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  There are signs that U.S. opinion might be shifting on Israel and its illegal occupation of the Palestinian territories. Democrats and younger U.S. voters, including young Jewish voters, are shifting to a more pro-Palestine position, according to recent polls. There are now two members of Congress — Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar — who…

Only a few short years ago, Elizabeth Holmes, a Stanford University dropout turned technology startup CEO, was the youngest self-made female billionaire in the world and heralded as “the next Steve Jobs” by Silicon Valley’s elite. Theranos, the biotech company she founded in 2003, at age 19, raked in nearly $1 billion in venture capital…

Host: Benjamin Thompson Welcome back to the Nature Podcast. This week, we’ll be finding out how economic downturns affect public health. Host: Shamini Bundell And simulating supermassive black holes. I’m Shamini Bundell. Host: Benjamin Thompson And I’m Benjamin Thompson. [Jingle] Interviewer: Benjamin Thompson Over the past few weeks, there have been some rumblings in the…

Fiction podcasts have always felt one step behind the culture. The audio drama’s great and unexpected resurgence in this decade, thanks to the rise of podcasting’s listen-whenever-and-wherever-you-like technology, has produced a cutting-edge genre that seems somehow suspended in time. Maybe it’s because so many scripted podcasts have borrowed from old radio plays. Or maybe it’s…

Interrogating the Change Makers  The New York Times This is change that doesn’t necessarily change anything,” Anand Giridharadas says. Read More.

This week’s Construction Record podcast dives into community benefits agreements in Toronto, as well as the intense discussion around Bill 66 in Ontario as national editor Vince Versace, daily editor Lindsey Cole and staff writer Don Wall bring you the latest in construction news. Vince and Lindsey start the podcast with a leap into a…

On Monday morning, I woke up to a tweet from Sam Harris, the bestselling author and popular podcast host, referencing a debate we never quite had over race and IQ. Harris is touting a New York Times op-ed by David Reich arguing that “it is simply no longer possible to ignore average genetic differences among…

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga students have been working on an original podcast series to to tell the story and highlight the history of Chattanooga’s M.L. King Boulevard. The student podcasts, titled “Stories From the Big 9,” were made possible by a partnership through UTC, the city of Chattanooga and WUTC.  “It’s important that we…

Jonathan Capehart Opinion writer focusing on the intersection of social and cultural issues and politics “Cape Up” is Jonathan’s weekly podcast talking to key figures behind the news and our culture. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher and anywhere else you listen to podcasts. The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial. (Jonathan Capehart/The Washington Post) ((Jonathan Capehart/The…