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Episode summary: Throughout its reign, the British Empire stole a lot of stuff. Today those objects are housed in genteel institutions across the UK and the world. They usually come with polite plaques. The Australian podcast Stuff the British Stole is a six episode series about the not-so-polite hi...
Episode summary: In recent months, Twitter has rarely been out of the headlines in Nigeria. After it deleted a tweet by the country’s president, the Nigerian government responded by banning it altogether. In the media coverage of the story it has been commonly claimed that Nigeria has 40 million Twi...
Episode summary: This disco classic tells a powerful story: that of a young, gay man leaving his homophobic small town for the freedom of the big city. Released in 1984, Smalltown Boy continues to resonate and has become an anthem for the LGBTQ+ community. The track appeared on their album ‘The Age...
Episode summary: Today, the return of Super Tech Support: Alex discovers a Twitter account that breaks his brain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Episode summary: Our final session of answering your questions, starting with Trump and moving on to where we get our ideas from and what we’ve learned from all our failed predictions. Plus, were the 1990s really the decade of missed opportunity? After this, Talking Politics is taking a summer break...
Episode summary: In this episode of Automators, Rosemary and David are joined by none other than Brett Terpstra, creator of Bunch, to talk about automation!
Episode summary: A historically Black university in New Orleans is beloved by everyone – except the US News best colleges rankings. We hack our way back into the algorithm and show how Dillard University can rise to the top. Part two of a two-part series. Learn more about your ad-choices at https:/...
Episode summary: A quick roundup of three Supreme Court decisions that came down at the end of June
Episode summary: For 30 years, US News & World Report has been using a secret formula to rank the best colleges and universities in the United States. As a public service to our listeners, we hack the algorithm and discover the dirty little secret of the rankings game. Learn more about your ad-choic...