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It's the second episode of One More Week with Vegas! I talk about Caitlyn Jenner (again?!), Donald Trump, and Pluto!
Many thanks to Laura Rachfalski with audio production help and advice, and to the many people who offered feedback on the first episode. You're all great!!
Notes:
In the episode, I describe the Kardashians as a "billion dollar empire." The best estimate I could find suggests they're actual net worth is in the hundreds of millions, which is still way too much.
At one point I say that a transgender person is 100 times more likely to be murdered than average. It's tough to find actual good statistics on this one. Take my words as artistic license and suffice to say that trans-persons* are WAY more likely to be murdered than average.
*Also, the preferred vocabulary for the trans-community is constantly changing. I try my best not to use the "wrong" words, I apologize if I screwed up.
A lot of the Donald Trump analysis is based on work at Nate Silver's fivethirtyeight.com, which is quickly becoming my favorite journalism source on the 'net. This article talks about the relationship between media coverage, public interest, and Trump's poll numbers. FiveThirtyEight keeps track of primary candidates endorsements here.
More about Cthulu, Pluto here.
Crazy videos of that shark attack here.
It's the second episode of One More Week with Vegas! I talk about Caitlyn Jenner (again?!), Donald Trump, and Pluto!
Many thanks to Laura Rachfalski with audio production help and advice, and to the many people who offered feedback on the first episode. You're all great!!
Notes:
In the episode, I describe the Kardashians as a "billion dollar empire." The best estimate I could find suggests they're actual net worth is in the hundreds of millions, which is still way too much.
At one point I say that a transgender person is 100 times more likely to be murdered than average. It's tough to find actual good statistics on this one. Take my words as artistic license and suffice to say that trans-persons* are WAY more likely to be murdered than average.
*Also, the preferred vocabulary for the trans-community is constantly changing. I try my best not to use the "wrong" words, I apologize if I screwed up.
A lot of the Donald Trump analysis is based on work at Nate Silver's fivethirtyeight.com, which is quickly becoming my favorite journalism source on the 'net. This article talks about the relationship between media coverage, public interest, and Trump's poll numbers. FiveThirtyEight keeps track of primary candidates endorsements here.
More about Cthulu, Pluto here.
Crazy videos of that shark attack here.