Month: July 2020

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The NewsWorthy - Billionaires Got Gov’t Loans, Uber Buys Postmates & Blackout Day 2020- Tuesday, July 7th, 2020

The news to know for Tuesday, July 7th, 2020!

What to know today about:

  • the impact of reversing reopening plans
  • how large companies got their hands on taxpayer dollars meant for small businesses
  • the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that settles an election-related debate
  • the well-known company Uber just bought
  • why Colin Kaepernick is teaming up with Disney
  • why some people won't be buying anything all day

... 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:

U.S. Breaks More COVID-19 Records: WSJ, USA Today, Johns Hopkins

California Shuts Down More Bars: LA Times, Reuters, Vox

NYC Reopening: NY Times, WSJ, FOX News

Universities Announce Fall Plans: WaPo, CNN, CNBC

Impact on Foreign Students: Reuters, WSJ, Axios, ICE

PPP Loan Recipients: AP, Reuters, WSJ, Bloomberg, Politico, Treasury Data

Amy Cooper Charged: AP, Reuters, Axios, Manhattan DA

SCOTUS Rules Against Faithless Electors: NBC News, WSJ, WaPo

SCOTUS Robocall Ruling: NPR, CNET, WaPo

Uber Buys Postmates: AP, NY Times, The Verge, Reuters, Uber,

Online Grocery Shopping Hits Record Sales: TechCrunch, Full Survey

Blackout Day 2020: CNN, USA Today, #Blackout Day2020

Colin Kaepernick ESPN Series: Hollywood Reporter, ESPN, CNN, ESPN Films

Ringo Starr Charity Birthday Fundraiser: Rolling Stone, NY Daily News, Ringo Starr

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Short Wave - Honeybees Need Your Help

Encore episode. A deadly triangle of factors is killing off U.S. honeybees. Last year, forty percent of honeybee colonies died in the U.S., continuing an alarming trend. Entomologist Sammy Ramsey tells host Maddie Sofia about the "three P's" and what listeners can do to help our fuzzy-flighted friends.

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Motley Fool Money - The Road to Success in Comedy

Back in the day a great stand-up comedy set on “The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson” meant instant success, but so much has changed since then. Greg Fitzsimmons, stand-up comedian and host of the long-running comedy podcast “Fitzdog Radio”, explains that despite the increased competition comedy is still a meritocracy for those willing to work for it.

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What A Day - Aid In America

Emergency unemployment benefits included in the CARES Act are set to expire at the end of the month. With that deadline looming, and the health crisis raging, we look at what the next potential aid package might include.

Some colleges and universities have announced their back-to-Zoom plans for classes in the fall. The faculty at Georgia Tech are currently pushing back against a plan to resume in-person classes, while Harvard will make all classes remote while charging full-price for tuition, and hosting some freshmen on campus.

And in headlines: the Dakota Access Pipeline must be shut down during review, Uber eats Postmates, and Amy Cooper could be charged in New York.

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Land of the Giants - Did the algorithm make you watch Tiger King?

Netflix’s recommendation algorithm is supposed to find you TV and movies that you’ll like — and that will keep you paying for Netflix. But is Netflix really showing you stuff you want to watch, or just stuff that Netflix made?


Hosts: Peter Kafka & Rani Molla

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The Daily Signal - Frederick Douglass Statue-Toppling Is About ‘Creating Chaos’

A Frederick Douglass statue is one of the latest victims in a long string of monument defacement over the past several weeks. 


On the 168th anniversary of Douglass’ famous speech, "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?,” his statue was torn from its base in Rochester, New York and significantly damaged. 


The Rev. Dean Nelson, chairman of The Frederick Douglass Foundation, joins the show to discuss the statue's defacement, the significance of Douglass’ 1852 speech and what the abolitionist might say to us today were he still with us. 


We also cover these stories:

  • The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that states can’t keep their representatives in the electoral college from ignoring voters’ wishes when they elect a president.
  • The Dakota Access pipeline is being shut down. 
  • President Trump weighed in on NASCAR'S decision to ban the confederate flag. 


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Read Me a Poem - Bonus Episode: An Interview with Amanda Holmes

This week, we have a special bonus interview with host Amanda Holmes, in conversation with Stephanie Bastek, the show’s producer and the host of The American Scholar’s Smarty Pants podcast. For the past year and a half, Holmes has recited poems ranging from English classics by W. B. Yeats and Maya Angelou to works in translation by Kamala Das and Wislawa Szymborska to mournful sonnets by Rupert Brooke and lighthearted romps by Kenneth Patchen and Laura Riding. Holmes’s gift lies in treating each poem with equal attention, whether it’s by a new poet she’s just encountered or a canonical master. These days, with listener requests flooding in during the pandemic, the show’s tagline seems truer than ever: we all need more poetry in our lives.


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Read Me a Poem - “Land That I Love: Farewell” by José Rizal

Amanda Holmes reads José Rizal’s poem, “Land That I Love: Farewell,” translated by Nick Joaquín. 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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