Under Hungary’s shape-shifting prime minister the country has essentially become a dictatorship—and it seems there is little the European Union can do about it. We examine the serious mental-health effects the covid-19 crisis is having—and will have in the future. And Japan’s #KuToo movement aims to reform some seriously sexist dress codes at work. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/radiooffer
Bay Curious - Coronavirus: A Guide to Grocery Shopping
Thanks to Judith Milgram and Ryan Stauffer for their questions. We cover how to shop safely, bring groceries home, and order takeout during the novel coronavirus pandemic.
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Omnibus - Genoan Insurance (Entry 522.MT0634)
In which the modern insurance industry is born when medieval Italian merchants form syndicates to manage risk, and Ken manages risk by making people order pancakes. Certificate #46598.
The Best One Yet - 💁♀️ “Airbnb can’t sit at Slack’s lunch table” — Away’s humane layoffs. The alphabet-shaped economic recovery. Airbnb/Slack’s debt drama.
Away Luggage is sadly laying off staff because you’re not traveling right now (and don’t need their suitcases), but the extent of benefits and way they announced it reveal a major change in HR strategy. Airbnb is raising $1B debt and Slack's raising $750M to get through the corona-conomy, but the 2 different paths reflect 2 different situations. The stock market’s recovery could look like a “V”...or a “U”...or an “L” — we’re breaking down all the options alphabetically.
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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - Seasick: How the Coronavirus Upended the Navy
The Navy prides itself on being ready for just about anything. Sailors are even trained to fight fires, if need be. But when the coronavirus started rapidly spreading aboard the USS Roosevelt in early March, the ship’s captain sent out an SOS. Instead of a calm and collected response, the Navy’s top leadership imploded.
Guest: Adam Weinstein, national security editor at The New Republic.
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The NewsWorthy - Ventilators Questioned, Bernie Out & Pro Sports Return? (+ Economic Impact of this Pandemic) – Thursday, April 9th, 2020
The news to know for Thursday, April 9th, 2020!
What to know today about ventilators: from the national stockpile to why some doctors won’t use them anymore.
Plus: Bernie Sanders is out. What he’s now telling his supporters, and how two pro sports organizations are working to get their athletes competing ASAP.
Those stories and more in less than 10 minutes!
Then, hang out after the news for Thing to Know Thursday's bonus interview. We're talking with economist Diane Swonk about unemployment, the government's relief package, and what to expect for the future.
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Federal Stockpile Low: AP, The Hill, Press Release
Production Act GM Ventilators: USA Today, CNBC
Ventilator Death Rates: AP, STAT News
COVID-19 Death Toll: Johns Hopkins
Daily Death Tolls & 2nd Wave Warning: Reuters, LA Times, NBC News, NYT
CDC Essential Workers Guidelines: AP, The Hill
Black Americans Disproportionately Affected by Virus: NBC News, USA Today, Axios
Unemployment Claims Out Today: CNBC, AP
Next Relief Bill- Senate Vote Today: ABC News, Bloomberg
Bernie Sanders Drop Out: The Hill, NYT, CNN, Twitter
Study: Survivor Blood Plasma Helps: MIT Tech Review, Johns Hopkins Univ
Where Recovered Patients Can Donate: AABB, Red Cross
UFC Says Fights to Continue: Axios, NYT, ESPN
MLB Talks New Season Plans: CNN, ESPN
First Responders Cut the Line: CNN, Miami Herald
Talk Python To Me - #259: From Academia to Tech Industry and Python
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What A Day - Exit Sandman
Senator Bernie Sanders has dropped out of the 2020 presidential race, but his ideas may live on. Vice President Joe Biden is now the presumptive democratic presidential nominee. We look at how we got here.
Then, we talked to Clare Malone, senior political writer at Five Thirty Eight, about the Defense Production Act - and why the administration may not fully understand it.
And in headlines: Nicaragua's missing president, detainees released, and why President Trump thinks now is a good time to mine the moon.
Short Wave - Science Is For Everyone. Until It’s Not.
Brandon Taylor's story has a happy ending. Today he's a successful writer whose debut novel 'Real Life' received glowing reviews earlier this year. But his success only underscores what science lost when Brandon walked away from a graduate biochemistry program in 2016. He tells host Maddie Sofia why he left, and what he misses.
Read his essay in BuzzFeed, 'Working In Science Was A Brutal Education. That's Why I Left.'
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The Daily Signal - What You Need to Know About China and Its Hand In Covid-19
Dean Cheng is senior research fellow in the Asian Studies Center and Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy at The Heritage Foundation. He joins me today on The Daily Signal podcast to talk about what caused the coronavirus, China and its handling of COVID-19, China’s coronavirus statistics, and much more!
We also cover these stories:
- Dr. Anthony Fauci, one of the top advisers to President Trump on COVID-19 said Wednesday there were signs of hope in America’s fight against the coronavirus.
- The President has raised concerns about mail-in-voting amidst the coronavirus pandemic.
- Tom Brady - the former New England Patriots Quarterback and new Tampa Bay Buccaneers QB - says he is tired of all the criticism President Trump is receiving right now.
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