Month: November 2020

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The Gist - Fear the Shy Trump Voter?

On the Gist, caravans of Trump supporters.

In the interview, Mike talks with NPR's media correspondent David Folkenflik on the organization’s decision to sidestep coverage of the Hunter Biden allegations. He and Mike discuss ways major news outlets covered the story, why it never got much traction, and what goes into evaluating a story’s worth.

In the spiel, Trafalgar Group’s polling predictions.

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Chicago Area Hospitals Brace For Influx Of COVID-19 Patients

Even as cases of COVID-19 rise in Illinois, the state’s contact tracing program isn’t fully operational, and hospitals who got some reprieve over the summer are bracing for the possibility of a flood of new patients.

Reset talks with WBEZ’s Kristen Schorsch as well as two doctors from area hospitals who lay out what the situation is on the ground and what they’re doing to prepare for the coming wave.

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Consider This from NPR - An Unprecedented Election Season Ends The Way It Began: With Voters Locked In

NPR political correspondents Tamara Keith and Asma Khalid reflect on an election season shaped by unprecedented events: a global pandemic, President Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis, and the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg — none of which seemed to dramatically change the shape of the race.

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - BREAKDOWN: Who Is Better for Bitcoin, Trump or Biden?

In a chaotic year of dueling recriminations and very different visions of the future, the real question of this U.S. presidential election is: Who is better for bitcoin? 

This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com and Nexo.io.

Today on the Brief:

  • The digital euro is closer than ever
  • Checking in on European COVID-19 lockdowns
  • Economic events this week that aren’t the election


Our main discussion: Which U.S. election outcome is better for bitcoin? 

Poll: twitter.com/nlw/status/1320884275110137863

After a surprisingly close Twitter poll with more than 1,600 respondents answering the question “Is Trump or Biden better for bitcoin?”, NLW breaks down the most common themes, including:

  • The Senate matters more 
  • Anti-encryption history 
  • And of course… Honey Badger Don’t Care 

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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - Strange News: COVID-19 Study, Ex-President of Burundi Gets Prison Time for Murdering Another President, and Female Mutant Crayfish are Taking Over the World (mainly Antwerp)

Former Burundian President Pierre Buyoya received a life sentence in court for the murder of another former President: Melchior Ndadaye. A recent study confirms the issues discussed in the previous COVID series, showing worldwide trends regarding fears and misconceptions about infection. A bizarre invasive species of mutated, clonal, entirely female crayfish have been expanding across Europe -- one graveyard in Antwerp claims they've already lost the battle to this creature that sounds like something straight out of a comic book.

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Everything Everywhere Daily - The Camino de Santiago

The Camino de Santiago is one of the most significant and popular pilgrimage routes in the World. For over 1,000 years pilgrims have traveled to the tomb of St. James in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Some do it for religious reasons and some just to have an adventure. Today, hundreds of thousands of pilgrims still make the journey every year. Learn more about the Camino de Santiago, aka Way of Saint James, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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The Intelligence from The Economist - Lock step: England to shut down, again

Prime Minister Boris Johnson all but ruled out a second lockdown, but his hand has been forced by England’s caseload. What are the political costs of his U-turn? Myanmar’s coming election will almost certainly be marred by disinformation on Facebook—principally because so many Burmese people get their only news there. And examining the current glut of political biographies.

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