Over 1,400 current Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) employees are demanding that the organization "clean its own house" of what they're calling a "culture of toxic racial aggression, bullying and marginalization." NPR reporter Selena Simmons-Duffin broke this story and tells us what the response has been from CDC and former employees.
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What A Day - Don’t Burst My NBA Bubble
NBA games start next week with just 22 qualifying teams finishing off the season that the pandemic put on hold back in March. We interview Tania Ganguli, who covers the Lakers for the LA Times and is reporting live from the Disney World basketball “bubble” where games will be held.
The world passed 15 million coronavirus cases yesterday, with the US accounting for a quarter of that total.
And in headlines: Trump announced he’ll be sending more federal officers to Chicago and Albuquerque, the US Army backs away from its twitch channel, and 7,000 QAnon devotees get kicked off Twitter.
The NewsWorthy - Testing Backlog, Nat’l Park Improvements & MLB Opening Day- Thursday, July 23rd, 2020
The news to know for Thursday, July 23rd, 2020!
What to know today about COVID-19 testing delays, including what some of the largest testing companies have to say about it.
Also, what's in a historic bill that passed with overwhelming support from both parties, and we'll explain the latest China controversy.
Plus, it's baseball's Opening Day, we'll tell you which city is getting a new professional soccer team, and what changes are coming to Amazon's delivery boxes...
All that and more in just 10 minutes!
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The Goods from the Woods - “The Corona Diaries #59” with Kyle Clark
Three L.A. comedians are quarantined in a podcast studio during a global pandemic. There is literally nothing to be done EXCEPT make content. These are "The Corona Diaries" and this is Episode #59.
Our guest today is comedian Kyle Clark! Check out Kyle's AWESOME podcasts "This is Rad!" and "Everything is Scary!" and follow him on all forms of social media @KyleClarkIsRad. Music at the end is "Ohio" by Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young.
The Daily Signal - Shelby Talcott Discusses What She’s Seen at Portland Protests, CHOP
Shelby Talcott, a reporter for The Daily Caller, been covering the protests in the weeks since the death of George Floyd. She most recently has spent time in Portland, which has become extremely violent in the past weeks. She joins The Daily Signal Podcast to discuss what she has seen and experienced.
We also cover these stories:
- The Department of State announced Wednesday that they have ordered China’s Consulate in Houston, Texas to "cease all operations and events."
- The U.S. is paying $1.95 billion in exchange for 100 million coronavirus vaccines.
- Rep. Ted Yoho, a Republican from Florida, apologized to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on the Floor of the House Wednesday morning.
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The Gist - Congress Can’t Contain Its Crazy
On the Gist, Life of Kanye.
In the interview, Princeton History and Public Affairs Professor Julian Zelizer joins Mike to discuss his latest book on former speaker of the house, Newt Gingrich. With the help of Gingrich’s own congressional documents, Burning Down the House: Newt Gingrich, the Fall of a Speaker, and the Rise of the New Republican Party explains the ways Newt seized an opportunity to use C-Span cameras and modern technology to his advantage, how he gave rise to partisanship, and his plans to conquer Congress through his appetite for disruption.
In the spiel, Republicans embarrassing themselves.
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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Daniel Knox Puts His Stamp On The Music Of Mr. Rogers
Chicago musician Daniel Knox is known for compositions filled with wit and dark humor and his deep-voiced delivery. But on his new album he plays straight, soothing renditions of some of Fred Rogers’ most beloved songs to help us cope with these difficult, often scary times.
Consider This from NPR - Voting By Mail Will Increase Dramatically This Year — And It Could Get Messy
Up to 70% of vote this November could be cast by mail. But not all states will allow it.
And a recent NPR survey found that 65,000 absentee or mail-in ballots have been rejected this year for being late.
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly visited a county in Pennsylvania to see what challenges lay ahead for election night in a critical swing state.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly visited a county in Pennsylvania to see what challenges lay ahead for election night in a critical swing state.
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the memory palace - Episode 167: A Brief Eulogy for a Minor League Baseball Team
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CoinDesk Podcast Network - BREAKDOWN: A Simple Explanation of DeFi and Yield Farming Using Actual Human Words
A primer on yield farming, liquidity mining, automated market making and all the other terms shaping the brave new world of decentralized finance.
This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Crypto.com.
Today on the Brief:
- US Gov’t forces China’s Houston consulate to close
- US previously-owned housing market grows 20.7% May to June
- Insider stock selling reaches record levels
Our main discussion: DeFi 101
Today’s episode of The Breakdown is a primer for anyone who has lost track of the terminology surrounding decentralized finance. In it, NLW goes over:
- DeFi’s background and origins
- Market making in a traditional context
- Automated market making
- How liquidity mining incentives economic participation
- How decentralized exchanges differ from centralized exchanges
- What “yield farming” actually means
- Why we shouldn’t be concerned about the Yield Farming bubble
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