Month: November 2019

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The NewsWorthy - Quid Pro Quo, Uber Recording Audio & Grammy Nominations (+ Less Stressful Political Conversations) – Thursday, November 21st, 2019

The news to know for Thursday, November 21st, 2019!

We're down to the last couple of witnesses in the impeachment investigation: what to know about it today. Also, we're talking about another rare moment for the royal family and a rare outburst of shooting stars expected tonight.

Plus: Uber's plan to record during your ride, Paypal's biggest purchase ever, and who got the most Grammy nominations...

Those stories and many more in less than 10 minutes!

Then, hang out after the news for Thing to Know Thursday's bonus interview about how to have less stressful political conversations during the holidays. You'll hear from two guests about why we're so partisan in America today, why it's important to keep talking to each other, and their research-backed advice about how to have more productive, less stressful conversations.

Head to www.theNewsWorthy.com/shownotes to read more about our guests and any of the stories mentioned in this episode.

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Sources:

Impeachment Hearing Takeaways: Washington Post, CNN, Fox News, ABC News, The Hill, NYT, NPR

Dem Debate Recap: Washington Post, WSJ, NBC News, CNN

Prince Andrew Steps Away: BBC, Vox

“Unicorn” Meteor Shower: USA Today, CNN

Google’s Political Ads: WSJ, TechCrunch, Google

PayPal Acquires Honey: CNBC, WSJ

Uber to Record Audio: Cnet, Washington Post, Gizmodo

Grammy Nominations: Entertainment Tonight, Variety

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The Daily Signal - Bonus: Impeachment Inquiry is ‘a Trial in Search of a Crime,’ Rep. Jody Hice Says

"They are searching for every haystack they can possibly find in hopes that there's a needle somewhere that they can bring forward and say, 'A-ha, we have something to impeach him,'" says Rep. Jody Hice, R-Ga. "And the American people are seeing it for what it is." Tune in for a special bonus podcast interview.

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The Daily Signal - ‘They’re Willing to Die’: What an American in Hong Kong Sees

Since the beginning of November, Cody Howdeshell has been in Hong Kong, delivering first aid to the protesters. He's seen some of the violence first hand: the Hong Kong police, he says of one time, "went in and they beat these kids that were already half dead with their nightsticks and began to absolutely tear them out with no mercy, probably dislocating limbs, and shoved them against the wall and arrested them." He joins the podcast to share why the protesters want freedom and more, what he thinks will happen in the long term, and what he believes Americans should learn from Hong Kong's experience.


"Nothing in communism is voluntary, and it has to be enforced with violence at the end of the day against those that would preserve their own freedom and liberty," Howdeshell says.


We also cover the following stories:

  • What happened during Ambassador Gordon Sondland's hearing.
  • Jussie Smollet is fighting Chicago in the courts.
  • Once again, Californians are facing power outages.


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CrowdScience - Should I stop eating palm oil?

Australian listener Lizzy is trying to reduce her footprint on this planet and is particularly interested in palm oil. It is everywhere - in shampoo, lipstick and face cream and even food stuffs like biscuits and spreads. In fact, WWF say it is used in 50% of all supermarket products so it's something most of us will come into contact with every day.

Lizzy wants to know whether she should stop eating it. Because on the one hand, she sees emotive adverts depicting dying orangutans, deforestation and burning peatlands, releasing vast amounts of climate changing gases like carbon dioxide. On the other, she has read that palm oil is the most productive of the vegetable oils, using far less land than others. So would boycotting palm oil displace the problem elsewhere, she wonders? Would buying sustainable palm oil be best?

Partnering up with with another BBC World Service programme, The Food Chain, presenter Graihagh Jackson heads to one of the biggest producers of palm oil: Malaysia. She visits small holder plantations, who collectively provide 40% of the world’s palm oil, to find out how palm oil is grown and to ask them about their perspective on a product that provides them with their livelihood. What would incentivise them to engage in greener practices? And what would that look like? For the latter question, Graihagh speaks to the largest sustainable certifier of palm oil, the RSPO and looks to science to see how we can continue to grow palm oil without having any more adverse effects on wildlife.

This episode is part of the Crossing Divides season which runs from 18 - 24 November. You can find a link to the Food Chain episode below.

Produced and presented by Graihagh Jackson with help from Marijke Peters and editor Rami Tzabar for the BBC World Service.

(Photo: Woman shopping in supermarket Credit: Getty Images)

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The Gist - Gordon Sondland Has No Clue

On The Gist, Representative John Ratcliffe.

In the interview, Mike talks to CIA whistleblower Jeffery Sterling about his CIA career, how he blew the whistle on a bungled covert operation in Iran in 2015, and his life after serving time. His new book is Unwanted Spy: The Persecution of an American Whistleblower.

In the Spiel, Gordon Sondland. 

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Link Found Between ACEs And Major Health Issues

A new study from the CDC shows children exposed “Adverse Childhood Experiences”-neglect, abuse, an incarcerated or addicted parent-have a much higher risk of heart disease, diabetes, depression, and other debilitating diseases when they get older. We find out more and what some are trying to do to prevent it.

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Undiscovered - Like Jerry Springer For Bluebirds

“Do men need to cheat on their women?” a Playboy headline asked in the summer of 1978. Their not-so-surprising conclusion: Yes! Science says so! The idea that men are promiscuous by nature, while women are chaste and monogamous, is an old and tenacious one. As far back as Darwin, scientists were churning out theory and evidence that backed this up. In this episode, Annie and Elah go back to the 1970s and 1980s, when feminism and science come face to face, and it becomes clear that a lot of animals—humans and bluebirds included—are not playing by the rules.

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The Intelligence from The Economist - Settling in: Israel-Palestine policy

The American administration’s shifting position on Israeli settlements in the West Bank will have little immediate effect—but may end up sharply crimping hopes for a Palestinian state. The first debate ahead of Britain’s general election didn’t leave much room for the two main candidates to get past canned talking points. And how high-end gin is displacing the rot-gut variety in India.

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Short Wave - That Revolutionary Gene-Editing Experiment? So Far So Good.

Earlier this month NPR health correspondent Rob Stein introduced us to Victoria Gray, the woman at the center of a groundbreaking medical treatment using CRISPR, the gene-editing technique. This week, Rob reports exclusively for NPR on the first results of that closely-watched experiment. Follow host Maddie Sofia on Twitter @maddie_sofia. Email the show at shortwave@npr.org.

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