JETLAG RADIO 158 | BENKYO RADIO 158

• MSF steps up COVID-19 response with activities in Spain [MSF]

• Make Free Music Now - CM 281 Out Now [Computer Music]

• Covid-19 could devastate poor countries. It is in the rich world’s self-interest to help [The Economist]

• Lockdown love stories: how to date at a distance [1843 Magazine]

• The Contagion We Can Control [Harvard Business Review]

• The Coronavirus Isn’t Trump’s Katrina. It’s His Vietnam. [Bloomberg]

• Pelosi expects bipartisan House vote for $2 trillion coronavirus bill Friday [Reuters]

• ‘Catastrophe’: Fears over outbreak of coronavirus in Gaza [Al-Jazeera News]

• How Doctors Live With the Risks of the Coronavirus [The New Yorker]

• So what are you playing right now? [The Outline]

• Family Guy’s Stewie and Brian Host Quarantine Podcast [IGN]

• The Best Games To Play When You’re Stuck At Home [GameSpot]

• Comics pros want Marvel and DC to team on a new, epic crossover event [Polygon]

• Twitch’s Stream Aid 2020 plans to raise money for COVID-19 relief this weekend with a bunch of celebs [The Verge]

• The Vox guide to Covid-19 coronavirus [Vox]

• Gig workers could get unemployment benefits under $2 trillion Senate stimulus bill [TechCrunch]

• Can low-cost, open-source ventilator designs help save lives? [MIT Technology Review]

• A massive stockpile of 39 million N95 masks is being sold to American hospitals — around 27 million more than the US government’s emergency stockpile [Business Insider]

• Coronavirus: Inside a Covid-19 intensive care unit [BBC World]

• Trump’s deluge of Facebook ads have a curious absence: coronavirus [The Guardian]

• A N.Y. Nurse Dies. Angry Co-Workers Blame a Lack of Protective Gear. [NY Times]

• Bernie Sanders Spits Fire At GOP Senators For Holdup Over Unemployment Benefits [HuffPost]

• The Four Possible Timelines for Life Returning to Normal [The Atlantic]

• Experts Say The Coronavirus Outlook Has Worsened, But The Trajectory Is Still Unclear [FiveThirtyEight]

• Guide to the pandemic [The Washington Post]

• Coronavirus: combien de temps le SARS-CoV-2 reste-t-il infectieux sur des surfaces [Le Monde]

• Please brands, no April Fools’ Day pranks this year [Mashable]

• Please Don’t Sue LeVar Burton for Reading Soothing Stories to Scared Children [VICE]

• 50 years of progress—and setbacks—since the first Earth Day [NatGeo]

• Emotional Intelligence Needs a Rewrite [Nautilus]

• Congress Approved The $2 Trillion Relief Package. When Can I Expect My Check? [NPR]

• We Explain The National Guard’s Role In California During Coronavirus (It’s Not Enforcing Martial Law) [capradionews]

• “On s’est beaucoup moqué des soviétiques, de Tchernobyl et du socialisme réel, mais vraiment, le capitalisme néolibéral devrait prendre garde à ne pas faire le malin” [Le Monde diplomatique]

• State Department struggles to bring thousands of stranded Americans home as air travel shuts down from the global coronavirus pandemic [Foreign Policy]

• The Coronavirus Exposed America’s Authoritarian Turn [Foreign Affairs]

• Can India Keep up With COVID-19? [The Diplomat]

• We need Greater Collaboration Between China and US on COVID-19 [The Cipher Brief]

• The Brain Reshapes Our Malleable Senses to Fit the World [Quanta Magazine]

• Nouvelles du LS2: le Synchrotron à protons paré pour des énergies plus élevées [CERN_FR]

• Educational Activities with #NASAatHome [NASA]

• INTERPOL issues international guidelines to support law enforcement response to COVID-19 [INTERPOL]

• Great Power Competition [Airman Magazine]

Hi there! Here’s yet another update. We need Medicare For All, and we need it now. We need those stimulus checks, and we need them asap. We need enough supplies for our doctors/nurses/emts. Also, I recommend we get a super doctor from MSF (Doctors Without Borders) to lead the charge on the Coronavirus. LET’S GO.

Until next time!

JETLAG RADIO 157 | BENKYO RADIO 157

• COVID-19: Avoiding a ‘second tragedy’ for those with TB [MSF]

• Avid offers free Pro Tools licenses to those who need to work from home [Computer Music]

• Mixed reality on Hololens 2 [Microsoft]

• Developing and deploying tests for SARS-CoV-2 is crucial [The Economist]

• Coronavirus etiquette: greeting in the age of social distance [1843 Magazine]

• Coping with Fatigue, Fear, and Panic During a Crisis [Harvard Business Review]

• Economic Shutdown Is Estimated to Save 600,000 American Lives [Bloomberg]

• States beg for help while Fed tries to shield economy [Reuters]

• ‘We’ll die like cattle’: Kashmiris fear coronavirus outbreak [Al-Jazeera News]

• Life on Lockdown in China [New Yorker]

• Facebook fumbles its response to coronavirus [The Outline]

• Newly Approved Novel Coronavirus Test Gives Results in 45 minutes [The Verge]

• Trump’s excuses for not using the Defense Production Act are wrong — and dangerous [Vox]

• A look inside one startup’s work-from-home playbook [TechCrunch]

• Vote-by-mail is the best way to save the 2020 election from coronavirus [MIT Technology Review]

• Yale’s most popular class ever is available free online — and the topic is how to be happier in your daily life [Business Insider]

