Month: July 2020

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The NewsWorthy - Online-Only Schools, Record Heat Wave & Comfort Food Boom – Tuesday, July 14th, 2020

The news to know for Tuesday, July 14th, 2020!

What to know today about the new announcements from some of the largest school districts in the country. Their plans for the fall and what the Trump administration has to say about them.

Plus, millions of Americans are impacted by an intense heatwave; comfort and cannabis foods are flying off store shelves, and ‘Hamilton’ is still breaking records five years after its Broadway debut.

... 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:

3 States Add COVID Restrictions: LA Times, Reuters, AP, The Oregonian, KQRE, CNN

Schools Release Fall Plans: NBC News, Axios, NY Times

Trump, Devos Back-to-School Push: ABC News, USA Today, FOX News, CNN, Weingarten Tweet, AAP Statement

White House Questions Experts: AP, Reuters, NBC News, ABC News, WaPo, CNN, AAMC Statement

SCOTUS Allows Federal Executions: AP, USA Today, 

Strict Abortion Laws Blocked: AP, The Tennessean, AJC, Axios, The Hill

Record-Breaking Summer Heat: USA Today, CBS News, WaPo, FOX News

Comfort Food Sales Boom: Bloomberg, Reuters, CNBC

Weed Edibles Sales Boom: NY Times,  AP

More Potentially Dangerous Hand Sanitizers: ABC News, USA Today, FDA, CBS News

NFL, Oakley Partner on Face Shields: AP, ESPN, Bleacher Report

Naya Rivera Death Folo: AP, CNN, USA Today, Variety

Hamilton Hits No. 2 on Billboard 200: Billboard, Forbes

Bastille Day: History, Nat Geo, France 24

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Read Me a Poem - “O Captain! My Captain!” by Walt Whitman

Amanda Holmes reads Walt Whitman’s poem, “O Captain! My Captain!” Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us: podcast@theamericanscholar.org. If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman.


This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by Chad Crouch.


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Chapo Trap House - 436 – Consider the Lobster feat. David Roth (7/13/20)

David Roth’s back to help us continue examining the cursed aesthetics of Trump-world food, the ongoing COVID disaster, the eternal relevance of Starship Troopers, and the Beautiful Boaters. David’s Starship Troopers piece: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/how-starship-troopers-aligns-with-our-moment-of-american-defeat
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The Gist - Uneducated Posturing

On the Gist, the Washington football team have more work ahead than they realize.

In the interview, Washington Post columnist Alexandra Petri joins Mike to chat about her recently published book Nothing Is Wrong and Here Is Why. A hand-picked anthology of her some of her best essays that are mockingly sharp, and unsettlingly cheerful, it showcases the satirist’s gleefully distorted take on our political and social realities. 

In the spiel, educational idiocy.

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Pod Save America - “Cold Stone Schemery.”

Roger Stone is rewarded for covering up Trump’s corruption with a commuted prison sentence, the White House orchestrates a hit job on Dr. Anthony Fauci for telling the truth about the pandemic, and Congress debates the next round of pandemic relief as the economy stalls. Then Pod Save the People’s Kaya Henderson talks to Jon Lovett about the debate over re-opening schools this fall.