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S1 Ep41: The Wedding, Manet&#39;s Decline, and the Posthumous Fight Over Morisot&#39;s Legacy. Sebastian Smee discusses how in the aftermath of the &quot;terrible year,&quot; Édouard Manet painted Berthe Morisot several times in a series Smee considers one of the greatest records o
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The Wedding, Manet&#39;s Decline, and the Posthumous Fight Over Morisot&#39;s Legacy. Sebastian Smee discusses how in the aftermath of the &quot;terrible year,&quot; Édouard Manet painted Berthe Morisot several times in a series Smee considers one of the greatest records of intimacy in art history. Manet resolved the situation by setting Berthe up with his brother, Eugène Manet, who proved to be a good husband w...
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S1 Ep41: Sincerity, Transience, and the Domestic Focus of Berthe Morisot&#39;s Art. Sebastian Smee discusses how the Impressionists&#39; defining characteristic was plein air painting—painting outside directly in front of the subject. Berthe Morisot was highly innovative,
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Sincerity, Transience, and the Domestic Focus of Berthe Morisot&#39;s Art. Sebastian Smee discusses how the Impressionists&#39; defining characteristic was plein air painting—painting outside directly in front of the subject. Berthe Morisot was highly innovative, concentrating on women at home doing ordinary, domestic activities. Her work was quick, often using only a few brushstrokes, conveying the im...
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S1 Ep41: May 1871: Bloody Week and Morisot&#39;s Transformation Into a Professional Artist. Sebastian Smee discusses how the Commune began to fall when French government forces returned to retake the city, resulting in Bloody Week in May 1871. The civil conflict was a
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May 1871: Bloody Week and Morisot&#39;s Transformation Into a Professional Artist. Sebastian Smee discusses how the Commune began to fall when French government forces returned to retake the city, resulting in Bloody Week in May 1871. The civil conflict was atrociously violent, with the Communards retreating street by street and systematically burning important Parisian buildings. The atmosphere wa...
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S1 Ep41: The Siege, Starvation, and the Start of the Communard Revolt. Sebastian Smee discusses how during the Prussian siege of Paris, Parisians suffered terribly in the coldest winter on record. Radical Republicans grew furious at the moderate government&#39;s failu
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The Siege, Starvation, and the Start of the Communard Revolt. Sebastian Smee discusses how during the Prussian siege of Paris, Parisians suffered terribly in the coldest winter on record. Radical Republicans grew furious at the moderate government&#39;s failure to defeat the Prussians. When the government surrendered and accepted severe conditions, the radicals decided to revolt. The revolutionarie...
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S1 Ep41: The Republican Fire: Manet, Gambetta, and the War That Declared a French Republic. Sebastian Smee discusses how Édouard Manet&#39;s family wanted him to pursue law or the Navy, but he became a passionate, anti-autocratic Republican inspired by the 1848 uprisi
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The Republican Fire: Manet, Gambetta, and the War That Declared a French Republic. Sebastian Smee discusses how Édouard Manet&#39;s family wanted him to pursue law or the Navy, but he became a passionate, anti-autocratic Republican inspired by the 1848 uprisings. Manet established himself as an activist painter, creating works protesting Napoleon III&#39;s policies. Léon Gambetta became Manet&#39;s friend ...
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S1 Ep41: Berthe Morisot and Édouard Manet: Art, Affection, and the Struggle Against Bourgeois Expectations. Sebastian Smee discusses how the Impressionists lived amidst the violence of the 1870 Franco-Prussian War. Berthe Morisot came from the wealthy haute bourge
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Berthe Morisot and Édouard Manet: Art, Affection, and the Struggle Against Bourgeois Expectations. Sebastian Smee discusses how the Impressionists lived amidst the violence of the 1870 Franco-Prussian War. Berthe Morisot came from the wealthy haute bourgeoisie and, along with her sister Edma, became a serious painter, successfully exhibiting at the Salon. However, women of their background were...
