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The RegenNarration232. Dirtroad Debrief: Chloe Maxmin on the ‘Dirtroad candidate’ successes & what comes next?This week we’re back with Chloe Maxmin, for a debrief that has been eagerly awaited – by me and many of you, I know – on how the Dirtroad candidates went at the recent US elections, and where to from here.For those who didn’t catch Chloe in episode 225 last month, from up at the farm in Maine, Chloe became the first Democrat ever to represent Maine House District 88, and the youngest member of the 129th Maine Legislature. Two years later, she’d become the youngest female state senator in Maine's history. And all on the back of engagin...
2024-11-2646 min
The RegenNarration226 Excerpt. Protecting my Conservative Community - As a Progressive, with Bill Pluecker (& Chloe Maxmin)In some ways, the first 150 seconds of this excerpt from episode 226 with Bill Pluecker (alongside partner Chloe Maxmin), say everything that needs to be said about where politics is being done better in the US. They sum with the passage that became the lead-off quote in that episode. And they lead off this powerful last ten minutes or so of my conversation with Bill. Bill, an independent representative from Maine, invites us into a world where the beauty of rural landscapes and the preservation of traditional ways of life are under threat. He shares his passion for...
2024-10-1910 min
The RegenNarration225 Excerpt. All Roads to a Just & Equitable Future Run Through Rural America, with Chloe Maxmin The last 20 minutes or so of my conversation in episode 225 with Maine’s youngest ever female senator, Chloe Maxmin, has stayed with me since its release. And I’ve heard from a few of you saying similar. So in the interest of not letting it be too ephemeral with the passing podcast feed, this excerpt from that episode features that 20 minutes. We unpack the inspiring and transformative journey behind "Dirt Road Revival," a book that has sparked change in rural organising across the U.S. Chloe shares her experience in turning years of voice memos into a power...
2024-10-1725 min
The RegenNarration226. An Independent Farmer Wins in Maine: Transcending the 'battleground', with Bill Pluecker (& Chloe Maxmin)There’s a ‘so-called’ battle for rural America at the heart of the coming federal election. But what if it needn’t be a battle? And in fact, what if heart is what’s really at stake? People who love their places – places, by the way, that constitute 20% of the vote, and 97% of the land in this country. After the recent Vice-Presidential debate here in the US, featuring two men speaking to their roots in rural America, it is still reported that people are not seeing themselves well represented in either major party’s characterisations of them. Enter, this week’s story...
2024-10-0848 min
The RegenNarration225. Democracy on the Rise – in the US? With Maine’s youngest ever female Senator, Chloe MaxminThis is one of my favourite conversations, and it starts a mini-series of sorts. I’ve had many listeners ask how things feel in this US election year. So, after months speaking with all kinds of people as we travelled through half the states of this country, throughout October, as the election approaches, I’ll offer what we’ve observed, in conversation with people doing some of the more outstanding things we’ve learned about along the way.Today, meet Chloe Maxmin. Chloe left the farm she grew up on in Maine, as many young folk do, and head...
2024-10-011h 12
Free Forum with Terrence McNallyHow progressives win in rural America-CHLOE MAXMIN & CANYON WOODWARD, DIRT ROAD REVIVALThe Democrats have for too long ceded rural voters to the GOP. When the solution to minority rule is voting, connecting with and winning over rural voters is essential. Here’s my 2022 conversation with Maine state senator CHLOE MAXMIN and CANYON WOODWARD about the the book they’ve co-authored, DIRT ROAD REVIVAL. It tells the story of their winning elections in rural Maine with CHLOE as candidate and CANYON as campaign manager and offers lessons they've learned to guide other rural progressives. You can learn more at dirtroadrevival.com
2024-09-1456 min
Story Made PodcastChloe Maxmin & Canyon WoodwardOur conversation this week is with Chloe Maxmin & Canyon Woodward. Chloe is the youngest woman ever to serve in the Maine State Senate. She was elected in 2020 after unseating a two-term Republican incumbent and (former) Senate minority leader. In 2018, she served in the Maine House of Representatives after becoming the first Democrat to win a rural conservative district. Canyon is a political strategist, author, and trail runner who served as Chloe's campaign manager in Maine. Together they wrote "Dirt Road Revival: How to Rebuild Rural Politics and Why Our Future Depends On It" and founded Dirtroad Organizing, where they c...
2024-03-101h 17
Fact or Fiction: A Mostly-True Crime History PodcastAuthor Series present Jeffrey D. Simon and "The Bulldog Detective"Send us a textToday’s guest is author Jeffrey D. Simon, author of several books about terrorism and a former RAND analyst who also taught at UCLA. As a guest on Fact or Fiction, Jeff has agreed to share some of the highlights from his most recent book, The Bulldog Detective: William J. Flynn and America’s First War Against the Mafia, Spies, and Terrorists. Flynn’s career provides a fascinating glimpse into early 20th century crimes and detective methods, and his character is one of the most interesting of the era. As always, Jeff wi...
2024-02-0657 min
Fact or Fiction: A Mostly-True Crime History PodcastFact or Fiction Author Series presents Christopher Allen GordenSend us a textSt. Louis was a rapidly growing frontier town in 1849. That year, the city experienced a great fire that destroyed the city's business district, an epidemic of cholera that decimated the population, and a steady influx of would-be miners on their way to the California hills. Also, there was a sensational murder and an equally sensational trial.Christopher Allen Gorden, author of Fire, Pestilence, and Death: St. Louis 1849, is this episode's special guest. Listen and learn more about St. Louis in the pivotal year of 1849. Of course, since the show is called...
