Fresh Air

How the WNBA became a political prop in the culture wars

There has been a sense that the league is more reactive than proactive and doesn't make efforts to provide online safety platforms or reach out to players until they have been the victims of doxing or death threats or really terrible behavior online.

Pivot

Mitch McConnell Finally Appeared in a Photo. Kara and Scott Aren’t Buying It | Pivot

This isn't a story about Mitch McConnell. It's a story about American political system that refuses to make room for the next generation.

EconTalk

Claude, War, and the State of the Republic (with Dean Ball)

the frightening possibility that AI's most powerful capabilities may arrive just as the Republic is least equipped to govern it

The a16z Show

Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

why systems like hiring, journalism, and online communication are breaking under synthetic content, and what replaces them

The Prof G Pod – Scott Galloway

$1T Moved on Iran “Talks” — Did They Even Happen? | Prof G Markets

It's the most extraordinary thing that the most critical issue facing American financial markets is whether to believe the American president or the Iranian leaders about what the Americans are doing.

The New York Times

How Jeffrey Epstein Used Doctors to Control Women

The only reason you do this is if you were putting somebody else's needs first. We see again and again doctors in these files bending or breaking the rules of their profession. And often they treated Epstein as if he was the real client.

Cheeky Pint

Garrett Langley of Flock Safety on building technology to solve crime

For most major cities, if a human is not physically hurt, the crime goes to the bottom of the list.