Month: November 2020

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Everything Everywhere Daily - The Sagrada Familia

Every year, more than three million visitors will line up and buy a ticket to visit the most popular attraction in all of Spain: The Sagrada Familia. It is a stunning modernist architectural achievement and the crowning design of local architect Antoni Gaudí. Even though it gets millions of visitors, the church has been under construction for almost 150 years and still isn’t finished. Learn more about the Sagrada Familia, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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The Commentary Magazine Podcast - Be a Man

The podcast considers how we can turn the page on the Trump presidency now that Biden is president-elect—and how conservative ideas of manliness should both govern the president's behavior going forward and what his most loyal supporters should actually expect of him. Rest assured we do not let Joe Biden off the hook—despite moderate talk during his acceptance speech, he's already kowtowing to his party's left, and we show how. Give a listen.

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Strict Scrutiny - Unlawful Generally

Kate and Leah break down the first week of arguments from the November sitting, as well as some developments on the Court’s shadow docket.

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Start the Week - Physics in all its glory

Sir Roger Penrose was jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in physics this year for his ground-breaking work on black holes and their relationship with the general theory of relativity. He looks back at his extraordinary career with Andrew Marr – from his early interest in mathematical patterns and the ‘impossible’ works of Escher, to his revolutionary use of mathematics in cosmology and his continued fascination with the beginning and end of time.

Carlo Rovelli is a theoretical physicist who researches quantum gravity, as well as a best-selling author. In his latest collection of essays, There are Places in the World Where Rules are Less Important than Kindness, he demonstrates a curiosity that crosses the boundaries from the sciences to the arts. He reflects on everything from Newton’s alchemy to Einstein’s mistakes, and from Dante’s cosmology to Nabokov's butterflies.

The world underwater is the physicist Helen Czerski’s playground. The focus of much of her research has been the physics of breaking waves and bubbles on the ocean surface. As one of this year’s Royal Institution Christmas Lecturers, Czerski will reveal the vital role oceans play in the Earth’s heating and plumbing systems, and the impact of human activity on the planet.

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Short Wave - What’s It Like To Be A COVID-19 ‘Long Hauler’

That's what they call themselves: long-haulers. They've been sick for months. Many have never had a positive test. Doctors cannot explain their illness any other way, and can only guess at why the virus appears to be with them for so long.

Ed Yong of The Atlantic explains what might be going on, and why their experience mirrors that of other sufferers with chronic illnesses who battle to be believed. We also spoke with Hannah Davis, a long-hauler from New York City. (Encore episode.)

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The NewsWorthy - Biden Plans Presidency, Trump Legal Challenges & RIP Alex Trebek- Monday, November 9th, 2020

The news to know for Monday, November 9th, 2020!

What to know about:

  • President-elect Biden's plans for his first few days in office
  • why President Trump says the race isn't over yet
  • the presidential race results and transition process from here
  • fans mourning the death of an iconic game show host
  • Tesla making good on an April Fools' Day joke
  • Starbucks bringing back holiday cups with a new slogan 

Those stories and more in just 10 minutes!

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

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Sources:

Latest Electoral Count: AP, Politico, AJC, WaPo

Biden, Harris Victory Speeches: NY Times, CBS News, NBC News, CNN

World Leaders Congratulate Biden: Axios, CNN, USA Today, AP

Trump Doesn’t Plan to Concede: Reuters, AP, Politico, Axios, CBS News

Trump Campaign Legal Challenges: WSJ, Bloomberg, FOX News, The Hill

How News Outlets Call Elections: AP, Vox, LA Times, Tampa Bay Times

Biden Planning for Presidency: Reuters, WaPo, AP, Axios

White House COVID-19 Outbreak: WaPo, Axios, ABC News, Politico

U.S. Breaks More COVID-19 Records: CBS News, WSJ, CNN

Tropical Storm Eta Hits Florida: Miami Herald, AP, Weather Channel, NHS

Alex Trebek Dies: AP, USA Today, Jeopardy!, Sajak Tweet, Jennings Tweet

Raiders Fined, Lose Draft Pick: ESPN, NY Times, Bleacher Report

Tesla Launches Tequila: Engadget, CNBC, CNN, Tesla

Starbucks Holiday Cups Return: USA Today, CBS News, Starbucks

Monday Monday- Pickup Truck Sales Climb: Detroit Free Press, CNBC

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The Daily Signal - Election Wins and Losses for Pro-Life Movement

The pro-life movement can celebrate some victories after last week’s election. 


Chelsey Youman, Texas state director and national legislative adviser for Human Coalition Action, joins the show to discuss the significance in Texans' decision to keep a pro-life majority in the state House, and to reelect Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, a staunch advocate for the unborn. 


Youman also breaks down Colorado’s vote to maintain late term abortions, and why Louisiana voters decided to amend the state Constitution to explicitly state that abortion is not a right. 


We also read your letters to the editor and share a good news story about a young man who hit a major home run for his community by making baseball bats to raise money for local storm victims. 


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Everything Everywhere Daily - Ramanujan

In 1913, a young man from the city of Madras in British India sent a letter to one of the world’s preeminent mathematicians, G.H. Hardy, in Cambridge Univerisity in England. The young man had no formal education in advanced mathematics, yet that letter would end up changing the landscape of mathematics for the rest of the 20th century. Learn more about the legendary Srinivasa Ramanujan, one of the world’s most gifted natural mathematicians, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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