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With Guests Annie Duke, Kassia St. Clair, and Adam Grant

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Silver Linings: With Guests Annie Duke, Kassia St. Clair, and Adam Grant

5/10/21 by Adam Grant, Annie Duke, Katy Milkman, Kassia St. Clair

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If you’ve ever lost a job, or been through a breakup, or failed an exam, you’ll know that the aftermath can be painful and disorienting. But for some percentage of those who experience these disappointing outcomes, unforeseen opportunities will arise. In this episode of Choiceology with Katy Milkman, we look at the occasional upside of being forced to quit a career, or a relationship, or even a favorite route to work. Kassia St. Clair brings us the story of William Henry Perkin. As a young man in 19th-century London, Perkin had set his sights on a career in chemistry and medicine. He devoted his time and energy to the search for a treatment for malaria, which was a growing problem around the world. Unfortunately, he failed in his quest, but his failure opened the door to a surprising new discovery that transformed an entire industry. Kassia St. Clair is a design journalist and the author of The Secret Lives of Color. Next, Annie Duke joins Katy to explain how events like a shutdown of the London subway system, or the COVID-19 pandemic, can sometimes surface new and previously unexplored options. She also discusses how our identities can be wrapped up in our choices, blinding us to alternatives that may actually serve us better.

Radon ☢

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I wonder if in the next 50 years there will be a noticeable uptick in lung cancer deaths in Upstate NY due to increased radon exposure. ☢

I was reading that increased soil moisture from climate change is leading to higher radon levels being detected, and this part of the country already has high levels of radon.

Americans Under 30 Have Rapidly Turned Against Gun Control Laws, Poll Finds

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Americans Under 30 Have Rapidly Turned Against Gun Control Laws, Poll Finds

A new ABC News/Washington Post poll released Tuesday from among more than 1,000 U.S. adults found that Americans overall are less supportive of new gun control legislations than they were just three years ago. People between the ages of 18-29 saw the sharpest decline in backing for new weapons laws, with fewer than half now saying new legislation is needed to reduce the risk of future mass shootings or to block "red flag" buyers.

In April 2018, the last time the ABC/Washington Post survey was conducted on this issue, 65 percent of these young Americans said they support gun control laws. That percentage is now 45.

New York Removed a Governor in 1913 for Laundering Campaign Funds and Withholding Evidence – The New York Times

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New York Removed a Governor in 1913 for Laundering Campaign Funds and Withholding Evidence – The New York Times

Two days later, eight articles of impeachment were voted, two charging, that Sulzer had filed false statements of campaign spending and had committed perjury; three charging “mal and corrupt conduct” in connection with keeping witnesses from testifying at the committee hearings and failing to produce subpoenaed documents; one charging diversion of campaign funds to purchase stocks; another charging use of influence to alter stock prices, and the last charging that the Governor had attempted to twist legislators' arms to pass his legislation.

The most serious impeachment article alleged that Sulzer had listed contributions of $5,460 and expenses of $7,724.09 for his campaign. but had failed to report contributions totaling $9,000, among them $2,500 from Schiff and $1,000 from Morgenthau. Sulzer said that neglecting to report the money had been an oversight and that the money had been given to him by friends eager to help him out of financial difficulties.

According to Mr. Seitel's study, “Governor Sulzer showed unusual skill in ‘laundering’ money long before the practice and the term became more commonplace. Funds were transferred through a number of banks and securities transactions were carried out in the names of various brokerage firms.” But Sulzer insisted that his troubles stemmed from his battle with Murphy.