The headlines for this week include the investigation of the Gothamist into Mayor Adams' candidacy petitions and the winding down of the Corporation for Public Broadcast. We also have economic indicators and a new bill that aims at limiting stock trading by congresspeople.

Forged signatures found on Mayor Adams’ petition to run

Mayor Adams reacts to bogus signatures allegations

CPB announced that it will start winding down operations

Economy rebounds to 3% economic growth

Bureau of Labor Statistics July report

Job market barely budges in July

Trump fires Labor statistics chief

Senate committee moves trading bill forward

This week topics include: the data company Astronomer chose an interesting spokesperson. Followed by are leaning seats in airplanes close to becoming a reality? We end the podcast with the rise of glucose monitors.

Also, if you want to support local news stations affected by Trump's budget cuts, consider adopting a station that stands to loose over 50% of its funding.

https://adoptastation.org/

Other links:

Company involved in Coldplay kiss cam hires spokesperson

No official requests for standing seats on airplanes

The rise in popularity of glucose trackers

Can sleep trackers make sleep worse?

As congress approved defunding the Public Broadcast Corporation, President Trump sued the Wall Street Journal, and a new Pew Research survey showed that most people are not getting behind the paywall of news content.

Trump sued the Wall Street Journal

Jeffrey Epstein’s Friends Sent Him Bawdy Letters

Congress rolls back public media funding

Americans are not paying for the news

Prof. Matthew Facciani on Threads

The headlines for the week are:

The court blocked the measure that was meant to make canceling subscription-based services easier. /There's a new messaging app in town/ Trump is insisting on cuts to PBS and NPR.

Decision by the 8th circuit on FTC’s one-click cancel rule

Center for Consumer Law defends one-click rule

US Chamber of Commerce argues one-click rule is overreach

Guess who’s suing the FTC One click-to-cancel rule blocked

New Messaging App

Security concerns with Bitchat

Trump wants more cuts to PBS and NPR

What is a rescission package?

PBS WARN

President Trump signed the Big Beautiful Bill into law, and some people are elated others are very concern. We also have a tropical storm this week and on happy news NYC public libraries got more funding and Tiny Chef is finding support from fans.

Winners and losers of the Big Beautiful Bill

Energy-related priorities of the Big Beautiful Bill

Storm Chantal How to prepare for hurricane season

Libraries get more funding Tiny chef is still unemployed

For this mini episode the headlines are a mayoral election (but not the one you're thinking off), the latest chapter of the Trump administration's crackdown on universities and the advice the Senate parliamentarian gave about the Bill Beautiful Bill.

Miami City Commission postpones election

UVA president resign under pressure from the US Justice Dept.

More than 50 universities under investigation

Medicaid provisions can’t go through reconciliation

The role of the parliamentarian

This is a little mini episode while we're on summer hiatus with some interesting headlines.

Pet dogs could be considered family members

Federal land for sale

How could Alaska be impacted by selling off federal land

EPA to revert ban total ban on asbestos

Your brain on ChatGPT

This is not about the ludicrous conspiracy theories, in our last episode before summer hiatus we discuss the more subtle conspiracy mentality that makes it harder to fight misinformation.

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This is not about the ludicrous conspiracy theories, in our last episode before summer hiatus we discuss the more subtle conspiracy mentality that makes it harder to fight misinformation.

California National Guard, Marines descend into LA, Protests against Tesla’s Robotaxi, New IRS Commissioner, US Steel and Nippon Steel merge, A new dinosaur

Main course:

• Meta study on what motivates people to believe in conspiracy theories
• The conspiratorial mind

Music from Master Planned Music.

We had some technical difficulties while Anna is traveling, but Maso is discussing some of the important headlines you might have missed this week

• Secretary of commerce v. a banana
• Is the administration looking for tariff reciprocity?
• Education Department says Columbia is not compliant
• Indiana bill that would amend tenure
• Budget bill gave more power to IU governor
• Indiana Governor removed IU trustees
• Reactions to trustee removal
• SCOTUS grants DOGE access to the Social Security system

Music from Master Planned Music.

This week we talk about how political polarization has made some people more reluctant to talk to journalists or in some cases even aggressive against reporters.

Tropical storm Alvin, Siamese crocodiles release, Judge blocks restrictions on Harvard, Trump cancels birdflue vaccines, Climate projections

Main course:

• Pew Research: Public Trust on Scientists

Sweet Treat:

• A brief history of the Plate Tectonic Theory
• Development of Tectonic Theory

Tip your waiter:

• Secrets of the woodpeckers’ tongues
• Woodpeckers, sounds wild

Music from Master Planned Music.