Month: April 2020

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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Stimulus

With 26 million Americans filing for unemployment in the last five weeks, it’s obvious that the economy is still broken. However, Congress hasn’t been sitting on its heels—trillions of dollars of aid have been approved with billions more signed into law this week. The problem? It just hasn’t been enough. Now, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office forecasts unemployment could reach 16 percent later this year. So, what else can Congress do to resuscitate the economy?

Guest: Jordan Weissmann, Slate’s senior business and economics correspondent. 

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Start the Week - Changing behaviour, from bystander to actor

Why do some people get involved while others stand by looking on? What makes people act for the sake of others? Kirsty Wark discusses the psychology of behaviour with Catherine Sanderson and David Halpern.

In the Bystander Effect, Catherine Sanderson argues that the question of why some people act badly while others are heroic is not simply about good and bad. Our brains are hard-wired to conform and to avoid social embarrassment. But there are practical measures that can help create a sense of personal responsibility, turning a silent bystander into a model of action.

The psychologist David Halpern is also interested in how to change behaviour. He is advising the UK Government on its response to the coronavirus pandemic, focusing on how to get the public to adopt new social norms, including increased hand-washing and social distancing. Halpern is the Chief Executive of the Behavioural Insights Team, unofficially known as The Nudge Unit.

Producer: Katy Hickman

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Start the Week - Changing behaviour, from bystander to actor

Why do some people get involved while others stand by looking on? What makes people act for the sake of others? Kirsty Wark discusses the psychology of behaviour with Catherine Sanderson and David Halpern.

In the Bystander Effect, Catherine Sanderson argues that the question of why some people act badly while others are heroic is not simply about good and bad. Our brains are hard-wired to conform and to avoid social embarrassment. But there are practical measures that can help create a sense of personal responsibility, turning a silent bystander into a model of action.

The psychologist David Halpern is also interested in how to change behaviour. He is advising the UK Government on its response to the coronavirus pandemic, focusing on how to get the public to adopt new social norms, including increased hand-washing and social distancing. Halpern is the Chief Executive of the Behavioural Insights Team, unofficially known as The Nudge Unit.

Producer: Katy Hickman

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Short Wave - The Hard Truth About Ventilators

During the pandemic, ventilators have been considered a vital medical tool to treat critically-ill COVID-19 patients. But more and more evidence is suggesting that those who go on a ventilator — don't end up surviving. NPR Science Desk correspondent Jon Hamilton tells us about how these machines work, and how, for patients who do survive, recovery can be a long road.

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What A Day - Trump Gets De-Pressed

President Trump might be doing away with his hour-plus daily coronavirus briefings, which is a relief for so-called “privately concerned Republicans” who think they might scare away voters in November. The White House coronavirus response coordinator Dr. Birx hit the Sunday shows this weekend in Trump’s absence. 

In states like Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Indiana, Tennessee, and Minnesota, a mix of Republican and Democratic governors are preparing to ease some restrictions on businesses starting this week. 

And in headlines: Hungary may pass a new law to end the legal recognition of trans people, Taiwan’s “Home Alone” baseball games, and the end of horse-drawn carriages in Chicago.

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The NewsWorthy - Immunity After Infection?, More States Reopening & “Quarandreams”- Monday, April 27th, 2020

The news to know for Monday, April 27th, 2020!

What to know today from the CDC and W.H.O. about the new official COVID-19 symptoms and whether people who have already had the disease can get it again.

Plus, more states looking to reopen, Facebook’s version of Zoom is coming, and what experts say about those weird dreams you’re having.

Those stories and more in less than 10 minutes. 

This episode is brought to you by www.FunctionofBeauty.com/newsworthy.

 

Sources:

Case Count & Death Toll: Johns Hopkins

CDC Expands Symptoms List: USA Today, Axios, CDC

No Evidence of Immunity: NBC News, BBC, WHO

More States Reopen: NY Post, Denver Post, NY Times, NPR, Check Your State

Kim Jong Un Health: Al Jazeera, Fox News, NY Times

Boris Johnson Back to Work: BBC, NPR, Sky News

Australia’s Contact Tracing App: Reuters, The Verge, Bloomberg

Apple/Google Tracker Update: The Verge, TechCrunch

Facebook’s New Video Conferencing Feature: CNN, Vox, Press Release

Nintendo Accounts Breached: CNN, The Verge

NFL Draft Sees Record Viewership: AP, Press Release

Some NBA Teams can Resume Practice: WaPo, ESPN

“Quarandreams”: NBC News, The Guardian

Monday Monday - Savings Withdrawals: CNN, Bankrate, Federal Reserve

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The Goods from the Woods - TEASER – Patreon Episode #25 – “Verotika” with Keith Carey & Tom Goss

