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‘The Necessary Conversation’ Puts Family Political Arguments On Full Display

“The Necessary Conversation,” a podcast and YouTube show, is a very public example of the political disputes families are having all across the country.

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Aug 20 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
‘The Office’ star Jenna Fischer exposes the grueling reality that forced her off TV

Jenna Fischer reveals why she left television series acting after 70-hour weeks and how the "Office Ladies" podcast gave her time for school drop-offs.

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Aug 19 • 12:51 PM EDT • Entertainment • foxnews.com
Skyhawk Sports Talk Returns To Woodfire Pizza Kitchen On Monday Night

MARTIN, Tenn.- The University of Tennessee at Martin athletic department has announced the return of the Skyhawk Sports Talk podcast to Woodfire Pizza Kitche...

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Aug 19 • 11:31 AM EDT • Sports • utmsports.com
Charlamagne tha God on Podcast, Being a Girl Dad, Mental Health

Radio royalty and New York Times bestselling author Charlamagne tha God joins TODAY’s Jenna Bush Hager and Sheinelle Jones to discuss his No.1 video podcast on Netflix, “The Breakfast Club” and share a story of working with Craig Melvin early in their careers. He also talks about the importance of reading, receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, being a dad to four girls and his advocacy for mental health. Then, they play a game of “Charlamagne Sounds Off,” where he gives his hot takes to pop culture news.

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Aug 19 • 10:52 AM EDT • Health • today.com
Gwyneth Paltrow is fully in her AI era

Gwyneth Paltrow is investing in AI startups, embracing the technology at Goop, and talking about AI on her podcast.

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Aug 19 • 10:16 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Keke Palmer on How Jennifer Lopez Became Her 'Real Mentor'

Keke Palmer told Amy Poehler’s Good Hang podcast that Jennifer Lopez has been a real mentor since they filmed Hustlers together in 2019.

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Aug 18 • 7:35 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
UNC basketball coach Michael Malone describes chaotic start with Tar Heels

During a podcast appearance, UNC basketball coach Michael Malone breaks down his chaotic start with the Tar Heels.

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Aug 18 • 10:05 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
The Fast and the Curious: Sky Sports announces new partnership ahead of F1's return to action at Dutch GP

The partnership between The Fast and the Curious podcast and Sky Sports will create further opportunities to tell the stories behind F1 and bring listeners closer to the action than ever before; watch the Dutch Grand Prix Sprint weekend live on Sky Sports F1 from Friday

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Aug 18 • 4:00 AM EDT • Sports • skysports.com
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Reddit’s AI is turning posts into podcasts and short videos

Would you rather read or listen?

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Aug 17 • 7:46 PM EDT • Technology • theverge.com
Hayden Panettiere tributes include Connie Britton, Viola Davis and Selma Blair

Stars are paying tribute to Hayden Panettiere after the actor's death at 36, including her “Nashville” co-star Connie Britton, Viola Davis, Melissa Barrera and Bethany Joy Lenz, along with podcaster

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Aug 17 • 5:06 PM EDT • Entertainment • yakimaherald.com
Kountry Wayne Talks Micro-Drama Empire

Kountry Wayne discusses building the micro-drama empire that's helped fuel his rise as a stand-up on Deadline's 'Comedy Means Business' podcast.

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Aug 17 • 4:00 PM EDT • Business • deadline.com
AMP SPORTS ADDS FORMER PACKERS PRO BOWLER HA HA CLINTON-DIX AS CO-HOST OF THE TUNDRA - GREEN BAY PACKERS PODCAST

Clinton-Dix Joins Packers Legend John Kuhn; WLUK FOX 11 Sports Director Ryan Wing Also Joins AMP Sports Podcast Green Bay – August 17, 2026 — Sinclair’s AMP Sports today announced former Green Bay Packers safety and Pro Bowl selection Ha Ha Clinton-Dix is joining THE TUNDRA: A Podcast on the Green Bay Packers as co-host...

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Aug 17 • 12:00 PM EDT • Sports • sbgi.net
Sinclair's AMP Sports Expands College Football Podcast Slate with THE RIVERSIDE: A Podcast on the Tennessee Volunteers

Produced in Partnership with Fox 17 Nashville, The Riverside to Launch on August 25 with hosts Phillip Fulmer, Erik Ainge, and Fred White BALTIMORE – August 17, 2026 – Sinclair's AMP Sports today announced the launch of THE RIVERSIDE: A Podcast on the University of Tennessee Volunteers, continuing the expansion of its growing portfolio of...

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Aug 17 • 10:00 AM EDT • Sports • sbgi.net
Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 337: Marc Bookman Examines the Death Penalty’s Politics, Failures and Enduring Appeal

Marc Bookman, legal director of the Atlantic Center for Capital Representation, recently discussed capital punishment on Episode 337 of 'Everyday Injustice.' Bookman challenged the perception of a national death penalty resurgence, asserting its continued application is increasingly confined to a limited number of states. He also critiqued public opinion polling on capital punishment, specifically a Pew poll, for failing to present alternatives such as life without parole. Additionally, Bookman previewed his forthcoming novel, 'Albert's Time,' which explores the ethical dimensions of capital punishment by confronting the execution of an undeniably guilty individual.

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Aug 17 • 7:10 AM EDT • Politics • davisvanguard.org
Gloucester CPA launches business founder-focused podcast

The profit and performance adviser said many of her clients’ revenue would grow, but the founders running the businesses were “stuck in the weeds.”

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Aug 16 • 3:23 PM EDT • Business • pilotonline.com
Sports podcaster breaks down week 1 of the NFL preseason

Double Coverage Podcast host Zach Hirsch joins “Morning in America” to discuss his thoughts as week 1 of the NFL preseason wraps up, including his Rookie of the Year and Super Bowl predictions.

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Aug 16 • 11:27 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Bruin to Bruin: Internationally renowned health economist, global health reform leader and UCLA Associate of the Chancellor Dr. Felicia Marie Knaul

Listen to health economist and global health leader Dr. Felicia Marie Knaul sit down with Editorial Board member and Podcasts Editor Megan Vahdat to discuss her work advancing health equity, shaping health systems around the world and drawing on personal experience to drive meaningful change.

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Aug 15 • 8:00 PM EDT • Health • dailybruin.com
Why Is Hunter Biden on a Media Blitz?

