In Werner Herzog's INTO THE INFERNO (2016), a self-described cinematic poet teams with a Cambridge scientist for a documentary about volcanos that marries scientific inquiry with a healthy respect for myth and legend. And we also get to visit North Korea. PLUS: Who is the greatest podcaster of all time? Join us on Patreon for an extra episode every week - https://www.patreon.com/michaelandus

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A superstar atheist has a near-death experience and becomes a born-again Christian in LET THERE BE LIGHT (2017), the directorial debut of Kevin Sorbo. We take a spiritual journey that leads us to the same destination as any other: to an ad for an app. Join us on Patreon for an extra episode every week - https://www.patreon.com/michaelandus

How did morality evolve? Why do different cultures have such a similar set of moral norms and values? Hanno Sauer gives an evolutionary story that explains the genealogy of morality through human co-operation.

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Jon Stewart dives into Trump’s crude birthday card to Epstein and his desperate attempts to distract MAGA with Hillary's emails, the release of the MLK files, and the return of racist football mascots. Plus, Jon reacts to CBS cancelling "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" and calls upon corporations, advertisers, and institutions to "sack up" with the help of the “Go F**k Yourself” choir.

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Democracy Now! 2025-07-22 Tuesday

• Headlines for July 22, 2025
• ICE Detained 6-Year-Old with Cancer for Over a Month: "He and His Sister Cried Every Night"
• Trump Revokes Bond for Asylum Seekers, Forcing Immigrants to Fight Their Cases "Behind Bars"
• "You Feel Like Your Life Is Over": HRW Report Exposes Abuses in Trump's Immigration Jails in Florida
• "Life After": Film Exposes How Medicaid Cuts, Assisted Dying Laws May Bring Disabled to Early Graves

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This is getting old. Donald Trump has now threatened Mexico with tariffs for the fourth time since being elected, with an ever-shifting carousel of justifications. In today's episode, José Luis and Kurt have the entire breakdown. New sets of polls on both sides of the border demonstrate that USers are souring on Trump's immigration measures...and that Mexicans are souring on the US. Better late than never: Mexico decides to attend the Emergency Conference of States to End the Gaza Genocide amidst rumors that Foreign Minister Juan Ramón de la Fuente's passive approach to diplomacy is wearing thin. And in Losers and Haters, a US narco-lawyer tries to pick a fight with President Sheinbaum.

The price of rice in Japan has doubled in the past year, and the nation's emergency stockpile is dwindling. A poor harvest in 2023 is partly to blame, but Japan is reckoning with much deeper structural problems in its domestic rice market. Decades of rigid protectionism have created an artificial scarcity, and consumers are feeling the pinch. 

• Guest: Ethan Wu, Asia business and finance editor at The Economist
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Watch entire episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erN8Jl2kb-s Guests: - Asem Alnabih, writer, spokesperson for Gaza Municipality - David Cronin, associate editor at The Electronic Intifada

Western governments claim to be models of democracy, and demonize their geopolitical adversaries as "authoritarian", but empirical evidence shows that the USA and European countries are oligarchies dominated by economic elites and large corporations. Billionaire Donald Trump is the perfect symbol of this, but he's by no means the only one. Ben Norton explains. VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BONnmHRmp_M Topics 0:00 Narrative of Western "democracies" 0:26 (CLIP) Joe Biden on "democracy vs autocracy" 0:37 Western governments are oligarchies 1:54 Summary of oligarchic Western leaders 2:54 Scientific research shows USA is an oligarchy 4:29 US public opinion on healthcare 5:20 Money buys 80-90% of seats in US Congress 6:27 Citizens United ruling 7:21 Donald Trump: perfect symbol of US oligarchy 7:57 Robber barons 8:44 One Big Beautiful Bill: class war by the rich 9:49 Billionaires pay lower tax rate than most Americans 10:42 US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent 11:35 Ex US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin 12:16 Steve Bannon worked for Goldman Sachs 12:58 US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick 13:07 Crypto was taken over by Wall Street 14:08 Trump is the symptom, not the cause 15:07 Biden promised nothing would change 16:07 Barack Obama: funded by Wall Street 17:53 Mitt Romney: servant of Wall Street 18:48 Super PACs 19:32 Bloomberg funded Biden's 2020 race 19:56 Billionaires funded Trump's 2024 race 20:35 Elon Musk donated $288 million for Trump 20:57 (CLIP) Elon Musk bought 2024 US election 21:11 World's richest man buys US politics 21:34 Wall Street wages war on Zohran Mamdani 22:46 Democratic Party sabotaged Bernie Sanders 24:34 UK Labour Party sabotaged Jeremy Corbyn 26:18 British spy agencies sabotaged Jeremy Corbyn 28:15 Symbol of UK oligarchy: Rishi Sunak 31:37 Neoliberal Keir Starmer: Tony Blair reincarnated 32:35 France's President of the rich: Emmanuel Macron 36:04 BlackRock's man in Germany: Friedrich Merz 37:40 Goldman Sachs' man in Italy: Mario Draghi 39:10 Goldman Sachs' man in Canada: Mark Carney 40:22 Summary of oligarchic Western leaders 41:35 Western governments are not democracies 42:45 Outro

