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September 20, 2026

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00:00Open/ News of Stephen Miller at Work: White House pushes to speed up deportations of undocumented children
02:48'Comin’ Up Swinging' by Atom Smith (feat. Elliot Deutsch)
06:20News of Musk Love: Elon’s VoteSafe.org collects your data but doesn’t register you to vote
09:45News of AI: AI-generated report nearly triggers U.S. operation on Chinese ship; AI-edited photo wins Maryland State Fair contest; AI drugs still struggle in human trials; Apple Watch transcribes conversations without everyone's consent; Anthropic blocks possible biological weapons research; Rare bacterium found in Meta data center wastewater; Data centers raise water pollution concerns across U.S.; OpenAI and Microsoft knew AI scraping could hurt news publishers; Trump calls AI safety concerns a hoax
23:53'Hoax' by Harry Shearer
27:47Land of 4,000 Princes: LIV Golf files for bankruptcy after Saudi Arabia pulls its financial backing
30:02News of the Olympic Movement: LA Metro says it needs federal funding by year’s end to provide extra buses for the 2028 Olympics
34:22'Heroes & Villians' by The Beach Boys
37:50News of the Warm: Summer heat waves cause European potato shortage
39:02The Side Effects of the Week: Calquence
39:35News of the Iran War: Pentagon's public count leaves out some U.S. military deaths in the Middle East
41:26News of the Godly: New Orleans Archdiocese supported priest accused of sexually abusing deaf children for decades
46:23'Deaf Boys' by Harry Shearer
49:41The Apologies of the Week: California GOP official John Turnacliff
51:54More News of AI / News of Forever Chemicals: AI boom means more PFAS are being made for data centers
54:05News of Crypto Winter: Senate blocks crypto industry-backed Clarity Act despite more than $100 million in political spending
54:46'Dorothy' by Kyle Roussel
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