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S1 Ep41: Paris 1874: The Artistic Revolt Against the Salon and the Birth of Impressionism. Sebastian Smee discusses how on April 15, 1874, an exhibition opened marking the birth of Impressionism. The group, including Monet, Pissarro, Renoir, Sisley, Cézanne, Degas
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Paris 1874: The Artistic Revolt Against the Salon and the Birth of Impressionism. Sebastian Smee discusses how on April 15, 1874, an exhibition opened marking the birth of Impressionism. The group, including Monet, Pissarro, Renoir, Sisley, Cézanne, Degas, and Berthe Morisot, set up the show deliberately outside the established Salon. The Impressionists were frustrated by repeated Salon rejecti...
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S1 Ep41: The &quot;Genial and Aloof&quot; Communicator: Reagan&#39;s Psychological Defense and Exquisite Political Timing. Max Boot discusses the late Reagan administration, his personality, and his legacy. Reagan was famously defined as &quot;genial and aloof,&quot; and Boot argues that
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          The &quot;Genial and Aloof&quot; Communicator: Reagan&#39;s Psychological Defense and Exquisite Political Timing. Max Boot discusses the late Reagan administration, his personality, and his legacy. Reagan was famously defined as &quot;genial and aloof,&quot; and Boot argues that Reagan was &quot;very hard to know,&quot; even by his wife Nancy and his closest aides, who felt part of him was &quot;walled off.&quot; This aloofness...
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S1 Ep41: Reagan&#39;s Pragmatic Cold War Victory, Don Regan&#39;s Disastrous Tenure, and the Iran-Contra Near-Death Experience. Max Boot discusses how Ronald Reagan had no patience for communism, and in his first term, his policy toward the Soviet Union was somewhat unsuc
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Reagan&#39;s Pragmatic Cold War Victory, Don Regan&#39;s Disastrous Tenure, and the Iran-Contra Near-Death Experience. Max Boot discusses how Ronald Reagan had no patience for communism, and in his first term, his policy toward the Soviet Union was somewhat unsuccessful, though it improved in 1985 with the ascension of Mikhail Gorbachev. Reagan&#39;s genius was recognizing that Gorbachev was a different co...
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S1 Ep41: The Finest Hour: How the Assassination Attempt Secured Reaganomics and the Rise of the Baker-Deaver Troika. Max Boot discusses how on March 30, 1981, just 69 days into his administration, Ronald Reagan was shot after giving a speech in Washington and came
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The Finest Hour: How the Assassination Attempt Secured Reaganomics and the Rise of the Baker-Deaver Troika.Max Boot discusses how on March 30, 1981, just 69 days into his administration, Ronald Reagan was shot after giving a speech in Washington and came very close to death. Boot describes the event as Reagan&#39;s &quot;finest hour,&quot; as Reagan behaved heroically, maintaining his composure and humor, fa...
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S1 Ep41: Presidential Ambition and the 1980 Victory: From Farm Hand Friendship to the &quot;There You Go Again&quot; Knockout. Max Boot discusses Ronald Reagan running for president, first challenging incumbent Gerald Ford in the 1976 Republican primaries. Reagan narrowly l
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Presidential Ambition and the 1980 Victory: From Farm Hand Friendship to the &quot;There You Go Again&quot; Knockout. Max Boot discusses Ronald Reagan running for president, first challenging incumbent Gerald Ford in the 1976 Republican primaries. Reagan narrowly lost the New Hampshire primary to Ford by about a thousand votes, but won the hearts of the convention with a graceful and moving speech delive...
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S1 Ep41: The Road to Goldwater: Ronald Reagan&#39;s Conservative Conversion via General Electric and His Confrontational Governorship. Max Boot discusses how Ronald Reagan found great success in television, hosting the General Electric Theater and earning substantial 
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The Road to Goldwater: Ronald Reagan&#39;s Conservative Conversion via General Electric and His Confrontational Governorship. Max Boot discusses how Ronald Reagan found great success in television, hosting the General Electric Theater and earning substantial income while mixing with corporate leadership in the 1950s and early 1960s. Reagan transitioned politically from being an avid New Dealer and ...
