Month: December 2018

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The Gist - Free Money for Everyone?

On The Gist, Amazon or marijuana?

In the interview, Andrew Yang has declared his candidacy for the 2020 presidential election, and his platform is universal basic income. But how does that work? Is there room for that and other progressive platforms like free college tuition or universal health care? Yang’s new book is The War on Normal People: The Truth About America’s Disappearing Jobs and Why Universal Basic Income Is Our Future. 

In the Spiel, thought experiments and the extinction of the human race.

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Song Exploder - Yo-Yo Ma – Prelude, Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major

Yo-Yo Ma is perhaps the most famous and well-loved cellist in the world. He was born in Paris in 1955; his family moved to the U.S. when he was seven. He played for President Kennedy that year. He played at Carnegie Hall for the first time when he was 16. He’s won 18 Grammys, and he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

For this special episode of Song Exploder, Yo-Yo Ma talks about the Prelude to Johann Sebastian Bach’s Cello Suite No.1 in G Major. He discusses learning, performing, and recording the piece across 58 years of his life.

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The NewsWorthy - Troops Withdrawal, Facebook Lawsuit & Safest Cars (+ Talking Good News with Branden Harvey) – Thursday, December 20th, 2018

All the news you need to know for Thursday, December 20th, 2018! 

Today: a surprise announcement from the White House affecting troops in Syria and an update about the possible government shutdown.

Plus: new research about Saturn's rings, Pinterest has a new plan for 2019 and the safest cars list.

Those stories and many more in less than 10 minutes!

Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you. 

 Then, hang out after the news for Thing to Know Thursday. This week we're talking about the most popular good news stories of 2018 with guest Branden Harvey of Good Good Good. 

See links and sources for all the stories referenced in today's episode at https://www.theNewsWorthy.com and click Episodes.

Today's episode is brought to you by the podcast, Techmeme Ride Home, a daily news roundup of tech news in minutes.