2023-12-051h 01
Forex StoryFree AIS Smoothed Channel MaxMin for MT4 Gratis EA AIS Smoothed Channel MaxMin Download at https://aoo.la Visit Here For pass challenge The Funded Trader Program : https://www.fxalien.com This indicator uses local highs and lows of the price series. After highlighting the extrema, their values are smoothed. Thanks to this, two channels are built - external and internal. The inner channel shows the limits if the price movement strictly follows a linear trend. The outer channel shows the boundaries for the price movement with a logarithmic trend. After calculating the channels, the indicator analyzes the real price movement and...
2023-06-1900 min
Fact or Fiction: A Mostly-True Crime History PodcastFact or Fiction Author Series presents Amy Kasuga FolkSend us a textNicknamed "Liquor Island," Long Island was a center for bootlegging and rumrunning for the New York metropolitan area during Prohibition. Amy Kasuga Folk's book Rumrunners of Suffolk County: Tales from Liquor Island shares highlights from her book and inserts a fictional detail in her four choices at the end of the episode. Will you identify the fiction? Will I?Listeners will be astonished by what they learn, and it's mostly true!Support the showImages and resources used in this episode can be found at factorfictionpodcast.com...
2023-05-2447 min
Bioneers: Revolution From the Heart of NatureYouth Solutionaries: Future Present | De’Anthony Jones, Chloe Maxmin & Xiuhtezcatl MartinezYouth movements are rising to restore people and planet. De’Anthony Jones, a former President of the Environmental Students Organization at Sacramento State, Chloe Maxmin, co-founder of Divest Harvard, and Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, hip-hop artist and Youth Director of Earth Guardians, say there’s no better time to be born than now because this generation gets to rewrite history. It could be known as the generation that brought forth a healthy, just, sustainable world for every generation to come.This is an episode of the Bioneers: Revolution from the Heart of Nature series. Visit the radio and podcast homepage t...
2023-05-2329 min
Fact or Fiction: A Mostly-True Crime History PodcastThe Goat Gland "Doctor"Send us a textIn the first half of the twentieth century, John R. Brinkley was a celebrated and successful "doctor" renowned for his ability to use goat organs to help humans with infertility. In addition to his "medical" success, Brinkley was also an early adopter of radio technology, which he used to advertise his hospital and his other medicines.In this first episode of season 3, which focuses loosely on the KC area, Fact or Fiction welcomes podcasters Cam and Jen of Our True Crime Podcast. They will attempt to distinguish between fact and fiction...
2023-05-011h 00
Future HindsightReclaiming Rural Power: Chloe Maxmin & Canyon WoodwardThursday, April 20th, 2023 Chloe Maxmin and Canyon Woodward are the co-authors of Dirt Road Revival: How to Rebuild Rural Politics and Why our Future Depends on It. We discuss the importance of winning rural races in America. When Chloe ran for office in rural Maine, she knocked on over 20,000 doors and discovered that constituents feel a lack of representation in their daily lives. Democrats really stopped showing up and investing in strong organizing infrastructure in rural places, but it's possible to turn things around. There's a huge opportunity to organize in sm...
2023-04-2041 minFuture HindsightReclaiming Rural Power: Chloe Maxmin & Canyon WoodwardThursday, April 20th, 2023 Chloe Maxmin and Canyon Woodward are the co-authors of Dirt Road Revival: How to Rebuild Rural Politics and Why our Future Depends on It. We discuss the importance of winning rural races in America. When Chloe ran for office in rural Maine, she knocked on over 20,000 doors and discovered that constituents feel a lack of representation in their daily lives. Democrats really stopped showing up and investing in strong organizing infrastructure in rural places, but it's possible to turn things around. There's a huge opportunity to organize in sm...
2023-04-2041 minFuture HindsightReclaiming Rural Power: Chloe Maxmin & Canyon WoodwardThursday, April 20th, 2023 Chloe Maxmin and Canyon Woodward are the co-authors of Dirt Road Revival: How to Rebuild Rural Politics and Why our Future Depends on It. We discuss the importance of winning rural races in America. When Chloe ran for office in rural Maine, she knocked on over 20,000 doors and discovered that constituents feel a lack of representation in their daily lives. Democrats really stopped showing up and investing in strong organizing infrastructure in rural places, but it's possible to turn things around. There's a huge opportunity to organize in sm...
2023-04-2041 min
Two Worlds, One CountryChloe Maxmin and Canyon Woodward-part 2In this two-part segment, former Maine State Senator Chloe Maxmin and her campaign manager and colleague, Canyon Woodward, discuss how Chloe was able to win two elections in rural districts of Maine, and how that experience laid the foundation for their new organization Dirt Road Organizing. The first segment focuses on their respective backgrounds in rural community organizing and how that led Chloe to run for office. The second segment considers their book, Dirt Road Revival, as well as details on the training and support offered by Dirt Road Organizing.https://feeds.captivate.fm/two-worlds-one-country/
2023-04-2029 min
Fact or Fiction: A Mostly-True Crime History PodcastFact or Fiction: Author Series presents Joe JohnstonSend us a textIn the late nineteenth century, the West was wild all the way back to the Mississippi River. Only a day's walk from the progressive big city of St. Louis, rural Jefferson County citizens were struggling with an outbreak of thefts, arson, and more. Mack Marsden, successful livestock trader and family man, was accused of being involved. After Mack was shot and killed, there remained lingering doubts. Was he a criminal, or was he wrongly accused? Author Joe Johnston tells the fascinating story he uncovered while researching The Mack Marsden Murder Mystery...