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S1 Ep41: The Fracture of Reagan&#39;s First Marriage, Hollywood&#39;s Red Scare, and the Appearance of Nancy Davis. Max Boot discusses the marriage between Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman, which was considered an &quot;odd combination.&quot; Wyman was drawn to Reagan because he was a 
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The Fracture of Reagan&#39;s First Marriage, Hollywood&#39;s Red Scare, and the Appearance of Nancy Davis. Max Boot discusses the marriage between Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman, which was considered an &quot;odd combination.&quot; Wyman was drawn to Reagan because he was a &quot;nice guy&quot; and a &quot;white knight,&quot; though Reagan was &quot;very hard to get to commit.&quot; By the eve of World War II, Reagan was professionally ascendi...
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S1 Ep41: From College Engagement to Radio Stardom: Ronald Reagan&#39;s Ascent to the Hollywood B-List. Max Boot discusses how Ronald Reagan&#39;s father, Jack, secured a job as an administrator of welfare for the New Deal in late 1933. Meanwhile, Ronald developed into a s
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From College Engagement to Radio Stardom: Ronald Reagan&#39;s Ascent to the Hollywood B-List. Max Boot discusses how Ronald Reagan&#39;s father, Jack, secured a job as an administrator of welfare for the New Deal in late 1933. Meanwhile, Ronald developed into a successful young football star at Eureka College, where his steady girlfriend was Margaret Cleaver, known as Mugs. They were deeply in love and...
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S1 Ep41: Ronald Reagan&#39;s Traumatic Childhood: An Alcoholic Father, an Optimistic Mother, and the Seeds of Aloofness. Max Boot discusses Ronald Reagan&#39;s childhood during the Great Depression, beginning in late 1932 when Reagan visited his father, Jack Reagan, in Sp
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Ronald Reagan&#39;s Traumatic Childhood: An Alcoholic Father, an Optimistic Mother, and the Seeds of Aloofness.Max Boot discusses Ronald Reagan&#39;s childhood during the Great Depression, beginning in late 1932 when Reagan visited his father, Jack Reagan, in Springfield, Illinois, where Jack was running a shoe store. Jack Reagan, an Irish American shoe salesman, was characterized as a &quot;ne&#39;er-do-well&quot; ...
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S1 Ep46: Cockatoos Confirmed as Structural Vandals; Magpie Invites Itself Inside. Jeremy Zakis discusses how the destructive behavior of cockatoos is confirmed as they pulled so many nails from a neighbor&#39;s iron roof that the structure is now drooping, necessitati
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Cockatoos Confirmed as Structural Vandals; Magpie Invites Itself Inside. Jeremy Zakis discusses how the destructive behavior of cockatoos is confirmed as they pulled so many nails from a neighbor&#39;s iron roof that the structure is now drooping, necessitating expensive, specialized repairs. Cockatoos are described as &quot;pure evil with wings&quot; and are known for tearing up building structures. Convers...
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S1 Ep46: Ashes Cricket Update: Pat Cummins Out, Steve Smith Steps Up as Captain. Jeremy Zakis discusses how the Australian Ashes team faces uncertainty as expected captain Pat Cummins is likely out of the first match, and probably the series, due to severe shoulde
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Ashes Cricket Update: Pat Cummins Out, Steve Smith Steps Up as Captain. Jeremy Zakis discusses how the Australian Ashes team faces uncertainty as expected captain Pat Cummins is likely out of the first match, and probably the series, due to severe shoulder and back injuries. Steve Smith has been selected as the replacement captain. Player selection is ongoing, with Marnus Labuschagne expected t...
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S1 Ep45: Massive Snake Surge Hits Queensland: Catchers Inundated by Eastern Browns and Red Bellies. Jeremy Zakis discusses how predictions of a snake boom came true in Darling Downs, Queensland, where sightings and bites have soared, potentially tripling last year
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Massive Snake Surge Hits Queensland: Catchers Inundated by Eastern Browns and Red Bellies. Jeremy Zakis discusses how predictions of a snake boom came true in Darling Downs, Queensland, where sightings and bites have soared, potentially tripling last year&#39;s numbers. Snake catchers are overwhelmed by the volume of calls. The warm, wet spring accelerated breeding cycles, putting many snakes—inclu...
