Month: May 2020

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CrowdScience - How do I learn maths when school’s shut?

What’s the importance of zero, and how was it discovered? How do scientists calculate Pi’s infinite digits? Why do so many people find maths difficult – and what’s the most difficult thing in maths?

CrowdScience takes on a whole bunch of questions sent in by high school students in Spain. Like many children all over the world, their school is currently closed due to the coronavirus lockdown, but lessons continue at home. So how are their studies going, and can CrowdScience help out?

We attempt to answer some of their trickiest maths questions, with the help of mathematicians Katie Steckles and Matt Parker, and mathematical biologist Kit Yates.

Presenter: Marnie Chesterton.

Producer: Cathy Edwards

(Photo: A boy studying. Credit: Getty Images)

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The Gist - Georgia Is a Laboratory

In the Gist, Georgia is opening back up.

In the interview, Mike talks with Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and bestselling author Jon Meacham about his new podcast with Cadence13 - Hope, Through History – a documentary series on confronting and triumphing over crises in America. 

In the spiel, the end of irony?

Email us at thegist@slate.com

Podcast production by Daniel Schroeder and Margaret Kelley.

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Short Wave - How An Early Plan To Spot The Virus Fell Weeks Behind

In several major cities, public health officials work every year to monitor the flu. It's called sentinel surveillance. And as early as mid-February, the government had a plan to use that system to find early cases of the coronavirus, by testing patients with flu-like symptoms.

But NPR's Lauren Sommer reports the effort was slow to get started, costing weeks in the fight to control the spread of the virus. Read more from Lauren's reporting here.

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The NewsWorthy - Easing Restrictions, Biden Responds & New Travel Requirements – Friday, May 1st, 2020

The news to know for Friday, May 1st, 2020! 

We’re talking about the latest states reopening, “May Day” protests, and the accusation Joe Biden will respond to for the first time.

Plus: new travel rules, Disney’s latest products, and the celebrity singing out his window.

Those stories and more in less than 10 minutes!

Head to www.theNewsWorthy.com or see sources below to read more about any of the stories mentioned today.

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Sources:

More States Reopen Today: NY Times, WaPo, Reuters, CNN

Michigan Stay-at-Home Protests: NBC News, CNN

Orange County Beaches Close: NPR, LA Times

Most Americans Not Ready to Reopen: Politico/Morning Consult Poll

Latest Unemployment Numbers: NBC News, USA Today

May Day/International Workers Day: CBS News, VICE

Potential SBA Loan Fraud: Bloomberg, 

Biden Sexual Assault Allegation: The Hill, NY Times, NY Post

Drop in Greenhouse Gases: USA Today, FOX News, Full Report

3 Companies to Build Moon Lander: CBS News, The Verge, Business Insider, NASA

Travel Industry Losses: AP, WSJ

More Airlines Require Masks: American Airlines, JetBlue, Delta, United

Airline Donates In-Flight Meals: Washington Post

Disney Face Masks: CNN, Hollywood Reporter, Disney

Call to Unite Event: Forbes, Fox News, Call to Unite

Feel Good Friday - Broadway Star Serenades Frontline Workers: AP, CBS News

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The Daily Signal - The Consequences of a Federal Bailout for the States

As lawmakers debate over a bailout for the states, Jonathan Williams, the chief economist and executive vice president of policy at the American Legislative Exchange Council, has a warning for states.


"Strings that come with these federal dollars oftentimes outlive the federal dollars, as we've found out with the last time we had a bail out of the states during the Obama era," Williams says. "And I think it's just a dangerous precedent to set that the states would look to the federal government to be their solution for problems that they are well-equipped to handle themselves."


He joins The Daily Signal Podcast today to talk about why should states say no to a federal bailout, if federal bailouts affect states' rights and sovereignty, if federal bailouts potentially affect tax rates, and much more.

We also cover these stories:

  • United States intelligence are maintaining that the coronavirus was "not man-made or genetically modified, however U.S. intelligence also announced that they will be investigating whether the virus originated in a lab in Wuhan, China. 
  • Another 3.8 million Americans filed for unemployment last week according to the Department of Labor’s Thursday report.
  • President Donald Trump says that former national security adviser Michael Flynn is “essentially exonerated” after documents have been opened in his case. 

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Opening Arguments - OA382: Bernie Sanders Was Right! (The DNC & Payday Lenders)

Today's episode takes two deep dives -- first, into New York's cancellation of its Democratic Presidential Primary, and second, into the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and efforts by scumbag payday lenders to take your tax dollars despite being parasites.

We begin with a thorough examination of the DNC's Delegate Selection Rules and the Call For Convention Rules and figure out whether Bernie Sanders can get to 25% -- and why that matters. Learn why Andrew Yang's lawsuit omits what Andrew thinks is the best argument -- Rule 11.C -- and exactly how it comes into play in terms of the candidates' delegate count. We end with some optimism and a bold prediction by Andrew about the Biden campaign!

After that, it's time for a deep dive into a provision of the CARES Act that we didn't cover back in Episode 372, namely, the Paycheck Protection Program. How does it operate? And how are payday lenders operating on two fronts to try and take advantage of it? Listen and find out!

Then, it's time for an all-new #T3BE about a libertarian tax protestor who sets fire to the Internal Revenue Code inside a government building. (We can't make this stuff up.)

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Appearances

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Show Notes & Links

  1. Click here to read Andrew Yang's lawsuit against the DNC; here for the Delegate Selection Rules; and here for the Call For Convention Rules.
  2. This is the April 17, 2020 AP article suggesting that Biden may let Sanders keep his statewide delegates.
  3. Latest news regarding payday lenders: this April 29, 2020 New York Times article suggesting the fix was in at Trump's CFPB, and former CFPB member Jonathan Lanning's blockbuster 17-page email documenting the corruption.
  4. Here's the list of SBA Section 7(a) lenders, and this is the relevant regulation, 13 CFR § 120.110(b).

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