August 2020 – Page 20

August 3, 2020

Pod Save America - “You’ve got (no) mail.”

The Trump campaign smashes that reset button, the President tries to undermine the election by attacking mail-in voting and the Postal Service, Republicans refuse to extend unemployment benefits, and Joe Biden gets close to selecting his running mate. Then journalist Kara Swisher talks to Jon Lovett about Trump’s threat to ban TikTok and the tech CEOs who recently testified on Capitol Hill.

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August 3, 2020

Cato Daily Podcast - A Pandemic Pod for Every Child?

Seeking to mitigate risks associated with the coronavirus and the current decision paralysis in many school districts, parents and teachers are opting out in favor of what's being called "pandemic pods." Kerry McDonald discusses how they work.

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August 3, 2020

Everything Everywhere Daily - Imperial Leftovers

At its peak, the British Empire covered 23% of the world’s population and 24% of the Earth’s landmass. By either measure, it was the largest empire in the history of the world. Since then…..well, let’s just say the Empire has seen better days. While the vast majority of the Empire is gone, there are still assorted crumbs of the empire that exist around the world.

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August 3, 2020

CBS News Roundup - World News Roundup: 08/03

The coronavirus pandemic enters a new phase, and it is not sparing rural America. The Carolinas brace for Isaias. A SpaceX splashdown. Correspondent Steve Kathan has the CBS World News Roundup for Monday, August 3, 2020.

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August 3, 2020

The NewsWorthy - TikTok Talks, Bracing for Isaias & Space Mission Success- Monday, August 3rd, 2020

The news to know for Monday, August 3rd, 2020!

What to know about:

TikTok's potential future: the latest on the president's threat to ban it and Microsoft's plan to buy it
an ongoing wildfire in California and a tropical storm on the Atlantic coast
another COVID-19 outbreak in pro sports
NASA astronauts' historic and dramatic return to Earth
the arrest over the largest Twitter breach in history

Those stories and more in just 10 minutes!

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Sources:

Tik Tok’s American Future: NY Times, AP, CNBC, Axios, Microsoft

COVID-19 Crisis: Johns Hopkins, WSJ, Reuters, CNN, Axios

Relief Bill Negotiations: Politico, Reuters, WSJ, Axios, CNN

Marine Search Called Off: CNN, NPR, FOX News, Marines

Tropical Storm Isaias Update: AP, Axios, CBS News, Reuters

Wildfire in Southern California: LA Times, NBC News, ABC News, Twitter

U.S. Astronauts Return to Earth: USA Today, Axios, AP

Teen Charged in Twitter Hack: USA Today, The Verge, Engadget

Changes Coming to MLB Protocols: WSJ, CBS Sports, ESPN

Outbreak Hits 2nd MLB Team: CBS Sports, Sports Illustrated, Tweet

NFL Head Coach Tests Positive: CNN, ESPN

Google IDing Black-Owned Businesses: Engadget, The Verge, Android Police, Google

Libraries Become Popular Amid Pandemic: Axios, NPR, KQED

Monday Monday - Big Tech Surge Amid Pandemic: AP, Reuters, WSJ

August 2, 2020

Everything Everywhere Daily - Van Halen and Brown M&Ms

For years a story had circulated that the rock and roll group Van Halen had a contract that required that a bowl of M&Ms be left backstage wherever they performed, with all the brown M&Ms removed. If there were any brown M&Ms in the bowl, they would use it as an excuse to trash the room. Is this just an urban legend, or was there something behind the story?

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August 2, 2020

Curious City - Sculpting History: Who Decides What Historical Markers Go Up In Chicago?

As statues are removed in cities across the United States, we revisit a story about what it takes to get one put up in the first place.

August 1, 2020

More or Less: Behind the Stats - Covid in Africa

Do we have enough data to know what?s happening on the continent? We talk to Dr Justin Maeda from the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Ghanaian public health researcher Nana Kofi Quakyi about tracking Africa?s outbreak. Producer: Jo Casserly Picture: Volunteers wait to feed local people during the weekly feeding scheme at the Heritage Baptist Church in Melville on the 118 day of lockdown due to the Covid-19 Coronavirus, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2020. Credit: EPA/KIM LUDBROOK

August 1, 2020

Everything Everywhere Daily - The Pitch Drop Experiment

In 1927, Professor Thomas Parnell of the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia created an experiment to demonstrate to his students the concept of viscosity and how some substances which appear to be solids are actually liquids. That experiment is still running 90 years later.

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August 1, 2020

Byzantium And The Crusades - The Kingdom of Jerusalem Episode 1 “The Crusades of 1101”

This podcast series tells the story of the Crusades from the Byzantine angle. In this episode, the year is 1101. The First Crusaders have achieved what seemed impossible. They have saved Byzantium from destruction at the hands of the Turks, as well as capturing Jerusalem and defeating the Fatimid Egyptians. Now the scene seems to be set for the consolidation of their gains. But the new crusaders setting out for the Kingdom of Jerusalem will find that the Turks are waiting for them.

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