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August 16, 2026

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00:00Open/ News of Forever Chemicals: EU puts new limits on PFAS in food packaging
01:58'Standing In For Joe' by XTC
05:28News of Crypto Winter: Crypto.com scraps big plans as its token sinks; Step App shuts down after four years; Ravencoin may rewrite blockchain after attack; POAP closes after more than five years
12:59Smart World: Giant reflecting satellites could permanently blind astronomers; Planned satellite megaconstellations could create runaway space junk
18:09Trump this week: Truth Social plans to charge for faster access to Trump's posts; Netanyahu still waiting for an endorsement
21:14'Meet You Down In Gaza' by Harry Shearer
23:44'All I Want Is Greenland' by Harry Shearer
26:21Donald Trump's Truth Social Audio: Not Garbage
29:30'It Might As Well Rain Until September' by Judith Owen
32:51News of the Olympic Movement: LA taxpayers could still get stuck with the Olympic bill
37:09News of AI: OpenAI slows Astra as fears grow that it could launch cyberattacks on its own; Research Gold says no AI but lists AI-generated experts; Amazon can use Twitch content to train AI unless you opt out
46:26The Side Effects of the Week
47:03The Apologies of the Week: Oren Dobronsky, Flock, Xavier Trudeau, Cliff Tan
51:08News of the Warm: Zika and malaria could spread to Britain as temperatures keep rising; Most people don't know sunscreen can harm the ocean
54:22'Yeah Man' by Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen
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