The former president’s son is trading silence for airtime, using podcasts and essays to talk about his past and share grievances.

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Aug 14 • 9:00 PM EDT • Politics • wsj.com
'Call Her Daddy' host shuts down Unwell beverage line after short, buzzy run

Top podcaster Alex Cooper’s beverage business is shutting down, demonstrating the challenges online creators often have in diversifying their work away from content.

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Aug 14 • 10:17 AM EDT • Business • latimes.com
Growing Into the Middle Market: How Small Businesses Size Up

National Business Capital's Joe Camberato is back on the podcast to discuss scaling small businesses with a calibrated capital stack

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Aug 14 • 9:05 AM EDT • Business • middlemarketgrowth.org
Dale Earnhardt Jr. wants more drivers hosting podcasts
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Aug 13 • 1:29 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
'Call Her Daddy' Host Alex Cooper's Unwell Beverage Business Is Shutting Down

The superstar podcaster launched a line of drinks in 2025 in partnership with Nestlé and sold at Target stores

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Aug 13 • 11:54 AM EDT • Business • bloomberg.com
Microsoft kills off unsuccessful AI features while merging its separate Copilot apps

Microsoft is simplifying Copilot by combining its consumer and business apps, and dropping AI-generated podcasts, Group Chats, Deep Research, and its Mico character.

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Aug 13 • 11:30 AM EDT • Technology • techcrunch.com
Microsoft starts merging its Copilot consumer and business apps in advance of ‘Super App’ rollout

Microsoft is combining its consumer and business Copilot apps into a single app, in a gradual transition starting this week. Copilot Podcasts, Group Chat and Deep Research will be retired beginning Aug. 18, along with Mico, the animated character added to Copilot's voice mode last year.

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Aug 13 • 9:30 AM EDT • Technology • geekwire.com
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Microsoft starts merging its Copilot consumer and business apps in advance of ‘Super App’ rollout

Microsoft is combining its consumer and business Copilot apps into a single app, in a gradual transition starting this week. Copilot Podcasts, Group Chat and Deep Research will be retired beginning Aug. 18, along with Mico, the animated character added to Copilot's voice mode last year.

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Aug 13 • 9:30 AM EDT • Business • geekwire.com
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Marcus Rashford transfer news: Tottenham should sign Man Utd forward, says ex-Spurs midfielder Jamie O'Hara

Jamie OHara was speaking on Sky Sports Tottenham summer special podcast; the show also features Sky Sports News Michael Bridge and Lyall Thomas, who analyse Spurs summer window so far, discuss the business still needed and answer your questions ahead of the new season

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Aug 13 • 8:05 AM EDT • Sports • skysports.com
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Abbey Murphy Says Oilers “Shocked” Her On Tkachuk Wingmen Podcast

It won’t be long before the Edmonton Oilers open Training Camp in preparation for the upcoming 2026-27 NHL Season, but as is the case with every NHL club, they hosted Development Camp for the club’s young draft selections earlier in the summer.And during Development Camp, there was a special guest on hand – none other […] The post Abbey Murphy Says Oilers “Shocked” Her On Tkachuk Wingmen Podcast appeared first on HEAVY.

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Aug 13 • 1:22 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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NBA YoungBoy, now in Korea, talks heart condition and how many albums his future holds

While a guest on the Open Thoughts podcast, the 26-year-old Baton Rouge rapper revealed that the left side of his heart is "still enlarged."

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Aug 12 • 10:07 PM EDT • Entertainment • latimes.com
Bills Roundtable Podcast: The Preseason Is Here!

Buffalo football returns as the Bills debut their new stadium against Carolina. Dive into training camp surprises, depth chart battles, and roster bubble standouts in this episode.

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Aug 11 • 9:26 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Kalshi CEO slams founders for being over-reliant on ‘mostly trash’ business advice—he founded his now-$22 billion prediction market as a college grad

Kalshi’s 30-year-old CEO says most business advice is ‘trash’—he doesn’t read management books or listen to podcasts: ‘I’m gonna make it up as I go’

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Aug 11 • 11:11 AM EDT • Business • fortune.com
Radiologists criticize noted neuroscientist podcaster’s claims supporting whole-body MRI

Andrew D. Huberman, PhD, a professor of neurobiology and ophthalmology at Stanford Medicine, voiced support for these scans in a recent social media post.

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Aug 11 • 2:11 AM EDT • Business • radiologybusiness.com
Spotify's New Ad-Skipping Feature Is Not Scaring Off Podcast Advertisers Yet

The platform is testing out a feature that allows paid users to skip ads on podcasts, but experts say this will likely not have any immediate impact.

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Aug 10 • 4:56 PM EDT • Technology • hollywoodreporter.com
Someone Made a Terrific Deal in the Peacock/YouTube Premium Partnership…But Who?

(Welcome to the “Most Important Story of the Week”, my bi-weekly strategy column analyzing the most important (but often not buzziest) news story of the last two weeks. I’m the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a former streaming executive who now analyzes business strategy in the entertainment industry. Please subscribe.) I hope everyone around the world suffering from record heat waves is doing okay. The temperature is already up in Southern California, but obviously not nearly as bad as parts of Europe. With a super El Nińo coming this year, I worry it will get even worse. Yes, we know what’s causing this heat—it’s the carbon, duh—but we really aren’t making enough progress. I’m not “environmental strategy guy”, but if I were, I’d have some ideas of what I’d try. Honestly, for years I’ve been intrigued by the work of the folks at MEER—whose plan, super simply, is to put up mirrors to reflect heat (while continuing the important work of decarbonization)—but I’m frustrated this idea hasn’t made more progress. (Other geo-engineering groups seem to get better press.) With heat like this—cancelling events, hurting economies and, most importantly, killing people—it seems like the time to push solutions! The “mirrors on the ground” solution has barely been tried.1 While entertainment companies may not “feel the heat”, lots of outdoors/experiential industries—concerts, theme parks and so on—will. Even movie theaters could benefit, since mirrors could help lower AC costs, which I imagine is not an insignificant expense, especially in the hotter areas of the country. So I do think the entertainment industry should prioritize this issue. Anyways, let’s get back into the entertainment strategy. I was about to write, “Hey, this week we don’t have any mergers and entertainment news to dive into,” but that’s not really true, since we had more updates on Paramount-Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery. But the big story of the week involves a streamer and a Big Tech platform bundling their respective streamers. So I’ll write about the updates on Paramount buying Warner Bros., Versant making some moves, and a whole lot more. But we start with a surprising deal: Peacock licensing their content to YouTube Premium. Let’s dive in! Subscribe Most Important Story of the Week - Peacock’s Pricey Premium Partnership The story of the week is Comcast’s2 NBC-Universal’s Peacock making a deal with Google’s YouTube’s YouTube Premium subscription product to embed their content. And I’ll say this up front: Someone made a terrific deal. The question is who. And I’ll be honest: I don’t know. Let me explain why, including why this deal exists, the pros and cons for each side, the biggest unknown, and what that says about the streaming wars. Customers Love Bundles (But YouTube Has Its Own Issues) We’re just getting started with this issue, but the rest is for paid subscribers of the Entertainment Strategy Guy, so if you’d like to find out… Why customers love bundles… But why I’m worried about YouTube’s integration... How Peacock is trading scale for control… And the reason they likely made this deal... The odd budget math for this deal... Whether or not I think the Paramount-Skydance/WBD deal is more likely after the latest settlement... Versant making moves and why that’s good for Hollywood… Another distributor going out of business… ...and a whole lot more! ...please subscribe! We can only keep doing this great work with your support.