2023-04-181h 03Two Worlds, One CountryChloe Maxmin and Canyon Woodward-part 1In this two-part segment, former Maine State Senator Chloe Maxmin and her campaign manager and colleague, Canyon Woodward, discuss how Chloe was able to win two elections in rural districts of Maine, and how that experience laid the foundation for their new organization Dirt Road Organizing. The first segment focuses on their respective backgrounds in rural community organizing and how that led Chloe to run for office. The second segment considers their book, Dirt Road Revival, as well as details on the training and support offered by Dirt Road Organizing.https://feeds.captivate.fm/two-worlds-one-country/
2023-04-1328 min
Fact or Fiction: A Mostly-True Crime History PodcastFact or Fiction: Author Series presents Susan WelsSend us a textFrom 1848 to 1881, a small Utopian colony in upstate New York—the Oneida Community—was known for its shocking sexual practices, from open marriage and free love to the sexual training of young boys by older women. And in 1881, a one-time member of the Oneida Community—Charles Julius Guiteau—assassinated President James Garfield in a brutal crime that shook America to its core.Susan Wels, author of An Assassin in Utopia, shares this interwoven tale. Of course, she inserts one fiction into this unbelievable but true story. Will I recognize the fiction within t...
2023-04-0245 minFact or Fiction: A Mostly-True Crime History PodcastForrest E. Mars: The Candy ManSend us a textFor this special episode Tracy Marak, member of the Belle Toffee family, is my guest. She shares the Belle Toffee story, and then tries to identify the fiction in the mostly-true story about another candy maker, Forrest E. Mars.Although this story doesn't fit neatly into the true crime category, Forrest Mars' road to ownership of Mars, Inc. wasn’t a smooth one and it certainly wasn’t sweet. Today, Mars, Inc. is one of the largest privately held companies in the world, and Forrest's descendent are among the world's richest citiz...
2023-03-2252 minFact or Fiction: A Mostly-True Crime History PodcastFact or Fiction: Author Series presents Mike VanceSend us a textJames Brockman rose from shady character to preeminent defense attorney in Houston, Texas by representing gang leaders, jilted spouses, wealthy storekeepers, drunken on-duty policemen, and more. His career gained national recognition, including his involvement in the most famous American murder case of the young twentieth century, when he himself was murdered leaving a dubious legacy.Houston historian Mike Vance's book Getting Away with Bloody Murder examines Brockman, the criminals he defended, and the crimes they allegedly committed. In this episode, Vance shares several riveting stories from his book. As always on...
2023-03-0949 min
Fact or Fiction: A Mostly-True Crime History PodcastFact or Fiction Author Series presents Murderous MatronsSend us a textIn this episode, authors Victoria Cosner and Lorelie Shannon share a mostly-true story from their book Missouri's Murderous Matrons. Emma Heppermann, a black widow killer, and Bertha Gifford, an angel of mercy, used arsenic to murder unsuspecting family and friends for decades. The story of how they managed to evade discovery is unbelievable. As always, these authors insert one fiction into our discussion. Try to identify what they made up, but be warned: it's not easy to know if something is fact or fiction.Support the showI...
2023-02-2341 min
Fact or Fiction: A Mostly-True Crime History PodcastFact or Fiction Author Series presents Kimberly TilleySend us a textOn Christmas Eve of 1900, someone got away with murder. Frank Richardson, wealthy business owner and family man, was shot as he entered his home. Although many people may have wanted him dead, the crime has remained unsolved to this day. Kimberly Tilley, author of Has it Come to This? The Mysterious, Unsolved Murder of Frank Richardson tells us the mostly-true story about Frank Richardson and his murder. She inserts one fiction into this unbelievable story. Try to identify what she made up, but be warned: it's not easy to know if something is...
2023-02-081h 06
The Round Table: A YVote PodcastFrom Divesting to Dirt RoadsAt this week's Round Table, Erina, Jack, Kenisha, Madeline, and Skyla spoke with Maine State Senator Chloe Maxmin , the youngest woman elected to the Maine House and Senate, and a relentless voice in the fight for progressive politics+climate change. She waged back-to-back successful campaigns in 2018+2020, winning a House district that had a 16 point Republican advantage, then going on to unseat the highest-ranking Republican in the Maine Senate. Maxmin decided NOT to seek another term in order to devote her focus to grassroots organizing outside of Maine via her organization, Dirt Road Organizing, building on more than thirteen years...
2023-02-0227 min
Let's Find Common GroundWhy Democrats Fail With Rural Voters: Chloe MaxminWhy do the two main political parties do so poorly with some large groups of voters? In this episode, we look at how in recent decades Democrats have been losing rural America by growing margins. In 1996, Bill Clinton carried nearly half of all rural counties. But in 2020 Joe Biden won majorities in fewer than 7% of these counties. Our guest, Chloe Maxmin, a progressive Democrat from rural Maine, was the youngest woman ever to serve in Maine's Senate. She was elected in a conservative district in 2020 after unseating a two-term Republican incumbent in a region that twice voted for D...
2023-02-0228 minLet's Find Common GroundWhy Democrats Fail With Rural Voters: Chloe MaxminWhy do the two main political parties do so poorly with some large groups of voters? In this episode, we look at how in recent decades Democrats have been losing rural America by growing margins. In 1996, Bill Clinton carried nearly half of all rural counties. But in 2020 Joe Biden won majorities in fewer than 7% of these counties. Our guest, Chloe Maxmin, a progressive Democrat from rural Maine, was the youngest woman ever to serve in Maine's Senate. She was elected in a conservative district in 2020 after unseating a two-term Republican incumbent in a region that twice voted for D...
2023-02-0228 min
The Urban Exodus PodcastE53: Dirt Road Revival: A young politician works to rebuild rural politics by tackling polarization through conversation | Maine Senator Chloe MaxminThis episode is sponsored by New Hampshire’s Monadnock Region, home of Keene Pride week; the Monadnock Arts Open Studio Tour and the Radically Rural Summit. Natural beauty and bustling downtowns await, just two hours from Boston. Every Urban Exodus begins with an Urban Escape, and yours is Within Thriving Distance. Visit MonadnockNH.com today.I’m excited to invite you to my conversation with State Senator Chloe Maxmin. At 28, Chloe Maxmin is the youngest woman ever to serve in the Maine State Senate. She was elected in 2020, after unseating a two...