• Coronavirus: Stephen Fry’s take on managing anxiety [BBC World]

• IMF warns Covid-19 recession could be worse than financial crisis [The Guardian]

• The Virus Can Be Stopped, but Only With Harsh Steps, Experts Say [NY Times]

• Health Care Workers Struggle With Shortage Of Protective Gear [HuffPost]

• Don’t Halt Social Distancing. Instead, Do It Right. [The Atlantic]

• Stimulus Checks Aren’t A Bad Idea, But They’re Not Enough [FiveThirtyEight]

• Don’t neglect your mental health during this pandemic [The Washington Post]

• De New York à Bangkok, le coronavirus transforme les métropoles du monde entier en villes fantômes [Le Monde]

• Are your kids fans of ‘Into the Spiderverse’? Get a voice note from Peter Parker [Mashable]

• The World After This - We’re not going back to “normal” after the coronavirus. Here is exactly how things need to change for good, and for the better. [Vice]

• Stuck in a cramped space? This astronaut has some advice. [National Geographic]

• A Playlist Tracking The Many New Tracks Being Written About The Coronavirus [NPR]

• What California’s ‘Stay At Home’ Directive Means For Residents [capradionews]

• L’armée n’est pas (encore) là [Le Monde diplomatique]

• Without Mass Testing, the Coronavirus Pandemic Will Keep Spreading [Foreign Policy]

• It Takes a World to End a Pandemic [Foreign Affairs]

• Peace Is Easier Said Than Done in Afghanistan [The Diplomat]

• Yes, this is Panic, but do not Despair [Cipher Brief]

• Sudden Ancient Global Warming Event Traced to Magma Flood [Quanta Magazine]

• Emilie Schibler, ingenieure de recherche en mecanique | Talents CNRS [CERN_FR]

• NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Takes a New Selfie Before Record Climb [NASA]

• Former RAF F-22 Raptor pilot wants augmented reality to change the way US aviators train [MilitaryTimes]

• INTERPOL warns of financial fraud linked to COVID-19 [INTERPOL]

• Field Medical Centers, Hospital Ships Deploying Soon as Pandemic Continues [Air Force Magazine]

Hello there! Well, in the spirit of pushing more updates, I have just prepared this one. Hope you enjoyed the curated content. Please heed the warnings of our elected officials such as Bernie Sanders, and the Governor of California, Gavin Newsom. We must contain this coronavirus, and yes, that does mean stay home and quarantine ourselves. I know it sounds tough, but it’s extremely important. The sooner the majority of the population quarantine themselves, the sooner this virus will be over. It will still take some time. My thoughts are deep with every Firefighter/Policeman/Military during this very difficult time. I want you all to know that we must all keep our cool because people are looking up to us, and as a result, we must stay strong. Decision-making has become ever-so-more important. It’s time to put our strategist hats back on. Get in touch with all your team via Slack or Microsoft Teams. Get on Cisco conference calls. Teamwork, teamwork, teamwork. Gotta get this done, gotta make this work. I am extremely proud of many of you, despite our difference in politics, as many of you are republicans. Anyway, keep up the good work, many of us depend on you. Dear Congress, get your shit together. Listen to Bernie Sanders, one check isn’t gonna solve anything. Americans need a steady flow of income for the next couple of months until this disaster calms down. It is of utmost importance. I’m pretty embarrassed about the majority of congress when a youngster like AOC has more wisdom than half of them in Washington DC. Step up, boys and girls. Our country is waiting for your leadership.

Lots of great new music is out, including the new The Weeknd deluxe album, and Childish Gambino. Many of our favorite DJs are holding dj sets online live on Twitch, be sure to check them out.

Until next time!

JETLAG RADIO 156 | BENKYO RADIO 156

• Help and solidarity needed in Europe to protect medical staff from COVID-19 [MSF]

• 9 ways to be a productive electronic music producer in self-isolation [Computer Music]

• The Economist’s coverage of the coronavirus [The Economist] #CoronaVirus

• The fight to preserve a 44,000-year-old painting [1843 Magazine] #Art

• A Guide for Working (From Home) Parents [Harvard Business Review] #WFH

• Oil Crash Wipes Out $31 Billion From Industry’s Investment Plans [Bloomberg] #BigOil

• U.S. Senate will seek deal on $1 trillion coronavirus economic aid package [Reuters] #CoronaVirus

• Netanyahu accused of dictatorship amid coronavirus crisis [Al-Jazeera News] #Corruption

• Inside France’s “Public-Health War” Against the Coronavirus [New Yorker] #CoronaVirus

• It shouldn’t take a pandemic for everyone to be less disgusting [The Outline] #CoronaVirus

• Microsoft announces new Teams features as usage skyrockets nearly 40 percent in a week [The Verge]

• Sending Americans checks is an old idea that’s finally going mainstream [Vox]

• TikTok donates $3 million to Arnold Schwarzenegger’s charity feeding kids affected by school closures [TechCrunch]

• We need more ventilators. Here’s what it will take to get them. [MIT Technology Review]

• What COVID-19 symptoms look like, day by day [Business Insider]

• Global coronavirus deaths pass 10,000 [BBC World]

• California - All residents ordered to shelter in place as governor estimates more than 25m will get virus [The Guardian]

• Doctors Plead for Supplies [NY Times]

• Jeremy Lin Delivers Scathing Rebuke Of Donald Trump’s Racist Coronavirus Rhetoric [HuffPost]

