State of the Union, MrBeast, Organic Food

Biden SOTU [04:01]

7 Takeaways From Biden’s State of the Union Address (New York Times, 2/7/23)
Takeaways From Biden’s State of the Union Address (Wall Street Journal, 2/8/23)
State of the Union 2023: Five takeaways from Biden’s speech (BBC, 2/8/23)
Three takeaways from Biden’s State of the Union address (Washington Post, 2/7/23)
Takeaways from Biden’s State of the Union address (CNN, 2/8/23)
Biden’s Message: What Trump Promised, I’m Delivering (NYT Opinion, 2/7/23)
The State of the Union Contradiction (WSJ Editorial Board, 2/8/23)
Biden’s speech was heavy on jobs but light on wages. That spells trouble (Washington Post, 2/8/23)
Biden’s response to GOP heckling? Vigor, humor and command (Washington Post, 2/7/23)
Why Biden’s Speech Worked (Politico Magazine, 2/7/23)
How Biden Successfully Baited Congressional Republicans (The Atlantic, 2/7/23)
In Defense Of The Mostly Pointless State Of The Union (FiveThirtyEight, 2/7/23)
Biden goes off script to challenge Republicans (Axios, 2/8/23)
Five key economic points in Biden’s 2023 State of the Union address to Congress (CNBC, 2/7/23)
Remarks of President Joe Biden – State of the Union Address as Prepared for Delivery (The White House, 2/7/23)
FACT SHEET: In State of the Union, President Biden to Outline Vision to Advance Progress on Unity Agenda in Year Ahead (The White House, 2/7/23)

MrBeast Controversy [21:05]

1,000 Blind People See For The First Time (MrBeast/YouTube, 1/28/23)
YouTuber MrBeast defends himself after a video in which he said he was ‘curing’ 1,000 blind people divided viewers (Insider, 1/31/23)
Could MrBeast Be The First YouTuber Billionaire? (Forbes, 11/30/22)
The tasteless, dangerous rise of charity porn content (The New Statesman, 2/8/23)
What’s So Wrong With Helping? (The Dispatch, 2/3/23)
Who is MrBeast? Meet the 24-year-old YouTube star who’s famous for giving away millions of dollars to strangers (Insider, 2/2/23)
2 years ago I developed a condition that left me almost blind as I couldn’t afford surgery. Then a YouTuber offered to pay — and it changed everything. (Insider, 2/4/23)
The why and how of effective altruism (TED Talks, 5/20/13)
‘Effective altruism’ isn’t as newfangled as it seems (Washington Post, 2/6/23)
How to reform effective altruism after Sam Bankman-Fried (Vox, 1/24/23)
The Dark Side of Rich Kids Volunteering Abroad (VICE, 7/31/22)
How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question (Michael Schur, 1/25/22)

Organic Food [39:05]

The USDA Can’t Stop Organic Food Fraud (Reason, 2/4/23)
Is Organic Food Really Worth It? (CNBC, 9/21/21)
Organic foods: Are they safer? More nutritious? (Mayo Clinic, 4/22/22)
The USDA’s Synthetic Oversight of Organic Food (Reason, 10/22/16)
Fraud and weak USDA oversight chip away at integrity of organic food industry (Aberdeen News, 9/2/22)
The Great Organic-Food Fraud (The New Yorker, 11/8/21)
Organic-Farming Boom Stretches Certification System (Wall Street Journal, 12/9/14)
Your Organic Meat Might Not Actually Be Organic (Mother Jones, 3/20)
Are lower pesticide residues a good reason to buy organic? Probably not. (Scientific American, 9/24/12)
Stanford Scientists Cast Doubt on Advantages of Organic Meat and Produce (The New York Times, 9/3/12)
Americans’ views about and consumption of organic foods (Pew Research, 12/1/16)
Americans are divided over whether eating organic foods makes for better health (Pew Research, 11/26/18)
USDA Publishes Strengthening Organic Enforcement Final Rule (USDA, 1/18/23)
EWG’S 2022 Dirty Dozen List (Environmental Working Group)
Is organic healthier? (BBC Good Food, 9/7/20)

Voicemails [50:30]

How luxury apartment buildings help low-income renters (Full Stack Economics, 9/13/21)