2023-01-271h 01
Fact or Fiction: A Mostly-True Crime History PodcastFact or Fiction: Author Series presents Cecil KuhneSend us a textLitigator and author Cecil Kuhne shares a mostly-true story about Rudolph Ivanovich Abel, the subject of his book KGB Man: The Cold War's Most Notorious Soviet Agent and the First to be Exchanged at the Bridge of Spies. Abel was captured by the FBI in 1957 after an inept colleague betrayed him to the US. Abel's trial, his conviction, and his eventual exchange across the Glienicker Brücke (the "Bridge of Spies") for US pilot Frances Gary Powers is a riveting story that will leave listeners questioning what is fact and what is fiction....
2023-01-1240 min
Off The CouchCanyon Woodward on “Rural Runners,” Life on the Campaign Trail, and the Value of Showing UpCanyon Woodward has found success on a few different types of trails over the last few years. In addition to an impressive top-50 finish at the Ultra-Trail Du Mont-Blanc in August, he served as the campaign manager for Maine State Senator Chloe Maxmin’s victorious House & Senate runs in 2018 and 2020, which put him on a demanding campaign trail through rural America rivaling that of any ultra. So we sat down with this seasoned political strategist, passionate climate activist, trail runner, and published author to hear about how his new film, Rural Runners, captures where all of these different interests in...
2022-10-2539 min
HysteriaDownward Viral w. Chloe MaxminErin Ryan and Alyssa Mastromonaco shoutout Lizzo’s crystal flute skills before getting into the news: the aftermath of Mahsa Amini’s death, the election of Italy’s brand new lady fascist and state-level lies and secrets that will make you shake your damn head. Then, Michaela Watkins and Julissa Arce join to talk about the intersection of misogyny and disinformation, inspired by Don’t Worry Darling and the pervasion of Russian bots online. Finally, a balanced ending: Sani-Petty. For a closed-captioned version of this episode, click here. For a transcript of this episode, please email tran...
2022-09-291h 15
What Can I Do“It always circles back to politics” (w/ Chloe Maxmin and Canyon Woodward from Dirt Road Revival)So you live in a rural community that’s been ignored by the Democratic establishment, but you want to get involved in the political system. So, what do you do?
For Chloe Maxmin and Canyon Woodward, taking the lessons they’d learned while working in the climate movement and applying them to what they knew about Chloe’s rural home community taught them a lot about how to win campaigns in rural spaces. After working together to get Chloe elected to the Maine statehouse - the youngest woman ever to serve as a Maine Senator - they collaborated again on a book...
2022-09-2127 min
Climate OneBridging The Great American DivideMost Americans support climate action, but you wouldn’t know it from Congress or the courts – or from most of the media. People on both the left and the right experience the same devastating floods, the same life-threatening heatwaves and the same catastrophic wildfires. Yet individuals tend to socialize within insulated political tribes, operate in completely different information bubbles and see the problems and solutions through different lenses. How can we learn to bridge ideological divides, develop trust, and find the common ground needed to rebuild respectful civil discourse?Guests:Chloe Maxmin, Main...
2022-09-021h 00
Red, White, and ConfusedDirt Road Revival: A Conversation with Maine Senator Chloe MaxminHow can Democrats turn around politics in rural America? Today on the show, I chat with Chloe Maxmin, who is the youngest woman ever to serve in the Maine State Senate at 28 years old. She was elected in 2020 after unseating a two-term Republican incumbent and (former) Senate minority leader. In 2018, she served in the Maine House of Representatives after becoming the first Democrat to win a rural conservative district. Join me as we talk about Senator Maxmin's new co-authored book, “Dirt Road Revival: How to Rebuild Rural Politics and Why our Future Depends on It."
2022-08-2526 min
Free Forum with Terrence McNallyHow can progressives win in rural US? CHLOE MAXMIN & CANYON WOODWARD, DIRT ROAD REVIVALWhen the American electoral system was created, over 95% of Americans lived in rural communities. Today fewer than 20% do. The 20 senators from the 10 most populous states - home to half the US population - make up only a fifth of the US Senate. When, the solution to minority rule, exemplified by the Senate filibuster and the radical 6-3 Supreme Court, is to vote - then finding a successful way to connect with, win over, and represent rural voters is more essential than ever. CHLOE MAXMIN, a progressive, has won two elections to the state legislature in rural Maine. In DIRT R...
2022-07-1455 min
Fact or Fiction: A Mostly-True Crime History PodcastFact or Fiction Author Series Presents Connie YenSend us a textToday’s guest, Connie Yen, is the author of Sinner and Savior: Emma Molloy and the Graham Murder, the true story of an 1886 murder in Greene County known as “The Graham Tragedy.” In 1886, the nude body of Sarah Graham was found in a well on the Molloy property. Subsequent investigations uncovered a bigamous marriage and other allegedly scandalous happenings in the home of temperance advocate Emma Molloy. Listen carefully because it’s not easy to know what’s fact and what’s fiction in this unbelievable story!Support the showImages and...
2022-06-0744 min
DeconstructedCan Democrats Win in Rural America?In her new book, “Dirt Road Revival: How to Rebuild Rural Politics and Why Our Future Depends On It,” Maine state Sen. Chloe Maxmin tackles one of the most pressing problems confronting the modern Democratic Party: how to reverse its decadeslong backslide in rural support. Maxmin and her co-author and campaign manager Canyon Woodward join Ryan Grim to discuss.https://join.theintercept.com/donate/now Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2022-06-0452 min
Commonwealth Club of California PodcastDemocrats and Rural Voters: How to Rebuild TrustRural voters.For the past several years, the voting behaviors, interests, cultures and beliefs of those who live far outside cities have been an obsession for many in the media as well as politicians and political strategists in both parties. Rural voters clearly played a role in the election of former President Trump in 2016, and they are expected to play an outsized role in the 2022 and 2024 elections as American continues to divide into "red" and "blue" areas. The general belief is that Democrats have lost rural voters to Republicans for the foreseeable future. For Maine State Senator Chloe Maxmin, a pr...