• What Do You Tell Someone Who Still Won’t Stay Home? [The Atlantic]

• How Should You Social Distance? [FiveThirtyEight]

• Senate Republicans release massive economic stimulus bill for coronavirus response [The Washington Post]

• Coronavirus: Emmanuel Macron déplore que trop de Francais prennent “ à la légère “ les consignes de confinement [Le Monde]

• Coronavirus Racist Backlash [Mashable]

• Now Is the Time to Fix Public Transit Funding [Motherboard - Tech by Vice]

• See why keeping groups small can save lives in the era of COVID-19 [Nat Geo]

• The Good and Bad News from a Coronavirus Pandemic Model [Nautilus]

• New York Governor Says ‘100% of Workforce Must Stay Home’ [NPR]

• Newsom Issues Order For All Californians To Stay Home [capradionews]

• Le podcast du “Diplo”, premier épisode [Le Monde diplomatique]

• Don’t Touch Your Face [Foreign Policy]

• How Civic Technology Can Help Stop a Pandemic [Foreign Affairs]

• US General: ‘Fairly Certain’ North Korea Has COVID-19 Cases [The Diplomat]

• What is COVID-19 teaching us about US preparedness for pandemics [Cipher Brief]

• What Is the Geometry of the Universe? [Quanta magazine]

• Un nouvel état de la matière créé au CERN [CERN_FR]

• March 19 Administrator Statement on Agency Response to Coronavirus [NASA]

• Global operation sees a rise in fake medical products related to COVID-19 [Interpol]

• DOD Shifting to Domestic Coronavirus Response as Cases Rise [Air Force Magazine]

Hi there- well, Jesus, Allah, & Buddha, this Coronavirus is getting exponentially worse. Mother Nature is doing fine, Satellite Imagery shows less pollution, and less Climate Change, but us humans, not so much. The virus must be contained. That’s why everybody has to quarantine themselves. Work from home. If you go out, only do so to get groceries or other vital supplies such as medicine. If you were someone who made fun of people who worked at the grocery store, now is the time to apologize, and realize how vital their work is. I want to personally thank every truck driver who is out there still driving long distances delivering food to these grocery stores. If you can donate blood, please do so, because Red Cross is in short supplies. We are currently living under a blockade. Do you know who has been living under a blockade for the past 50 years? Palestinians. I hope people will give them more respect, and start to empathize what it’s like to go to the grocery store and not find what they are looking for. As for celebrities, we love you and your awesome movies, but we don’t need you to sing John Lennon, we need you to send some of your millions of dollars towards food and supplies to those who need it. I want to thank Barack Obama for his latest newsletter because quite frankly I’m super fed up, and until I have a paying job again, I’m only reporting to him and Bernie Sanders (Medicare For All, see how important this is now?). Shoutout to everybody in the Military who are out there shipping tons of CoronaVirus testing supplies throughout the globe. Good job, guys & gals, keep at it. Another thing, I find the stock market to be very suspicious. It’s almost as if someone was running the show for 3 years, and took a 3 week break, and all its gains just went away. In just 3 weeks. Is the economy that vulnerable? Took 3 weeks for the whole thing to crumble? I feel bad for government accountants, because they’re gonna have to pull their hair to get their heads around this. Anyway, stay safe, call your loved ones, have FaceTime with them, and find ways to stay busy during this difficult time.

Until next time!

JETLAG RADIO 155 | BENKYO RADIO 155



• The politics of pandemics [The Economist]

• Life in Moria, Europe’s refugee city [The Economist 1843 Magazine]

• To Find Meaning in Your Work, Change How You Think About It [Harvard Business Review]

• What the U.S Needs to Do — Right Now — to fight Coronvavirus [Harvard Business Review]

• Most People Never Saw The Best Of Bernie Sanders’s Campaign [New Yorker]

• To Improve the US CoronaVirus Response, Donald Trump Should Resign [The Verge]

• Dear Congress: Send Americans cash. Send it now. [Vox]

• White House and House Democrats agree to funding package for paid sick leave, funding for tests [TechCrunch]

• Deep Tech - Go deeper on our best stories and ideas with this subscriber-only podcast (free for a limited time) [MIT Tech Review]

• Bill Gates is stepping down from the boards of Microsoft and Berkshire Hathaway to focus on ‘philanthropic priorities’ [Business Insider]

• Climate change: Will panting millions of trees really save the planet? [BBC News]

• The sick joke of Donald Trump’s presidency isn’t funny any more [The Guardian]

• In the Eye of the Coronavirus Testing Storm: Robert Redfield of the C.D.C. [New York Times]

• How epidemics like covid-19 end (and how to end them faster) [The Washington Post]

• Contre le coronavirus, l’arme de l’union sacrée [Le Monde]

• How to fight loneliness during coronavirus social distancing [Mashable]

• Scientists Found More Than 100 Tiny Worlds Hidden in the Solar System [VICE]

• Talking to kids about coronavirus [Nat Geo]

• Flattening A Pandemic’s Curve: Why Staying Home Now Can Save Lives [NPR]

• “Big Pharma”, ou la corruption ordinaire [Le Monde diplomatique]

• Over 24 hours, Trump, Macron, Merkel each addressed their nations—and revealed their very different understandings of the world. [Foreign Policy]

• All Foreign Affairs coronavirus coverage [Foreign Affairs]

• US Report Finds Widespread Forced Uyghur Labor in China [The Diplomat]

• Syria: Is the Endgame Approaching? [Cipher Brief]

• 1972: Nettoyage de printemps pour le Synchrotron à protons (PS) [CERN_FR]

• Landmark Computer Science Proof Cascades Through Physics and Math [Quanta Magazine]

• Engineers Discover a 58-Year-Old Quantum Mystery by Chance - Interesting Engineering [Best Research Reports]

• NASA’s MMS Marks its 5th Year Breaking Records in Space [NASA]

Hi there! Everybody is working overtime, so I guess, so am I, even though I’m not getting paid. Please venmo at iamzaki. Even a few dollars help. I’ll be working on more blog updates in due time.

