Mixed Feelings

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Mixed Feelings episodes

September 07, 2017 40: So Much Cooler Than Me
Topics include: the DACA repeal, branded teachers, and Indonesian heavy metal rockers.
Links and Show Notes: Trump has decided to end DACA, with 6-month delay - Politico Five myths about DACA - The Washington Post The night John McCain killed the GOP’s health-care fight - The Washington Post Silicon Valley Courts Brand-Name Teachers, Raising Ethics Issues - The New York Times Why Don’t More Men Go Into Teaching? - The New York Times In Indonesia, 3 Muslim Girls Fight for Their Right to Play Heavy Metal - The New York Times
48 min
August 31, 2017 39: I Live on Earth
Topics include: flooding across the world, sperm count studies, experimental stem cell treatments, and Taylor Swift.
Links and Show Notes: Where to Donate to Harvey Victims (and How to Avoid Scams) - The New York Times How to Help South Asia Flooding Victims - InStyle Help victims of mudslides and floods in Sierra Leone - Public Good Hurricane Harvey and the inevitable question of climate change - The Washington Post Death toll climbs to over 400 in Sierra Leone floods - Al Jazeera South Asia floods kill 1,200 and shut 1.8 million children out of school - The Guardian One-armed machete-wielding man in creepy clown mask arrested in Maine - USA Today Most men in the US and Europe could be infertile by 2060 - World Economic Forum FDA Takes Aim At Clinics Selling Unapproved Stem-Cell Treatments - NPR Tuskegee syphilis experiment - Wikipedia Taylor Swift’s ‘Look What You Made Me Do’ Breaks Records - Variety Charli XCX - Boys [Official Video] - YouTube
51 min
August 24, 2017 38: These Bros Ain't Loyal
Topics include: the solar eclipse, Steve Bannon, confederate statues, and Joss Whedon.
Links and Show Notes: Meet the Couple Getting Married During the Solar Eclipse - Time Why Can't You Look at the Sun During a Solar Eclipse? - Sciencing Can Animals Sense Earthquakes? - National Geographic Eclipse Science - xkcd Bannon Was Set for a Graceful Exit. Then Came Charlottesville. - The New York Times Steve Bannon Readies His Revenge - Vanity Fair Breitbart.com Analytics - Market Share Stats & Traffic Ranking Yale to change Calhoun College’s name to honor Grace Murray Hopper - YaleNews University of Texas Removes Four Confederate Statues Overnight - NBC News Taylor Swift, After A Cryptic Week, Announces New Record - NPR
Big update since our recording!
Joss Whedon Is a ‘Hypocrite Preaching Feminist Ideals,’ Ex-Wife Kai Cole Says - The Wrap
47 min
August 17, 2017 37: Your Racist Uncle
Topics include: White supremacy in Charlottesville and the initial fallout, Taylor Swift's sexual assault trial.
Links and Show Notes: Milan Statue A Guide to the Charlottesville Aftermath - The New York Times Charlottesville: What made Trump remarks so offensive? - BBC News What Trump Got Wrong on Charlottesville - The New York Times From tiki torches to hockey, Charlottesville compels brands to denounce their white supremacist patrons - The Washington Post Fundraiser by Unity C-ville Southern Poverty Law Center - Donate Life After Hate - Donate Taylor Swift Spoke Up. Sexual Assault Survivors Were Listening. - The New York Times Taylor Swift: 5 of the most powerful quotes from her sexual assault trial testimony - The Independent Membership - Relay FM
46 min
August 10, 2017 36: Lactose Intolerance is a Social Construct
Topics include: mosque attacks and presidential responses, New York public transportation crisis, and the Google diversity memo.
Links and Show Notes: Membership - Relay FM Trump's ad-libbed North Korean missile crisis - CNN Minnesota Governor Calls Mosque Attack a ‘Criminal Act of Terrorism’ - The New York Times Trump still has not condemned the Minnesota mosque bombing. Muslim leaders are waiting. - The Washington Post New York’s Subways Are Not Just Delayed. Some Trains Don’t Run at All. - The New York Times De Blasio Proposes Tax on Wealthy to Fix New York City’s Crumbling Subways - Bloomberg Legacy: The True Inglorious History of President Obama - Irene, Petteice - Google Books Google fires diversity memo author - BBC News Here Are the Citations for the Anti-Diversity Manifesto Circulating at Google - Motherboard