2022-06-0258 min
The Vermont Conversation with David GoodmanA dirt road revival to win rural votersHas rural America turned a permanent shade of red? Or have Democrats abandoned rural voters, competing only in cities?Chloe Maxmin has been pioneering a new style of progressive politics in conservative, rural Maine — and winning, earning her national attention. Maxmin is a climate activist who graduated from Harvard in 2015, where she and classmate Canyon Woodward co-founded Divest Harvard, a climate action group. In 2018, Maxmin returned to her rural Maine county and twice flipped a Republican seat — first for state representative and then defeating the highest-ranking Republican in Maine. She was the youngest female state senat...
2022-05-2749 min
Talk CocktailAnother Way Forward for DemocratsBack in 2002 in the wake of the George W. Bush election political demographer Ruy Teixeira, along with journalist John Judas, wrote The Emerging Democratic Majority. It spoke of the changing demographics of America. It looked at ethic diversity and how it was destined to forever shape Democratic success in the 21st century. This has not worked out so well for a multitude of reasons.
It turns out that the feature, not the bug, was the way our constitution was written. Rural voters matter.
Books like Hillbilly Elegy, What’s The Matter with Kansas and Kevin...
2022-05-2324 min
Generation Green New Deal"Dirt Road Revival" with Senator Chloe Maxmin & Canyon WoodwardYou can find more information on Chloe and Canyon's book on their website: https://www.dirtroadrevival.com/Support GenGND & Get Extended Bonus Pods on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/generationgndSubscribe to GenGND's newsletter: https://generationgnd.substack.com/subscribeEpisode transcript & more available at: www.generationgreennewdeal.com
2022-05-1028 min
Real Time with Bill MaherEp. #599: Chloe Maxmin, Paul Begala, Michele TafoyaBill’s guests are Chloe Maxmin, Paul Begala, and Michele Tafoya
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2022-05-0755 min
Real Time with Bill MaherOvertime – Episode #599: Chloe Maxmin, Paul Begala, Michele TafoyaBill Maher and his guests answer viewer questions after the show. (Originally aired 5/06/22)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2022-05-0710 minFact or Fiction: A Mostly-True Crime History PodcastH. H. Holmes: A Fact or Fiction Nightmare!Send us a textH. H. Holmes is one of the most infamous killers in the history of Chicago and the United States. In late 1894, when authorities arrested Holmes on a warrant for horse theft in Texas, they learned Holmes, the architect and former owner of the “murder castle” in Chicago not only looked like the villain from a melodrama but acted the part, too. Although he confessed to killing 27 people in April 1896, historians still find it nearly impossible to distinguish between fact and fiction.Join me and my guest Nancy as we discuss the facts...
2022-04-0144 min
The Coffee Klatch with Robert ReichNeed a bit of a pick-me-up? Let me introduce you to two young people.These are hard times to keep your spirits up. Thinking you might need a bit of a boost, I’d like to introduce you to two young people who give me hope about the future of American politics. The first is Chloe Maxmin. I met her a few years ago when, still in her early-twenties and an unapologetic progressive, she had been elected to the Maine House of Representatives. She was the first Democrat ever to represent her district — Maine’s Lincoln County, the state’s most rural. The county also among the poorest, where 1 in 5 children grow up...
2022-01-1508 min
Fact or Fiction: A Mostly-True Crime History PodcastFact or Fiction : Author Series presents Bryan JohnstonSend us a textIn this episode of Fact or Fiction: Author Series, Bryan Johnston, author of Deep in the Woods shares the story of the 1935 kidnapping of George Weyerhaeuser, but he adds one fictional detail. Will I guess it? Will you?Play along with me and then order a copy of Deep in the Woods to learn all the stranger-than-fiction details about the kidnapping, the kidnappers, and the rest of the story.Support the showImages and resources used in this episode can be found at factorfictionpodcast.com. If you en...
2021-11-2351 min
The Nonlinear Library: Alignment SectionThe Alignment Newsletter #9: 06/04/18 by Rohin ShahWelcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio.
This is: The Alignment Newsletter #9: 06/04/18, published by Rohin Shah on the AI Alignment Forum.
Highlights
Playing hard exploration games by watching YouTube (Yusuf Aytar, Tobias Pfaff et al): There are many YouTube videos demonstrating how to play levels of eg. Montezuma's Revenge. Can we use these demonstrations to solve the hard exploration tasks in Atari? One challenge is that the videos have slightly different visual properties (like color and resolution). They propose to learn a shared feature...
2021-11-1703 min
Behavioural Science UncoveredCase-Based Decision Theory and Maxmin EU with Non-Unique Prior with Itzhak GilboaIn this episode, we talk with Itzhak Gilboa, professor of Economics at the HEC Paris and Tel-Aviv University, and holder of the AXA Chair in Decision Sciences. We will talk about the contrast “expected vs. actual success” of two of his papers. “Case-Based Decision Theory” was expected to be very successful, but turned out not to be. The second paper, “Maxmin Expected Utility with Non-Unique Prior” was not expected to be a big deal, but is now listed as the most cited and the most relevant paper in the Journal of Mathematical Economics. Tune in for a discussion centered around the d...
2021-10-0543 minGeneration Green New DealMaine's Green New Deal ChampionOn this VERY special crossover episode of Generation Green New Deal & INHERITED, we're taking you on a trip up to Maine to meet an inspiring young leader, striving for change, who is leading the fight for a Green New Deal, and equitable climate solutions in her neck of the woods. Maine State Senator, Chloe Maxmin. GenGND & INHERITED spent Election Day 2020 with Chloe and her Campaign Manager, Canyon Woodward, on their final push to elect Chloe to the State Senate, after getting elected as a State Representative in 2018. This is the story of how they got t...