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Aug 10 • 3:37 PM EDT • Entertainment • entertainment.substack.com
August 10 "Colorado Chamber Office Hours": Secretary of State candidates talk business issues

Colorado Secretary of State candidates James Wiley and Amanda Gonzalez talk business issues on the "Colorado Chamber Office Hours" podcast.

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Aug 10 • 2:17 PM EDT • Business • tsscolorado.com
"They don't understand art" - id Software lead slams Xbox, says it's "impossible" to make games like 2016's Doom now

id's lead services provider Chris Hayes spoke to the Well Played podcast about the studio, and the problems he has with the company post-layoffs.

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Aug 10 • 11:27 AM EDT • Technology • eurogamer.net
Mirror cells could threaten life on Earth. Why are we building them?

For people with two hands, one is usually dominant. On a molecular level, earthly life takes this to the extreme. All of the DNA in living things twists to the right, whereas the protein building blocks favor a kind of left-handed chemistry.The rules of life are based on this chemistry.In recent years, scientists have worked toward a kind of mirror version of life. Currently, the technology doesn't exist to make mirror life at the cellular level — and likely won't for at least a decade. Still, a group of scientists is concerned enough about the possibility that they've published a 299-page technical report calling for a stop to the science.In this encore episode for our Tech Camp series, host Regina Barber talks to Carl Zimmer, a science reporter at The New York Times, about his reporting on mirror cells — and why creating them could lead to devastating consequences for life on Earth.Check out Carl's full article.Curious about other controversial research? Email us at shortwave@npr.org.Support public media with NPR+ and enjoy perks for over 25 podcasts like this one. This show’s perks include sponsor-free listening. Learn more at plus.npr.org.

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Aug 10 • 3:00 AM EDT • Science • npr.org
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Exclusive: Spotify’s new ‘skip’ button could end the podcast business as we know it

The Swedish streaming giant cast the move as streamlining a feature that already exists, the Spotify app’s 15-second skip button.

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Aug 9 • 7:27 PM EDT • Business • semafor.com
No Dogs in Space is a music history podcast for true obsessives

Now if only they’d give us some new episodes.

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Aug 9 • 4:28 PM EDT • Entertainment • theverge.com
Stateline Sports Reporters Podcast: ETSU, Tennessee, Virginia Tech Football Preview

WCYB NBC 5 Bristol and WEMT Fox 39 Greeneville offer local and national news reporting, sports, and weather forecasts to viewers in the Tennessee, Virginia Tri-Cities area including Bristol, Kingsport and Johnson City.

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Aug 9 • 9:32 AM EDT • Sports • wcyb.com
Anthony Scaramucci, Podcast Star, Explains U.S. Politics to the World

He spent 11 days in the Trump White House nine years ago. Now he has a hit podcast, helping the British public, among others, understand what’s going on.

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Aug 9 • 5:01 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Nitecore’s latest power bank is the lightest and most compact yet

The Verge is about technology and how it makes us feel. Founded in 2011, we offer our audience everything from breaking news to reviews to award-winning features and investigations, on our site, in video, and in podcasts.

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Aug 8 • 3:00 AM EDT • Technology • theverge.com
Hillary Clinton blasts Trump’s White House changes as ‘reminiscent’ of Saddam Hussein’s palaces

Hillary Clinton blasted President Donald Trump’s overhaul of the White House in an interview posted Friday, telling podcast host Kara Swisher that Trump’s “tackied up” décor is “reminiscent” of dictator Saddam Hussein’s palaces in Iraq.

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Aug 7 • 10:51 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
MrBeast's pitch decks show how his ambitions have changed over time

Newly filed court docs show that the world's biggest creator, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, explored podcasts and NFTs in an earlier era.

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Aug 7 • 5:10 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
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BBC Radio 4’s acclaimed science and comedy podcast The Infinite Monkey Cage returns with guest presenters Adam Rutherford and Jessica Fostekew

Broadcaster, author and science journalist Adam Rutherford and award-winning comedian Jessica Fostekew are stepping in as guest presenters

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Aug 6 • 8:30 AM EDT • Science • bbc.com
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Science|Business summer reads of 2026