Hey y'all! This week on the Patreon, Rivers, Sam, and Carter are joined by comedians Keith Carey and Tom Goss for a VERY special occasion: They're talking about Glenn Danzig's godawful new horror film 'Verotika'! This movie has an all-porn star cast, crying breasts with eyes for nipples, and even a blood Jacuzzi. Enjoy this extra ribald for your pleasure bonus episode about what might be the worst movie ever made! Follow Tom on all forms of social media @GossGoss6. Follow Keith on all forms of social media @KeithTellsJokes. Join the Tower of Power by signing up for our Patreon now for only $5 a month! http://www.Patreon.com/TheGoodsPod

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The Daily Signal - COVID-19 Uncovers ‘Fundamental Flaws’ of EU, Expert Says

The coronavirus has left many European leaders questioning the future of the EU. Former Prime Minister of Italy Enrico Letta recently told The Guardian that “the communitarian spirit of Europe is weaker today than 10 years ago.” 


Nile Gardiner, former adviser to Lady Thatcher and director of the Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom at The Heritage Foundation, joins The Daily Signal Podcast to explain what COVID-19 may mean for the future of the EU. 


Gardiner also addresses the possibility that America may work alongside Great Britain and other European nations to hold China accountable for the coronavirus. Listen to the podcast below or read the lightly edited transcript.


Also on today's show:

  • We read your letters to the editor.
  • Church all across D.C. are launching a week of 24/7 strategic prayer for America from April 27 - May 4. Find out more at AwakenDC.com.


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Unexpected Elements - Presidents and pandemics

President Trump has repeated unfounded claims that scientists created Covid-19 in a lab. Rigorous scrutiny of the genetics of the virus reveals no evidence for such a claim.

And Brazil’s President Bolsonaro is at odds with his own health advisors – splitting public opinion and action over lockdown measures needed to control the virus.

We also look at why Covid -19 seems to be associated with so many different symptoms, from diarrheal infections to complicating kidney disease, to heart attacks

And some potentially good news from HIV research, a new target to stop that virus in its tracks, which might also be useful in the fight against other viruses.

If you're an exercise fan, you'll know that sweating is how our bodies keep us cool, but how much water we lose and which bits of us get wettest depend on a whole host of factors.

Jamaican listener Andre wants to know why he sweats in a heart-shape when he hits the gym, and we find out how everything from the clothes he wears to the moves he's doing explain his unusual perspiration patterns.

In Kenya we meet a woman whose permanently clammy hands cause her to drop her mobile phone, and sweaty feet start to stink when she spends too long in shoes.

Hyperhidrosis is a condition affecting millions of people worldwide but an expert explains some of the treatments for this mysterious condition.

Image: President Trump (rhs) with Brazilian President Bolsonaro (lhs). (Photo by Alex Wong / Getty Images)

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - LTB!: Lightning Network Messaging, Political Expediency and What Crisis Has Revealed

On today's show we've got a pair of interviews for you. First we speak with John Cantrell, the author of Juggernaut, a new messaging layer 3 application being built on top of layer 2 lightning network, which is itself built on top of layer one bitcoin. It's a lot of layers, but as a technological concept currently in beta it's a fascinating project, and we talk about it. (Juggernaut on Github)

After the break we're joined again by Alex Gladstein of HRF.org for a discussion on political expediency in the age of pandemic and what crisis has revealed about various governments, and different types of governments around the world. Alex is one of my favorite returning guests, with his global human rights focused work taking him to some of the most interesting and most oppressed places around the world

"What's interesting is that citizen journalists I know in Taiwan have pressed the government on this and they've gone to parliament and it's all on record, and they've said 'Have these (...) digital contact tracing or cell phone surveillance things been useful?' And the governments said "Only in one case.... Only in one case was this sort of mass surveillance approach been useful', so they've actually been honest with the people... But at the end of the day it does teach us that even the most progressive governments are going to be lured by the sirens call of using surveillance to tackle problems." - Alex Gladstein, Chief Strategy Officer HRF.org

This episode of Let's Talk Bitcoin is sponsored by eToro.com and features content from John Cantrell, Alex Gladstein and Adam B. Levine. Todays show features music by Jared Rubens and Gurty Beats with editing by Jonas. Album Art original photo by Goh Rhy Yan on Unsplash

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