Boratha's News Balancing Act: Recent Episodes
Boratha Tan
An unqualified citizen of the world and his cat attempt to read news articles (of the same topic) from various politically-leaning news corporations, and then they try to infer the agenda behind each news article.
Case study on Buddhism, how it moves a culture, and why it is inadequate to address social justice
Updates on how the City Council is proceeding with the future of the Police Department. Also, extra long Court of Opinion
Look at ABC, National Review, and... Breitbart... on their coverage of the protests due to George Floyd's death. Also, SpaceX.
What's the method of testing vaccines and medicine? Why do protesters go against stay-at-home orders?
My own struggles with addressing racism. Unintelligible rant incoming.
Special thanks to Anthony Retka for letting me share his song "Fading in the Light". Check out his music at anthonyretka.bandcamp.com
Boratha Tan the Science Man takes over the podcast this week to interview a good friend and an important engineer in the Apollo program, Tom Sanzone.
We look at CBS News and TPM for their coverage of President Trump and Iran. Boratha Tan the Science Man is packing for vacation.
On the international stage, Hong Kong has undergone protests constantly. We focus on the Washington Examiner and Vox. Boratha Tan the Science Man takes us to space yet again.
We are taking a slight detour from our regular series, and we focus on one local article about Detroit/housing/homelessness. My guest, Dr. Richard Smith, and I explore (tangentially) housing scenarios in the USA. Boratha Tan the Science Man briefly takes us on a journey to Mars.
Today we explore Common Good and the Associated Press in their coverage of the Flint Water Crisis. We touch on the inaugural Court of Opinion, and we look at health and identity.