The Intelligence from The Economist - Buy now, save later: financing vaccine candidates

As clinical trials progress, policymakers must determine how heavily to fund the pre-emptive manufacture of candidate vaccines, and how to distribute the successful ones. Given Britain’s bungled pandemic response, the separatist mood in Scotland has surged to record levels. And travel tips from the vloggers of illegal migration.

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Motley Fool Money - David Bowie, Financial Genius

The late, great David Bowie was not just one of the most influential musicians of the past 50 years. He was also brilliant at hedging financial risk. In her book An Economist Walks Into A Brothel: And Other Unexpected Places to Understand Risk, economist Allison Schrager explains how Bowie turned his song catalog into a bond.

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What A Day - Justice Democrats League

Five states hold primaries today, including Minnesota, where Rep. Ilhan Omar is running to keep her seat in Congress. The elections come a week after another progressive, Cori Bush, won a major upset in her race against a longterm incumbent in Missouri. We speak to Bush about her path to politics and check in on Justice Democrats, the political group that backed Bush, Omar, and a handful of other progressive Democrats since 2017. Read our full interview with Cori Bush at crooked.com/articles/cori-bush-democratic-party/

Lebanon Prime Minister Hassan Diab announced his resignation yesterday, following mass protests after the chemical explosion in Beirut. Protests continue in the country with demonstrators demanding that other top leaders resign as well. Donate: ImpactLebanon.org

And in headlines: protests in Chicago and Belarus, a big loss for Uber and Lyft, and Nikki Haley tries to cancel popcorn.

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The NewsWorthy - Kids’ Covid Cases, Rare Midwest Storms & Meteor Shower Show – Tuesday, August 11th, 2020

The news to know for Tuesday, August 11th, 2020!

We have updates about:

  • new research showing a surge of new COVID-19 cases in American kids, even before most schools reopen
  • Chicago dealing with looting and violence after another police shooting and what role social media is playing in it
  • a rare but powerful storm that hit the midwestern U.S.
  • how a court case could change Uber and Lyft
  • a meteor shower that peaks tonight: how to see the best of it

Those stories and more in just 10 minutes!

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Sources:

Children Coronavirus Infections: Time, GMA, CNN, WaPo, AAP, CDC

Trump on Reopening Schools: The Hill, Business Insider

Trump May Give RNC Speech at Gettysburg: Reuters, AP, Axios, Trump Tweet

Some DNC Speakers Announced: USA Today, WaPo, CNN, DNC

Lebanon’s Prime Minister, Cabinet Resigns: Reuters, Axios, CNN, AP, United Nations

Chicago Shooting & Unrest: Chicago Tribune, NBC News, AP, WSJ

Rare Midwest Storms: AP. The Weather Channel, CNN

Uber, Lyft must Classify Drivers as Employees: Reuters, Axios, NPR, The Verge

McDonald’s Sues Former CEO: NYT, NBC News, Axios

MLB Postpones Another Series: ABC News, AP, ESPN

WNBA No Positive Tests: AP, Reuters, WNBA

Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks: USA Today, CNN, WaPo 

Once Upon a Time… at Bennington College - Once Upon a Time… in the Valley S1 | Ep 7: Surf City, USA

We leave the Valley and Traci Lords behind; go back to Redondo Beach and to Traci Lords before she was Traci Lords, when she was Nora Kuzma.

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The Daily Signal - Robert Reilly’s Defense of America’s Founding

It’s not just statues and American history that are under attack. The most essential ideas from America’s founding are under siege and on trial.


Robert R. Reilly, the director of the Westminster Institute and widely published author, joined “The Right Side of History” podcast to discuss his new book “America on Trial: A Defense of the Founding.”


Reilly discusses the deeper origins of the American Revolution—rooted in Western thought, philosophy, and religion—and explains why America’s current success and survival depends on embracing those ideas rather than abandoning them.


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Read Me a Poem - “Tintern Abbey” by William Wordsworth

Amanda Holmes reads William Wordsworth’s poem, “Tintern Abbey,” formally entitled “Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey, On Revisiting the Banks of the Wye during a Tour. July 13, 1798.” Plus, read her essay on the poem for the Washington Independent Review of Books. 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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