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The Case Against R. Kelly, CES Dispatch, and The Ocean Cleanup Failure
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20 minutes
Released:
Jan 10, 2019
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After years’ worth of accusations of sexual misconduct against R. Kelly, the R&B legend may be about to face legal consequences again. After Lifetime aired a 6 part docuseries called Surviving R. Kelly, officials in Georgia have started investigating him and Illinois officials have also asked for anyone with information to come forward. David Mack, reporter for Buzzfeed News, joins us to discuss R. Kelly’s past and all the new interest surrounding him.
Next, The Consumer Electronics Show is under way in Las Vegas previewing tons of cool gadgets and tech. Jefferson Graham, host of the Talking Tech podcast joins us to talking about some of the best things he’s seen there, including smart shoes that detect when you fall, digital license plates, and so many TVs. We will also talk about home much of this new tech actually makes it to market.
Finally, an effort to clean up what is known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a patch of trash that has 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic and weighs 88,000 tons, has failed. Ocean Cleanup, a startup with aspirations of capturing the trash and bringing it to land created a floating system that would corral the trash has broken under the stress of the ocean. Matt Simon, science writer at Wired, joins us for what happened.
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Next, The Consumer Electronics Show is under way in Las Vegas previewing tons of cool gadgets and tech. Jefferson Graham, host of the Talking Tech podcast joins us to talking about some of the best things he’s seen there, including smart shoes that detect when you fall, digital license plates, and so many TVs. We will also talk about home much of this new tech actually makes it to market.
Finally, an effort to clean up what is known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a patch of trash that has 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic and weighs 88,000 tons, has failed. Ocean Cleanup, a startup with aspirations of capturing the trash and bringing it to land created a floating system that would corral the trash has broken under the stress of the ocean. Matt Simon, science writer at Wired, joins us for what happened.
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Released:
Jan 10, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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