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Call It Like I See It proves that news and social commentary does not have to be manipulative or sensationalist to be interesting, so join hosts James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana as they take a weekly look at notable news stories, opinion pieces, or products of our culture and break down what they see.
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James Keys and Tunde react to recent reports that Medicare will start paying AI companies what could be considered a bounty for every health coverage claim their AI software rejects, discuss how this kind of incentive will play out in the real world, and consider why the US has such a hard time addressing problems in its health care system even though there are so many working examples around the globe.
Medicare Will Start Paying AI Companies a Share of Any Claims They Automatically Reject (Futurism)
Report: U.S. spends the most on health but outcomes are among the worst (Association of Health Care Journalists)
James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss Gavin Newsom’s new social media approach, why it has gotten such a positive and negative reaction from both the public and political and media elites, and what it means, if anything, for political communications in the US moving forward.
How Gavin Newsom trolled his way to the top of social media (Politico)
Gavin Newsom is expertly trolling Fox News stars by mimicking Trump online — right down to the nicknames (The Independent)
James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss a recent effort by neurologists and researchers Ray Dorsey, MD, and Michael Okun, MD to warn people that Parkinson’s disease may be driven by modern pollution and chemical exposure, discuss how many other chronic diseases may actually not be merely bad luck occurrences but things arise in large part by chemicals we voluntarily use or surround ourselves with, and consider why it matters.
These Doctors Have a Bold Plan to Eradicate Parkinson’s Disease—and It Starts in Your Home (Oprah Daily)
Living by a golf course could double your risk Parkinson's risk. Here's why (BBC Science Focus Mag - Apple News Link)
Chronic Disease in the United States: A Worsening Health and Economic Crisis (American Action Forum)
Poor health reduces global GDP by 15% each year (McKinsey)
James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss what stood out in the new Netflix documentary “America’s Team: the Gambler and His Cowboys,” which focuses on the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys, their dynastic run in the mid-1990s, and the wild cast of characters that defined the organization at that time.
America’s Team: the Gambler and His Cowboys (Netflix)
Boys Will Be Boys: The Glory Days and Party Nights of the Dallas Cowboys Dynasty (JeffPearlman.com)
The 100 Most-Watched Telecasts of 2024: NFL, Paris Olympics, Presidential Debate, Lots of ‘Tracker’ and the ‘Young Sheldon’ Finale (Variety)
Football Retains Dominant Position as Favorite U.S. Sport (Gallup)
Who are the most valuable sports franchises? Forbes releases new list of top 50 teams (USA Today)
What’s Behind the Exploding Prices of Pro Sports Franchises? (The Ringer)
James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss a couple of the laws from Robert Greene’s bestselling book “The 48 Laws of Power,” particularly looking at the extent to which the laws hold up as society has evolved in the nearly 3 decades since the book was published.
The 48 Laws of Power (Bookshop.org)
James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss the public reaction to the American Eagle jeans advertising campaign which features Sydney Sweeney and makes a direct play on the word jeans and the idea of genetics, culminating in quote “Sydney Sweeney has great genes.” The guys also consider what it means for the public discourse that stirring up controversy and creating outrage is a very reliable path to money and power in the attention economy, particularly with how certain groups seem to be easily set up to play the same roles in these controversies over and over again.
The ad campaign that launched a thousand critiques: Sydney Sweeney's jeans (NPR)
The Sydney Sweeney Jeans Ad "Backlash" Is Mostly Fake (The Present Age)
American Eagle Scores Big Win Amid Sydney Sweeney Ad Backlash (Newsweek)
James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana reflect on an interesting point made in Yuval Noah Harari’s book “Nexus,” about the witch hunting era in Europe following the spread of the printing press and how that time shared many of the characteristics we see in our modern, post Internet society. The guys also discuss whether, in light of how things turned out in the witch hunting era, we should be more worried about where the information environment in this post Internet era may take us.
Nexus (ynharari.com)
James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana take a look at the Washington state law that would require that clergy from any religion to report to authorities any child abuse, including sex abuse or pedophilia, that they learn about, even if they learn about it during a confessional, and discuss the Trump administration’s effort to fight the law in court based on the First Amendment to the Constitution and in the court of public opinion by calling it an “anti-Catholic” law.
Trump and the Catholic Church Fight a Law Requiring Clergy to Report Child Abuse (Rolling Stone)
Catholic Church sex abuse cases in the United States (Wikipedia)
James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss the reaction to the death of Hulk Hogan, particularly in light of how popular he was at his height of fame and how he remained in the public eye even after his popularity waned. The guys also consider how the evolution of American culture can be seen through his public life and whether the kind of popularity Hogan had in the 1980s is even possible anymore.
The Mortal Hulk Hogan (The Ringer)
Hulk Hogan’s legacy isn’t complicated (Andscape)
James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss the theory that human languages evolved in order to facilitate gossiping, which was raised in the book, Sapiens, by Yuval Noah Harari, and consider the ways our modern societies may illustrate this theory and also how recent trends may work to undermine how humans have traditionally used gossip to their advantage.
Sapiens (Yuval Noah Harari)
James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss jury duty, how it fits into American civic life, and consider why so many Americans seem to dread serving on juries, even though jurors are granted so much power.
