Month: October 2020

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The Best One Yet - “The $30/month Breakfast McClub” — McDonald’s new breakfast. Levi’s thrift store. Crispr’s Nobel Prize bump.

Levi’s shares popped 5% after earnings, but we are most focused on its new online thrift store for secondhand Levi’s. McDonald’s just added its 1st baked breakfast item in 8 years, so we’ve got a bold idea for Ronald: Breakfast Club. And gene-editing pioneer Crispr watches its stock jump 11% — doesn’t hurt when your co-founder just got a Nobel Prize in chemistry. $LEVI $CRSP $MCD Got a SnackFact? Tweet it @RobinhoodSnacks @TBOYJack @NickOfNewYork Want a shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form: 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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NBN Book of the Day - Stephen Wall, “Reluctant European: Britain and the European Union from 1945 to Brexit” (Oxford UP, 2020)

In January 2020, the UK became the first country to leave the European Union after a troubled 47-year membership.

What was at the core of the country’s semi-detachment to the EU? Was the UK’s eventual inevitable or was it a tragedy of errors and misunderstandings borne of divergent political cultures? What does the future hold for the relationship?

In his new book Reluctant European: Britain and the European Union from 1945 to Brexit (Oxford UP, 2020), Stephen Wall provides unique insight with this narrative political history, having served in the foreign office from 1968, worked for two prime ministers, and ended his career as the UK’s Permanent Representative to the EU in Brussels then as head of the European policy for Tony Blair.

Tim Gwynn Jones is an economic and political-risk analyst at Medley Global Advisors.

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Short Wave - What Coronavirus Test Results Do — And Don’t — Mean

Even though we've been living with the pandemic for months, there's still lots of confusion about coronavirus tests and what the results do — and don't — mean. NPR correspondent Rob Stein explains the types of tests, when they are most accurate and how to make sense of the results.

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The NewsWorthy - Pence vs. Harris, Wisconsin Outbreak Grows & Scientists Make History – Thursday, October 8th, 2020

The news to know for Thursday, October 8th, 2020!

We're talking about:

  • highlights from last night's vice-presidential debate
  • Hurricane Delta: what happened in Mexico and how Louisiana is preparing
  • a history-making Nobel prize
  • a new Instagram-like feature coming to Slack
  • new rules for The Oscars

All that and more in just 10 minutes

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Sources:

VP Debate Recap: WaPo, Politico, WSJ, AP

Trump Returns to Oval Office: Reuters, CBS News, NY Times, Trump Tweet

White House Outbreak: ABC News, WaPo, USA Today, NBC News

COVID-19 Cases Rising in 39 States: USA Today, Johns Hopkins

Wisconsin to Activate Field Hospital: Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, AP, Reuters

Hurricane Warning in Louisiana: Weather Channel, CNN, WaPo, AP, NHC

Hottest September on Record: NY Times, NBC News, Reuters

History-Making Nobel Prize in Chemistry: CBS News, AP, NY Times

Facebook Bans Post-Election Political Ads: The Verge, CNBC, Politico, Axios, Facebook

Slack Getting Instagram-like Stories: The Verge, Engadget, 9to5Mac

Drive-In Movies will now Qualify for 2021 Oscars: USA Today, Variety, Deadline

Thing to Know Thursday: What Happens if a Presidential Candidate Dies? AP, WaPo, Vox

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What A Day - Veeping With The Enemy

Last night was the first and only vice presidential debate, with Senator Kamala Harris and VP Mike Pence facing off. Their conversation covered police killings of Black Americans, Trump’s response to the pandemic, Roe v. Wade, and more. We discuss a debate that was a lot more measured than the last one, but still very frustrating. 

Trump went back to the Oval Office yesterday and released another long-winded video in which he said contacting COVID-19 was a “blessing from God” and described the antibody cocktail he received as a “cure.” Outside of DC, there are still over 40,000 new cases being identified daily, with the Dakotas and Wisconsin as particular hot spots.

And in headlines: George Floyd killer Derek Chauvin is released on $1 million bail, a Greek neo-fascist political party is found guilty of running a criminal organization, and SNL pays their audience.

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The Daily Signal - Mary Vought on Religion and Confirmation Hearings

Today's Daily Signal Podcast features an interview from the great “Problematic Women” podcast.  As Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett prepares for Senate hearings next week, many are wondering whether she’ll again face harsh questions about her Catholic faith.

Mary Vought, executive director of the Senate Conservatives Fund and wife of Russell Vought, director of the Office of Management and Budget, joins us to explain why this line of questioning is unconstitutional. Her husband, she recalls, faced similar scrutiny in his own Senate confirmation hearing.


We also cover these stories:


  • Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is speaking out against attacks on Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett.
  • President Donald Trump says he no longer feels any symptoms of COVID, according to his doctor, Sean Conley. 
  • Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis police officer who knelt on George Floyd’s neck, has been released from jail after posting a million dollar bail.



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Tech Won't Save Us - Silicon Valley is Embracing Anti-China Nationalism w/ JS Tan

Paris Marx is joined by JS Tan to discuss the internet’s connection with neoliberalism, China’s protectionist measures to develop its own tech industry, and how the new tensions between the United States and China are leading Silicon Valley to embrace nationalism.

JS Tan is a former tech worker and writer. He also started Collective Actions in Tech. He recently wrote articles about the tech angle on the Cold War for Foreign Policy and Trump’s attempted TikTok ban for Jacobin. Follow JS on Twitter as @organizejs.

Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Follow the podcast (@techwontsaveus) and host Paris Marx (@parismarx) on Twitter.

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