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This week, our lithe psychiatrist takes his favorite patient hiking, a priest burns some furniture and Michelle tries to escape her remembering. This episode contains descriptions of kitten sacrifice, sexual abuse and three more dead babies.
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Paris Marx is joined by James Wilt to talk about how COVID-19 is affecting transportation systems, the flaws in tech’s auto-oriented visions of the future, and why we need to fight for better transit systems to more equitably serve everyone.
James Wilt is the author of "Do Androids Dream of Electric Cars?: Transit in the Age of Google, Uber, and Elon Musk". He's also written for Canadian Dimension, Briarpatch, and Passage. Follow James on Twitter as @james_m_wilt.
Tech Won't Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Follow the podcast (@techwontsaveus) and host Paris Marx (@parismarx) on Twitter.
As we shelter-in-place, a lot of people on Twitter are sharing the strange dreams they're having. We look into why that might be. And, listener Anne-Marie Rochè wants to know: Are there any positives for the natural environment from humans staying home?
Additional Reading:
Reported by Michelle Wiley and Kevin Stark. Bay Curious is made by Olivia Allen-Price, Katrina Schwartz, Asal Ehsanipour, Katie McMurran and Rob Speight. Additional support from Erika Aguilar, Jessica Placzek, Kyana Moghadam, Paul Lancour, Suzie Racho, Carly Severn, Bianca Hernandez, Ethan Lindsey and Don Clyde.
In which the west is won by long fleets of covered wagons "sailing" on to the Oregon Territory, and Ken thinks it was mistake to capitalize the Northwest Passage. Certificate #18089.
In the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, cruises were the poster-child of viral spread. For the world’s largest cruise company, Carnival Cruise Line, the problems began in February and quickly escalated, as more passengers and crew fell ill, and Carnival struggled to dock its cruise liners. As ships went from floating cities to floating quarantines, what did the bosses know, and when did they know it?
Guest: Austin Carr, reporter for Bloomberg Businessweek. Read his story.
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The news to know for Thursday, April 23rd, 2020!
We’re talking about the latest pushback as some states plan to reopen, how the first pets in the U.S. diagnosed with COVID-19 are doing now, and how drones are joining the fight against the virus.
Plus, what to know about Zoom’s new privacy features and the NFL’s virtual draft.
Those stories and more in less than 10 minutes!
Then, hang out after the news for Thing to Know Thursday's bonus interview with an Olympic hopeful about what training looks like now.
Head to www.theNewsWorthy.com/shownotes to read more about any of the stories mentioned in this episode or see the sources below.
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Sources:
Case Count & Death Toll: Johns Hopkins
Illinois New Daily High: Illinois.Gov, Chicago Tribune
Tri-State Contact Tracing: Twitter, NBC News
Oklahoma Reopening Friday: FOX News, The Oklahoman
Georgia Reopening Controversy: NBC News, WSJ, AP, The Hill
Trump’s Temporary Immigration Ban: WaPo, Axios, FOX News
First US Pets Contract COVID-19: CNN, WaPo
China Disinformation Campaign: NY Times, The Hill
UK COVID-19 Study: Bloomberg, Sky News
CT Drone to Detect COVID-19: NBC News, Fox News, Westport PD, Draganfly
Ghana Uses Drone Delivery: CNBC, Time
New Social Media Location Labels: TechCrunch, Engadget, Press Release
Zoom Security Update: The Verge, USA Today, Press Release
NFL Draft Begins: CBS Sports, AP, Fox News
Start of Ramadan: Al Jazeera, Vox
The doctor in charge of US government’s effort to develop a coronavirus vaccine was dismissed this week. He says it has to do with his opposition to untested treatments for Covid-19 pushed by President Trump.
School closures nationwide have created a massive disruption for students, parents, and teachers. We talk to Monise Seward, a 6th grade special education teacher in Georgia, about the difficulties of taking the classroom online.
And in headlines: Trump pops off about boats in Iran, Netflix sees big numbers under lockdown, and M.I.A.’s Vogue feature gets pulled due to very questionable takes.