'Very few have balls': How American news lost its nerve

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In 2024, it’s harder than ever to get a tough story out in the United States of America.

Planet of Person Guys

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I take it that the Catcher in the Rye discourse has reared back up again. I find that exhausting and I haven’t even seen any of it directly. I wrote all I want to about Salinger and those specifics here. What it really provokes in me is an even deeper sense that contemporary social culture is deeply dependent on the Person-Guy, and I will never be free of him. The Person-Guy is the term

Marijn Sax | Utilisme 'on steroids'

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Marijn Sax | Utilisme 'on steroids'

427. Titanic: The Tragedy Begins (Part 1)

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Listen to this episode from The Rest Is History on Spotify. "There is no danger that Titanic will sink. The boat is unsinkable and nothing but inconvenience will be suffered by the passengers." The sinking of the Titanic, on a freezing Sunday night in April 1912, claimed more than 1500 lives. But how this state-of-the-art ocean liner came to be is also a story full of drama, encapsulating the turn of the century’s spirit of competition and drive for modernity. The booming financial world of the 1900s, rising immigration, the excitement of speed and steam, and an ever-growing transatlantic rivalry between Britain and the U.S. all played a part in the liner’s inception. And from this era emerged three men who would shape the Titanic’s journey: J.P. Morgan, an American titan of business; Thomas Ismay, the English magnate who owned the ship’s parent company; and William Pirrie, a leading British shipbuilder. Between these three men and two pivotal cities - New York and Belfast - the origins of the disaster that defined a generation can be traced…  Join Tom and Dominic as they discuss the context behind the building of RMS Titanic. From the rivalries of the transatlantic liner industry, to the tensions surrounding the Irish Home Rule movement, the story of the “unsinkable” began in a tumultuous age. *The Rest Is History LIVE in 2024* Tom and Dominic are back onstage this summer, at Hampton Court Palace in London!  Buy your tickets here: therestishistory.com Twitter: @TheRestHistory @holland_tom @dcsandbrook Producer: Theo Young-Smith Assistant Producer: Tabby Syrett Executive Producers: Jack Davenport + Tony Pastor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

De keukenhof

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Nationaal bollenparadijs De Keukenhof is weer open. Het touringcartoerisme maakt overuren. Op excursie naar een bloemrijk Land van Ooit, waar Nederland nog lijkt op wat het was voordat de zorgen kw…