Month: October 2020

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The NewsWorthy - Hurricane Zeta’s Impact, Tech Giants Testify & MLB Investigates – Thursday, October 29th, 2020

The news to know for Thursday, October 29th, 2020!

We're talking about:

  • Hurricane Zeta's impact to the Deep South

  • Which country is facing a second nationwide lockdown because of the pandemic

  • The senior administration official who went by 'anonymous' in a scathing White House op-ed has now revealed his identity

  • The CEOs of three tech giants faced a grilling on Capitol Hill 

  • Why the MLB is investigating a Dodgers player for the way he celebrated the World Series win

  • How the late Whitney Houston made history, again

All that and more in around 10 minutes...

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Sources:

Hurricane Zeta Update: The Weather Channel, AP, USA Today, CBS News, NY Times, Axios

France Second Lockdown: BBC, NYT, CNN

U.S. Cases, Hospitalizations Rise: USA Today, The Hill

Stock Sell-offs: WSJ, AP, WaPo

Ransomware Threatens Hospitals: Bloomberg, CNN, Reuters

Author of Anti-Trump Op-Ed Revealed: NBC News, Medium, Twitter, NYT (2018 Op-Ed)

Tech Giants Testify: Wired, WSJ, Politico, Watch (YouTube/TechCrunch)

Apple Search Interest: Financial Times, CNBC, 

MLB Investigates World Series Player: Axios, NBC News, CBS News

Spice Boom: WaPo, WSJ

Harley-Davidson’s New Electric Bike: The Verge, Engadget, Harley Davidson

Whitney Houston Makes History: AP, Forbes, Billboard

Daylight Saving Time: CNN, NJ.com

 

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What A Day - Ballot Cleanser

COVID-19 numbers are up in the US, with more than 500,000 new cases over the past week. Trouble spots include El Paso, TX, where hospitals are stretched to capacity, plus the Dakotas, Wisconsin, and Montana. Europe is also seeing numbers spike, leading some countries to re-implement national shutdowns. 

There are five days until election day, so we’re continuing to review notable ballot initiatives. Today, we discuss Utah and Nebraska amendments that would outlaw slavery as punishment for crimes, a Florida amendment that would raise the minimum wage, and more. 

And in headlines: tens of thousands protested a new abortion law in Poland, tech CEOs testify about content moderation, a look at how swordfish stab.

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The Goods from the Woods - “The Corona Diaries #101”

Three L.A. comedians are quarantined in a podcast studio during a global pandemic. There is literally nothing to be done EXCEPT make content. These are "The Corona Diaries" and this is Episode 101.  This one was recorded socially distanced at the VERY HAUNTED abandoned Griffith Park Zoo in Los Angeles.  Spooky music at the end is "When You See Those Flying Saucers" by The Buchanan Brothers.

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The Daily Signal - Beheading in France by Islamist Requires Fierce Pushback for Free Speech

Earlier this month in France, a teacher who had reportedly shown caricatures of the Islamic prophet Muhammad during a civics class was beheaded by an 18-year-old Chechen refugee, who was subsequently fatally shot by police.

The teacher, Samuel Paty, was beheaded on the street by Abdoullakh Anzorov.

Robin Simcox, the director of The Counter Extremism Group, which provides practical counter-extremism policy solutions to decision makers, joins the podcast to unpack what happened.

We also cover these stories:

  • Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, had a sharp exchange with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey during a Wednesday hearing of the Senate Commerce Committee.
  • Wednesday’s Senate hearing sought to find answers to concerns over how Google, Twitter, and Facebook moderate content on their platforms. 
  • 11 people were shot in riots on Tuesday night in Philadelphia. 



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60 Songs That Explain the '90s - Wu-Tang Clan—“C.R.E.A.M.”

Rob explores the Wu-Tang Clan’s 1993 genre-defining classic “C.R.E.A.M.” and the unique circumstances that were seminal to the group’s identity.

This episode was originally produced as a Music and Talk show available exclusively on Spotify. Find the full song on Spotify or wherever you get your music.

Host: Rob Harvilla

Guest: Lex Pryor

Producer: Isaac Lee and Justin Sayles

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The Gist - Lone Star Elections

On the Gist, the Jim Comey letter came out four years ago today.

In the interview, Mike talks with Scott Braddock, editor and Texan political analyst at the Quorum Report. Braddock is also host of Texas Take, a podcast from the Houston Chronicle. They talk about what’s at stake on the ballots for election day, and how compared with previous years Texans have been voting in record numbers.

In the spiel, Trump’s exceptions.

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Consider This from NPR - Early Voting Points To Possible Record Turnout, With New States In Play

More than 74 million people have already voted. Michael McDonald of the Florida Elections Project tells NPR that could indicate the U.S. is headed for record turnout in a modern election.

Maya King of POLITICO has been following the early vote in Georgia, where black voters came close to electing the nation's first black female governor in 2018.

NPR's Miles Parks and Pam Fessler explain why it may be too late to vote by mail — and how legal challenges are still complicating the rules around early voting in some states.

Additional reporting this episode from NPR's Greg Allen and Barbara Sprunt; Stephen Fowler with Georgia Public Broadcasting and Jen Rice with Houston Public Media.

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