Month: September 2020

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Cato Daily Podcast - You’re Hired!: Untold Successes and Failures of a Populist President

From immigration to trade to regulation to health care, the Trump Administration's impact on longstanding policies is hard to overstate. Where did they succeed and fail? Casey Mulligan is author of You're Hired!, which details his time on the President's Council of Economic Advisors.

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Cato Daily Podcast - You’re Hired!: Untold Successes and Failures of a Populist President

From immigration to trade to regulation to health care, the Trump Administration's impact on longstanding policies is hard to overstate. Where did they succeed and fail? Casey Mulligan is author of You're Hired!, which details his time on the President's Council of Economic Advisors.

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Everything Everywhere Daily - A Fist Full of Dollars

The currency in the United States is the dollar. You probably already knew that. It is also the name of the currency in over 20 other countries including Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore. What is a dollar exactly, and why is that the name of the currency in these countries? Learn more about the history of the dollar on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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The Commentary Magazine Podcast - Green Shoots and Tragic Opportunism

The 19th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks has been met with a campaign to compare the deaths from that day to those attributable to the pandemic, which is rather gross. Also, is Donald Trump’s campaign showing signs of life? And, finally, film and television recommendations from the COMMENTARY crew.

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CBS News Roundup - World News Roundup: 09/11

The growing death toll as wildfires rage across the west. The President defends his virus strategy. Fans boo during an NFL moment of silence for racial justice. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has today's World News Roundup.

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The NewsWorthy - 19 Years After 9/11, Latest Election Warning & Facebook Campus- Friday, September 11th, 2020

The news to know for Friday, September 11th, 2020!

We’re covering:

  • how the U.S. is marking 19 years since the 9/11 terror attacks
  • new developments in the wildfires out west: 10% of one state's population has now been forced to flee
  • Microsoft's warning about the election
  • a first for major Wall Street banks
  • Facebook returning to its roots with a new launch

Those stories and more in less than 10 minutes!

Head to www.theNewsWorthy.com or see sources below to read more about any of the stories mentioned today.

This episode is brought to you by www.Blinkist.com/news 

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Sources:

9/11 19 Years Later: NBC New York, AP, WaPo, World Atlas, 9/11 Memorial & Museum

Largest CA Wildfire in History: SF Chronicle, CNN, WaPo, AP, USA Today, InciWeb

6 Months into the Pandemic: AJC, Johns Hopkins

GOP Relief Bill Fails in Senate: WaPo, AP, Reuters

Microsoft Warns of Election Cyberattacks: NY Times, CNN, Axios, Reuters, The Hill, Microsoft, DHS

First Major Bank to Appoint Woman CEO: USA Today, NBC News, ABC News, NYT, Citigroup

Private Companies Wanted to Mine the Moon: Engadget, WaPo, Axios, NASA

Facebook Launches College Platform: TechCrunch, Mashable, Facebook

MLB Playoffs: USA Today, Yahoo! Sports, NY Times

Fortnite Epic Concert Series: The Verge, Variety, Fortnite

Feel Good Friday- Largest Rooftop Greenhouse Opens: CBC, TimeOut, Phys.org, Lufa Farms

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The Gist - The QAnon Questions

On the Gist, Trump’s Nobel nomination.

In the interview, author and former FBI counter-terrorism staffer Clint Watts is here to talk about QAnon. He and Mike discuss the rise of the conspiracy theory and movement, why its belief structure is so murky, and the oddities of its marketing and merchandising arm. Watts will be back tomorrow for the second half of this conversation. His is the author of Messing With the Enemy: Surviving in a Social Media World of Hackers, Terrorists, Russians, and Fake News.

In the spiel, Woodward’s words wouldn’t have mattered.

Email us at thegist@slate.com

Podcast production by Daniel Schroeder, Margaret Kelley, and Lori Galarreta.

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Everything Everywhere Daily - Who Discovered Calculus?

For the last 300 years, a debate has raged between mathematicians about who should be credited with the invention of calculus: Sir Isaac Newton or Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz. The sides of the debate have mostly been based on geography with English mathematicians advocating for Newton, and Continental Europeans siding with Leibnitz. Learn more about the war over calculus, even if you’ve never taken a calculus course in your life, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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