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In this episode, I welcome the new year with breaking news after the resignation of Harvard's president and the inevitable "Republicans pounce" that followed, the Epstein doc bump, and more. FBI fears China is stealing AI technology to ramp up spying California becomes first state to offer health insurance to all undocumented immigrants UFO appears to fly by Air Force One at LAX during...

The Space Force, the sixth and newest branch of the U.S. military, was authorized by Congress and signed into law by President Donald Trump in December 2019. From the start, the Space Force had detractors. Air Force officials wondered if it was necessary, while some political observers believed it signified the start of a dangerous (and expensive) militarization.

Everyone makes mistakes. How do you learn from them? Lessons from the classroom, the Air Force, and the world’s deadliest infectious disease.

RESOURCES:

• Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well, by Amy Edmondson (2023).
• "You Think Failure Is Hard? So Is Learning From It," by Lauren Eskreis-Winkler and Ayelet Fishbach (Perspectives on Psychological Science, 2022).
• "The Market for R&D Failures,"...

A group of tech titans is gobbling up land north of San Francisco with aspirations to alleviate the Bay Area’s housing crisis, promote innovation, and experiment with new forms of governance. It’s not the first time ultra-wealthy people have tried to build the place of their dreams. Will this time be any different?

Then, note-taking apps claim to make us smarter. Usually, they don’t....

In this episode, stories of stepping up, taking charge, and taking chances. Hosted by The Moth’s Senior Curatorial Producer, Suzanne Rust. The Moth Radio Hour is produced by The Moth and Jay Allison of Atlantic Public Media.

Hosted by: Suzanne Rust

Storytellers:

Aleta Myles goes camping for the first time in a desert in Israel.

In a dark place, Sean Wellington finds comfort in...

Justice is dying. In this episode, I address the disturbing liberal plan to use the justice system to target their political enemies. Also, I discuss a troubling video from a medical school which portends a dystopian future for medicine. News Picks: Joe Biden's 2020 presidential campaign had 'surreptitious involvement,' report reveals. Governments are going to push digital currency on us. Biden’s budget czar draws...

Last week, after the Air Force shot down a Chinese surveillance balloon, examination of its wreckage revealed that it could not only take images, but also scoop up radio and cellphone communications.

The balloon, the U.S. military said, was part of a bigger global program by China to collect information about military operations.

Since then the U.S. has shot down three other objects from...

Secretary of State Antony Blinken cancelled his trip to China after the U.S. spotted a Chinese surveillance balloon near a military base in Montana. The Air Force popped the balloon off the coast of South Carolina over the weekend.

This episode contains descriptions of suicide. For suicide prevention resources in the U.S., go to SpeakingOfSuicide.com. Go here for resources outside the United States.

This shocking piece of video sums up why the left should sit down and shut it on the Ukraine conflict. In this episode I address their troubling conflicts of interest, and their disturbing lies. News Picks: Don’t fall into the GOP “civil war” trap. There’s a common sense middle-ground on Ukraine policy. An alleged Russian whistleblower indicates that Putin’s invasion is struggling. Don’t forget...