Month: November 2017

Interviews | Podcast
Spy Schools: How Intelligence Services Have Infiltrated Higher Education
ByMichael Baranowski November 29, 2017April 18, 2018
Subscribe: iTunes | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS Mike talks with Daniel Golden, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Daniel Golden, author of Spy Schools: How the CIA, FBI, and Foreign Intelligence Secretly Exploit America’s Universities. They discuss how widespread spying is (a lot more widespread than Mike thought, that’s for sure), if schools that are recruiting more international students are more vulnerable, how…
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PG127: Net Neutrality, AT&T Time-Warner Merger, Transgender Ban, Sexual Harassment
ByMichael Baranowski November 25, 2017
Subscribe: iTunes | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS Mike and Jay start off this week with a discussion of net neutrality in the wake of the FCC’s move to revoke Obama-era rules that prevent internet service providers from privileging content from certain providers over others. Jay argues that this is a welcome backing off of government regulation that is not only…
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PG127: Net Neutrality, AT&T Time-Warner Merger, Transgender Ban, Sexual Harassment
ByMichael Baranowski November 25, 2017
Mike and Jay start off this week with a discussion of net neutrality in the wake of the FCC’s move to revoke Obama-era rules that prevent internet service providers from privileging content from certain providers over others. Jay argues that this is a …
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Gobble Gobble – The Politics of Turkey
ByMichael Baranowski November 22, 2017November 22, 2017
(I normally post on Saturdays, but it seemed fitting to release this ‘turkey politics’ post before Thanksgiving. I hope you like it!) While Donald Trump’s first presidential pardon – of former Maricopa County Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio – was highly controversial, his second pardon was met with bipartisan support. On November 21, 2017, President Trump…
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Bad News for Mike’s Favorite Agency, Mendez Mistrial, Listener Mail
ByMichael Baranowski November 22, 2017November 19, 2017
Subscribe: iTunes | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS Mike and Jay open by discussing what, for Mike, was crushing news – Consumer Financial Protection Bureau head Rob Cordray announced that he would be stepping down. Mike points out that since its creation as part of the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial reform legislation, the semi-independent CFPB has been a strong advocate for consumers….
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PG126: Tax Bill Advances, Sexual Harassment
ByMichael Baranowski November 19, 2017
Subscribe: iTunes | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS This week’s show opens with Mike and Jay taking a look at the current state of the Republican tax reform bills in both the House and the Senate. Mike points out – once again – that it’s a horrible idea to ram a huge, complex tax bill through only weeks after it was…
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The Politics of Farm Labor
ByMichael Baranowski November 17, 2017
Last time, I looked at how trade policy helped the avocado become one of the hottest fruits in the produce section. One problem with the surging demand for avocados in recent years is that they’re not exactly easy to harvest. Every single avocado has to be picked off of a tree by hand. Tree-shaking machines,…
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How Safe is Your Food?
ByMichael Baranowski November 15, 2017
Mike talks with Dan Flynn, Editor in Chief of Food Safety News (http://www.foodsafetynews.com/) about the Food Safety Modernization Act, whether FDA inspections are tough enough, if regulations are unfair to smaller farms, and the state of food safety …
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Interviews | Podcast
How Safe Is Your Food?
ByMichael Baranowski November 15, 2017April 18, 2018
Subscribe: iTunes | PocketCasts | Overcast | Stitcher | RSS Mike talks with Dan Flynn, Editor in Chief of Food Safety News about the Food Safety Modernization Act, whether FDA inspections are tough enough, if regulations are unfair to smaller farms, and the state of food safety regulation in the Trump administration. Food Safety News on Twitter We hope you’ll check out the sponsor…
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Avocado Politics
ByMichael Baranowski November 11, 2017November 12, 2017
(This is the first in what I hope will be a long series of food politics posts. I hope you enjoy it, and that you’ll let me know what you think. I’ve never tried writing what’s essentially a first draft of a book in blog form, and I’m hoping your feedback will make what I…
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