I believe now is the time to properly apologize to those of us who contribute imperative important work out there. I noticed that Big Tech lost $400 Billion over the past few days. That’s interesting that they had so much money, when they only paid their contractors less than $25/hour.

If you believe in Main Street and not Wall Street, you must join the rest of us and vote for Bernie Sanders. Millionaires and Billionaires act like they care, but at the end of the day, do they really? We got CEOs who make billions of dollars, pay zero taxes, then ask their workers to give up their sick pay / time for other workers. The level of irony is simply ridiculous.

Right now the Corovavirus is embarrassing America. Look at the Administration’s approach, then look at France’s, or Germany’s approach. How about them apples? Anybody still want to make a french fries or wienerschnitzel joke? Why does it take a damn virus for people to wake up and understand Medicare For All is vital to the health of our nation? You better tune in on Sunday for the debate. You will see how Senator Sanders will debate former VP Biden. No paid crowds, no BS. One on one.

I know I have fans. I’m not oblivious. I know you have feedback. It’s okay to write, really. Use the contact form, and send me a note,

If you work in International Relations, please refer me to your Slack channel so we can talk on a daily basis.

It is time to all upon all our superheroes. That means both all the Avengers, and Justice League.

People refused to refer to Trump as Thanos, but now more people agree.

We need Bernie Sanders. We need Medicare For All.

Until next time!

JETLAG RADIO 154 | BENKYO RADIO 154 | LAMBDA/QUANTUM/GT/TECHNO RADIO 024

• Displaced people face a desperate situation in Idlib [MSF]

• How to Succeed When You Have Big Shoes to Fill [Harvard Business Review]

• Listen to the J. Jonah Jameson Podcast [Marvel]

• The coronvavirus spreads racism against —and among—ethnic Chinese [The Economist]

• Podcasters want an awards show, so they’re trying to start one [The Verge]

• Over 1,100 former DOJ officials say Attorney General Bill Barr must resign [Vox]

• Redbox enters the free, ad-supported streaming market [TechCrunch]

• The messy, secretive reality behind OpenAI’s bid to save the world [MIT Technology Review]

• A deluge of data is giving rise to a new economy [The Economist]

• Image-Line partners with Alan Walker, K-391 and Ahrix for team remix contest for bedroom producers [MusicRadar]

• How to Reassure Your Team When the News is Scary [Harvard Business Review]

• Even Coldplay Is Looking for a Climate Solution [Bloomberg Green]

• Do not forget the jailed Saudi women’s rights activists [Al-Jazeera News]

• Spirit Me Away: The women and girls lost to trafficking in Nepal [Al-Jazeera News]

• Rumble podcast [Michael Moore]

• Justice Department must disclose secret Mueller grand jury evidence to Congress, appeals court finds [The Washington Post]

• Experts Worry Secrecy Will Hinder Space Acquisition Reform [Air Force Magazine]

Hi there! Well, we have just entered the third month of 2020, and Good Lord, so much has been happening. We must focus on what’s important, and that is electing Bernie Sanders. There is so much stuff on the news to try to distraught us, and not let us gain what we want, which is Medicare For All, Free Tuition, Free Childcare, better Veterans Benefits, Black Lives Matter, Immigration Rights, end the Forever Wars, so on and so forth.

While the Coronavirus news may be a bit scary, it just reminds you that when a vaccine is released, it should be free. That speaks volume to the Medicare For All cause. Right now we have a dysfunctional system where people can’t even go to the doctor to get tested, because they don’t have insurance! This is horrific. Nurses Unions have a right to be upset. Why do people keep asking them “how we’re gonna pay for it?” but never ask how we pay for forever wars? A lot of us have been patiently waiting for Senator Sanders because he is the first candidate to truly wanting to go toe-to-toe with “the Military-Industrial-Complex.” Remember, the Military is good, all these guys and gals doing an important and wonderful job for our freedom, but the cogwheel of the #MilitaryIndustrialComplex must stop. This War business, where we fight wars that never end, then bill the tax payer billions if not trillions of dollars. That has got to end.

Obama is still my hero despite his very suspicious activities lately but I really hope he finally supports Bernie Sanders. Bernie Sanders will transform our country. I respect former VP Biden, but he’s against Medicare For All, and he is pro Wall-Street, not pro Main Street. We need to fight for the common people, not the fat cats on the Stock Exchange. My mind is focused on people who barely make ends meet, and live paycheck to paycheck, not those who complain that their Ferrari didn’t come in their favorite color.

I’m delving more into Project Management. I’ve applied my startup to Y Combinator 2020 Summer Batch, evidently they get about 8,000 applications, so wish me luck. I’ve also applied to the AFWERX Challenge. And I’m learning how to make music on FL Studio 20. So if you know some good tutorial videos, please send them my way.

I know I can be seen as someone that does not exist…”who does this prick think he is? He’s with the 99% (Income Inequality), but he advocates for things like Interpol (fight human-trafficking) and the Air Force (SR-72)? Who is this dude?”