Democracy Now! 2025-07-17 Thursday

• Headlines for July 17, 2025
• "I'm a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It": Prof. Omer Bartov on the Growing Consensus on Gaza
• Writer Adam Shatz on How Oct. 7 & Israel's Brutality in Gaza Reshaped the World

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Watch entire episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCWzluxvoRI Guest: - Shir Hever, economic analyst

Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot pay tribute to the late Sly Stone. They review Sly Stone's documentary and memoir, revisit an interview with Family Stone members Jerry Martini and Cynthia Robinson and share some of their favorite tracks from Sly.

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The Beatles, "With A Little Help From My Friends," Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Parlophone, 1967

The Stewart Four, "On The Battlefield," (Single), Church of God in Christ, 1952

Sly and the Family Stone, "Plastic Jim," Life, , 

Sly and the Family Stone, "Dance To The Music," Dance To The Music, Epic, 1968

Sly and the Family Stone, "I Ain't Got Nobody (For Real)," Dance To The Music, Epic, 1968

Sly and the Family Stone, "Advice," A Whole New Thing, Epic, 1967

Sly and the Family Stone, "I Hate To Love Her," A Whole New Thing, Epic, 1967

Ike and Tina Turner, "Bold Soul Sister," The Hunter, Blue Thumb, 1969

The Roots, "Star/Pointro," The Tipping Point, Geffen, 2004

Bobby Freeman, "C'mon and Swim," C'mon and Swim (Single), Autumn, 1964

Sly and the Family Stone, "Family Affair," There's A Riot Goin' On, Epic, 1971

Sly and the Family Stone, "Hot Fun in the Summertime," Hot Fun in the Summertime (Single), Epic, 1969

Sly and the Family Stone, "Thank You For Talking To Me Africa," There's A Riot Goin' On, Epic, 1971

Sly and the Family Stone, "Brave and Strong," There's A Riot Goin' On, Epic, 1971

Sly and the Family Stone, "You Can Make It If You Try (Live)," Stand!, Epic, 1969

Sly and the Family Stone, "We Love All," Dance To The Music (2007 version), Epic, 1968

Sly and the Family Stone, "Color Me True," Dance To The Music (Single), Epic, 1968

FKA Twigs, "Eusexua," Eusexua, Atlantic, 2025

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Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot pay tribute to the late musical genius Brian Wilson, who died at age 82. They’ll discuss Wilson’s transcendent music, including doing a deep dive on his masterpiece, Pet Sounds.

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The Beach Boys, "Lonely Sea," Surfin' USA, Capitol, 1963

The Beach Boys, "Don't Worry Baby," Shut Down Volume 2, Capitol, 1964

The Beach Boys, "Surf's Up," Surf's Up, Brother/Reprise, 1971

The Beach Boys, "Still I Dream of It (Original Home Demo, 1976)," Good Vibrations:

Thirty Years of the Beach Boys, Capitol, 1993

The Beach Boys, "Sloop John B," Pet Sounds, Capitol, 1966

The Four Freshman, "I Remember You," Four Freshmen and 5 Trombones, Capitol, 1955

The Gamblers, "LSD-25," Moon Dawg!/LSD-25, World Pacific, 1960

The Beach Boys, "I'm Waiting for the Day," Pet Sounds, Capitol, 1966

The Beach Boys, "Don't Talk (Put Your Head on My Shoulder)," Pet Sounds, Capitol, 1966

The Beach Boys, "Let's Go Away for Awhile," Pet Sounds, Capitol, 1966

The Beach Boys, "Caroline No," Pet Sounds, Capitol, 1966

The Beach Boys, "You Still Believe in Me," Pet Sounds, Capitol, 1966

The Beach Boys, "Pet Sounds," Pet Sounds, Capitol, 1966

The Beach Boys, "Hang On to Your Ego," Pet Sounds, Capitol, 1966

The Beach Boys, "That's Not Me," Pet Sounds, Capitol, 1966

The Beach Boys, "God Only Knows," Pet Sounds, Capitol, 1966

The Beach Boys, "Little Deuce Coupe," Pet Sounds, Capitol, 1966

The Beatles, "Nowhere Man," Rubber Soul, Parlophone, 1965

The Beatles, "She's Leaving Home," Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Parlophone, 1967

Horsegirl, "2468," Phonetics On and On, Matador, 2025

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Jon Stewart delves into the MAGA furor over Trump's handling of the Epstein case, Trump’s cheap distractions-turned-threats against Rosie O’Donnell, and the president's double standard on red state vs. blue state relief. Plus, Jon demands accountability from Elmo for his antisemitic rant on X.