2021-09-2825 min
Fact or Fiction: A Mostly-True Crime History PodcastFact or Fiction: Author Series presents Owen PatakiSend us a textThis is the first episode in what I’m calling the Fact or Fiction: Author Series. Owen Pataki, co-author of Where the Light Falls and author of Searchers in Winter is my guest. Searchers in Winter brings events of the Napoleonic Wars to life with its compelling plot, engaging characters, and exciting action sequences. In this show I have a brief chat with Owen about his book, and then he tells me a mostly-true story related to one of the novel’s subplots. It’s my job to guess the fiction. Play along with me. L...
2021-09-0650 min
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2021-08-295h 00Fact or Fiction: A Mostly-True Crime History PodcastHow Fingerprints Convicted Thomas JenningsSend us a textThis episode focuses on the tragic murder of railroad clerk Clarence D. Hiller; the man accused of committing the crime, Thomas Jennings; and the advanced forensic technique of fingerprint identification used successfully for the first time in a murder trial in the United States. Please note that, while I've researched this entire story, I have included one fictional element. That element will be revealed at the end of the episode.Support the showImages and resources used in this episode can be found at factorfictionpodcast.com. If you enjoyed...
2021-08-2426 minFact or Fiction: A Mostly-True Crime History PodcastEddie Foy and the Iroquois Theater Fire of 1903Send us a textIn late December of 1903, the beautiful new Iroquois Theater in Chicago performed a matinee of the family-friendly musical Mr. Bluebeard to a sold-out audience. Midway through the performance, an overloaded stage light caught fire, and what happened is stranger than fiction. Listen carefully because it's tricky to know what's Fact or Fiction!Support the showImages and resources used in this episode can be found at factorfictionpodcast.com. If you enjoyed this show, please support the pod by giving it a five star rating, writing a complimentary review, or jo...
2021-06-1449 minFact or Fiction: A Mostly-True Crime History PodcastBeulah May Annan: The Real Roxie HartSend us a textIn April of 1924, Beulah Annan shot her lover in the bedroom she shared with her husband Al. She rested next to the dead man and played one song over and over on her phonograph until Al arrived home. What followed is such a sensational story, that reporter Maureen Watkins used it as the basis for her successful play, Chicago. That play was the basis for the hit musical and later Oscar-winning movie of the same name. Listen carefully because not everything you hear is true, and it's not easy to decide if it's Fact...
2021-06-0145 minFact or Fiction: A Mostly-True Crime History PodcastFiblett 2.8Send us a textIn this week's Fiblett episode, Laura shares a story of Western criminals in the big city, a train robbery, a bank robbery, and butter heist. Three are published stories, but one is fictional. Listen carefully because it's tough to know if what you hear is Fact or Fiction!Support the showImages and resources used in this episode can be found at factorfictionpodcast.com. If you enjoyed this show, please support the pod by giving it a five star rating, writing a complimentary review, or joining the Fa...
2021-05-2410 minFact or Fiction: A Mostly-True Crime History PodcastJohann Hoch: America's BluebeardSend us a textBluebeard is a French folk-tale about a villainous man who married and then killed multiple wives. The American version of this story isn't a folk tale--it's real. Today's episode of Fact or Fiction examines the story of Johann Hoch, a man accused of marrying scores of women, absconding with their fortunes, and even murdering a few. Listen carefully because it's never easy to tell which parts of the story are Fact or Fiction. Ready to play?Support the showImages and resources used in this episode can be found at f...
2021-05-1834 minFact or Fiction: A Mostly-True Crime History PodcastFiblett 2.7Send us a textToday's minisode focuses on cases involving insurance scams--three of them are real and one is my invention. Can you identify which stories are Fact or Fiction?Support the showImages and resources used in this episode can be found at factorfictionpodcast.com. If you enjoyed this show, please support the pod by giving it a five star rating, writing a complimentary review, or joining the Fact or Fiction Fan Club. Thanks for listening!
2021-05-1017 minFact or Fiction: A Mostly-True Crime History PodcastThe Case of the Ragged StrangerSend us a textIn the early 1920's, Chicago reporters Charles MacArthur and Ben Hecht encountered and sensationalized the highly unusual murder of a young mother-to-be, Ruth Wanderer. These two reporters, who went on to become decorated Hollywood screenwriters, called Ruth Wanderer's tragic story, The Case of the Ragged Stranger! Listen carefully because it's tricky to know which parts of the story are Fact or Fiction. Ready to play?Support the showImages and resources used in this episode can be found at factorfictionpodcast.com. If you enjoyed this show, please support the pod...
2021-05-0339 minFact or Fiction: A Mostly-True Crime History PodcastFiblett 2.6Send us a textFiblett 2.6 is a random assortment of entertaining articles about an honorable thief, three girls wrongly imprisoned, a disgruntled husband, and two courageous little boys. Three of them are from published newspaper accounts, but one is my own creation. Listen closely. Is it Fact or Fiction?Support the showImages and resources used in this episode can be found at factorfictionpodcast.com. If you enjoyed this show, please support the pod by giving it a five star rating, writing a complimentary review, or joining the Fact or Fiction Fan Club. Th...
2021-04-2609 minFact or Fiction: A Mostly-True Crime History PodcastThe Murder of Amos Snell and the Tragic Decline of His FamilySend us a textAmos J. Snell, a wealthy real estate owner in Chicago, was murdered in his home in 1888. The identity of the murderer remains unknown to this day. Listen to learn what we do know about Amos J. Snell, his murder, and the aftershocks of his death that affected his family for generations. Is it Fact or Fiction? You be the judge!Support the showImages and resources used in this episode can be found at factorfictionpodcast.com. If you enjoyed this show, please support the pod by giving it a five...