As most people in the European research and innovation policy bubble are going on a well-deserved summer break, we have come up with a list of our favourite books, podcasts and essays from the past year that ask deeper questions about science, technology and politics.BooksPasteur’s Quadrant: Basic Science and Technological Innovation, by Donald StokesIf you haven’t read Pasteur’s Quadrant yet, now is the time. In the EU and elsewhere, we’re living through a period of dwindling faith that curiosity-driven research automatically leads to economic growth and technological progress. Pasteur’s Quadrant, published in 1997 by the Princeton academic Donald Stokes, is the most influential critique of the standard “linear model” of R&D: the idea that new discoveries made in ivory-tower labs get neatly passed on for commercialisation by start-ups. In reality, Stokes argues, practical applications often inspire more theorical lines of inquiry. Of course, we have long known that things are more complex than the linear model, but even today, it’s still often assumed in Brussels discourse. The book is a useful corrective, and is being used now to argue for new types of scientific institutions. David MatthewsThe Weaponization of Expertise: How Elites Fuel Populism, by Jacob Hale Russel and Dennis PattersonAre society’s problems solvable by technical expertise alone? “If only the benighted would listen,” say Jacob Hale Russel and Dennis Patterson, two professors at Rutgers Law School who got frustrated with how scientists and politicians handled public health communication during the Covid-19 pandemic. In the book, they argue that clichéd mantras about scientific evidence and expertise perpetrated by academics, journalists and politicians have harmed public trust in the very institutions they were trying to defend. Paradoxically, slogans such as “we believe in science,” “follow the science” and “defer to the experts” can fuel mistrust in science, experts and democratic institutions. The authors criticise “condescension” and “technocratic paternalism” in the public discourse and make the case for a more nuanced approach to scientific and expert policy advice that rests on humility, doubt, scepticism and open dialogue. “Most complex social questions in fact revolve around values, not the recitation of unambiguous facts,” they say. Florin ZubascuBreakneck: China's Quest to Engineer the Future, by Dan WangIn this book, Dan Wang compares the structural differences between the US and Chinese industrial policies, but raises a very timely question for innovation policy wonks: how can advanced manufacturing know-how contribute to technology-intensive economic growth? Wang says technology has three components: the tools, the blueprints and patents, and the process knowledge. The third component represents the “proficiency gained from practical experience, which isn’t easily communicated and requires years of implementation.” According to Wang, rather than seeing tools and blueprints as the ultimate ends of technological progress, policymakers should see them as milestones in the training of better scientists and manufacturers. Over the past decades, China has amassed “process knowledge” because capital flowed to complex fabrication facilities, while investors in the West have parked their money in capital-light businesses such as digital platforms or chip companies that focus on design. As it turns out, thanks to its oversized focus on manufacturing, China has gained remarkable advantages in the global technology race. Florin ZubascuBaltic: The Future of Europe, by Oliver MoodyWhat can Europe learn from the nine countries surrounding the Baltic Sea? Alongside the familiar stories about Estonia's digital transformation, the book examines how the region has used technology, resilience, education, governance and long-term thinking to respond to geopolitical, economic and security challenges. Innovation policy wonks might find fresh perspectives on how innovation can strengthen defence, societal resilience and Europe's capacity to adapt in an uncertain world. Whether or not you agree with all of Oliver Moody's conclusions, the book is a useful guide to a region that is increasingly shaping European debates on security, competitiveness and technology. Goda NaujokaityteThe Invention of Nature, by Andrea Wulf This book chronicles the wild and adventurous life of natural science pioneer Alexander von Humboldt who at some point in the 19th century seems to have been just about the most famous person in the world. Through scientific expeditions to the Andes Mountains and to the depths of Siberia, von Humboldt contributed a host of discoveries and concepts. During his life he met and formed relationships with historical figures as different as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Simon Bolivar, Thomas Jefferson, Napoleon Bonaparte and Charles Darwin. He is also claimed to be the person in the world with most things named after him, a list that includes an ocean current, a penguin and a region of the Moon. Still venerated in Germany, with numerous scientific institutions named after him, von Humboldt has slipped out of public consciousness in most of the rest of the world. For anyone not familiar with him, this book does a good job of describing his fascinating life. Ole EllekrogCareless People, by Sarah Wynn-WilliamsYou may have heard this referred to as the book Meta doesn’t want you to read. The 2025 memoir from Sarah Wynn-Williams, former director of global public policy at Meta, then just called Facebook, includes explosive claims about everything from a toxic workplace culture to how the company worked with advertisers to target vulnerable teens, and the lengths it was prepared to go to in order to break into China. It’s a fascinating insight into how and why the tech company gradually shifted its approach to policy, whether in the US, Europe or Asia. Meta has denied the allegations in the book, and last year won an emergency ruling to prevent Wynn-Williams from promoting it. In response, the author is now suing her former employer. If that doesn’t make you want to read it. Martin GreenacrePodcastsThe Europeans: Europe’s anti-ElonThis podcast is a great choice for a light-hearted dose of European policy and culture news. Most of it has little to do with research, innovation and technology, but this particular podcast features an interview with Mastadon’s founder Eugen Rochko. He talks about his experience running an open-source, federated, European-made social media platform, and leaving it all behind. The conversation, which starts 14 minutes in, gently encourages us to reflect on what kind of technology we, as Europeans, want to make. Goda NaujokaityteSolarpunk and how we escape dystopiaNew technologies are very often taken from science fiction. Alberto Santos-Dumont, inventor the airship, was inspired as a child by the adventure stories of Jules Verne. OpenAI’s attempt to build a personal assistant with the voice of Scarlett Johansson was lifted from the 2013 film Her, completely ignoring the movie’s cautionary message. So if we want better tech, we need to imagine it first. Unfortunately, the state of current sci-fi is relentlessly dystopian, giving inventors precious few ideas or hope. However, a new genre, Solarpunk, which envisages a technologically advanced but ecologically harmonious future, is now taking off. The actual tech the genre imagines, such as permaculture, renewable energy or community repair workshops, while nice, isn’t all that inspiring or ambitious. But it’s a first step towards rescuing sci-fi from its pessimistic Blade Runner rut. David MatthewsEveryday AbundanceLaunched in June, Everyday Abundance is a podcast that tells the stories of the inventions we now take so for granted that we barely given them a second thought. For example, the washing machine, which liberated women from a lifetime “bent over washtubs and washboards.” Or modern dentistry, which ended the reality that “tooth pain was simply part of human life.” Historians of technology, Virginia Postrel and Charles C Mann are very much on the optimistic end of the spectrum when it comes to the capacity of invention to improve human life. Here, they set out their case: if it wasn’t for progress, you might be hunched over a washtub with toothache rather than reading these words. David Matthews‘We will not know what we lost’: Conservation fallout a year after USAID shutdownSince his return to the White House, Donald Trump has been on a mission to undermine science. He slashed jobs at federal agencies, terminated grants in some research areas, took unprecedented control over university affairs and, within hours of his inauguration, suspended the US Agency for International Development. While its initial focus was to administer health and food aid around the world, it had since expanded to conservation projects. The result? Some of these projects were stopped abruptly. In this Mongabay podcast, environmental reporter Michelle Nijhuis tells the story of the EcoGuard conservation programme in Liberia, whose local patrols had helped protect rainforests, monitor endangered wildlife and track illegal threats. From one day to the next, these were left without salaries. Luckily, she notes, the initiative was able to get emergency funding from international NGOs, but its future remains “incredibly uncertain.” Juliette PortalaEssaysThe Mars Delusion, by Henry WismayerWhy is humankind so fixated on establishing a colony on Mars? asks London-based writer Henry Wismayer. From space evangelists promoting Martian settlement as an insurance policy, to billionaire Jeff Bezos, who said humans should settle on Mars “because it’s cool,” the mission is not running short of advocates. However, in this essay, Wismayer reminds us that some critics expect any future Mars pioneer to end up “irradiated, sick, mad and dead.” Scientists have already looked into the possible effects of prolonged exposure to Martian gravity, and it’s not pretty: muscle shrinking, bones weakening, changes to the central nervous system and other biological modifications to make us all reconsider the journey. “Some researchers have forecast that the future settler, after generations of evolutionary conditioning, will look less like an Übermensch and more like ET,” Wismayer writes. Juliette Portala

