Hark Daily

January 12, 2022

The best podcast moments in news, culture and more, curated by Hark editors each day.

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The Substitute Teacher Shortage

When more and more teachers home sick with Covid, there are not enough substitute teachers to take their place. Vox’s Anna North explains why.

Today, Explained

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Dictionary.com’s Word of the Year Is 'Allyship'

Why did Dictionary.com name “allyship” as its word of the year? John Kelly, the site's Associate Director of Content and Education, explains to Alison Stewart.

Dictionary.com’s Word of the Year Is 'Allyship'

All Of It

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Elmo’s Black Identity

Elmo has been blowing up TikTok and Twitter feeds recently. Hosts Madison Malone Kircher and Rachelle Hampton discuss the racial history of the character.

Slate Culture

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The Worst Year to Be Alive?

2021 or even 2020 was not the worst year in human history. Radiolab co-host Latif Nasser makes the case for why 536 AD was worse.

Radiolab Podcasts (Radiolab)

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The Real Lord of the Flies

Author and historian Rutger Bregman tells the story of how a group of shipwrecked teenagers survived for months on a remote desert island near Tonga.

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