Month: August 2020

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The Best One Yet - “Sweet battery, where’d ya get it?” — Tesla’s 2nd profit puppy. Aviation Gin’s $610M sale. Thursday’s Uber/Lyft-pocalypse.

Tesla shares jumped on word Elon may have discovered a second profit puppy: just the batteries. Earth’s biggest liquor company, Diageo, treated itself to Ryan Reynold’s Aviation Gin because premiumization needs celebrity. And Uber and Lyft are about to (maybe) shut down service in California this week, because, gig. $TSLA $DEO $UBER $LYFT Want a shoutout on the pod? We got the form for Snackers to fill out right here: https://forms.gle/KhUAo31xmkSdeynD9 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - The Battle for Wisconsin’s Dairy Farmers

Having the Democratic National Convention in Wisconsin was supposed to be a way for the Democrats to atone for 2016. Hillary Clinton was the first presidential candidate from either party to not campaign in the state since Richard Nixon in 1972.

Wisconsin flipped from blue to red in the last presidential election as rural voters voiced their disaffection with the Democratic Party and supported Donald Trump for president. Now, four years later, the Democrats are hoping they can use Trump’s record in office to win them back.

Guest: Dan Kaufman is Contributing Writer at The New Yorker and author of The Fall of Wisconsin

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Short Wave - Farming Releases Carbon From The Earth’s Soil Into The Air. Can We Put It Back?

Traditional farming depletes the soil and releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. But decades ago, a scientist named Rattan Lal helped start a movement based on the idea that carbon could be put back into the soil — a practice known today as "regenerative agriculture."

NPR food and agriculture correspondent Dan Charles explains how it works and why the idea is having a moment.

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New Books in Native American Studies - Ryan Hall, “Beneath the Backbone of the World: Blackfoot People and the North American Borderlands, 1720-1877” (UNC Press, 2020)

Ryan Hall is the author of Beneath the Backbone of the World: Blackfoot People and the North American Borderlands, 1720-1877, published by the University of North Carolina Press in 2020. Beneath the Backbone of the World tells the story of the Blackfoot (Niitsitapi) people who lived and controlled a large region of what is today the U.S. and Canadian Great Plains. Dr. Hall explores how the Blackfoot people were able to hold onto their positions of power within the borderlands as both European and American colonizers encroached on their lands for over a century.

Ryan Hall is an Assistant Professor of History and Native American Studies at Colgate University.

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What A Day - First Lady’s Night

This year’s socially-distanced DNC began last night, with speeches from former First Lady Michelle Obama, Senator Bernie Sanders, and more. Joe Biden went into the convention with a 7-9 point national lead against Trump, but the next few months are still full of unknowns. Watch the convention along with us every night this week at crooked.com/convention

UNC Chapel Hill has decided to pivot to online-only instruction after 130 students test positive for Covid-19. Los Angeles' public schools start remote classes today, and are launching a large-scale testing system for students and staff. 

And in headlines: Lebanon sees a Covid-19 surge after the explosion in Beirut, California experiences one of its worst heat waves on record, and the Trump administration finalizes plans to drill in the Arctic.

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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!

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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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The Daily Signal - How ‘Life Is Winning’ in 21st Century

How has the pro-life movement affected culture and politics? Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of Susan B. Anthony List, examines that impact in her new book, "Life Is Winning: Inside the Fight for Unborn Children and Their Mothers." She joins the podcast to discuss how the pro-life cause went from “an orphaned political problem” to a winning issue "embraced at the highest levels of the Republican Party,” how women built the pro-life movement, and more.



We also cover these stories:


  • The Trump administration announces plans to begin drilling for oil and gas in 1.5 million acres of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in northern Alaska. 
  • Protests against police in Seattle again become violent, and police arrest 18 on Sunday when another riot breaks out. 
  • Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot speaks in support of the city's police Sunday after violence erupts again over the weekend. 



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