282 - One Good Friend

An Eric Adams aide tries to win the friendship of a journalist. A company promises to filter microplastics out of your blood. Private equity is dipping its toes in public utilities. The White House is teaming up with PragerU to tell your kids that slavery wasn’t that bad.    100/10,000 burpees video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InvXAEZxcHo   https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/20/winnie-greco-eric-adams-aide-attempted-cash-katie-honan-reporter/    https://jacobin.com/2025/08/private-equity-minnesota-power-takeover   https://www.thecut.com/article/yael-cohen-microplastics-interview.html?utm_medium=s1&utm_campaign=nym&utm_source=bluesky   https://www.vox.com/today-explained-podcast/422812/prageru-education-pbs-npr-cpb-defunding ^^https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8BJykaV/     https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8BdY3Hv/    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-human-brain-may-contain-as-much-as-a-spoons-worth-of-microplastics-new-research-suggests-180985995/