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S1 Ep45: Bureau of Meteorology Removes &#39;Black&#39; Warning Scale Amid Severe Storms. Jeremy Zakis discusses how the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) launched a confusing new website during one of the Eastern Coast&#39;s worst storm seasons. They controversially removed the col
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Bureau of Meteorology Removes &#39;Black&#39; Warning Scale Amid Severe Storms. Jeremy Zakis discusses how the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) launched a confusing new website during one of the Eastern Coast&#39;s worst storm seasons. They controversially removed the color &quot;black&quot; from the weather radar scale, which previously denoted the most severe weather, including heavy hail and flooding. When a major Que...
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S1 Ep44: The Cockpit Confrontation: How Parliament Lost Their Best Advocate and Franklin&#39;s Legacy as a Founder of Science. Richard Munson discusses how Benjamin Franklin was a pivotal figure in the Revolutionary era, initially dedicated to maintaining the colonies
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The Cockpit Confrontation: How Parliament Lost Their Best Advocate and Franklin&#39;s Legacy as a Founder of Science. Richard Munson discusses how Benjamin Franklin was a pivotal figure in the Revolutionary era, initially dedicated to maintaining the colonies&#39; loyalty to the king. The critical turning point occurred in January 1774 at the Cockpit, where Parliament grilled and lambasted Franklin for...
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<a class="text-decoration-none" href="/posts/8798860-the-conservation-of-charge-and-the-practical-genius-of-the-lightning-rod-richard-munson-discusse"><div class="Episode-list-grid card-body pan">
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S1 Ep44: The Conservation of Charge and the Practical Genius of the Lightning Rod. Richard Munson discusses how Benjamin Franklin was an endlessly busy experimenter who began his famous work by studying the Leiden jar, a rudimentary battery. Franklin conducted fun
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The Conservation of Charge and the Practical Genius of the Lightning Rod. Richard Munson discusses how Benjamin Franklin was an endlessly busy experimenter who began his famous work by studying the Leiden jar, a rudimentary battery. Franklin conducted fundamental research and developed the law of the conservation of charge: the idea that positive and negative electrical charges always seek bala...
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S1 Ep44: Printing as High-Tech: Franklin&#39;s Wealth Creation and the Dawn of His Electrical Experiments. Richard Munson discusses how Benjamin Franklin arrived in Philadelphia at age 17 and, in just 22 years, transformed into an independently wealthy experimenter. P
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Printing as High-Tech: Franklin&#39;s Wealth Creation and the Dawn of His Electrical Experiments. Richard Munson discusses how Benjamin Franklin arrived in Philadelphia at age 17 and, in just 22 years, transformed into an independently wealthy experimenter. Printing during this era was the &quot;high-tech of the age,&quot; and Franklin&#39;s work involved scientific thinking. A powerful driving force was his amb...
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S1 Ep44: Benjamin Franklin: Bravery, Deism, and the Youthful Pursuit of Independence. Richard Munson&#39;s biography emphasizes the complexity and bravery of Benjamin Franklin, born in 1706. A key event occurred in 1762 when Governor John Penn rushed to Franklin&#39;s hom
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Benjamin Franklin: Bravery, Deism, and the Youthful Pursuit of Independence. Richard Munson&#39;s biography emphasizes the complexity and bravery of Benjamin Franklin, born in 1706. A key event occurred in 1762 when Governor John Penn rushed to Franklin&#39;s home, needing his help to stop the homicidal Paxton Boys mob, who had massacred Native Americans and were marching on Philadelphia. Franklin, the...
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<a class="text-decoration-none" href="/posts/8798857-the-somers-trial-mackenzie-s-defense-dana-s-support-and-the-presidential-intervention-richard"><div class="Episode-list-grid card-body pan">
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S1 Ep44: The Somers Trial: Mackenzie&#39;s Defense, Dana&#39;s Support, and the Presidential Intervention. Richard Snow discusses how after the execution, the Navy initiated an inquiry. Richard Henry Dana fully supported Mackenzie, describing him as saintly and honorable.
