HH:

Snowflakes in NYC

OpenAI sells out humanity

Trump continues to strangle Cuba (and inspires a little terrorism)

An indie car race is being set for DC

Investigation of Epstein drug trafficking ring suppressed by Trump admin

And of course, Trump attacks Iran

We did it. Our overdue (and quite long) exploration of AI via Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei interview with Ross Dootyhat at the NYTs.

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We overpromised. But you’re still here, listening, so maybe its not all bad.

Anyway, stay tuned for our AI artifact episode later this week and blame the teachers' unions for school vacation getting in the way of editing.

HH:

* Mexico/US collaborate on assassinating El Mencho

* Tucker Carlson asks Mike Huckabee a bunch of gotcha questions, and wouldn’t you know it, got ‘em

* Trump wonders aloud why Iran isn’t capitulating

* Trump crashes out on Supreme Court tariff ruling, almost as badly as John Barron

* Teacher Unions threaten to pull pension funds from Epstein buddies Leon Black and Marc Rowan of Apollo Global Management

* Kash Patel invited himself into the locker room of the US National Hockey team.

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Another week of horrors

HH:

* The draw down in the Twin Cities is real; where to next?

* The Board of Peace is activated

* Pam Bondi “testifies” to Trump’s greatness

* DHS concentration camps for pregnant girls

* Iowa law threatens to put doctors in jail for life for performing abortion

* CDC cuts funding for blue states

* Trump admin escalates Cuba Embargo

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In a meager attempt to locate a spine, the Atlantic published a piece called “Yes, It’s Fascism” by Jonathan Rauch, which makes the case that all the things that have always been true about Trump and MAGA have suddenly reached the threshold for fascism. Simone and JP dig in while giving some of their own analysis of the nature of fascism and the historical moment/

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Welcome to the FIRST episode of The Red Tennis Shoes, a show that’s all about and only about, sportsball (well at least the commercials).

We’re also trying a new thing: instead of releasing Horrible Headlines and our Artifact of the Week together in one episode, we are going to start releasing them separately as two episodes within the same week, so stay tuned for e23 on Fascism later this week.

PS: JP apologies for his terrible cough

HH:

* Superbowl Commercials

* Bad Bunny vs Kid Flop

* Trump disses US Olympian

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This is a neat one; special thanks to Karina Vazirova, host of MOTHER-podcast, and her guest Leah Hazard, for allowing us to reproduce parts of their conversation: Midwifery and The Future of Birth.

HH:

* A drawdown from ICE? Or a temporary strategic retreat?

* The Government shuts down again (partially)

* Another Epstein file dump

* The US escalated tensions with Iran

* Trump Admin blusters about Mark Carney’s Davos speech

Artifact:

Leah Hazard on MOTHER-podcast, hosted by Karina Vazirova

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Intermission: “Karm But Ready To Be Excited” by Radioontheshelf, Licensed under CC BY 4.0

Better late than never…though this one was worth waiting for.

HH:

* ICE commits another murder in Minneapolis

* Bovine-o gets the boot

* A “framework” for Greenland is announced

Artifact:

Canadian PM Mark Carney gives a very interesting speech to Davos about the future of middling powers in an era of great power rivalry.

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Intermission: “Queen Of Karma ft. Michelle Noel" by Zep Hurme, Licensed under CC BY 4.0