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Trump partially reverses his family separation policy with an executive order that leads to more chaos and confusion, and Republicans take another run at repealing Obamacare and gutting Medicare. Then Democratic candidate for governor Stacey Abrams talks to Tommy and Dan about her historic candidacy and how she plans to turn Georgia blue.
All the news to know for Friday, June 22nd, 2018!
Today, we're talking about a U.S. Supreme Court decision, the First Lady's message and the results of an Alzheimer's Study.
Plus: the show to replace Roseanne and Chipotle's new menu items.
All that and much more in less than 10 minutes.
Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you.
For links to all the stories referenced in today's episode, visit https://www.theNewsWorthy.com and click Episodes.
On The Gist, those beacons of honesty—retiring Republican members of the Congress.
Cremation has the carbon footprint of a 1,000-mile road trip, your average bee has nearly 1 million brain cells, and only 3 to 4 percent of gossip is actually “malicious.” Those are all statistics relayed in Walt Hickey’s Numlock News, the daily newsletter he started after four years at FiveThirtyEight.
In the Spiel, graduation songs over the years.
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California was named after a fictional island for black Amazon-like warrior women, ruled by Queen Calafia. What about Bay Area names?
Reported by Jessica Placzek and Dan Brekke. Bay Curious is made by Olivia Allen-Price, Jessica Placzek, Ryan Levi, Paul Lancour, Suzie Racho, Amanda Font and Julia McEvoy. Holly Kernan is Vice President for News. Theme music by Pat Mesiti-Miller. Ask us a question at BayCurious.org. Follow Olivia Allen-Price on Twitter @oallenprice.
“Where is everybody?” That’s the question physicist Enrico Fermi asked in 1950. Nearly 70 years later, we’re getting tantalizingly close to solving the riddle known as Fermi’s Paradox: If the universe is so large and so old, why haven't we found life on other planets?
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All the news to know for Thursday, June 21st, 2018!
Today, we're talking about the executive order to stop family separations at the border (and how it hasn't stopped the controversy).
Plus: subscriptions for movies and the longest day of the year.
All that and much 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 the bonus Three Question Thursday interview. This week we're talking about President Trump's call to create a sixth branch of the military called 'Space Force.'
The guest today is Todd Harrison. He's the Director of the Aerospace Security Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He's leading in-depth, nonpartisan research about space security and defense funding issues, including the 2018 Space Threat Assessment.
He tells us what a Space Force might actually do, who’s for and against it and why and the expected timeline.
For more info and links to all the stories referenced in today's episode, visit https://www.theNewsWorthy.com and click Episodes.
On The Gist, how President Trump made not breaking up families look like his idea.
Why are the U.S.’s political parties weak? Is the “job guarantee” policy smart? Do voters perceive the economy accurately? Dan Pfeiffer has all the answers. He’s a former senior adviser to President Barack Obama and part of the Pod Save America posse. Pfeiffer’s new book is Yes We (Still) Can: Politics in the Age of Obama, Twitter, and Trump.
In the Spiel, the United States shouldn’t be leaving the U.N. Human Rights Council. It should work to make it better.
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All the news to know for Wednesday, June 20th, 2018!
Today, we're talking about the U.S. dropping out of the U.N. Human Rights Council, a new plan is revealed for some health care plans and Canada just legalized recreational weed across the country.
Plus: ten minute videos launch on Instagram and Amazon Alexa is coming to your hotel room.
All that and much more in less than 10 minutes.
Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you.
For links to all the stories referenced in today's episode, visit https://www.theNewsWorthy.com and click Episodes.
On The Gist, the inaugural edition of “whoah there, girl!”
Political parties are like people: They grow and change, their values shift, and sometimes they become downright belligerent. Lilliana Mason says America’s two political parties are in the middle of a shift, and it won’t be over anytime soon: “What happened to conservative southern Democrats after the Civil Rights Act passed? They didn’t like it. … It took an entire generation for conservative Southern Democrats to become Republicans.” Mason is the author of Uncivil Agreement: How Politics Became Our Identity.
In the Spiel, “angel moms” deserve sympathy, but they’re being used.
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All the news to know for Tuesday, June 19th, 2018!
Today, we're talking about trade tensions with China, a new Space Force and the battle at the border continues.
Plus:a new airline, Apple's emergency plan and Juneteenth.
All that and much more in less than 10 minutes.
Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you.
For links to all the stories referenced in today's episode, visit https://www.theNewsWorthy.com and click Episodes.