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  The Somers Trial: Mackenzie&#39;s Defense, Dana&#39;s Support, and the Presidential Intervention. Richard Snow discusses how after the execution, the Navy initiated an inquiry. Richard Henry Dana fully supported Mackenzie, describing him as saintly and honorable. The court of inquiry agreed that Mackenzie had behaved honorably. However, Mackenzie surprisingly sought a formal court-martial because Joh...
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<a class="text-decoration-none" href="/posts/8798856-the-fateful-secret-mackenzie-s-panic-and-the-wardroom-s-verdict-of-death-richard-snow-discusses"><div class="Episode-list-grid card-body pan">
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S1 Ep44: The Fateful Secret: Mackenzie&#39;s Panic and the Wardroom&#39;s Verdict of Death. Richard Snow discusses how the crisis began on Friday, November 24, 1842, when Philip Spencer detailed his plot to crew member Wales, claiming to have recruited at least 20 people 
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The Fateful Secret: Mackenzie&#39;s Panic and the Wardroom&#39;s Verdict of Death. Richard Snow discusses how the crisis began on Friday, November 24, 1842, when Philip Spencer detailed his plot to crew member Wales, claiming to have recruited at least 20 people to turn the Somers into a pirate ship. Wales reported the plot to First Lieutenant Gansevoort, who reported to Captain Mackenzie. Mackenzie in...
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S1 Ep44: The Overgunned School Ship: Conditions Aboard the USS Somers. Richard Snow discusses how the USS Somers, a beautiful and fast ship, was small—only 100 feet long—and overgunned with ten 32-pounders. The crew consisted of 120 people, with only about 30 matu
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The Overgunned School Ship: Conditions Aboard the USS Somers. Richard Snow discusses how the USS Somers, a beautiful and fast ship, was small—only 100 feet long—and overgunned with ten 32-pounders. The crew consisted of 120 people, with only about 30 mature sailors and the remaining majority being midshipmen meant to learn basic seamanship. The vessel was very crowded. Midshipman Philip Spencer...
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<a class="text-decoration-none" href="/posts/8798854-the-uss-somers-midshipman-philip-spencer-s-pirate-obsession-and-captain-mackenzie-s-taste-for-vi"><div class="Episode-list-grid card-body pan">
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S1 Ep44: The USS Somers: Midshipman Philip Spencer&#39;s Pirate Obsession and Captain Mackenzie&#39;s Taste for Violence. Richard Snow&#39;s book, Sailing the Graveyard Sea, recounts the 1842 voyage of the USS Somers, the US Navy&#39;s only mutiny. The mutiny centered on Midshipm
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The USS Somers: Midshipman Philip Spencer&#39;s Pirate Obsession and Captain Mackenzie&#39;s Taste for Violence.Richard Snow&#39;s book, Sailing the Graveyard Sea, recounts the 1842 voyage of the USS Somers, the US Navy&#39;s only mutiny. The mutiny centered on Midshipman Philip Spencer, born in 1824, son of prominent lawyer John Spencer. Philip was a difficult, unruly dreamer who withdrew into pirate stories,...
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S1 Ep44: Geoengineering and Sustainable Growth: Technological Pathways to Climate Restoration. Gaia Vince discusses technological methods for restoring the planet, including ocean fertilization, which involves artificially adding iron to boost algae growth that wo
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Geoengineering and Sustainable Growth: Technological Pathways to Climate Restoration. Gaia Vince discusses technological methods for restoring the planet, including ocean fertilization, which involves artificially adding iron to boost algae growth that would suck out carbon dioxide. Another technique is enhanced weathering, sprinkling rocks like olivines onto agricultural fields or beaches; the...
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<a class="text-decoration-none" href="/posts/8798780-orchestrating-the-nomad-century-quotas-new-cities-and-the-food-production-revolution-gaia-vin"><div class="Episode-list-grid card-body pan">
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S1 Ep44: Orchestrating the Nomad Century: Quotas, New Cities, and the Food Production Revolution. Gaia Vince encourages a proactive vision for managing massive climate-driven migration, involving facing expected heat, enlarging northern cities, and building entire
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Orchestrating the Nomad Century: Quotas, New Cities, and the Food Production Revolution. Gaia Vince encourages a proactive vision for managing massive climate-driven migration, involving facing expected heat, enlarging northern cities, and building entirely new ones. Vince provides an optimistic example of a managed migration where a farmer in Gujarat, India, applies for migration and is assign...