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Aug 5 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • sciencebusiness.net
Whoopi Goldberg suggests she’d exit ‘The View’ if she was richer

Whoopi Goldberg has suggested that she’d leave ‘The View’ if she had more money: ‘Don’t know if I’d still be doing the show,’ she told actress Keke Palmer in a new podcast interview.

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Aug 5 • 1:25 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Paramount's chairman says lawsuit opposing Warner Bros. merger is political

An antitrust lawsuit has put Paramount's bid for larger rival Warner Brothers Discovery in jeopardy. Paramount's chairman says the problem is really about politics — and whether he's fit to own CNN.Support public media with NPR+ and enjoy perks for over 25 podcasts like this one. This show’s perks include sponsor-free listening. Learn more at plus.npr.org.

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Aug 5 • 12:07 PM EDT • Politics • npr.org
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PODCAST: Reacting to the Season-Ending Loss of Ricky Pearsall
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Aug 5 • 7:55 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Crooked Letter Sports: 111 years of sports writing… | Ep. 308

In Tyler CLeveland's absence, 51-year Mississipppi sports writing vetran Billy Watkins joins the podcast to co-host with Rick Cleveland, who has been covering

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Aug 5 • 7:00 AM EDT • Sports • mississippitoday.org
Does Welbeck's exit offer hope to youth?

On the latest Albion Unlimited podcast, BBC Radio Sussex's Johnny Cantor is joined by former Seagulls forward Warren Aspinall as they discuss Danny Welbeck's decision to join Chelsea. Aspinall said he was "gutted" to see Welbeck leave Brighton after the 35-year-old spent over five years at the club.

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Aug 5 • 4:17 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Joe Budden Is Launching a True-Crime Podcast With Wolf Entertainment, Advance Local's Headline Studio

Joe Budden partnered with Wolf Entertainment and news publisher Advance Local's Headline Studio for a new podcast, "Crime in America."

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Aug 4 • 10:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • variety.com
How Comedy Development Is Changing — Comedy Means Business At JFL

What's the state of comedy development? Reg Tigerman, Maureen Taran and Danny Jolles weighed in during a live Comedy Means Business podcast at JFL.

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Aug 3 • 2:30 PM EDT • Business • deadline.com
DC youth take on mental health in new podcast

A group of D.C. students has been hard at work on a podcast about mental health and the many pressures that young people face. This new podcast is called “Behind the Smile: Teens and Mental Health in America.” The students who worked on it told News4 it’s really been a labor of love to help their peers who may be…

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Aug 3 • 12:17 AM EDT • Health • nbcwashington.com
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5 Easy Claude Automations That Grow Your Business On Autopilot

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A new media ecosystem is taking root on the left, reshaping Democratic politics

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Fans Shrug Off Ticket Price Hikes: Luminate Live Music 2026 Report

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Does public health *need* MAHA?

