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On this edition of the Black & Gold Banneret Podcast, Jeff, Eric and Brian talk about the latest on the Johnny Dawkins/Vanderbilt situation with Ken Jackson of Community Sports Report Orlando and the Osceola News-Gazette. They then recap the wild weekend that was with the UCF Knights nearly pulling off the spectacular upset of #1…

Season One Anthem: Homunculus Portrait by OR Gotham courtesy of Anthem Podcast </div> </div> <p>Award-winning&nbsp;author and director&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cameron_Mitchell" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" data-ga-track="ExternalLink:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cameron_Mitchell">John Cameron Mitchell</a> is a childhood hero to many for whom the poignant&nbsp;and cutting-edge musical&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedwig_and_the_Angry_Inch_(film)" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" data-ga-track="ExternalLink:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedwig_and_the_Angry_Inch_(film)"><em data-ga-track="ExternalLink:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedwig_and_the_Angry_Inch_(film)">Hedwig and the Angry Inch</em></a> was a soundtrack to their…

D.C. United has a busy week and Filibuster is here to keep you updated on it. Adam, Jason, and Ben talk about D.C. United’s two disparate performances against New York City FC and the Columbus Crew. We talk about the central midfield, United’s surprising road form, and the variances in formation between the games. We…

In recent years, several venture capital firms in Silicon Valley have made public strides to become more diverse after decades of being predominantly led by white men. But Freada Kapor Klein, a venture capitalist who has advocated for diversity in tech since the 1980s, isn’t impressed by their progress. “Writ large, flunk,” she said on…

Last year, award-winning journalists Julia Angwin and Jeff Larson left ProPublica to start a data-driven media startup called The Markup. This week, the future of not-yet-launched The Markup appeared to be in jeopardy, as Angwin was fired by Larson and their other co-founder Sue Gardner, and most of their reporters publicly resigned in solidarity. On…

In recent years, the opioid crisis and the toll it has taken on American families has dominated headlines. Now that nearly 400,000 American lives have been lost, there’s been much debate over who the true culprits behind the epidemic are, from Big Pharma to doctors to billlionaire families like the Sacklers, which are now facing…

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I know what you’re thinking: Another story on Luminary? Well, they keep making news. Start here if you want some background on why they’ve angered the podcast community and had a rough first week. (Previous stories here and here.) Here’s the quick summary of where we left things yesterday. Luminary’s podcast app pulls in feeds…