Economic commentator Kyla Scanlon sits down with Jon to discuss her book, “In This Economy? How Money and Markets Really Work.” They talk about the importance of teaching Americans about the economy in accessible ways, how the government has weaponized people to justify Medicaid cuts under Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill, why labor and capital don’t have to be mutually exclusive, and why she’s optimistic about the future.

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You’ve likely heard about the slashed health care for millions of Americans. Hospitals defunded. Massive tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans. But guess what? Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill" is even more absurd (and devious) than you think. 

Today on Lever Time, David Sirota sits down with David Dayen of The American Prospect and The Lever’s Luke Goldstein to dig into the hidden details: How did these crazy handouts make it into the Big Beautiful Bill? What’s the larger agenda? And how is this going to affect you?

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Krystal and Saagar discuss Saagar debates Tracey on Epstein and Israel.

 

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Why is President Donald Trump’s right-wing voter base up in arms over Jeffrey Epstein? Which of the many conspiracy theories are based in truth? And what is Trump’s Department of Justice now trying to cover up? 

Today on Lever Time, David Sirota speaks with the award-winning investigative journalist Julie K. Brown, who first broke the story of Epstein’s legal cover-up, to find out why we should keep pushing the Trump administration for answers.

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The Trump administration slashed fines for safety violations by small businesses and other employers and plans to reduce already rare workplace inspections. Experts say that will lead to more worker injuries, illnesses and deaths.

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The Department of Labor announced “updates to penalty guidelines” to improve worker safety on Monday that it said will support small businesses and eliminate workplace hazards. The announcement follows the release of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s budget for the next fiscal year, which includes a plan for nearly 10,000 fewer workplace hazard inspections amid an 8 percent funding cut and a more than 12 percent reduction in staffing.

Alex back on the show today to look at the continuing fallout of Trump’s attempts to wash his hands of Epstein. From the baffled & betrayed Trump-curious internet trend-seekers, to the dyed-in-the-wool loyalists, the admin seems to have picked the absolute worst way to disarm this bomb. Plus: Greg Abbott makes a why-even-bother play to cover up Musk’s bribery, and Biden gives a why-even-bother explanation for his diminished capacity pardons. Pre-Order YEAR ZERO: A Chapo Trap House Comic Anthology at badegg.co/products/year-zero-1

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What if you want an agenda to keep track of TODOs and scheduled tasks, but you only have Emacs at your disposal?
You might find yourself in a situation where you don’t have access to the internet, Outlook, a smartphone or a physical planner.
Or, like me, you might simply prefer to keep your agenda in a straightforward plain text file.
It’s not a common problem, but I found it intriguing enough to write this little Emacs survival guide for anyone interested.

If you know nothing about Emacs, don’t worry. This guide is completely beginner-friendly.
I wrote the initial notes while I was still learning how to use the agenda in Emacs myself, so you’ll be just fine, even if it’s your first time running Emacs.

Before anything else, how to Execute command in Emacs

To run a command in Emacs, press M-x or Alt+x.
This open the prompt in the mini-buffer (at the bottom of Emacs) where you can type and execute commands.

Open the agenda view

To access the agenda menu, run M-x org-agenda RET (Alt+x, org-agenda, <Enter>).
Next, press a to open to the agenda view.
You’ll see an empty agenda first, and that’s no surprise since we haven’t added any tasks yet.

Schedule a task with org-capture

Creating a capture

To create a new task, invoke org-capture with M-x org-capture RET.
A menu will appear for you to select a capture template.
Press t to create new task.
A buffer will open where you can enter your TODO item

Scheduling a date

To add a scheduled date to your task:

• Run M-x org-schedule RET to bring up the calendar.
• A calendar view will appear below. You can pick a date using Shift + <Arrow Keys>, or simply input the date and time you want.
  Example: 1 nov 9am, saturday 8pm, +2sun 6pm (meaning 2 Sundays from now at 6pm).
• Once you’ve chosen the date, press <enter>.

Tip :

• The shortcut C-c C-s also run org-schedule.

Your TODO item will now have a SCHEDULED: line with the date you chose.

You can repeat this process anytime to reschedule your task.

Saving the task

There are two main ways to save your task:

• Use save-buffer with C-x C-s or M-x save-buffer RET to save and keep the buffer open for further editing.
• Use save-buffer-kill-terminal with C-c C-c or M-x save-buffer-kill-terminal RET to save and close the capture buffer.

By default, tasks are saved into a file named .notes in your home directory.
To check this, run M-x describe-variable RET org-default-notes-file RET.

