Weekly Links: Podcast Edition

🚗 The Man Behind Uber

The Daily is the New York Times' daily radio show, which I've been enjoying lately. This episode is a companion to their recent piece on Travis Kalanick, Uber's CEO.

🚢 Containers

Containers is an audio documentary on global trade and container shipping. Alexis Madrigal dives into the processes that bring things like coffee from a farm in Ethiopia to your local hipster coffee shop.

🚀 Nukes

The crew from Radiolab looks at the nuclear arsenal chain of command. At their invention, atomic weapons were treated like other military munitions: the military leadership had authority to use them like other conventional weapons. Over time we implemented the system we have now, requiring presidential authorization.