Last week, our friend Dr. Craig Spencer sparked an ongoing volatile discussion with his Atlantic article “Public Health Needs MAHA.” Some have come out in strong dissent, others are cheering, and others are simply lamenting that we find ourselves in such a divided world to begin with. We will dare to dip our toes in these controversial waters, too. Does public health need MAHA? We think in some ways yes, and in other ways, no. MAHA leaders versus the everyday MAHA supporter The vitriol in this debate mostly comes from one collapsed distinction: the leadership of MAHA is not necessarily the same as the people who support it. Say “MAHA” and most people picture RFK Jr. Fair enough, as he coined the term and holds most of the power. And, yes, some MAHA followers treat Kennedy as something close to a saint. But talk to the grassroots, and it’s not a monolith. They’re Republicans, Democrats, and Independents. People who distrust vaccines and vaccine supporters. It’s a wide, eclectic coalition. The data backs this too: 4 in 10 Americans support the movement—that’s a lot of people! But according to polls, vaccines and medical choice (the issues most tied to Kennedy personally) are cited by only 4% as their reason for supporting the movement. For many, the motivations are much broader. Many MAHA supporters are signing up for the idea that “something needs to change” with health in this country. They’re asking good-faith questions about corporate influence on our health systems, health care costs, nutrition, chemicals, and clean air and water. These are all questions that plenty of public health professionals recognize as legitimate and also care about very deeply. Blurring the lines between the leadership and grassroots does real damage in two important ways: It hands the 4 in 10 exactly the narrative already fed—that the health ecosystem doesn’t listen, doesn’t care, and paints every critic with the same brush. It gives the actual bad actor more power. RFK Jr. has done irreparable damage and can’t be trusted. What the MAHA movement gets right A healthy population is something the public health field was literally built on, and many of these topics are things we have dedicated our lives to. Yet the MAHA movement has captivated nearly half the country in a way the public health establishment has failed to achieve. So that means MAHA is doing something right. Some of it may be timing (after a Covid-19 pandemic and deep frustration and mistrust with institutions). The movement also does three other things really well: 1. It gives a new, louder voice to system failures. While MAHA is not a monolith, one theme stays consistent across their stories: the system failed them. For some, it was the system that flooded their communities with opioids and then walked away. For others, it was the system that let their business collapse during Covid with no safety net in sight. For others still, it was the system that failed to help them manage a complex chronic illness, bouncing them from physician to physician without any real answers. And in many ways, our health ecosystems are failing Americans. Why are medical bills so incomprehensible? Why do some kids get a healthy school lunch and others don’t? Why do an epidemiologist and a MD/PhD student have to start newsletters in the middle of the biggest public health emergency in a century, just so people can get straight information? Because the systems failed. This deep-seated frustration driving many Americans to search for solutions elsewhere needs to be recognized. 2. MAHA has brilliant comms central to their efforts. MAHA figured out something most health institutions still have not: the information landscape changed. It’s participatory now, not top-down; influence runs through many nodes in a community, not one institution; and storytelling and telling audiences “what you really think” moves people more than data dumps do. MAHA goes where audiences are listening, using podcasts, social media, and memes in ways most health institutions would scoff at—but it works. 3. They are very good at organizing. A MAHA meeting feels like a rally: energy, speakers, music, and most importantly, an action for everyone. Someone’s writing the next policy brief, someone’s seeding a narrative, someone knows the next legislative deadline, someone’s sending the text messages for a campaign. None of this is new (ask the civil rights movement), but MAHA knows it works and has capitalized on it. What MAHA gets wrong This list could be much longer, and this newsletter has spent a lot of time covering it, but here are a few things: Poor use of scientific evidence. This is the fundamental problem with many MAHA policies: the hype outpaces the science, and experts are often villainized for pointing this out. MAHA leadership has traded real solutions for cheap wins. For example, instead of taking on the powerful food industry and passing real reforms, it has celebrated french fries made of beef tallow and taken out artificial dyes from still very sugary children’s cereal. These changes won’t move the needle on America’s diet. MAHA leadership has tried to dismantle vaccine access in the U.S. While many MAHA supporters emphasize other issues, the effort to change vaccine policy has become MAHA’s signature effort. This is not surprising given RFK Jr.’s extensive track record campaigning against vaccines. It has rallied behind the wrong leader. RFK Jr. has a decades-long track record of villifying doctors, scientists, and public health workers, well before he became HHS secretary. He is known for his decades-long work sowing distrust in vaccines as well as life-saving treatments like antiretroviral therapy for HIV. This is not a serious person who can move the needle on health in the U.S, and he has already done serious damage. Public health needs more than defense Defending the evidence is absolutely necessary so health in the U.S. doesn’t move further backward. The public health establishment is very good at defense. The problem is this defense often sounds like defending the status quo, which has failed many people. Public health needs to offer an alternative to RFK Jr.’s MAHA—one that is rooted in evidence, truly listens to and addresses people’s frustrations, and has innovative solutions and the courage to change the systems. How do we get there? Find common ground. Do you know what most people care most about? The abysmal cost of healthcare. Start there. Fight for the human loudly. Too often, communications and engagement center on science with a capital S, funding mechanisms, or the CDC/FDA/NIH. Not the person. So the public doesn’t see themselves in it. Instead, they see people fighting for the very powerful systems that they feel negatively impact their health and well-being. Let the public feel and hear that you see their frustrations, you get it, and you’re fighting for them within the system. Recognize when pro-science messages are alienating people. Facts absolutely matter, but angrily venting only alienates people further. Our friend Elisabeth Marnik recently wrote a New York Times article about her experience growing up unvaccinated and how listening and empathetic conversation are the only ways to reach people that really work (a position backed by communication science). Her comments section was full of hateful comments from pro-vaccine individuals attacking her for daring to suggest we approach vaccine-hesitant individuals with empathy. It is possible to both stand firm behind scientific evidence and empathize with people who don’t trust it. Lean into politics smartly. Often, public health has shied away from politics: Don’t touch it, lest you get burned. But this fails to recognize that the third rail is what fuels the train: who is elected determines our budgets, our priorities, and our authority. Being political means being very savvy in strategy on both sides of the aisle, knowing your audience, and recognizing that political capital is as scarce as financial resources and needs to be allocated accordingly. Bottom line So does public health need MAHA? That’s not really the right question. Public health has a responsibility not to dismiss 40% of the country who feel heard by this movement and are frustrated that the system has failed them. And it has a responsibility to stick to the evidence and recognize MAHA leadership for what it is: a danger to our nation’s health. Both can, and should, be done. Love, YLE and KP A big thanks to Craig Spencer, who had the courage to put his neck out there to start a much-needed discussion at such a critical moment—one that is determining the identity of an entire field. Kristen Panthagani, MD, PhD is completing an emergency medicine residency and research fellowship focusing on health literacy and communication. In her free time, she writes the newsletters You Can Know Things debunking health myths and rumors and The Public Health Roundup. Views expressed belong to KP, not her employer. Your Local Epidemiologist (YLE) comprises a team of experts, ranging from physicians to immunologists to epidemiologists to nutritionists, working together with one goal: to “translate” ever-evolving public health science so that people are well-equipped to make evidence-based decisions. The YLE suite of newsletters reaches over 475,000 people across more than 132 countries. This newsletter is free to everyone, thanks to the generous support of fellow YLE community members. To support the effort, subscribe or upgrade below: Subscribe

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Chelsea Handler can’t believe Joe Rogan’s podcast generates this eye-watering amount of money

Chelsea Handler slams Joe Rogan’s salary after Forbes named him the highest-paid podcaster in 2026 with his Spotify podcast ‘The Joe Rogan Experience.’

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How scholarly publishers are safeguarding trust in science

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Hegseth offers soldiers testosterone and FDA loosens safety warnings. Is the science there?

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New Podcast: Expanding Teen Mental Health First Aid in New York

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A new media ecosystem is taking root on the left, reshaping Democratic politics

A growing number of Americans are swearing off legacy media and turning to a mix of independent podcasts, social media accounts and anti-establishment digital news sites.

