Month: August 2020

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The NewsWorthy - College Reversal, 100 Years of Women Voting & New Alcohol Guidelines- Tuesday, August 18th, 2020

The news to know for Tuesday, August 18th, 2020!

We have updates about:

  • the importance of this day in history 100 years ago: what it did and didn't do to change America
  • what investigators uncovered 18 years after a high-profile murder
  • the first big reversal at a big university as COVID-19 sweeps through campus
  • new alcohol guidelines from the federal government
  • how TikTok is trying to change minds about its popular platform
  • SpaceX being poised to break another new record today

Those stories and more in just 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:

UNC Chapel Hill Reverts to Online Learning: WSJ, NBC News, CNN

COVID-19 Outbreaks at Other Colleges: NBC News, AP, WaPo

Jam Master Jay Murder Suspects Charged: CNN, NY Times, AP

DNC Opens, Day 2 Today: AP, NY Times, WSJ, DNC Livestream

Trump Blasts Biden in Upper Midwest: The Hill, USA Today, AP

100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment: AP, NBC News, NY Times, Women's Vote 100, NPS, Pew Research

New Men Alcohol Guidelines: WSJ, FOX News, Dietary Guidelines

NFL’s First Black Team President: NBC News, ESPN, WaPo

TikTok Addresses Rumors: USA Today, TechCrunch, TikTok Website, TikTok Twitter

SpaceX Rocket Launch could Break Record: TechCrunch, Space.com, Florida Today

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Read Me a Poem - “Spring and Fall” by Gerard Manley Hopkins

Amanda Holmes reads Gerard Manley Hopkins’s poem, “Spring and Fall.” 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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Crimetown - Introducing | Morally Indefensible

1979 is the year that Ex-Green Beret Doctor Jeffrey MacDonald is convicted of the murders of his pregnant wife and two young daughters. It’s also the year he meets a new friend in famous journalist Joe McGinniss. Joe agrees to write a book about Jeff’s case. That book becomes a smash bestseller and a TV limited series watched by over 65 million people, but the story it tells isn’t quite the story Jeff expected and that sets off a series of events that ruin both men’s lives…Who’s the real bad guy here, the journalist or the murderer?

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Chapo Trap House - 446 – Reversal of Alan (8/17/20)

We review the 1990 Barbet Schroeder film “Reversal of Fortune,” covering Alan Dershowitz’s representation of Danish vampire Claus von Bülow after he is accused of murdering his wife. Needless to say this depiction of Dershowitz raises a few eyebrows 30 years down the line. Keep your eyes on twitch.tv/chapotraphouse this Tuesday and Wednesday for coverage of the DNC.
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The Gist - The Law’s Favorite Outlaw

On the Gist, a supposedly benevolent association supports a malevolent force.

In the interview, we mark the beginning of the virtual 2020 Democratic National Convention with a slightly different format; no spiel and more conversation. Mike talks with Charlie Sykes, a republican who will be voting for Joe Biden in November. Author of "How the Right Lost Its Mind," host of the Bulwark Podcast, and an outspoken critic of the Trump administration, Sykes explains how the DNC will be unlike anything we have ever experienced in politics, dissects never-Trumpism, and shares his thoughts on why the GOP needs to reevaluate their base.

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Pod Save America - “The Democratic National Couch-vention.”

The Postal Service warns states that mail-in ballots might not be counted in time, Democrats plan an emergency hearing with the Postmaster General, and the first all-virtual Democratic National Convention begins with speakers ranging from John Kasich to AOC. Then voting rights attorney Marc Elias talks to Jon Favreau about his legal fight against Donald Trump’s efforts to sabotage the election.


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Everything Everywhere Daily - Lis Hartel: A Remarkable Olympian

Lis Hartel was a Danish equestrian competitor in the 1940s and 1950s. She competed in the 1952 Olympics and the 1956 Olympics and she won medals at both. However, her Olympic medals are just the starting point of her fascinating and inspirational story. Learn more about Lis Hartel and her remarkable accomplishments on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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