All I can say is, read a manga like Naruto, and maybe things will start to make sense to you.

I’m playing the new Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot, and I’m crying like a little kid. So many memories.

REMEMBER WHAT OBAMA HAS TAUGHT US, DON’T BOO, VOTE. I thank you for your time.

I want to thank my DJ heroes for all their great new music, it’s much appreciated. Keep going!

So excited about that new Transformers trailer! But when is it coming out???

Until next time!

ps. Iron Man, treat Spider-Man with respect! You might be stressed out, but he has his share of stresses too =)

JETLAG RADIO 153 | BENKYO RADIO 153

• MSF update on 2019-nCoV coronavirus outbreak [Médecins Sans Frontières]

• Joy Reid: Trump is the Joker to Obama’s Batman [MSNBC]

• NASA Has Found a Weird, Unexplained Boundary in Interstellar Space [VICE]

• Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer’s resignation upends German politics [The Economist]

• At San Francisco’s Salesforce Park a city drifts into the clouds [1843 Mag]

• Are You Asking Too Much of Your Chief Data Officer? [Harvard Business Review]

• Blackwing pencils are best for scribblers and sketchers alike [Bloomberg BusinessWeek]

• More than 100 U.S. troops diagnosed with brain injuries from Iran attack [Reuters]

• UN health agency goes to China as mainland deaths rise above 900 [AJ News]

• The Most Immediate, Unexpected Threat of Trump’s Middle East Peace Plan [New Yorker]

• Taika Waititi slams Apple’s MacBook keyboards after winning first Oscar [The Verge]

• 10 questions about the coronavirus outbreak, answered [Vox]

• How to advertise a podcast in 2020 [TechCrunch]

• Astronomers have found a deep space radio burst that pulses every 16 days [MIT Tech Review]

• NASA just launched a new spacecraft to take the first photos of the sun’s poles and probe its violent eruptions. Here’s how it works. [Business Insider]

• Is education the new currency? [BBC Worklife]

• ‘Overwhelming and terrifying’: the rise of climate anxiety [The Guardian]

• Giannis Antetokounmpo Is Unbothered [The New York Times]

• By Targeting Africans, Trump’s Muslim Ban Is Even More Racist [HuffPost]

• Bernie Sanders’s Secret Weapon [The Atlantic]

• Men’s College Basketball Has Been Chaotic. But Just Wait Until The Tourney [FiveThirtyEight]

• Benny Gantz had two shots to oust Israel’s Netanyahu. He hopes the third time is the charm. [The Washington Post]

• “La Convention citoyenne pour le climate pourrait préfigurer une nouvelle forme de démocratie” [Le Monde]

• Oscars 2020: The full winners list [Mashable]

• Spacetime ‘Echoes’ From Quantum Black Holes Could Soon Change Physics Forever [Motherboard - Tech by Vice]

• Nat Geo TV Presents: The Cave: Amid airstrikes and bombings, a group of female doctors in Syria struggle with systemic sexism while trying to care for the injured using limited resources. Watch the Oscar-nominated documentary film now. [Nat Geo]

• The John, Paul, George, and Ringo of Genes [Nautilus]

• Michael Pollan Explains Caffeine Cravings (And Why You Don’t Have To Quit) [NPR]

• Single Payer Health Care Is Back On The Table In California [CapRadioNews]

• Comment le vélo redessine la ville [Le Monde diplomatique]

• Xinjiang’s Hui Muslims Were Swept Into Camps Alongside Uighurs [Foreign Policy]

• The Amazon Is Nearing the Point of No Return [Foreign Affairs]

• Coronavirus and China’s Decision-Making in a Crisis [The Diplomat]

• The Cipher Brief Honors Charlie Allen with Lifetime Award [The Cipher Brief]

• Color-Changing Material Unites the Math and Physics of Knots [Quanta Magazine]

• Satellite Delivered for Space Force’s First GPS III Launch [Air Force Magazine]

• Legendary Tuskegee Airman who Flew a Record 409 Combat Missions in Three Wars Promoted to Brigadier General [The Aviation Geek Club]

Hi there! Hope everyone is in the Winter spirit. I can’t believe that 49ers lost to KC, but I guess the coach was too strong. Looks like College Basketball will takeover soon next month with March Madness, and let’s just hope our Buckeyes #Team121 get back on top of their game. As far as Baseball, I hope the Reds get a better season, and with the English Premier League, I just hope Manchester United gets higher on the top of the table. Remember, in the EPL, it’s not like in the NBA or other sports where people jump on different teams when they aren’t doing good (i.e. the Golden State Warriors aren’t doing so hot, so many fake fans left). I spent many years in Ohio, so I will always be a Cavs fan first, and a Kings fan second. I do follow Portland Blazers too, though. Anyway, when you’re a MUFC fan, you’re a fan for life. No matter where we are on the EPL table, it’s Man United forever.

I thought the Fast & Furious 9 trailer was awesome! I’m a bit disappointed that Paul (in memoriam) Caleb/Cody wasn’t in the trailer, but hopefully they will surprise us later this year.

I’m very glad that Brad Pitt won an Academy Award! I will have to watch his new movie.

New Hampshire elections! Let’s go Bernie Sanders!

I want to thank Hardwell for sharing his story on his new podcast, it’s true that most musicians can take a 4-year break before a new album and no one says anything, but if a DJ takes 2 weeks off, everybody is asking: “Where did he go?”

Making some progress on Death Stranding! Man, this game is so hard! NBA 2K19 is pretty good too so far.