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The Science Behind the AI Panic Is Shakier Than You Think

A column by Sascha Lobo Is AI making us dumb? So asked DER SPIEGEL on its cover a while ago. After a few weeks of recovery and a therapeutic intervention with the help of my AI, I feel able to respond. That’s a bit unfair, of course; the article itself is more nuanced than the loud cover, the image of a schoolkid with dull prompt questions, or the subtitle: “AI is conquering the schools, and educators fear a disaster.” The short answer to “Is AI making us dumb?” is: no. The long answer is more interesting, and even carries a preliminary glimmer of the spectacular. Unfortunately, it requires a detour into the sphere of artificial intelligence, into the mogul-field terrain of technology assessment, the attention economy, and the destructive virus of cultural pessimism. Along with narrowing the scope to AI’s effects on education and work rather than on intelligence. Because the honest version of the question would be: Does AI help us learn and work, or not? Generative AI, which set off the still-ongoing hype with ChatGPT, has only existed in relevant distribution since late 2022, early 2023. For a technology-driven transformation of people and society, that is extremely short. For that reason alone, research is still in its infancy. And technology assessment is not a fast discipline anyway. Prominent voices from Elizabeth Eisenstein to RAND to Tom Wheeler say we still cannot conclusively judge the consequences of the printing press. Its invention is a mere 580 years back, and some scholars would rather not circulate assessments that might have to be retracted in two or three hundred years. We’re Going Through Growing Pains A phenomenon that already caused upheaval in social media research makes serious assessment of AI’s consequences even harder: the “moving target” problem of LLM-ology, as the linguist Sean Trott called it in 2025. AI develops so quickly and so unpredictably that researchers often end up studying snapshots of the past. There are concepts, from morphological analysis to anticipatory governance, for keeping research, planning, and regulation halfway meaningful anyway. But even with those, universally valid statements are rare. DER SPIEGEL - The German View is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe We should therefore treat findings about the interplay between humans and AI as far more procedural and situational. Unfortunately, this challenge comes at the worst possible time. We are going through growing pains: AI’s everyday impact has grown very large very fast, and with it the longing for guidance. Annoyingly, the body of solid knowledge has not exploded along with it. Experts cannot be moved to broad consensus on even banal statements about AI. Sascha Lobo, born in 1975, is an author and strategy consultant focusing on the internet and digital technologies. Together with Jule Lobo, he explores the debates of the day in the podcast “Feel the News – Was Deutschland bewegt” (”What Moves Germany”). Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says software developers are dying out. Bill Gates considers coders one of only three professions that will survive the AI tsunami. Top tech economists find virtually irrefutable arguments both for and against an AI bubble. The same naturally applies to the structurally youth-hostile debate over whether AI is good or bad for young people. The gap between the demand for insight and the supply of solid knowledge creates an orientation vacuum. This vacuum of AI cluelessness is filled, as the attention economy described by Georg Franck in 1998 would have it, with half-knowledge (funnily enough, often AI-generated), marketing, and self-marketing. After all, infinite money is at stake, along with academia’s best current shot at global fame. But this iridescent froth of interpretation operates more by the algorithmic principles of the digital public sphere than by seriously earned insight. That is why dramatized, fear-feeding claims about AI are so promising. It tempts parts of academia into distorted drivel, and parts of the media then sensationalize the published drivel once more. Was the Research Aimed at a Desired Result? How badly this can influence academia and public perception is demonstrated by one of the most-discussed studies on AI’s effects: “Your Brain on ChatGPT.” The MIT study by Nataliya Kosmyna also gets plenty of space in the SPIEGEL cover story. What was measured and interpreted: lower brain activity in people who write with AI assistance, compared to people who only google or write without any tools. As is common with preprints, the study has not yet been peer-reviewed, and it contains substantial weaknesses that experts have sharply criticized. The first round had 54 participants in three groups, the second only 18, who reportedly also came from MIT’s own orbit. There was no preregistration (committing in advance to what you want to find out with which data). In their analysis, Stanković et al. even discovered an opposite effect that the study does not further explain. Some measurement data has not (yet) been published. And the EEG analysis method used is considered too imprecise to support such far-reaching conclusions. The biggest criticism, though, is the suspicion of an activism-driven study. In an interview with Time, lead author Kosmyna said she published the study immediately, rather than after full peer review, because she feared politicians might otherwise decide to put ChatGPT in kindergartens. She considers that absolutely harmful. It is legitimate to hold such a view. It just seems unscientific to approach a study with it, and then to design the setup so that the chance of a fitting desired result remains as high as possible. Ideologies Collide It is not easy to separate genuine AI insights from studies that trivialize and weaken well-founded AI criticism. The same goes for the opposing, AI-enthusiastic narratives, because the pro-AI side works against it with billions in resources. Ideologies collide, fed by egos, PR strategies, moral posturing, and once-in-a-lifetime opportunities. Doomsday marketing makes the search even harder: AI companies can profit from warnings about the dangers of AI, whether through the notoriety of apocalypse narratives or because, in some target groups, danger translates into power. Some seemingly negative findings are therefore quite welcome in the AI industry. If you try to get at the findings presumably less influenced by interest groups, the picture in education seems relatively clear: AI can improve educational outcomes when the right AI is used the right way, namely pedagogically. Simply dumping an AI chatbot into a classroom, by contrast, accomplishes little. Huge surprise. But something else is also obvious: whether they are allowed to or not, kids use AI for school, which is why the controlled integration of AI tools into education is, in the medium term, entirely without alternative. In the world of work, the landscape of findings is more complex and requires more differentiation. A series of serious studies points to an AI effect that suits neither the alarmists, regulation fetishists, and AI opponents, nor the trillion-dollar corporations with their armada of paid scientists, PR professionals, and ecosystems: working with AI helps the inexperienced (at least for now) considerably more than it helps the pros, in certain fields of work, and provided they know how to use it correctly. Missing Domain Knowledge Among the experienced, the professionals, and the high flyers, by contrast, despite frequent time savings, partially negative effects and new problems are emerging. Take the jagged frontier problem: AI solves task A brilliantly and fails completely at task B, even though both look similar even to professionals. Or the verification-cost problem, in which AI’s greater productivity gets eaten up by the enormous effort of checking its output. Or the illusion of competence, because AI makes new domains seem easily penetrable, until you painfully discover that deep domain knowledge is missing. Taken as a whole, the effects of working with AI do lean positive. But the promise that AI works as a turbocharger for everyone and boosts practically everything simply refuses to materialize. The AI magic the world has been feeling since ChatGPT arrived in late 2022 has so far barely shown up in most companies’ numbers. The consulting firm McKinsey has coined a term for this, the “gen AI paradox,” and believes that work processes and corporate structures would have to be rebuilt quite fundamentally to realize AI’s benefits at scale. Reuters just reported that only 3.3 percent of Microsoft’s customers have subscribed to the AI package Copilot. That may be down to the product; in other areas we continue to see soaring successes and new AI triumphs. But after the first quarter of 2026, disillusionment is the word for all too many AI projects at traditional companies: because the promised revolution of AI agents has so far failed to arrive or been postponed, and because of the leveling effect that many of the studies cited here suggest. Against Inequality The societal effects, on the other hand, appear rather encouraging. Many previous technologies operated on the Matthew principle, named for the Gospel verse about giving to those who already have: they tended to reward the more competent and more privileged. AI, however, seems more often to have an equalizing effect once a threshold of access and education is crossed. Some anecdotal insights point in this direction, for example, how an unemployed man in Leipzig successfully defended himself in court in 2025 against fraud accusations from Germany’s federal employment agency — without a lawyer, armed only with ChatGPT. The AI made mistakes and cited invented court rulings, but in the end the man walked away unpunished. And a key capability of artificial intelligence is its capacity to learn: set up correctly and fed with data, it can keep getting better. It is a question of time, or more precisely of AI innovations and training data, until even free AI chatbots write better legal briefs than law graduates with perfect exam scores. Whether that will make anyone dumb is something the world’s press will surely inform us of in due time. Subscribe Leave a comment

