There are so many bay windows in San Francisco, Oakland, and other cities around the Bay Area it would be easy to assume they were invented here. But were they? Listener Ayran Michaels wants to know: Why are they so prominent here?
Reported by Christopher Beale. Bay Curious is made by Olivia Allen-Price, Katrina Schwartz, Katie McMurran and Rob Speight. Additional support from Erika Aguilar, Jessica Placzek, Paul Lancour, Kyana Moghadam, Suzie Racho, Carly Severn, Bianca Hernandez, Ethan Lindsey and Don Clyde.
In which John describes environmentally friendly modern alternatives to burial, and refuses to apologize for leaving an urn full of ashes under his piano for a decade. Certificate #37628.
Apple decided to announce a new iPhone, but the surprise is in the pricing strategy. The airlines finally got their $25B government bailout, and that means you’ll own part of Delta, United, JetBlue, and the whole flying gang. And our “Maybe Unicorn of the Day” is Aaptiv, which claims to be “the Netflix of Fitness,” but we think it’s really “the Spotify of Fitness.”
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The summer is going to be marked by the slow process of learning to live with coronavirus looming. The United States is going to have to rethink what “normal” means.
Guest: Ed Yong, Science writer for The Atlantic
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Science writer Jennifer Leman did it. She ranked all 158 moons in our solar system. The criteria? Interviews with NASA scientists, astronomers, and her own moonpinions. She talks to host Maddie Sofia about some of her favorites. Here's her full list for Popular Mechanics.
Over 80 million Americans should have seen their coronavirus stimulus payments deposited in their bank accounts yesterday. For the rest of us, we'll have to wait for the mail version. Small businesses are seeing their loan program, which has been overloaded and clunky, run out money.
Conservative activists gathered in Ohio and Michigan yesterday to protest the pandemic lockdown status in those states. But polls show they are in the minority.
And in headlines: universities are dropping standardized testing requirements for fall applicants, retirees discover lost apples, and Reese Witherspoon’s dress company bungles a giveaway.
What to know today about President Trump’s expected announcement involving plans to reopen some states.
Also, a new report about China’s government explains how just six days could have made a difference in this pandemic.
Plus, we’re talking about a new planet, a new iPhone and a new role for Lyft drivers...
Those stories and more in less than 10 minutes!
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Tim Evans is a professor of business and political economy at Middlesex University London. He joins the podcast today to talk about coronavirus in England, how nationalized health care has affected the response, and the great economic challenges and opportunities that are now reality due to the crisis.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says President Trump will be “swiftly challenged,” in his decision to stop funding the World Health Organization due to its handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
House Democrats introduced legislation Tuesday to send payments of $2,000 to Americans affected by coronavirus, after qualifying Americans started receiving one-time stimulus checks from the coronavirus relief package passed by Congress and signed by Trump on March 27.
Governor Andrew Cuomo Announced Wednesday during a press conference that he is issuing an executive order that will require people to wear a face covering when in public.
In the interview, John Burn-Murdoch of the Financial Times is here to discuss data visualization and the COVID-19 outbreak. He and Mike talk about the useful ways to analyze data, why countries are often too large to be helpful samples, and what the data says about the future.
In the spiel, South Dakota’s Gov. Noem failure to prevent an outbreak at a pork plant in her state.
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