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S1 Ep44: The Demographic Need: Reframing Migration as an Economic Resource and Dismantling Exclusionary Borders. Gaia Vince discusses how humans are a migratory species that evolved in Africa and colonized the entire globe through movement. Historically, the US an
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The Demographic Need: Reframing Migration as an Economic Resource and Dismantling Exclusionary Borders.Gaia Vince discusses how humans are a migratory species that evolved in Africa and colonized the entire globe through movement. Historically, the US and European nations have used policies of brutality and cruelty to restrict movement, with many current border restrictions being recent. Vince ...
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<a class="text-decoration-none" href="/posts/8798778-climate-migration-is-inevitable-the-global-south-the-four-horsemen-and-the-necessity-of-moveme"><div class="Episode-list-grid card-body pan">
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S1 Ep44: Climate Migration Is Inevitable: The Global South, the Four Horsemen, and the Necessity of Movement. Gaia Vince&#39;s book, Nomad Century: How Climate Migration Will Reshape Our World, examines the statistics warning that the climate of the near future will b
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Climate Migration Is Inevitable: The Global South, the Four Horsemen, and the Necessity of Movement. Gaia Vince&#39;s book, Nomad Century: How Climate Migration Will Reshape Our World, examines the statistics warning that the climate of the near future will be dramatically different. Vince emphasizes that climate migration is &quot;very much underway&quot; and inevitable, highlighting the plight of Abel Cruz...
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S1 Ep44: Cutting Off the CCP: Deterrence Through Nuclear Proliferation and Total Economic Isolation. Jim Fanell and Brad Thayer discuss critical, urgent actions required to counter the PRC&#39;s strategic forces threat. Given the severe strategic mismatch, Fanell argu
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Cutting Off the CCP: Deterrence Through Nuclear Proliferation and Total Economic Isolation. Jim Fanell and Brad Thayer discuss critical, urgent actions required to counter the PRC&#39;s strategic forces threat. Given the severe strategic mismatch, Fanell argues that warfighting proliferation must be considered, suggesting nuclear capabilities and proliferation in Seoul, Tokyo, and even Taiwan to ch...
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<a class="text-decoration-none" href="/posts/8798774-the-urgency-of-admitting-failure-team-b-cfius-reform-and-confronting-communist-ideology-jim-f"><div class="Episode-list-grid card-body pan">
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S1 Ep44: The Urgency of Admitting Failure: Team B, CFIUS Reform, and Confronting Communist Ideology. Jim Fanell and Brad Thayer emphasize that the initial step toward addressing the crisis requires the US system to admit strategic failure. Fanell notes this is ext
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The Urgency of Admitting Failure: Team B, CFIUS Reform, and Confronting Communist Ideology. Jim Fanell and Brad Thayer emphasize that the initial step toward addressing the crisis requires the US system to admit strategic failure. Fanell notes this is extremely difficult due to institutional bias, stressing that admitting a problem is necessary to receive treatment. The comprehensive threat fro...
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<a class="text-decoration-none" href="/posts/8798773-echoes-of-1919-how-underestimating-the-pla-after-tiananmen-created-a-strategic-failure-jim-fane"><div class="Episode-list-grid card-body pan">
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S1 Ep44: Echoes of 1919: How Underestimating the PLA After Tiananmen Created a Strategic Failure. Jim Fanell and Brad Thayer connect the current geopolitical threat posed by the PLA Navy to past strategic failures, drawing an analogy to the British Empire&#39;s &quot;10-ye
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Echoes of 1919: How Underestimating the PLA After Tiananmen Created a Strategic Failure. Jim Fanell and Brad Thayer connect the current geopolitical threat posed by the PLA Navy to past strategic failures, drawing an analogy to the British Empire&#39;s &quot;10-year rule&quot; instituted in 1919. The US made a similar miscalculation regarding China after the brutal Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989, as the U...
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FIRST HOUR

9-915

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