2021-04-1943 min
Run For SomethingHow To Talk to Trump Voters with Maine State Senator Chloe MaxminClimate activist Chloe Maxmin first ran for Maine state house in 2018 and won, becoming the first Democrat to ever represent her very rural very old community. (She was only 26 years old!) Then in 2020, she ran for Maine state senate and beat out the top-ranking leader of the Republican party. Listen in to find out how she did it, why rural America is not a lost cause for Democrats, how to talk to people you fundamentally disagree with, and what Maine politics is really like. To get regular updates, you can follow Chloe on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ChloeForSenate/
2021-04-1337 minFact or Fiction: A Mostly-True Crime History PodcastFiblett 2.5Send us a textFiblett 2.5 contains three actual articles from newspapers of the past about crimes with a connection to the prestigious Palmer House Hotel in Chicago. I've written one myself. Can you identify which one is my creation? Listen carefully because it's tough to know if what you hear is Fact or Fiction!Note: If you're interested in learning more about Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, the product from the past that is featured in today's Fiblett, I encourage you to check out this article by Teresa Lou Trupiano (https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?arti...
2021-03-3014 minFact or Fiction: A Mostly-True Crime History PodcastDr. Alice Lois Lindsay Wynekoop: Physician, Social Reformer, Cold-Blooded Killer?Send us a textDr. Alice Wynekoop was a respected physician and social reformer in Chicago in 1933 when her daughter-in-law's nearly nude body was found shot to death in Dr. Wynekoop's basement operating room. Was it possible that the highly esteemed doctor had cruelly killed her beautiful, young daughter-in-law? You be the judge. Is it Fact or Fiction?Support the showImages and resources used in this episode can be found at factorfictionpodcast.com. If you enjoyed this show, please support the pod by giving it a five star rating, writing a complimentary rev...
2021-03-2648 minFact or Fiction: A Mostly-True Crime History PodcastFiblett 2.4Send us a textToday's Fiblett is filled with more Pinkerton adventures! Three of them are from published newspaper accounts, but one is my own creation. Listen closely. Is it Fact or Fiction?Support the showImages and resources used in this episode can be found at factorfictionpodcast.com. If you enjoyed this show, please support the pod by giving it a five star rating, writing a complimentary review, or joining the Fact or Fiction Fan Club. Thanks for listening!
2021-03-1518 minFact or Fiction: A Mostly-True Crime History PodcastBelle Gunness: Female Serial Killer of La PorteSend us a textBelle Gunness purportedly killed scores of victims for financial gain. After her Indiana farm burned to the ground with the bodies of the Gunness family huddled together in the basement, investigators discovered a number of disfigured and dismembered bodies buried in shallow graves on her property. Many suspect Belle staged her death and lived out her life as a wealthy woman. Listen closely because it's difficult to know if what I say is Fact or Fiction. Ready to play?Support the showImages and resources used in this episode can...
2021-03-0841 minFact or Fiction: A Mostly-True Crime History PodcastFiblett 2.3Send us a textThis week's minisode features Pinkerton detectives! As always three of the stories are from printed newspaper articles and one is a fictional account of my own creation. Listen closely. Can you tell if it's Fact or Fiction? Support the showImages and resources used in this episode can be found at factorfictionpodcast.com. If you enjoyed this show, please support the pod by giving it a five star rating, writing a complimentary review, or joining the Fact or Fiction Fan Club. Thanks for listening!
2021-03-0116 minFact or Fiction: A Mostly-True Crime History PodcastKate Warne: Adventures of a Female Pinkerton DetectiveSend us a textIn 1856, a young woman entered the Pinkerton Detective Agency's offices at 80 Washington Street in Chicago, Illinois, looking for employment. According to his own accounts, Pinkerton politely told her he didn’t need a cleaner or a secretary, but she insisted she wasn’t interested in a traditional woman’s role. She believed the detective service needed her as an agent. After considering her compelling arguments, Allan Pinkerton hired her as his first female operative. This is the story of Kate Warne, the first female Pinkerton detective. Listen carefully, because this story is full of hard to...
2021-02-2247 minFact or Fiction: A Mostly-True Crime History PodcastFiblett 2.2Send us a textIt's February, and love is in the air! Today's minisode is all about romance. In Fiblett 2: Season 2, I read four articles about elopements. Three of the stories are from news articles of the past, but one is my own creation. Listen carefully to find out if you can tell if each article is Fact or Fiction!Support the showImages and resources used in this episode can be found at factorfictionpodcast.com. If you enjoyed this show, please support the pod by giving it a five star rating, writing a co...
2021-02-1518 minFact or Fiction: A Mostly-True Crime History PodcastAdolph Luetgert: Chicago's Sausage KingSend us a textThe public was fascinated by the disappearance of Louisa Luetgert, wife of sausage manufacturer, Adolph Luetgert. When authorities suggested he had disposed of her body in his sausage plant, the nation's imagination went wild...and sausage sales took a huge hit. Support the showImages and resources used in this episode can be found at factorfictionpodcast.com. If you enjoyed this show, please support the pod by giving it a five star rating, writing a complimentary review, or joining the Fact or Fiction Fan Club. Thanks for listening!
2021-02-0838 minFact or Fiction: A Mostly-True Crime History PodcastFiblett 2.1Send us a textThis is another fun Fiblett episode where Laura reads articles that may or may not have appeared in newspapers of the past. It's up to you to decide which of the articles are Fact or Fiction. Ready to play?Support the showImages and resources used in this episode can be found at factorfictionpodcast.com. If you enjoyed this show, please support the pod by giving it a five star rating, writing a complimentary review, or joining the Fact or Fiction Fan Club. Thanks for listening!
