Month: April 2020

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The Best One Yet - “Hey Instacart, change your whole biz model” — Nestle’s pet passion. VW goes back to work. Instacart’s 1st profit decision.

All your grocery delivery powered Instacart’s 450% growth, so we’ve come up with a plan for their first profit. Volkswagen decided to reopen the world’s biggest car factory, but it’s got a chicken/egg problem. And Nestle’s earnings reveal more about pets than they do about humans — an accelerated trend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - A Small Business Owner’s Dilemma

Georgia has confirmed more than 24,000 cases of COVID-19 and tallied close to 1,000 deaths from the disease. However, Governor Brian Kemp is still allowing a number of the state’s businesses to reopen this week, citing an increased capacity for testing and hospitalizations. Employers, for their part, have been left in a lurch. How do small business owners reopen? Should they? And, if an owner chooses to remain shuttered, can it count on the government for help?

Guest: Christopher Escobar, owner of the Plaza Theatre in Atlanta. 

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New Books in Native American Studies - Leslie M. Harris, “Slavery and the University: Histories and Legacies” (U Georgia Press, 2019)

Slavery and the University: Histories and Legacies (University of Georgia Press, 2019), edited by Leslie M. Harris, James T. Campbell, and Alfred L. Brophy, is the first edited collection of scholarly essays devoted solely to the histories and legacies of this subject on North American campuses and in their Atlantic contexts. Gathering together contributions from scholars, activists, and administrators, the volume combines two broad bodies of work: (1) historically based interdisciplinary research on the presence of slavery at higher education institutions in terms of the development of proslavery and antislavery thought and the use of slave labor; and (2) analysis on the ways in which the legacies of slavery in institutions of higher education continued in the post–Civil War era to the present day.

The collection features broadly themed essays on issues of religion, economy, and the regional slave trade of the Caribbean. It also includes case studies of slavery’s influence on specific institutions, such as Princeton University, Harvard University, Oberlin College, Emory University, and the University of Alabama. Though the roots of Slavery and the University stem from a 2011 conference at Emory University, the collection extends outward to incorporate recent findings. As such, it offers a roadmap to one of the most exciting developments in the field of U.S. slavery studies and to ways of thinking about racial diversity in the history and current practices of higher education.

Today I spoke with Leslie Harris about the book. Dr. Harris is a professor of history at Northwestern University. She is the coeditor, with Ira Berlin, of Slavery in New York and the coeditor, with Daina Ramey Berry, of Slavery and Freedom in Savannah (Georgia).

Adam McNeil is a History PhD student at Rutgers University-New Brunswick.

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What A Day - The Great British Vaccine Off with Jon Favreau

Scientists at Oxford University have developed at Covid-19 vaccine that’s safe and effective in monkeys. Now, they’re moving into wide-scale human trials, and are hoping to test thousands of people by the end of May. In the US, the small business loan program had an imperfect relaunch. 

Plus, we’re joined by Crooked’s own Jon Favreau for a politics update. We talk about the next relief bill, what Trump’s daily press conferences are doing for his re-election prospects, and more. 

And in headlines: Florida puts voting rights on trial, Belgium calls on its citizens to eat frites, and the Pentagon releases footage of UFOs.

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The NewsWorthy - Promising Vaccine, Lakers Return Loan & Asteroid Fly-by- Tuesday, April 28th, 2020

The news to know for Tuesday, April 28th, 2020!

We’re talking about new federal guidance for how to reopen schools and churches, there’s an update about a promising vaccine that might be ready as soon as this fall, and one state is scrapping its primary election completely.

Plus, what to know about drone deliveries, Airbnb’s new policies, and a mile-wide asteroid flying toward Earth...

Those stories and more in less than 10 minutes!

Head to www.TheNewsWorthy.com under the section titled 'Episodes' to read more about any of the stories mentioned or see sources below...

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Sources:

New Federal Guidelines for Reopening: WaPo, AP

Reopening Timelines: AP, WSJ, State-by-State

Overcoming Testing Shortages: STAT, WSJ, USA Today, CDC

Oxford Vaccine Trials: NY Times, CBS News

SBA System Crashes: NY Times, NPR, LA Times

NBA Team Returns PPP Loan: CNN, NBC News

NY Cancels Primary: NPR, NY Times

Ohio Primaries Ballot Deadline: Politico, Reuters

Drones to Deliver Prescriptions: The Verge, Business Insider, Press Release

Frontline Workers Free Phone Repairs: The Verge, Samsung, Google

Hotels & Airbnb Cleaning Protocols: The Verge, AP, Airbnb, Hilton, Marriott

Asteroid to Fly By Earth: Space.com, LiveScience, CNN

Talk to Me Tuesday - Did COVID-19 circulate in the U.S. last fall? PolitiFact, Slate, USA Today, Nextstrain

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Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders - S2 E12: Jack Rhysider, Darknet Diaries

Jack Rhysider is a veteran of the security world. He likes to explore, rather it be through street cycling, empty buildings, alleyways – or just getting outdoors. He grew up with conspiracy theories, but found himself drawn more to a truthful scandal over the former. Having watched some of the biggest events in history come and go – dot.com bubble, bitcoin boom, etc. – he felt the increasing presence of an entrepreneurial itch. In the early days, he created some blogs and websites, using some well known web tech, and cultivated a love of podcasting and storytelling. Not able to find the right podcast in the info sec arena, he decided to give it a shot on his own. Fast forward to today, his podcast – Darknet Diaries – is one of the most well known podcasts available, topping the charts with its weekly release of hacking true stories. 


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The Daily Signal - Sen. Bill Frist, Who Anticipated Pandemic, Outlines Next Steps

In 2005, then-Sen. Bill Frist had a message for Americans: a pandemic was coming, likely out of Asia, and due to increasing global travel, it would likely affect the United States. Now Frist, a doctor himself, is looking at how and when America can safely reopen. One example of a locale doing it right, in his view? Nashville, Tennessee. Frist, a member of the National Coronavirus Recovery Commission, joins the podcast to talk about his 2005 prediction, what Nashville is doing, and more.


We also cover these stories:

  • President Trump tweets "why should the people and taxpayers of America be bailing out poorly run states ... ?"
  • House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says that the next coronavirus relief bill will include a provision for vote by mail.
  • Attorney General William Barr announces a new effort to ensure Americans' "civil liberties" aren't attacked during the pandemic.


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