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In this classic invention-themed episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe explore the ancient origins of the gimbal, its connections to Chinese incense censers and its role in technological innovation. (originally published 09/27/2022)

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The porn industry and sex work is often stigmatized, but adult performers face racism, discrimination, and pay disparities within the industry. Host Roy Wood Jr. sits down with Daily Show segment director Stacey Angeles, and adult entertainers and co-creators of the adult film production company, Royal Fetish Films, Jet Setting Jasmine and King Noire to discuss how the porn industry perpetuates racist stereotypes and capitalizes on racist film titles, how consumers can hold companies accountable, and what constitutes a sexual “fantasy.”

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This week, The Daily is revisiting some of our favorite episodes of the year and checking in on what has happened in the time since they first ran.

The Good Shepherd Nursing Home in West Virginia lifted its coronavirus lockdown in February.

For months, residents had been confined to their rooms, unable to mix. But with everybody vaccinated, it was time to see one another again, albeit with rules on social distancing and mask wearing still in place.

There was Mass in the chapel, lunch in the dining room (decked out in Valentine’s Day decorations) and a favorite activity: the penny auction. Top prize? A tub of cheese puffs.

In March, we shared the home’s some of the relief and joy about the tiptoe back to normalcy. Today, we return to the home to see how life has changed.

Guest: Sarah Mervosh, a national reporter for The New York Times.

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Background reading: 

• The happiness inside the Good Shepherd Nursing Home, after a nearly a year in lockdown.

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From February 2020, New York Times Magazine reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones discusses the 1619 Project and how it explores the ways America is still suffering from its foundation of slavery.

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Jason Concepcion joins to talk about the Atlanta shooting and anti-Asian racism. Then Jon and Alyssa discuss Joe Biden coming out as filibuster reform-curious, Republicans playing politics with children at the border, and dig into the mailbag to answer some questions.

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President Trump suggests injected disinfectants could fight COVID-19, Elon Musk rails against stay-at-home policies, and the pandemic threatens America's food supply chain.

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In Episode 82, Robert is joined by Jack O’Brien to discuss news grifters.

Footnotes:

1. ACORN sting 'pimp' is N.J. man who attended Rutgers University

2. James O’Keefe: Portrait Of An Activist As A Campus Gadfly

3. The Leadership Institute: The Group That Helped Launch The Conservative Careers Of Two Alleged Phone Tamperers

4. Abortion foe goes undercover

5. What the NYT Magazine Doesn't Say About James O'Keefe

6. Now defunct, group that secretly filmed Texas lawmakers ordered to turn over financial records

7. Hannah Giles, No Nellie Bly

8. The Twisty, Bent Truth of the NPR-Sting Video

9. The Power of James O’Keefe

10. How Erik Prince Used the Rise of Trump to Make an Improbable Comeback

11. Googler Caught in James O’Keefe Sting: Project Veritas ‘Selectively Edited’ My Words

12. This is not how I expected Monday to go!

13. James O’Keefe’s Google ‘Whistleblower’ Loves QAnon, Accused ‘Zionists’ of Running the Government

14. Project Veritas and ‘whistle-blower’ published bullshit ‘data-leak’ to dox Google employees

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You may think rats are just vermin, but the fact is they own huge metropolitan cities like New York. And when it comes to science they've contributed an immense amount of data (although not voluntarily). Find out how similar rats are to humans and whether or not they're capable of empathy in this episode of the Stuff to Blow Your Mind podcast.

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