If you have a chance, try to do something for Black History Month. Last year, I went to the Aerospace Museum, and got to hear about the Tuskegee Airmen. It was pretty cool. This year, I’m excited for new music raising awareness about Mass Incarceration, I think Meek Mill just released a new track with JT, I will have to check it out (all the more reason to support a candidate like Bernie Sanders). There’s also a new TV show by 50 Cent which ought to be pretty important.

Don’t forget to watch the Snow Moon! It looks beautiful!

I’d like to remind you all that whenever you find yourself under a mountain of work, and feel that it’s just you, it’s not just you, many others still have a lot of work and we do it. People believe in you, so keep going. If there are some folks or subjects which you want to learn more about these things or people, I suggest you listen to podcasts about them. This can be on a variety and wide spectrum of topics. Just give it a try. I thank you.

Lots of fun stuff happening in the Astronomy world! I’m still motivated for us to find a third Interstellar object in our Solar System before JETLAG RADIO 200!

Until next time!

JETLAG RADIO 152 | BENKYO RADIO 152

• Great March of Return [MSF]

• Post-Brexit Britain may find trade deals hard to negotiate [The Economist]

• A Better Way to talk about the Climate Crisis [HBR]

• A Small Rocket Maker is Running a Different Kind of Space Race [Bloomberg Businessweek]

• The coronavirus outbreak - everything you need to know [Reuters]

• Organisation of Islamic Cooperation rejects Trump peace plan [AJ News]

• Trump’s inevitable Acquittal and the Threat to American Democracy [New Yorker]

• Familiar faces return in the first trailer for Fast 9 [The Verge]

• Watch: Marvel expands the MCU with the first trailer for its Disney+ shows [Vox]

• Maxar and NASA will demonstrate orbital spacecraft assembly with a new robitic arm [TechCrunch]

• DARPA is testing drones it can launch from a plane — then collect mid-air [MIT Tech Review]

• Elon Musk announced he’s hosting a “super fun AI party” hackathon at his house next month [Business Insider]

• Iowa caucuses: Could this be the start of a Bernie Sanders boom? [BBC News]

• Trump impeachment trial: Democrats warn Trump ‘will do it again’ if acquitted [The Guardian]

• Iowa Caucuses Underway as Democrats Make First 2020 Decision [New York Times]

• A ‘Hamilton’ Movie Is Coming To Theaters With Original Broadway Cast Intact [HuffPost]

• The New Coronavirus Is a Truly Modern Epidemic [The Atlantic]

• 89 Different Scenarios For What Things Could Look Like After Iowa [FiveThirtyEight]

• Jared Kushner’s incompetence is surpassed only by his arrogance [Washington Post]

• Météo : 27.8 °C dans les Pyrénées-Atlantiques, 27 °C dans le Var… des records de chaleur battus en février [Le Monde]

• Jennifer Lopez and Shakira’s Super Bowl halftime show made a subtle statement about the border crisis [Mashable]

• ‘It’s a Moral Imperative:’ Archivists Made a Directory of 5,000 Coronavirus Studies to Bypass Paywalls [VICE]

• The Underappreciated Legacy of African-American Inventors [NatGeo]

• We Are All Ancient Mapmakers [Nautilus]

• Iowa Caucauses 2020 - Live Results And Analysis [NPR]

• A Sanders Campaign Sketchbook [The Nation]

• Nina Turner slams MSNBC pundit Jason Johnson for challenging her use of oligarch to define Blomberg [Daily Kos]

• Adam Schiff Summons the Damnation of History [The New Republic]

• La Palestine, toujours recommencée [Le Monde Diplomatique]

• The Trump-Netanyahu Alliance Is Endangering Americans and Israelis [Foreign Policy]

• Brexit Is Just the Beginning [Foreign Affairs]

• Myanmar: Trials and Tribulations [The Diplomat]

• OSINT Global Trendline Report - Central and Eastern Europe [The Cipher Brief]

• The Age of Interstellar Visitors [Quanta Magazine]

• CERN Neutrino Platform [CERN FR]

• NASA to Honor Tuskegee Airman During Black History Month Program [NASA]

• Space Force is Here [Air Force Magazine]

Hi there! Tonight is the IOWA Caucus! I want to thank all the volunteers who got involved for the Bernie Campaign! No one candidate can do it all by himself, and he definitely need our help to win. Bernie is the only one who can bring real change. Despite the Mainstream Media trying to blackout his coverage, and inundating us with ads from Bloomberg, who shows up at the last minute with his money to buy his way to the latest debate. Michael Moore is correct. This is an outrage. We’re not letting candidates like Andrew Yang, and Corey Booker, but Bloomberg can just throw money and show up? What is the DNC thinking? We are NOT the RNC. Give yourself a reality check. In any case, Go BERNIE! #NOTMEUS! Bernie Sanders wants to fight Income Inequality. He has the endorsement from Sunrise Movement, meaning he will fight Climate Change. He will fight Mass Incarceration. He will fight the Military Industrial Complex. He will give us Medicare for All, and make college tuition-free and cancel student-debt. He will give teachers a decent salary of minimum $60K/year. Bernie has the strongest grassroot movement in our country!

Until Next Time!

