Best Twiv Podcasts (2025)

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TWiV 1223: Someone is guano be sick 1:50:32

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TWiV reviews RFK Jr.”s MAGA report with non-existent literature citations, a new fungus that could further devastate North American bats, surveillance of avian influenza viruses through bird guano in remote regions, and the receptor for HKU5 coronaviruses is ACE2 from Pipistrellus abramus bats. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne…

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This Week in Virology: TWiV 1223: Someone is guano be sick 1:50:32

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TWiV reviews RFK Jr.”s MAGA report with non-existent literature citations, a new fungus that could further devastate North American bats, surveillance of avian influenza viruses through bird guano in remote regions, and the receptor for HKU5 coronaviruses is ACE2 from Pipistrellus abramus bats. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne…

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NPR News Now: NPR News: 06-01-2025 3PM EDT 4:40

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NPR News Now: NPR News: 06-01-2025 2PM EDT 4:40

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NPR News Now: NPR News: 06-01-2025 1PM EDT 4:40

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Wisdom of Crowds: The Future of AI and the Future of Humanity 40:05

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit wisdomofcrowds.live Is tech replacing humanity? Or is it sharpening the question of what it means to be human? What does it mean to live a good life — as opposed to passable life? What features of humanity become more important by contrast and necessity in the technological age? Is it po…

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Letters from an American: May 31, 2025 11:52

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Get full access to Letters from an American at heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/subscribeBy Garamond

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The Daily: ‘Modern Love’: If You Want This Kind of Love, Don’t Expect it to be Easy 40:58

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When Samaiya Mushtaq was growing up, she imagined marrying a kind Muslim man, and at 21, she did. But while studying to become a psychiatrist in medical school, she realized her husband couldn’t meet her emotional needs — something she deeply craved. Despite the shame she felt, she got a divorce. In this episode, Mushtaq shares the twists and turns…

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The Nation Podcasts: Michael Ledeen and Trumpian Fascism | The Time of Monsters 45:44

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Michael Ledeen, who died on May 17 at age 83, was a prominent figure on the American right since the 1970s. He is most famous, or notorious, as one of the instigators of the Iran/Contra scandal, helping to connect the Reagan administration with an Iranian arms dealer. Beyond that, he was active not just as a writer but also as an activists who ofte…

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The Time of Monsters with Jeet Heer: Michael Ledeen and Trumpian Fascism 45:44

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Michael Ledeen, who died on May 17 at age 83, was a prominent figure on the American right since the 1970s. He is most famous, or notorious, as one of the instigators of the Iran/Contra scandal, helping to connect the Reagan administration with an Iranian arms dealer. Beyond that, he was active not just as a writer but also as an activists who ofte…

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Otherppl with Brad Listi: Sam, 40, Filmmaker and Visual Strategist 1:26:41

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Character Study, Vol. 12. 'Character Studies' is a new series on the podcast featuring interviews with 'civilians'—ordinary adult humans of all ages and backgrounds, talking with Brad about their lives, anonymously. In Vol. 12, a conversation with Sam, 40, a filmmaker and visual strategist from Los Angeles. *** ⁠⁠⁠Otherppl with Brad Listi⁠⁠⁠ is a w…

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Outside Lands San Francisco: 566: Short Stack No. 10 37:47

10h ago37:47

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Nicole and Rebekah explore the vital role of digital repositories and the threats they face, discuss a bizarre new two-headed snake discovery, and look back at headline news from 25, 50, and 75 years ago.By nicole @ outsidelands.org

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Jacobin Radio: Red Star Over Palestine: Intifada 52:54

2h ago52:54

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For many years, Palestine had one of the strongest left-wing movements in the Arab world, represented by prominent figures such as Emile Habibi, Leila Khaled, and Ghassan Kanafani. At the beginning of the First Intifada in the 1980s, Palestinian left groups were still the main challengers to the hegemony of Fatah, although the Left has lost much of…

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Letters from an American: May 30, 2025 18:58

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Get full access to Letters from an American at heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/subscribeBy Garamond

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The Gist: Mike Stops by The Reason Roundtable 38:05

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Mike joins The Reason Roundtable Podcast to talk about Trump's War on Harvard. Click here to listen to the rest of the podcastProduced by Corey Wara Production Coordinator Ashley Khan Email us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠ To advertise on the show, contact ⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠ or visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://advertising.libsyn.com/TheGist⁠⁠⁠⁠ Subscr…

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Bannon`s War Room: Episode 4527: The War With The CCP Cont.