2021-02-0114 min
Free Forum with Terrence McNallyAt 28, CHLOE MAXMIN defeated the minority leader of Maine's State Senate. Her secret? She listens.In college, CHLOE MAXMIN co-founded the Divest Harvard campaign calling on the university to divest from fossil fuels. After graduating in 2015, she returned home to rural Maine, and In 2018 was elected to Maine’s House of Representatives, in a district that had voted Republican by a 16-point margin over the past three elections. In November, at 28 and after one term in the House, she defeated the incumbent minority leader to move to the State Senate. Chloe Maxmin bucks the obstacles to living democracy by focusing her energies on listening to the citizens she represents and then representing them. Today this is...
2021-01-2957 minFact or Fiction: A Mostly-True Crime History PodcastTillie Klimek: The Black Widow of Little PolandSend us a textThe first episode of Fact or Fiction’s second season features Tillie Klimek, the black widow of Little Poland. In 1922, Tillie was arrested for poisoning her husband with a steady diet of arsenic-laced stew. Investigators soon discovered there was more to the story of the woman renowned in her community for cooking a killer stew and predicting impending deaths.Support the showImages and resources used in this episode can be found at factorfictionpodcast.com. If you enjoyed this show, please support the pod by giving it a five star...
2021-01-2537 min
Game Theory ExplainedMaxmin Strategies & Correlated EquilibriumWe talk about maxmin and minmax strategies, zero sum games, intuition and a correlated equilibrium system.
2021-01-2407 min
Future HindsightSurveillance Capitalism: Shoshana ZuboffSurveillance Capitalism Surveillance Capitalism is the dominant economic logic in our world today. It claims private human experience for the marketplace and turns it into a commodity. Vast amounts of personal data are necessary -- often harvested without our knowledge or consent –- in order to predict future behavior. Surveillance capitalists create certainties for companies by modifying people's behavior. Instrumentarian Power Instrumentarianism seeks to modify, predict, monetize, and control human behavior through the instruments of surveillance capitalism, our digital devices. Having mined all of our data, instrumentarians can tune and herd users into sp...
2021-01-0845 min
Staying Home with Josh FoxNovember 25, 2020: Canyon Woodward, Jason ChimonidesTODAY: Maine State Senator Chloe Maxmin Campaign Manager Canyon Woodward on winning a State Senate seat in rural Maine and the short film Rural RunnerPLUS: Future Blues man Jason Chimonides AKA Gamble Cosmos!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2020-11-2544 minStaying Home with Josh FoxNovember 17, 2020: Canyon Woodward, Rural RunnerTODAY: Canyon Woodward on running a winning campaign for State Senator Chloe Maxmin in rural Maine.PLUS: The short film about Canyon - Rural Runner directed by Forest Woodward!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2020-11-1744 minStaying Home with Josh FoxNovember 12, 2020: Chloe MaxminTODAY: I talk to newly elected Maine State Senator and climate champion Chloe Maxmin about her win over a Republican incumbent in a rural district. Her secret: LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2020-11-1244 minFact or Fiction: A Mostly-True Crime History PodcastThe Murder of Amos StillwellSend us a textIn the early hours of December 30, 1888, Mrs. Amos Stillwell ran from the mansion she shared with her husband and young children to request help from her neighbors. Startled to see the respectable Mrs. Stillwell in her nightclothes and even more startled by her story, the neighbors returned with her to her home to find a grizzly scene—the dead body of her much older husband, Mrs. Amos Stillwell. Someone had used an ax to murder him in his bed. The identity of the villain behind this murder remains a mystery—in spite of multipl...
2020-09-1146 minFact or Fiction: A Mostly-True Crime History PodcastFiblett #4: Lovebirds Fly the CoopSend us a textFiblett #4 is another minisode of four stories, one of which is my writing. Here are the answers:Choice #1 about the attempted elopement of nineteen year old Cleo Broadhurst and his married lover Mrs. C. J. Ware appeared under the title of “Eloping Boy Slept on the Job” in The Kansas City Times on 22 September, 1910, p. 1.Choice #2 was the story of two sisters who ran away together with their boyfriends. It was printed on October 12, 1884 in the St. Louis Globe Democrat as “Double Elopement from Boonville.” Choice #3, "Heiress Weds Penni...
2020-09-0409 minFact or Fiction: A Mostly-True Crime History PodcastNellie Muench: Socialite, Kidnapper, and Con ArtistSend us a textDuring the 1930’s kidnappings were a common occurrence, and wealthy St. Louisans were prime targets for criminals interested in collecting ransom. One dark and stormy night in 1931, a wealthy and respected St. Louis doctor was abducted and held for over a week. Although no request was made for ransom, he was released unharmed and returned to his family. No one was arrested in connection with this crime. Three years later, a down-on-his-luck tavern owner identified the perpetrators behind the crime, one of whom was a highly respected woman of St. Louis society. Listen to...
2020-08-2849 min
Maine BetterChloe Maxmin of NobleboroRepresentative Chloe Maxmin is running for the District 13 seat of the Maine Senate and talks with Patrick Brady & Orion Breen about why she is running, transportation access for seniors, growing up driving tractors, and what's one of her favorite spots in Maine. Maine Better is a new series discussing community and connection for the Maine Better Transportation Association.
2020-08-2109 minFact or Fiction: A Mostly-True Crime History PodcastFiblett #3Send us a textFibletts are minisodes of Fact or Fiction that allow you to test your own skills at finding the fiction within the facts! Today's episode includes four stories, three of which are from an article or related articles and one that is my own creative writing based loosely on another case. It's up to you to decide which one is the fiction and which ones are the facts! I'll come clean in two weeks in the next Fiblett edition. If you can't wait that long, you can find the truth at www.factorfictionpodcast.com or a...
2020-08-1418 min