JETLAG RADIO 151 | BENKYO RADIO 151

• The Air Force’s Stealthy F-117 Still Flies over Area 51 to This Day [National Interest]

• Leading a new Era of Climate Action [HBR] #ClimateChange

• Netflix’s first full Ghost in the Shell trailer shows the series like you’ve never seen it before [Verge]

• Ford v Ferrari feels like a classic Oscar movie. Can it win Best Picture? [Vox]

• Trapped and voiceless: The Palestinians depicted in Trump’s plan [AJ News] #TwoStateSolution

• NASA finds real uses for VR and AR in astronomy and engineering [TechCrunch]

• Will the Wuhan virus become a pandemic? [The Economist]

• A Better Way to talk about the Climate Crisis [HBR]

• U.S. Tells Americans Not to Travel to China Because of Virus [Bloomberg]

• Exclusive: FBI probes use of Israeli firm’s spyware in personal and government hacks - sources [Reuters]

• Trump’s economic promises were empty [New Yorker]

• “Donald Trump is the greatest threat to election integrity” [Vox]

• SpaceX reportedly looking to build Starship rockets at Port of LA [Techcrunch]

• NASA is trying to save Voyager 2 after a power glitch shut down its instruments [MIT Tech Review]

• John Bolton’s claims jolt Donald Trump’s impeachment trial [The Economist]

• Volkswagen I.D. R specs [Wikipedia]

• OTI Lumionics: Accelerating materials design with Azure Quantum [Microsoft Quantum]

Hi there! I just heard some news that Starbucks is gearing up to release 4,000 AI-Powered Coffee Machines. That’s great, but don’t get rid of the baristas! The reason why I do my work/study from the local coffee shop is because of the atmosphere. As much as I love Technology, I don’t want my coffee to come from a robot.

I was very sad that 2K shut down the 2K18 servers! But now that means I have to rush through 2K19 before they mess up with those servers. Almost done with FIFA 19 campaigns, can’t wait to boot up FIFA 20, maybe I’ll get to play against Ochocinco, but he’ll probably obliterate me since he’s so good at FIFA.

While I use MS Project 2019, I really wish Omnifocus 3 would come up with a Windows version.

If you got your ballot, get ready to vote in Democratic Primaries! Go Bernie!

I really hope 49ers win the SuperBowl! It would display great support to Kap, because of the ridiculous amount of racism against him. It’s literally a bunch of old white men telling a black guy he is not allowed to work. It’s getting ridiculous. He needs his job. Just like all of us need our jobs to keep ourselves afloat.

Regarding the Impeachment Hearings, Bolton just needs to testify. Forget your stupid book, just testify, then worry about your stupid book-deal. Another thing, no-one is gonna take this Senate for serious ever again if they let Trump off the hook. Listen to the 17 intelligence agencies. There are 17 of them. Every one of them explained it to y’all. Also, Trump is having a lot of trouble with the law, and so is Netanyahu (corruption). Mueller warned us (448-pages), but his hands are tied. He needs Justice Roberts to deal with this. Everybody’s eyes are on Justice Roberts.

I wanted to remind everyone again that January is Human-Trafficking Awareness month. Please educate yourself how you can help to stop this horrific problem. Look up information on various websites, including State Department, FBI & Interpol.

Death Stranding is an extremely hard game, but I will continue to play it, because the story is bewildering.

The Fast & Furious 9 trailer is during the Superbowl! Can’t wait!

One last thing, yes, often people roll their eyes at PSAs, but please remember that during Super Bowl weekend, you gotta get a designated driver, a taxi, uber, lyft, bus, train, etc. Or, you could just drink a 0.0% beer. Just remember, the Super Bowl can be great, but after the celebrations, it’s important to get home safe. I thank you.

Until Next Time!

JETLAG RADIO 150 | BENKYO RADIO 150 | LAMBDA RADIO 023 | QUANTUM RADIO 023 | GT RADIO 023 | TECHNO RADIO 023

• Not your average diplomat [The Economist]

• Smoking-gun evidence emerges for racial bias in American courts [The Economist]

• The Upside of Being an Underdog [HBR]

• Microsoft’s CEO looks to a future beyond Windows, iOS, and Android [The Verge]

• Davos says it is focusing on the climate crisis, but its billionaires and world leaders are still arriving on private jets [Business Insider]

• Garmin’s new Tactix Delta smartwatch looks designed for a privacy-conscious Navy SEAL [The Verge]

• Democrats should talk about child care costs in a broader way [Vox]

• Rocket Lab’s first launch of 2020 is a mission for the National Reconnaissance Office [TechCrunch]

• SpaceX’s Crew Dragon abort system works—now it’s ready to send astronauts into space [MIT Tech Review]

• Can a time machine offer us the meaning of life? [TechCrunch]

Hello there! I got to visit the Los Angeles Air Force Base, which had some great displays regarding history of NASA. It was really cool.

Lately, I’m watching the season 2 of Project Blue Book on History Channel.

I’m reading the Naruto Manga. I also plan on reading a book about the 100-year of struggle for Palestinians. Unfortunately a lot of people are afraid to speak out on their behalf, but I’m not, because you always have to stick up for the little guy. They deserve their freedom just like the rest of us. A Two-State-Solution, living side-by-side with their neighbors, in peace and harmony (1967 borders).

I’m listening to a whole lot of new music including new releases from Anjunabeats label.

I suggest you watch the Tenet trailer, it looks like it’s going to be a great movie! It has to do with time-travel. Christopher Nolan is such a great director.

I like to do this with my Twitter account. i.e. If I’m at 71K tweets, I go back to JETLAG RADIO 071, and what was there, the songs “Black” and “Mesa” as in “Black Mesa” from Half-Life, and as you know, we finally got Gabe to announce Half-Life 3. If I’m at 54K likes, I go back to JETLAG RADIO 054, and we have “flight to Jupiter,” which is of course a lot of Interstellar chatter, because we found 2 interstellar objects in our Solar System, the next mission is to find the 3rd interstellar object. Pretty cool, no?

