Month: November 2020

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What A Day - Midnight Train To The Senate

Pharmaceutical company Moderna announced yesterday that its vaccine is 94.5% effective, according to early data. This comes after Pfizer's announcement last week and raises the prospects that two vaccines could cleared for use on a limited basis by the end of the year.

With two senate runoffs set for January, all eyes are on Georgia. We talk about the candidates, the issues, and the organizers animating the race.

And in headlines: more than 92,000 people have filed abuse claims against the Boy Scouts, “Stop The Steal” lawsuits stopped in four states, and more on this weekend’s NASA-SpaceX launch.


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The Daily Signal - What You Need to Know About the Georgia Recount

The deadline for the Georgia recount is 11:59 p.m. EST on Wednesday. What is happening with the recount, is there a threat of voter fraud, and how that is being addressed?

Additionally, former gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams has also begun a voting rights organization, Fair Fight. What are the big players in the state’s politics and elections? 

Jason Snead, executive director of the Honest Elections Project, joins The Daily Signal Podcast to discuss.

We also cover these stories: 

  • Massachusetts biotech company Moderna says their coronavirus vaccine is 94.5 percent effective. 
  • Brad Raffensperger, Georgia’s Republican secretary of state, is firing back against President Trump’s claims of a lack of voter integrity in Georgia.
  • Republican Sens. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Ron Johnson of Wisconsin say they are going to continue investigating Hunter Biden, the son of former Vice President Joe Biden. 

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Read Me a Poem - “Messiah” by Gulzar

Amanda Holmes reads Anand Mohan Zutshi Gulzar Dehlavi’s poem, “Messiah,” translated from the Urdu by J.P. Das. 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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Opening Arguments - OA439: The End of the Lemon Test?

It's a 97% Trump-free episode! First we have to cover the bullet points Andrew foolishly thought we could get to last week, including questions like: does a 50-50 Senate mean no more Majority Leader McConnell? and what consequences should there be for law firms that take Trump's money and file frivolous election lawsuits? and more!

Then we get to the main signature deep dive, and it's not a happy one. ***content note: this episode contains discussion of sexual assault.*** Some Jehovah's Witnesses church leaders emotionally abused a rape victim, who was a minor, and she very justifiably sued them. But the backwards-ass Mormon judges of Utah conveniently decided churches can do... whatever. While this is likely to be overturned by the Supreme Court, it also might damage Church-State Separation along the way.

Links: Jones Day Statement Regarding Election Litigation, Snell & Wilmer withdraws from election lawsuit, Jehovah's Witnesses Lawsuit, Court hears case of woman suing Utah Jehova's Witnesses over rape audio.

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Chapo Trap House - 472 – Guess I’ll Just Kill Myself feat. David Roth (11/16/20)

Fan favorite David Roth is back to talk Trump’s sad boi coup plotting, Democrats’ fragile new coalition, and Michael Bay movies. 🚨🚨 MERCH DROP ALERT 🚨🚨 New and restocked merch available at shop.chapotraphouse.com Caps! Pins! Posters! New colors! Re-stocked favorites! Check it out! Find all your Roth content at: www.defector.com and the Distraction podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-distraction-a-defector-podcast/id1525039108
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The Gist - A Safe Thanksgiving?

On the Gist, facing electoral consequences.

In the interview, Roxanne Khamsi, a science writer and contributor to WIRED, joins Mike to talk about Covid-19 social distancing, mask policies, lockdown, and preparedness in the U.S. and Canada. As America approaches the start of the holidays, Khamsi shares some new data—based off of individuals isolated on offshore oil drilling rigs—that provides some guidance on testing twice and how it may help shorten the 14-day quarantine period.

In the spiel, the Latino vote.

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Podcast production by Daniel Schroeder and Margaret Kelley.

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Chicago’s Top Doctor On Fighting COVID-19 And Rolling Out A Vaccine

Reset checks in with Dr. Allison Arwady, commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health, about the city’s new stay-at-home advisory and how prepared Chicago is to roll out a vaccine when it becomes available.

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Consider This from NPR - Barack Obama On Trump’s Defeat And Cooperation In A Divided America

Former President Barack Obama talks with NPR's Michel Martin about his time in office, President Trump's pandemic response, the 2020 election and what he thinks President-elect Joe Biden says about the United States right now.

In Obama's new memoir, A Promised Land, he writes about his first term in the White House.

Read NPR's full interview with Obama here.

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