Viewing the scheduled task in the agenda

If you return to the agenda view (M-x org-agenda RET a) now, it will still be empty.
That’s because Org-agenda needs to know which files to scan for tasks.
To fix this:

• Open your task file with M-x find-file RET or C-x C-f, then entering ~/.notes.
• Add it to the agenda files by running M-x org-agenda-file-to-front RET or C-c [.

Now, when you reopen the agenda view (C-c a a), your scheduled task should appear!

How to use the agenda

• To refresh the view, press g.
• To see more days, add a prefix argument like C-u 14 before running M-x org-agenda RET a. This shows 14 days in the agenda.
• To jump to the task in its file, navigate to it in the agenda and then press <Enter>.

Re-schedule a date

You can reschedule tasks right from the agenda using Shift + <Arrow Keys> or M-x org-schedule RET to pick a new date.
Refresh the view with g to see your changes.

Change state (TODO, DONE)

When you complete a task, change its state by using M-x org-agenda-todo RET or C-c C-t.
This cycle the task between TODO and DONE.

And that’s it folks!

What else can be said?

I’ve covered just a bit of Org-agenda in here, but the Org-mode ecosystem is truly a beast when it comes to personal organization and note taking.
There is so much you can do with it. It’s a real rabbit hole!
Org-mode can be your agenda, notebook, time tracker, habit tracker, and more. You can even use it as a full-fledged spreadsheet, much like Excel.

With so many features, it’s really easy to get overwhelmed.
Personally, I like to explore how other people use Org-mode and then pick only the ideas that fit my own workflow. I leave the rest for later discoveries.
It’s a sane way to learn step by step without getting lost in the endless possibilities of Org-mode and Emacs.

What I’ve shown above is a very simple workflow. It is very easy to adopt, and it’s more than enough for effective day-to-day usage.
I hope this proves useful to someone out there. And if not, it might come in handy for me later.

Zionism didn’t just dispossess Palestinians, it also helped destroy centuries-old Jewish communities across the Arab world. Historian Avi Shlaim, born in Baghdad and now a leading voice in exposing Zionist mythology, joins Dispatches to reveal how Israel used false flag terror attacks, including Mossad-led bombings in Iraq, to force Arab Jews to flee.

In this wide-ranging conversation with Rania Khalek, Shlaim connects the founding violence of the Israeli state to its ongoing genocide in Gaza, challenges the myths of Israeli “democracy,” and says that Zionism has not only targeted Palestinians, but also betrayed Arab Jews and Jews around the world.

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The right faces a crisis of faith following Trump's backtracking on the Epstein files, Matt Taibbi is bearish on Zohran Mamdani, & Glenn opines on whether Briahna would do better dating a conservative than another Warren bro. It's an action packed, sprawling, intimate episode the likes of which only these two can have.

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It’s now ten years since the people of Greece voted in a referendum on the austerity program of the European Union. The referendum was called by the government of Alexis Tsipras and his left-wing Syriza party after months of negotiations with the EU. It brought the attention of the world media to what was happening in Greece after years of economic crisis.

To the surprise of many, there was a decisive 61 percent majority for the “no” side. But then, with bewildering speed, Tsipras signed up to a new austerity program that was more punitive than the one voters had rejected a few days earlier. The U-turn triggered the resignation of the Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis.

Yanis joins Long Reads for a discussion about the legacy of the 2015 referendum.

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The Department of Justice (and Michael Kosta) try to gaslight Ronny Chieng about a suddenly "nonexistent" Jeffrey Epstein client list, Trump lists Benjamin Netanyahu as a reference on his Nobel Peace Prize application, and the TSA ends their foot fetish.

Ronny checks in on the status of Trump's trade war, including the president's half-firm decision on another tariff delay and his new international trade pen pal, "Mr. Japan."

Michael Luo, author of "Strangers in the Land: Exclusion, Belonging, and the Epic Story of the Chinese in America" and executive editor at The New Yorker, joins Ronny Chieng to discuss the untold stories of Asian American persistence and resilience in the face of bigotry. They talk about one of the worst mass lynchings in America involving Chinese immigrants, Wong Kim Ark’s Supreme Court fight for birthright citizenship, the pertinence of chronicling 19th-century expulsion during the Trump administration, and how this book became a 160,000-word response to a racial abuse incident on the Upper East Side.

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The Dead Ringers team are back to train their vocal firepower on the week’s news with an armoury of impressive impressions. This week: The Government’s welfare woes, the BBC’s chant chastisement, and Netanyahu, Trump and Putin play Just A Minute.

The episode was written by: Nev Fountain and Tom Jamieson, Laurence Howarth, Rob Darke, Sophie Dickson, Toussaint Douglass, Peter Tellouche, Tom Coles, Edward Tew, Jon Holmes, Davina Bentley, Vicky Richards, Ali Panting, Pete Redfern, Declan Kennedy.

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