Impeachment process is inching closer and closer. They basically called Trump a dictator during the trial. He is holding the country hostage for his special interests. House of Intelligence committee is doing their job. It’s time for the GOP to listen to the Intelligence Community, and the will of the American people. The American people demand that we go through Impeachment. Read the U.S. Constitution. Did Trump violate it? Yes, he did. Do you realize how hard it is for a normal lawyer to work in the judicial system while this farce is going on? Come on. We cannot delay Impeachment any longer. We know Democrats will vote for it, and we know the GOP will try to let Trump walk. The GOP can try, but then they will all lose their local future elections, and they know it. Do the right thing. Impeach. Impeach. Impeach.

Not much time left before IOWA for Bernie Sanders! He must win! Keep up the good work! Keep raising awareness! Billionaires are making their billions on the back of poor black and brown people! No more! We’re gonna get a President who is finally going to work on Income Inequality, and not for the top 1% of the 1%!

I’m making progress on NBA 2K18! I hope to finally start NBA 2K19 soon before I finally get to NBA 2K20 (website).

Liverpool is so strong this year! Have you seen the Premier League Table? Sheesh.

I want to thank DHS for their latest Strategy to combat Human Trafficking. You can read more on this on this link here.

Don’t forget to watch Rolex 24 Hours race this weekend!

Until Next Time!

JETLAG/BENKYO RADIO 147-148-149

• Christian Delegation urges international community to recognize state of Palestine [Middle East Monitor]

• Rolex 24 at Daytona [IMSA]

• Mediterranean migration [MSF]

• Dancing Astronaut’s BIG 100—Top 25 Electronic Albums of the Decade [Dancing Astro]

• Pioneer DJ unveils new 6-Channel Mixer, the DJM-V10 [YourEDM]

• DIA Director Talks Mission, National Security on Intelligence Matters Podcast [DIA]

• DOD AI Leader Wants Closer Collaboration with NATO [Air Force Magazine]

• Acting DHS secretary says he expects Russia to attempt to interfere in 2020 elections [The Hill]

• Senate Dems urge Esper to oppose shifting Pentagon money to border wall [The Hill]

• Chicharito Hernandez signs with L.A. Galaxy to become highest paid player in MLS [LA Times]

• DBZ Kakarot launch trailer [YouTube]

• Optimist’s Guide to 2020 [Bloomberg BusinessWeek]

• It’s time for the Iranian regime to talk to America [The Economist]

• Trump’s hold of Ukraine aid was illegal, according to the US government’s top watchdog [Vox]

• How the Best Managers Identify and Develop Talent [HBR] #StopDiscriminationAgainstMinorities

• To Be a Great Leader, You Need the Right Mindset [HBR]

• Climate Change means the US must start building big things again [MIT Tech Review]

• The Streaming Wars have barely started and they’re already exhausting [The Verge]

• Trump wanted allies who treat him like cult leader; it’s backfiring [Business Insider]

• Trump has savaged the environment. The planet cannot afford a second term [The Guardian]

• Kumail Nanjiani Thinks Immigrants Stories Can Still Be Hopeful [NY Times]

• Supreme Court will hear whether states may punish electoral college members who ignore popular vote results [The Washington Post]

• La petite revanche de la France sur Netflix [Le Monde]

• George Lucas finally met Baby Yoda and Star Wars fans couldn’t get enough [Mashable]

• Hollywood’s UFO Stories Are Becoming Way More Realistic [Vice]

• Weather shows evidence of climate change every single day since 2012 [Nat Geo]

• What Are the Odds of Alien Contact? [Nautilus]

• Rep. John Lewis’ Fight For Civil Rights Began With A Letter To Martin Luther King Jr. [NPR]

• Pompeo’s Silence Creates a ‘Crisis of Morale’ at State Department [Foreign Policy]

• Trump’s Napoleon Moment [Foreign Affairs]

• Hubble Views Galaxy From Famous Catalog [NASA]

• Cyberpunk 2077 Is Being Delayed [WIRED]

• Joint Statement on Sixtieth Anniversary of the Signing of the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security Between the United States of America and Japan [State Department]

• French citizens abroad — Approval of electronic voting for consular elections [France Diplomatie]

Hello there! 2020 means a whole lot of new music! There is so much to go through. The catalog (especially on Electronic Music) is enormous. As you can tell by now, JETLAG RADIO is about all kinds of music, with BENKYO RADIO meant to be more chill and relaxing to get some work or studying to. With LAMBDA RADIO and QUANTUM RADIO, you have some great “Progressive House” music in there. With GT RADIO, you can find a lot of great Drum & Bass. Finally, with TECHNO RADIO, there is Techno, you got it! As someone who grew up listening to this music, I love sharing it with you all because it appears that many of you have never heard of some of these great artists! That’s while I compiled a “DJs” list, which I plan on expanding, little by little.

As I write this while drinking coffee, I am reminded by one of my heroes, Kevin Rose. He understands that while grunt work is important, but so is health, and family. Hence the reason why I will double if not triple the amount of meditation I normally do. Work/life balance is extremely important.

As we enter winter, if you live in places where there is snow, be sure to always check the weather, and drive safe.

Only a few more months until we vote for Bernie Sanders as our next President! I can’t wait!!! IOWA is the focus right now! Let’s go!

Until Next Time!