Jury duty is rare, but most Americans see it as part of good citizenship (Pew Research Center)
Selected for jury duty? Here’s why this civic service is important (LaHood Law Group)
James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana consider what the Trump Administration’s efforts to gaslight the public on the Jeffrey Epstein files says about both Donald Trump and his MAGA followers, and discuss why Trump so far is having such a hard time getting his followers to fall in line on this issue.
Pam Bondi’s botched handling of the Epstein files (CNN)
Republicans block effort to force release of Epstein files in Congress (The Independent)
Bongino still in limbo as Trump fumes and JD Vance seeks to play mediator, sources say (CNN)
'Weaklings': Trump lashes out at supporters over 'Jeffrey Epstein hoax' (USAToday)
What Trump Has Said About Jeffrey Epstein Over the Years (Rolling Stone)
Trump begins openly embracing and amplifying false fringe QAnon conspiracy theory (PBS)
James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana take a look at some recent research that suggests marijuana use may be connected to some serious health problems, including life threatening cardiovascular issues, and consider whether this means that legalization efforts have been misguided or counterproductive.
Smoking weed and consuming THC-laced edibles linked to early heart disease, study finds (CNN)
Cannabis Use Is Linked to Epigenetic Changes, Scientists Discover (Science Alert)
James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana react to Elon Musk’s talk of starting a new political party, the America Party, and consider the reasons why Musk cannot be taken seriously with something like this, and the reasons why Musk has to be taken seriously with something like this. The guys also discuss how third parties have played a key role in many elections in American history and how extreme polarization in modern American politics may be setting the stage for a third party to go beyond a spoiler and actually be able to exert considerable control.
Elon Musk's New Party: Who Has Declared Interest? (Newsweek)
Elon Musk's new US political party faces steep challenges (Reuters)
The Civil War That Never Ended (NY Times)
James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss the recent comments from Superman director James Gunn about how he expects that his Superman movie will be offensive to some because it’s about kindness, particularly in light of the way many studios and creatives have kowtowed to criticism when it was received from certain sectors of the public.
James Gunn: Some people will take offence at my new Superman (The Times)
Superman vs. the KKK! Yes, Really. (Book Riot)
James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana react to Zohran Mamdani's win in the Democratic Party’s New York City mayoral primary and the political frenzy that it sparked, which included attacks coming not just from members of the Republican Party but also members of Mamdani’s own Democratic Party. The guys also discuss how Mamdani calling himself a Democratic Socialist may affect how he will be as much as his Islamic religion, his immigrant background, and his non-white ethnicity.
Zohran Mamdani declares victory in NYC’s Democratic mayoral primary as Cuomo concedes (AP News)
Mamdani's stunning upset carries risks, rewards for national Democrats (Reuters)
The socialist takeover of the Democratic Party (Washington Times)
Attacks on Muslims flood mainstream after Mamdani win (Axios)
A roadmap to beat Trump? How rise of Zohran Mamdani is dividing Democrats (The Guardian)
MAGA right attacks Zohran Mamdani’s religion following his win (Politico)
Zohran Mamdani: 10 things about Uganda‑born Democratic nominee for New York City mayor (The Africa Report)
James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana take a look at the increasing dominance of private equity in the US economy and what may be contributing to it, and also consider how some approaches that have commonly been favored by private equity, when deployed in more and more areas in the economy, may end up working against the interests of most stakeholders.
“We’ve Been Sold a Story That Isn’t Remotely True”: How Private-Equity Billionaires Killed the American Dream (Vanity Fair)
The Secretive Industry Devouring the U.S. Economy (The Atlantic)
The profit-obsessed monster destroying American emergency rooms (Vox)
Private equity's positive impact on the US economy highlighted in new report (InvestmentNews.com)
James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss Tunde’s recent business trip to Israel which had him on the ground in Israel when Israel and Iran began exchanging missile attacks. The guys go through what it was like to be in a place when missiles can be seen and felt flying overhead and the perspective on life that you can get when you go to bed knowing missiles will be coming and you wake up on some days to reports of casualties.
Israel strikes Iran’s nuclear sites and kills top generals. Iran retaliates with missile barrages (AP News)
The math behind the war: Can Israel's air defense keep up against Iranian attacks? (NPR)
James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana react to Disney and Universal, two of the biggest players in Hollywood, going after the generative AI company Midjourney for copyright infringement and consider why they may be taking action now as well as how this move could influence the extent to which generative AI will be held to existing legal standards for copyright and beyond.
How the Disney-Midjourney Lawsuit Could Reshape the Battle Over AI and Copyright (Time)
Disney and Universal Sue A.I. Firm for Copyright Infringement (NY Times)
Disney and Universal sue AI firm Midjourney over images (BBC)
OpenAI declares AI race “over” if training on copyrighted works isn’t fair use (Arstechnica)
Reddit Lawsuit Comes Amid Anthropic’s New AI Models For U.S. National Security Customers (TechDogs)
James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana take a look at the debate about trans women participating in women’s sports that seems to pop up fairly regularly, and consider whether there are really two good faith sides to the debate and whether it is likely, or possible, that a consensus among reasonable people can be reached at some point in the future.
World Boxing Apologizes to Imane Khelif After Announcing New Sex-Testing Policy (Time)
Trans athlete wins two girls events at California track and field finals (NBC News)
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