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Episode 4527: The War With The CCP Cont.By WarRoom.org

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Bannon`s War Room: Episode 4526: The War With The CCP

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Episode 4526: The War With The CCPBy WarRoom.org

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Changelog: wsl.exe -- cat hello.cs 1:27:48

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We bring you back to Microsoft Build 2025 to nerd out with Craig Loewen on Windows Subsystem for Linux and Mads Torgersen on leading the design of C#. Join the discussion Changelog++ members get a bonus 7 minutes at the end of this episode and zero ads. Join today! Sponsors: Heroku – The Next Generation of Heroku “Fir” is coming soon — Fir is built…

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Macro N Cheese: Ep 330 - Money, Power, and the People with Christopher Shaw 1:08:05

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There's an oft-repeated Chris Hedges quote that goes: “I do not fight fascists because I will win. I fight fascists because they are fascists.” Well, that’s how we feel about the banks. Revolutionary change is only possible when people understand the institutions of power. The banking system plays a huge role in perpetuating class division and disc…

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The Daily: 'The Interview': Miley Cyrus Told Us to Ask Her Anything 55:01

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The Grammy-winning singer on overcoming child stardom, accepting her parents and being in control. Also, we have exciting news: You can check us out on YouTube. To watch our videos, go to: youtube.com/@theinterviewpodcast Unlock full access to New York Times podcasts and explore everything from politics to pop culture. Subscribe today at nytimes.co…

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The Good Fight: Quico Toro on How to Save the Climate 52:21

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Yascha Mounk and Quico Toro explore what’s holding environmentalists back. Quico Toro is Director of Climate Repair at the Anthropocene Institute, a contributing editor at Persuasion, and writes the Substack One Percent Brighter. In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Quico Toro discuss outdated ideas within environmentalism, why we need to …

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Odd Lots: How Do We Define a Currency? 57:52

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What is a currency? This turns out to be one of those questions we just kind of skip over because we don't have clear answers to it (and because economists often like to skip over these foundational things). This special episode of the Odd Lots podcast was recorded as part of Princeton University's “How to Write the Biography of a Currency” event, …

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Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts: This End Of Term At SCOTUS Is Unlike Any Other in History 1:15:06

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The end (of the Supreme Court term) is nigh. This week, Amicus goes into June Opinionpalooza mode with some meta-analysis of what to look out for as the Supreme Court delivers dozens of decisions over the next month or so. Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern say this is a term-ending unlike any other, partly because the number of cases pinging on…

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This Week in Virology: TWiV 1222: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin 1:05:16

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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin with Vincent Racaniello discusses vaccination trends, the changes COVID-19 vaccine recommendations for children and pregnant women, easing of vaccination exemptions in Texas, the ongoing measles outbreak globally before Dr. Griffin reviews recent statistics on RSV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections the W…

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TWiV 1222: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin 1:05:16

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In his weekly clinical update, Dr. Griffin with Vincent Racaniello discusses vaccination trends, the changes COVID-19 vaccine recommendations for children and pregnant women, easing of vaccination exemptions in Texas, the ongoing measles outbreak globally before Dr. Griffin reviews recent statistics on RSV, influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections the W…

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The Ben & Marc Show: Rick Rubin: Vibe Coding is the Punk Rock of Software 1:15:07

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On this episode of "The Ben & Marc Show", a16z co-founders Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz sit down with legendary music producer and bestselling author Rick Rubin to explore the origin of his unexpected new creation: "The Way of Code" Blending ancient philosophy and modern AI, The Way of Code reimagines the 3,000-year-old Tao Te Ching for the age…

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Bannon`s War Room: WarRoom Battleground EP 779: Trump's Speech On U.S. Steel Deal

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WarRoom Battleground EP 779: Trump's Speech On U.S. Steel DealBy WarRoom.org

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Bannon`s War Room: Episode 4525: Trump Victory In Immigration Courts; Speech Pregame

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Episode 4525: Trump Victory In Immigration Courts; Speech PregameBy WarRoom.org

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The Gist: Ben Ansell on FAFO, FADFO, and the Myth of Immediate Consequence 44:44

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Oxford political scientist Ben Ansell discusses the meme-worthy but deeply explanatory concept of FAFO—f**k around and find out—and its subtler cousin FADFO, where reckless policy choices oddly fail to produce blowback. Why bad ideas often go unpunished, from Brexit to tariffs to defund-the-police slogans and MMT. Ansell argues that liberal democra…

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Big Technology Podcast: Mass AI-Driven Unemployment, NVIDIA Surges, CEOs' AI Avatars Unleashed 51:53

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Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's prophesy that 50% of entry level work will disappear 2) Hype or true: Is mass AI-driven unemployment just marketing? 3) How Amodei's prediction could come true 4) How work might shift even before job loss, as in the case of A…

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The Majority Report with Sam Seder: 2508 - Trump's Fortunate Failures w/ David Dayen 1:29:50

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We've made it to Casual Friday folks, so loosen that collar and tune in. First up, Trump is continuing to melt down after being confronted with the acronym T.A.C.O. (Trump Always Chickens Out) and insists that he's a big strong man who is doing the best trade negotiations the world has ever seen. Meanwhile, Commerce Secretary Scott Bessent admits t…