1 hr 1 min
August 03, 2017 35: Maybe She's Born With It
Topics include: gene editing, immigration, creative prison escape, and alternate history television shows.
Guest Starring:
Rachel Foster
Links and Show Notes: Become a Relay FM Member Why The Mooch Lost His Cool - Huffington Post Human embryos edited to stop disease - BBC News Trump, GOP senators introduce bill to slash legal immigration levels - The Washington Post Trump backs plan that would curb legal immigration - CNN Politics Indecent (play) - Wikipedia Ala. Peanut Butter Jailbreak Ends With Capture Of Final Inmate - NPR Confederate: will a grassroots movement sink the controversial HBO series? - The Guardian Amazon’s ‘Black America’ Imagines a New Nation in the South - The New York Times
59 min
July 27, 2017 34: Libertarian Land
Topics include: Scaramucci, eugenics, universal basic income, middle class stores, and plastic surgery.
Links and Show Notes: Membership - Relay FM Humans Need Not Apply - CGP Grey White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer Resigns After Trump Shakeup - NBC News Scaramucci deletes old tweets after becoming Trump's comms director - Business Insider Tennessee judge to inmates: Get sterilized and I'll shave off jail time - The Washington Post Michael Kors to Buy Jimmy Choo in $1.2 Billion Deal - The New York Times Dimpleplasty, Or "Designer Dimples," Is Now A Growing Plastic Surgery Trend Among Millennials - Elite Daily
1 hr 1 min
July 20, 2017 33: Bring Everything Crumbling Down
Topics include: salaries at the BBC, modesty laws in Saudi Arabia, and Doctor Who.
Links and Show Notes: BBC pay: Chris Evans tops list of best-paid stars - BBC News BBC Annual Report and Accounts 2016/17 Saudi Arabia Releases Woman Arrested for Wearing Skirt in Public - The New York Times Doctor Who: Jodie Whittaker to be 13th Doctor – and first woman in role - The Guardian ROASTING Female Doctor Who Haters - YouTube
41 min
July 13, 2017 32: Fighting Mode, 100% of the Time
Topics include: Donald Trump Jr. and Russia, Hobby Lobby, and Philando Castile.
Links and Show Notes: Russian Dirt on Clinton? ‘I Love It,’ Donald Trump Jr. Said - The New York Times Donald Trump Jr.'s Russia Emails Bring Heat to White House - Time Trump publicly defends Trump Jr: 'Most people would have taken that meeting' - The Guardian Groupthink - Wikipedia Ivanka Trump Sat In for Her Father at the G-20 Leaders' Table - Bloomberg At G20, Ivanka Trump takes the spotlight - and a seat - Reuters Max Temkin on Twitter: ""Trump's never going to get out of this one, they got em" - me, every day for the last year" Hobby Lobby fined for buying smuggled Iraqi artefacts - Al Jazeera Hobby Lobby: Christian firm's artefact smuggling case settled - BBC News Elgin Marbles - Wikipedia Minnesota Officer Acquitted in Killing of Philando Castile - The New York Times Philando Castile: Jeronimo Yanez Acquitted of Manslaughter - Time Rob Kardashian Punched Blac Chyna According To Docs - Refinery 29
49 min
June 22, 2017 31: Get On My Level, Mom
We had to prerecord an episode this week, so we went full meta. Topics include: the 2016 election and fallout since, partisanship in news and in conversation, and the responsibilities of a news podcast.
Links and Show Notes: United States presidential election, 2016 - Wikipedia Mixed Feelings #2: We All Need Each Other - Relay FM The source of America's political polarization? It's us - LA Times A sociologist explains how American politics got so polarized - Business Insider
53 min

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Every episode, your hosts spoke about their favorite news stories of the week … and probably at least one random current event that has nothing to do with anything. Hosted by Gillian Parker and Quinn…