James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana react to the ongoing efforts in the US government to allow for more toxic chemicals including glyphosate, the ingredient in herbicides like Roundup, and forever chemical based pesticides, to be introduced into people’s food and water and consider whether all the talk about making America healthy was just a scam.

Trump angering MAHA with glyphosate order gives Democrats an opening (CNBC)

Trump officials set to approve ‘forever chemical’ as pesticide ingredient (The Guardian)

Trump EPA Approves Its First ‘Forever Chemical’ Pesticide (Center for Biological Diversity)

Republican House bill guts laws protecting US consumers from toxic chemicals (The Guardian)

Former Staff Show How Trump Acted to Upend EPA’s Mission and “Make America Sicker” (Mother Jones)

James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss Kyle Chayka’s “Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture,” the 2024 book that looks at where the recommendation algorithms that control what we consume on services like Instagram, TikTok, Netflx and Spotify came from, how they work to change us and the trajectory of our culture, what we may be losing from a personal and cultural standpoint as we continue to hand over so much of our decision making on what we see to them.

Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture (Penguin Random House)

James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana react to a surprising study from the Cato Institute, the well-known libertarian think tank, which demonstrates that over the last 30 years, immigrants (counting both legal and illegal) have contributed trillions more in taxes to federal, state, and local governments than they received back in benefits. The guys also discuss how immigrants have been and remain an effective way to continually infuse youth into a society grow economic output and avoid economic contraction due to population aging.

Cato Study: Immigrants Reduced Deficits by $14.5 Trillion Since 1994 (Cato Institute)

Europe’s population crisis could shave 4% off its GDP by 2040, Morgan Stanley warns, and the options to solve it aren’t good (Fortune)

James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana continue their Streaming Between the Lines series and discuss “Paul Robeson: Here I Stand,” the 1999 documentary that was directed by St. Clair Bourne for the PBS series American Masters and is currently streaming on many platforms. The guys marvel at Robeson’s ability to rise to the top in so many distinct fields, including sports, law, concert artist, Broadway performer, movie star, and activist, consider how his life shaped, and was shaped by, some of the most significant events and circumstances in the 20th century, and reflect on how Robeson could be one of the most famous men in the world in the first half of the 20th century and also be largely unknown now.

Paul Robeson: Here I Stand Documentary (YouTube)

'The most famous black person in America': How the 1950s 'Red Scare' erased a US icon (BBC)

‘The most dangerous man in America’: how Paul Robeson went from Hollywood to blacklist (The Guardian)

Paul Robeson: Here I Stand Interviews (PBS)

James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana react to a piece from Emma Frederickson at Popular Mechanics that asserts that humans are naturally telepathic based on the observation of how some people’s brainwaves may synchronize during communication or collaboration. The guys then discuss an article by Andrew Paul in Popular Science that takes a look at recent research into the role size may play in a man’s appeal to women and makes a surprising contention that the size of a man’s “manhood,” so to speak, is typically something that men pay more attention to than women do.

Your BraiPenis size may matter more to men than women (Popular Science)n Is Naturally Telepathic, Research Suggests—Meaning Our Minds Are All Connected (Popular Mechanics)

James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss the new era that has emerged in college sports with players getting paid, particularly in sports like men’s basketball where marginal professionals are already now flooding in seeking to reestablish eligibility. The guys also consider what brought about the fall of amateurism and the old order in the revenue sports like football, men’s basketball, and women’s basketball, and how this change affects the nature of the competition in college sports and participants on a personal level.

What to know about Charles Bediako, more men's college basketball eligibility cases (ESPN)

Some Pro Basketball Players Get a “Do-Over” in College (Yahoo! Sports)

The NCAA and the Myth of Amateurism (NY Times)

Amari Bailey, with 10 games in NBA, seeks college eligibility (ESPN)

Miami linebacker Mohamed Toure plans to return for his eighth year in college football (Pro Football Talk)

James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana question to motives and objectives of the Minnesota business leaders in their issueing of a statement that calls for a deescalation of tensions and deftly tip toes around any direct condemnation of President Trump’s paramilitary force for killing another American citizen for protesting.

Alex Pretti killing: Minnesota CEOs, including UnitedHealth, Target, call for ‘immediate deescalation’ (CNBC)

Trump officials stick "terrorist" label on Americans killed by DHS (Axios)

Videos of deadly Minneapolis shooting of Alex Pretti contradict Trump administration statements (PBS)

James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana react to reports of voyeur cameras in AirBnB home rentals, discuss whether the problem is a widespread as it may seem, and consider the extent to which technology advancements have hidden cameras have made privacy a thing of the past. The guys then take a look at some recent research that suggests that people may be beginning to speak more like an AI chatbot.

Don't Let Airbnb Owners Spy on You. Here's How to Spot Hidden Cameras in Your Rental (CNET)

Help! We Found a Hidden Camera in the Bathroom of Our Airbnb. (NY Times)

Guest allegedly finds hidden cameras inside bathroom outlets of Airbnb, police say (WEAU.com)

Evidence That Humans Now Speak in a Chatbot-Influenced Dialect Is Getting Stronger (Gizmodo)