Senator Cory Booker joins us to discuss a proposal he’s drafted with fellow senators to give payments to Americans to help them through the pandemic, and how the current situation reveals the flaws in America’s safety net systems.
The Senate passed the House Bill on paid sick leave to help some US workers affected by Covid-19.
And in headlines: an earthquake near Salt Lake City, Russian archeologists discover bone house, and the US and China have an old fashioned journalist fight.
What to know about President Trump invoking his emergency authority: the new action steps he, lawmakers and hospitals are now taking.
And on the first day of spring, we’re talking about an earthquake, blizzards and thunderstorms.
Plus: Apple’s newest reveal, including a Magic Keyboard, and how Nextdoor is making it easier for neighbors to help each other...
Those stories and many more in less than 10 minutes!
Then, hang out after the news for Thing to Know Thursday's bonus interview. We're talking with social epidemiologist Dr. Malia Jones about the dos and don't of social distancing.
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Young American's are being taken captive by a political ideology that has proven to fail over and over again. "America First" host Sebastian Gorka debunks some of the myths of socialism and challenges American's to look honestly at the great lie of socialism.
Also on today's show:
President Trump invokes Defense Production Act as coronavirus response.
US, Canada to close border to 'non-essential traffic' amid coronavirus.
Housing and Urban Development will suspend foreclosures and evictions until end of April amid coronavirus response.
Tom Brady is leaves the New England Patriots and signs with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
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On the Gist, our slow government.
In the interview, In the interview, Mike talks to CEO of Three Uncanny Four and creator of Planet Money Adam Davidson about the impact of the coronavirus crisis on the US economy. They discuss the tools the Fed has to stimulate the economy, how deep of a recession we’re heading toward, and why the government needs to start spending money. Davidson’s latest book is The Passion Economy: The New Rules for Thriving in the Twenty-First Century.
Three L.A. comedians are quarantined in a podcast studio during a global pandemic. There is literally nothing to be done EXCEPT make content. These are "The Corona Diaries" and this is Episode #3. Music is "Family Businessman" by Good Cop : Rad Cop.
White House officials expect a spike tied to increased testing. Plus a guide to social distancing, a look at the grocery store supply chain, and a suggestion from NPR Music to take the edge off feelings of isolation and stress.
You can hear Life Kit's episode on social distancing, "Disrupted and Distanced," here on Apple podcasts or at NPR.org.
We talk with State’s Attorney Kim Foxx and Congressman Sean Casten about their primary wins, and WBEZ’s Dave McKinney talks about how those and other important races shook out in yesterday’s Illinois primary.
In his daily Coronavirus press briefing today, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said “our main scramble now is ventilators.” The state anticipates that within 45 days, it could need 37,000 ventilators. It currently has 3000.
Bruce Fenton was one of the early crypto community canaries in the coal mine warning of the impending threat of Coronavirus. As the world has caught up to the warning, he has shifted his attention to helping coordinate an open source network that is trying to address that exact problem.
On this episode of The Breakdown, Bruce joins to discuss:
Where the US is in its awareness cycle
Why bitcoiners are worried about the long-term economic ramifications of massive stimulus
What a voluntarist alternative to government intervention might look like
How an open source network is trying to solve the ventilator shortage
What regular people can do to contribute to the fight against Coronavirus
In the foggy, early evening of November 7th, 1990, two people at a Montreal hotel noticed something bizarre in the sky. Soon, multiple people in the hotel had gathered on a rooftop terrace to observe a genuine UFO -- and, soon after that, people across the city began reporting the object (if it was an object). In the almost three decades after this sighting, numerous witnesses, experts, fringe researchers and skeptics have attempted to explain exactly what was hovering over the sky for hours that evening. Join the guys as they delve into the case.