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How progressive media is boosting insurgent Democrats ahead of midterms

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A new media ecosystem is taking root on the left, reshaping Democratic politics

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The SZN with Nick Foles, Evan Moore joins NBC Sports Philadelphia podcast network

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What happens when AI chatbots handle a mental health crisis?

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You think U.S. politics have never been worse? It has, says this Utah professor and podcaster.

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The unexpected cost of tariffs for some small business owners

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Creator economy platform Patreon cuts 20% of staff in new layoffs

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AUDIO: Small Business Rundown Highlights Why BOI Remains a Major Threat to Small Businesses

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Critics Choice Association launches Creator Awards to honor podcasters, streamers, and digital storytellers

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Today’s podcast episode: CFPB’s Revised Section 1071 Rule: What Lenders Need to Know About the New Small Business Lending Reporting Requirements

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How Fanatics Fest became the place for sports' biggest stars to be seen (and heard)

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Airplane seats really are getting smaller

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Airplane seats really are getting smaller

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Does the science of peptides live up to the hype?

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AI and the rise of the universal entertainment app

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ECFR’s summer entertainment list 2026 – European Council on Foreign Relations

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Ranking the NFC North LBs, DBs, and coaches

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Cyclosporiasis: the science, risks and red flags

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Talking Vikings and Bears with Bears Talk Underground

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Gordon Monson: Utah Jazz announcer David Locke grew a quiet, solitary idea into a loud, burgeoning network

Ten years in, David Locke's Locked On Podcast Network has become the country's largest — one team-obsessed show at a time

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Jul 19 • 10:00 AM EDT • Sports • sltrib.com
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Some Xbox studio leads reportedly "detest" Game Pass — so why did Xbox push ahead with it? "It felt like a race to zero."

In a new podcast, Bloomberg's Jason Schreier shared thoughts from Xbox Game Studios leaders, who reportedly "detest" Game Pass and its impact on perception of value.

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Jul 19 • 7:23 AM EDT • Technology • windowscentral.com
Rutgers’ AD Keli Zinn Addresses Athletics Deficit on Big Business on Campus Podcast

Rutgers AD Keli Zinn reports drastic revenue increase for Rutgers athletics compared to last year.

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Jul 18 • 3:16 PM EDT • Business • onthebanks.com
Rutgers’ AD Keli Zinn Addresses Athletics Deficit on Big Business on Campus Podcast

Rutgers AD Keli Zinn reports drastic revenue increase for Rutgers athletics compared to last year.

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Jul 18 • 3:16 PM EDT • Business • sports.yahoo.com
Thoughts on the Eastern Conference and the Orlando Magic

I recently joined my colleagues on the Heat Wave Podcast to discuss the changing Eastern Conference landscape and the Orlando Magic's future in it.

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Jul 18 • 12:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Reclusive comedian Steven Wright, 70, resurfaces for extremely rare appearance as fans all say the same thing

The reclusive comedian, Steven Wright, made a rare appearance on Howie Mandel's podcast, Howie Mandel Does Stuff on Tuesday, July 14

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Jul 17 • 2:43 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Alford Revives Podcast With Focus on Politics, Faith and Culture

U.S. Rep. Mark Alford is reviving his podcast, "Gettin' Comfortable with Mark Alford," with a new format featuring live audience recordings and long-form conversations on politics, culture and faith.

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Jul 17 • 1:43 PM EDT • Politics • themissouritimes.com
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Less sleep = less health; Led Zeppelin in the OR; dangers of people-pleasing; plus other stories with Vanderbilt Health sources

Prevention interviewed Beth Malow, MD, Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics in the Vanderbilt Sleep Division, for a story about two randomized trials published in Annals of Internal Medicinethat found decreasing sleep by just 1.5 hours each night was linked with increases in body weight, waist circumference, and sedentary time in adults with elevated cardiometabolic risk. Yahoo Healthalso picked up the story. WTVF News Channel 5 reporter Nikki Hauser interviewed Ashish Shah, MD, Professor and Chair of Cardiac Surgery, for a new video podcast series called “Why Nashville” where she interviews interesting people doing interesting work about why they came to Nashville and how it is going. Among the revelations: his go-to OR music includes Led Zeppelin and AC/DC. Everyday Health interviewed Aaron Brinen, PsyD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, for a story about the TikTok trend that encourages women to speak up about their concerns or they’ll develop an autoimmune disease. Overall, people suggest that suppressing feelings of anger, minimizing your own needs, or people-pleasing raises your risk. Telemundo Nashville broadcast a story on cyclosporiasis that quotes both William Schaffner, MD, professor of Preventive Medicine, and Juan C. Salazar, MD, MPH, chair of the Department of Pediatrics and system Pediatrician-in-Chief for Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. Schaffner also spoke to WKRN News 2 about measles and The Cutabout shingles and long distance running. WREG (Memphis) and others picked up the measles story as well. CNN reporter Deidre McPhillips interviewed John Trahanas, MD, Assistant Professor of Cardiac Surgery, and Director of Thoracic Aortic Surgery, for a story about aortic dissection in last week’s death of U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham. The Nashville Post published a story by freelance reporter Leah Hunter on robotic surgery, including a patient story and numerous quotes from Sekhar Padmanabhan, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery in the Division of Surgical Oncology.

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Jul 17 • 12:27 PM EDT • Health • news.vumc.org
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