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The Bulwark Podcast: S2 Ep1054: Adam Serwer, Lauren Egan, and Justin Jones: The Attack on Knowledge 1:00:58

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The Trump administration is trying to exert ideological control over every knowledge-producing institution in the country. And the assault on colleges is not only about having fewer highly-educated voters, but also depriving Americans of trusted sources of information—much in the way Trump in 2020 wanted to stop counting Covid cases so it looked li…

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Left Anchor: Elon Is Out—Or Is He? - 354 1:09:40

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Today we are talking Elon Musk’s alleged retreat from DOGE, the ungodly horrors he has unleashed in that time, and why someone would commit such evil. Then we move on to Trump’s loss in tariff court, his prospects at the Supreme Court, the lie about “white genocide” in South Africa, and what’s going on in Gaza and Ukraine. Check out Ryan’s piece on…

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Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar: 5/30/25: Trump Tariffs Back On & Israel Sabotages Ceasefire 1:02:41

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Krystal, Ryan and Emily discuss Trump appeals courts tariff block & Israel sabotages Gaza ceasefire deal Dan Cohen: https://x.com/DanCohenSays To become a Breaking Points Premium Member and watch/listen to the show AD FREE, uncut and 1 hour early visit: www.breakingpoints.com Merch Store: https://shop.breakingpoints.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener…

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Practical AI: Federated learning in production (part 1) 44:38

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In this first of a two part series of episodes on federated learning, we dive into the evolving world of federated learning and distributed AI frameworks with Patrick Foley from Intel. We explore how frameworks like OpenFL and Flower are enabling secure, collaborative model training across silos, especially in sensitive fields like healthcare. The …

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The Dishcast with Andrew Sullivan: Tapper & Thompson On The Biden Cover-up 49:04

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit andrewsullivan.substack.com Jake Tapper is the lead DC anchor and chief Washington correspondent for CNN, whose books include The Outpost, The Hellfire Club, and The Devil May Dance. Alex Thompson is a national political correspondent for Axios and a political analyst for CNN. They just …

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Serious Trouble: My "I Didn't Make the Fed Unconstitutional" Shirt Is Raising Questions Already Answered By My Shirt 26:16

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.serioustrouble.show This week’s show is heavy on economic policy. Yay! We discuss a ruling from the U.S. Court of International Trade that many of Trump’s beloved tariffs are illegal and then, a strange shadow-docket order in U.S. v. Wilcox, a case about the National Labor Relations …

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Bannon`s War Room: Episode 4524: Elections Continue In Korea; Protecting Trump's Second Term

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Episode 4524: Elections Continue In Korea; Protecting Trump's Second TermBy WarRoom.org

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Bannon`s War Room: Episode 4523: Judicial Insurrection Around Tariffs

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Episode 4523: Judicial Insurrection Around TariffsBy WarRoom.org

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Volts: What the F is happening? Part 3 19:52

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.volts.wtf This week on "What the F is Happening" (periodic episodes in which we reluctantly discuss current events) we talk with Adrian Deveny, a former Senate aide who was in the trenches for the IRA's creation, about the House GOP's "Big Beautiful Bill." In its current form, it amo…

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Changelog Interviews: The Web Development Engine 1:33:28

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We’re joined by Andreas Møller, Co-founder of Nordcraft — the team behind Nordcraft Engine, a powerful new platform designed to give web developers what gaming developers have had for years. Andreas shares what inspired them to build Nordcraft Engine, why they believe the web is overdue for a shift in how we approach designing and building for the …

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Money Stuff: The Podcast: What Growing Starlings Need: USCIT, GSEs, SBET 40:00

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Katie and Matt discuss Katie’s new bird, the legality of tariffs, the TACO trade, rooting for the nondelegation doctrine, implicit guarantees, the money to be made if Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are re-privatized, stuffing Bitcoins into public companies and owning the global financial asset portfolio. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informat…

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Jacobin Radio: Dig: Menswear and the World System w/ Derek Guy 2:42:32

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Featuring Derek Guy on the politics, history, economics, and style of Western menswear. Guest hosted by Dennis M. Hogan. Support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDig In These Times is offering 78% off print subscriptions for Dig listeners at Inthesetimes.com/dig The Dig goes deep into politics everywhere, from labor struggles and political economy to impe…

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The Nation Podcasts: Gaza Aid Disaster, Russia Offers New Peace Talks, Trump Freezes Student Visas | American Prestige 53:18

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In this week’s American Prestige news roundup: US-Iran negotiations might be making progress (1:02); in Israel-Palestine, a new aid program implemented gets people killed (6:30), the US proposes framework for a new peace deal* (11:01), and Israel creates 22 new West Bank settlements (15:54); cases of cholera are spiking in Sudan (17:35); Libya’s ea…

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