Episodes HN recommended
Sinéad O'Connor with Allyson McCabe
Apr 10, 2023 • 1 h 04 minRonald Reagan and "The Welfare Queen" with Laci Mosley
Mar 14, 2022 • 1 h 04 minThe McDonald's Hot Coffee Case
Sep 13, 2021 • 1 h 13 minCancel Culture
Jun 7, 2021 • 1 h 22 minTipper Gore vs. Heavy Metal: The Hearing
Feb 15, 2021 • 1 h 12 min
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What HN said
- freddybobsJun 2023There is an episode of the "you're wrong about" podcast, that discusses homelessness. In that episode there are several discussion about several projects in California around homelessness. Those projects provided housing. The studies based on those projects showed that overall the cost was less that not having some housing and services. The podcast goes into more details, but as I remember this was because
* It removes much of the medical and police cost
* If people who are struggling don't have a roof over their head, it makes it incredibly hard for them to get a job. Having some stability meant that many could pick them selves up and get a job and so forth.
The end of the episode points out even though the programs were a success by most metrics - including being cheaper overall to tax payers - they were shut down.
https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/youre-wrong-about/id13...
Here's the one on homelessness
https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/homelessness/id1380008...
Theres a good one about the "wellfare queen" that is related and rather eye opening
https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/ronald-reagan-and-the-...
- zamalekOct 2022> homelessness at 71%
Stereotypically, not conclusively, speaking:
The most bizarre thing about this problem is that both sides don't want it solved. The NIMBY crowd obviously doesn't want affordable housing, or housing programs, anywhere near their million-dollar home, or city for that matter. The YIMBY often oppose extremely effective (although never perfect) approaches to this crisis.
These people are bringing one of these attitudes with them to wherever they move. The homeless [generally] aren't the cause of homelessness, the homed are. I'm sure many of the QoL problems will follow these people/attitudes around.
[1]: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/homelessness/id1380008... "You're wrong about: Homelessness" (Available on other platforms too)
- andrei_says_Sep 2021May I recommend this wonderful podcast on Cancel Culture? Basically the term is so distorted that it’s meaningless. The podcast is very well researched and if you haven’t heard “You’re Wrong About” you’re in for a treat.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cancel-culture/id13800...
As for “master” - nothing wrong with the word. It’s the context that shifts. No one lives in isolation and acknowledging the context shifts sometimes makes sense.
Insinuating that people sensitive to the context are somehow criminalizing the ones who deny it’s existence is absurd.
- whycomeJul 2023> She refused the playing of US national anthem before her concerts, drawing further public scorn.
Was this a thing?!
A good episode of "You're Wrong About..." covers the controversy of her:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/265qKOV5C7XBqlyXMjp7VF
https://podcasts.apple.com/at/podcast/sin%C3%A9ad-oconnor-wi...
- AlexandrBJun 2021The "You're Wrong About" podcast recently had a very good episode on the topic of Cancel Culture[1]. For me, one big takeaway was how the modern form of this phenomenon is largely localized to a small group of people - primarily on Twitter. Thus I was not surprised to see Twitter be ground zero here as well.
[1] https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cancel-culture/id13800...
- freddybobsJul 2021There is a good episode about homelessness in the US on the 'You're wrong about' podcast.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/homelessness/id1380008...
In it they cite studies that show that efforts in the US somewhat similar to this Finland program are generally very successful, and typically cheaper overall compared to not having such programs.