over brawn."Crixus Oraan is a water artesan, an engineer who builds aqueducts and piping for bathhouses and mansions in the empire of Rond (which b ...
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Job creation slowed sharply in July, the Labor Department reported today. One sector that took a hit is information and entertainment. That includes data processors, moviemakers, software publishers and — ahem — broadcasters and news websites. Do those job losses signal a meaningful change or was it just an off month for the field? Plus, shipping r…
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The U.S. economy is still adding jobs, but there’s a slowdown
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The economy added 114,000 jobs in July. Analysts were expecting a slowdown, but not that much of one. Unemployment rose more than expected too. Markets are tumbling on the news amid worries that the Federal Reserve may have waited too long to cut interest rates. We’ll discuss. Plus, a housing crunch means pain for furniture retailers, and a grassro…
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Climate change and a reverse mass migration?
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We’re in the middle of another heat wave, which can make cooler parts of the country seem more attractive. And a new analysis shows that some Americans are reversing migration patterns. Typically, people are leaving colder states for warmer ones. Now, more Americans are staying put, while others are moving from warmer places to cooler ones. But fir…
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From the BBC World Service: Fencing is currently having its moment on the Olympic stage in Paris and has been around since the very first modern, organized Olympics. And in the United Kingdom, one grassroots group is making fencing more accessible, investing in growing its popularity and helping Muslim women and girls access more organized sport. A…
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Bytes: Week in Review — Kids’ online safety legislation, Meta’s AI and EV regrets
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Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta is expanding AI offerings across its products, even as the company gets rid of AI features that haven’t quite landed with consumers. The bottom line? CEO Mark Zuckerberg says “Meta AI is on track to be the most used AI assistant in the world by the end of the year.”Then, the Wall Street Journal’s senior pe…
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Making more stuff without working more hours
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Strong productivity growth last quarter coupled with recent wage growth means we’re generating more output and, at least to some extent, getting paid for it. In this episode, why productivity growth prevents a wage-price spiral. Plus, California wants to build an offshore wind turbine assembly plant, national economics impact national performance i…
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“A light at the end of the tunnel” for mortgage rates?
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Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has set the stage for the central bank’s first rate cut in four years — but we’ll still likely have to wait a few weeks. Anticipation of a rate cut has already had ripple effects across markets, including for mortgage rates. Then, there’s a shortage of poll workers. What’s being done to boost hiring? Plus, the…
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How the government is deploying nearly $1 trillion two years on
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It’s been about two years since President Joe Biden signed the CHIPS and Science law. A week after that anniversary marks two years since the signing of the the Inflation Reduction Act. Today, we’re joined by Heather Boushey, a member of the White House’s Council of Economic Advisers, to discuss what the arrival of federal investments is beginning …
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What to expect as the EU’s sweeping AI rule goes into effect
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From the BBC World Service: The world’s first comprehensive set of rules governing artificial intelligence has come into force across the European Union, but it’ll take two years for the law to be fully implemented. Plus, tensions between Israel and the militant group Hezbollah are making a dire economic situation even worse for people in Lebanon. …
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There’s always been something aspirational about the term “smart home.” It was coined by a residential builder association here in the U.S. back in the mid-’80s, long before the inventions we now think of as hallmarks of the smart home. Today, 42% of American households with internet own at least one smart home device, according to the market resea…
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The Federal Reserve kept its key interest rate as is today, but rate adjustments aren’t the only monetary policy tool at the Fed’s disposal — don’t forget quantitative tightening and easing. In this episode, we explain why buying and selling government debt can help to balance out the economy. Plus, companies look for smaller but swankier offices, …
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When what looks like one restaurant is actually dozens
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Restaurants are having a tough year, with high prices keeping customers away. Cue some innovation. Today, we’ll visit Wonder on New York City’s Upper West Side, which looks like a typical fast-food place from the outside but is actually a startup serving dishes from multiple restaurant brands. We’ll also learn more about Boeing’s space travel busin…
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Central bankers can adjust something called the Fed Funds interest rate in a way that makes borrowing more or less expensive in their campaign to bring inflation down to a healthy rate. But it’s like a lot of things in life: Timing is everything. We’ll discuss what to expect. Also on the show: Home purchase deals fell apart in June, and Roblox, the…
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ByteDance’s Singapore workers suffer mass food poisoning
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From the BBC World Service: Dozens of employees at ByteDance, the company behind TikTok, have been hospitalized after what seems to be a food poisoning outbreak. Then, heavy rains have caused deadly landslides In the Indian state of Kerala, known for its tea plantations. And South Africa is the latest country to welcome remote workers known as digi…
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A lifesaving medical technology puts some patients on a “bridge to nowhere”
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Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, or ECMO, can be a lifesaving technology for patients whose organs have failed. It works, essentially, by performing the functions that a healthy person’s lungs and heart would normally do. While using the machine, many recipients of ECMO treatment can walk, talk, even ride a stationary bike, but they can’t leave…
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When Big Tech earnings reports come out this week, traders will scrutinize how much was spent on artificial intelligence. The billions of dollars invested haven’t translated into profit — at least not yet — and Wall Street is getting impatient. Also in this episode: We’ll break down the latest job openings data, uncover why housing contract cancell…
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The global rise of right-wing populism (rerun)
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It’s been a few months since our deep dive on populism, but following the annoucement of JD Vance as Trump’s VP pick, the term is back in the headlines. Today, we’re revisiting that episode because it’s important to know what populism is and isn’t, and why a specific brand of populism is on the rise. We will be back next week with new episodes afte…
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