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This week’s picks

Rumble: Ali/Foreman and the Soul of ’74
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Fifty years ago, Muhammad Ali and George Foreman met in Zaire for the heavyweight championship. But before the legendary Rumble in the Jungle, there was a festival with an eponymous lineup of great black musicians, including James Brown, B.B. King, Bill Withers, and Miriam Makeba. In this brilliant podcast, journalist Zaron Barnett shows what an accomplishment it is against a backdrop of political tension and huge egos. Hannah Verdier

Backfired: attention deficit
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ADHD medications can be very effective, but sometimes they come at a cost, as Leon Neyfak and Ariel Pardes spoke with. In a world where everyone has an opinion on the issue, it’s refreshing to hear what it’s really like to live with ADHD and what happens when medicines run out. HV

kill list
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Technology journalist Carl Miller stumbled upon a murder-for-hire site when he discovered a list of names on the dark web. There, a terrifying story ensues in which he learns too much about the people featured in it and must convince the authorities to investigate before more names come forward. HV

mug hugs
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A vintage women’s magazine is a rich landscape: problematic pages, sex tips, lamb ads. Journalists Frankie Cookney and Lucy Douglas leaf through the October 1982 issue of Cosmopolitan, which featured sex strategies, advice from men, and the flat-tummy promise that was a timeless staple of the genre. Ask if it has changed. HV

know your place
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Despite Keir Starmer’s claim that his father was a toolmaker, recent elections have shown that voting is no longer a clear case of Labor for the working class and Conservatives for the middle class. . But what does class really mean in 2024? The Conversation’s Laura Hood investigates, including a look at the Lib Dems’ ‘Gayle strategy’ to capture the middle class I will. Holly Richardson

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this week, charlie lindler Our picks for the 5 best podcasts on us electionsfrom a retelling of Kamala Harris’ rise to a show with three anti-Trump Republicans

pod save america
After President Donald Trump’s election in 2016, four former Obama administration staffers, Johns Favreau, Lovett, Dan Pfeiffer, and Tommy Vieter, said they were still “not ready to give up or go crazy.” ” wanted to build a platform that would be a safe haven for liberal Americans. Seven years later, Pod Save America will likely of A quintessential American politics podcast, it balances laid-back charm, millennial badmouthing, and inside knowledge to break down developments and build a devoted fandom in the process. The show has quickly reached 1,000 episodes and is currently receiving a reported 1.5 million listeners per episode, as well as a wider range of Crooked Media podcasts, including a new series with Democratic politician Stacey Abrams. Creating a network.

next level
A mirror image of Pod Save America, the show features former Republican strategists analyzing the White House race from a center-right perspective. Readers of the Guardian may wonder quite why the opinions of Sarah Longwell, Tim Miller and Jonathan V. Last are so noteworthy. The three profess to be “never Trumpers” and hate the former president and what he did to the party they love (in fact, they are), including Tim Walz, the most recent Vice President. (He wanted to “crush” J.D. Vance in a debate.) That makes the trio a compelling voice to explain the current state of American conservatism and how a second term in office for Trump pos…

Kamala: What’s next?
If you want to take a step back from the frenetic news agenda, start this short MSNBC series. In this series, Joy Reid portrays Kamala Harris’ rise through the political ranks from student to senator through the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office. The nine-episode series was released in the final stages of the 2020 election as a portrait of the woman who would become Joe Biden’s vice president, but it provides insight into Harris’ beliefs and motivations as she continues to seek the presidency. It functions as a cipher for And MSNBC has one more recommendation from prosecutors to those charged. prosecute donald trumpan essential guide to the many legal battles in which former presidents are embroiled.

trump company
We’re back in 2020 for another collaboration between public radio station WNYC and the nonprofit ProPublica. This investigative podcast aimed to take a deep dive into Donald Trump’s business dealings, the president’s motives, and significant conflicts of interest. This series is not only brilliantly told, but also a scathing expose of the 2024 Republican nominee, one of the most thorough dissections of the cronyism and corruption at the core of the Trump campaign. It is.

political weekly america
And of course, for a closer look at the presidential election and what’s worrying not just the United States but the world, Jonathan Freedland from the Guardian will be hosting your weekly show across the Atlantic. Every Friday, Friedland checks in with Guardian correspondents and other high-profile guests about the latest in battleground states, Harris’ prospects for the top job and the looming specter of Project 2025. For more information, check out US Election Extra, a daily 10-minute briefing with Lucy Hough. Today in Focus feed From Monday.

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