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Hello, everyone.
A new season of our podcast, Things That Go Boom, is officially here. The first episode — a hard look at whether defense contractors live up to their promises to create jobs — dropped right around the time that the Signal Awards announced that TTGB is a finalist for seven different categories in this year’s competition.
Elsewhere, Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip continues to ravage an already war-torn territory. In a new essay at Inkstick, Ghada Abu Muaileq discusses nighttime in Gaza, once a time to relax but now punctuated with fear of airstrikes, insomnia, and the ever-present buzz of drones.
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“Big Promises, Small Print” by Things That Go Boom (Sept. 22)
The first episode of TTGB’s latest season looks at the reality behind defense contractors’ promises of job creation. Local governments promise tax breaks. But behind the ribbon cuttings and headlines, the math — and the oversight — often falls apart.
“Gaza After Midnight: Insomnia, Gunfire, and the Buzz of Drones” by Ghada Abu Muaileq (Sept. 23)
Conventional medical wisdom holds that good sleep is a foundation of good health. In Gaza, where nighttime means drones, airstrikes, and the sound of gunfire, sleep has become little more than a distant dream.
“Postcards From Fukushima” by Aditi Verma (Sept. 24)
A little more than 14 years ago, an earthquake and tsunami caused a major nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. That disaster never truly ended. Radiation lingers in soil and trees, abandoned schools stand as memorials, and families balance memory, safety, and renewal.
“Kazakh Activists Shine a Light on Nuclear Fallout” by Jon Letman (Sept. 25)
Kazakhstan once hosted the fourth-largest nuclear arsenal in the world, and today it is surrounded by nuclear neighbors — Russia to the north and west, China to the east, and India and Pakistan to the south. The country’s youth and civil society are leading a push to raise awareness about the dangers of nuclear weapons.
“Deep Dive: What’s Driving Syria’s Sectarian Violence?” by Inkstick (Sept. 26)
A new Human Rights Watch report documents a wave of atrocities committed by Syrian government forces and allied armed groups in early March 2025, targeting Alawi-majority communities across the country.
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