After four and a half tumultuous years in British politics, Brexit is now becoming a reality.
NPR's London correspondent Frank Langfitt reports on mixed views about the new deal from a highway outside the Port of Dover along the English Channel, where truckers are trying to cross the border before rules change in the new year.
Anand Menon, director of the think tank UK In A Changing Europe, sees the new deal as a win, and says it help avoid further economic disruption.
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Science In Action - Coping with Covid
This has been an incredible year for scientific advance and collaboration, epitomised by the roll out of vaccines that didn’t exist a year ago, against a virus that no one had ever heard of .
And yet at the same time its been a year of incredible frustration. We are stil largely using the same methods to counter the virus that were used in past pandemics, going back a hundred years. Here we look back at key the findings on who is most susceptible and why, and ask how to improve the strategies for reducing transmission.
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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Closing the Gap On Food Insecurity: What Would It Take To Solve The Problem (Part 4)
As many as 50 million Americans will experience food insecurity by the end of 2020, up from 35 million this time last year. The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed an increasing number of people to the financial brink and turning to food pantries for assistance.
For the latest installment in our “Closing The Gap” series, Reset brings on experts, policymakers and residents to discuss the fight against food insecurity and explore personal solutions to closing the hunger gap.
GUESTS: Diane Schanzenbach, director of the Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern University
Kate Maehr, CEO of Greater Chicago Food Depository
Angela Odoms-Young, associate professor of kinesiology and nutrition in the UIC College of Applied Health Sciences
Focus on Africa - 2020 Review: How has Africa handled the big challenges?
The Covid-19 crisis has been the big story of 2020 but how has Africa handled the pandemic, and amid the serious set backs have there also been some digital and technical gains?
What opportunities will the African Continental Free Trade Area bring after it comes into effect in January 2021?
How can Africa take charge of its own climate change policies?
And is the continent ready for the fourth Industrial Revolution?
These are some of the questions that the guest panel of Dr Oby Ezekwesili, Rebecca Enonchong, Professor Ken Opalo and Professor Landry Signé address with presenter Dickens Olewe as they look back at the issues and trends in Africa over the past year, and discuss what 2021 might bring.
Producer: Patricia Whitehorne
Cato Daily Podcast - Open: The Story of Human Progress
Despite the backlash against openness in much of the world, Johan Norberg says it's a source of strength. His new book is Open: The Story of Human Progress.
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CoinDesk Podcast Network - BREAKDOWN: The Most Important Bitcoin Infrastructure Developments of 2020, feat. Alyse Killeen
A look at privacy and infrastructure advances that will shape the bitcoin ecosystem in the years to come.
This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com and Nexo.io.
Alyse Killeen is the founder and managing partner of StillMark, and has been investing in bitcoin companies since 2013. While much of the conversation this year has been about high level narratives and new institutional investors, Alyse breaks down the technical advances that happened this year.
Find our guest online: @AlyseKilleen
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CBS News Roundup - World News Roundup: 12/31
2020 finishes with a new record daily coronavirus death toll and a vaccination drive behind schedule. New Year's storms brings snow, rain and tornadoes from Texas to Maine. No Crowds allowed but the Times Square Ball will still drop. Correspondent Deborah Rodriguez has the CBS World News Roundup for Thursday, December 31, 2020:
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Everything Everywhere Daily - Nijmegen: The City That Remembers (Encore)
Located approximately 100km east of Rotterdam, the city of Nijmegen is a mid-sized Dutch city situated on the Waal river that few people outside of the Netherlands are familiar with.
For the last several years, every single day regardless of the weather, the people of Nijmegen have honored events that took place in the city 76 years ago.
Learn more about the city of Nijmegen and the daily Sunset March on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - Larry Kramer Wouldn’t Be Quiet
Larry Kramer always made sure you heard him loud and clear. He was a playwright, a novelist, but he was perhaps best known for his work as an AIDS activist. In the 1980s and 1990s, Kramer sought to wake up the world to the plague that was killing millions of people through provocative demonstrations, fiery essays, and righteous anger. A world class troublemaker, Kramer died last week leaving a body of work that could serve as a lesson for this moment in American history.
Guest: Mark Harris, a journalist and writer at New York Magazine.
For a closer look at the history of ACT UP check out: United in Anger: A History of ACT UP.
This episode originally aired June 2020.
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Short Wave - How Will Climate And Health Policy Look Under Biden?
Today, something special...an episode of The NPR Politics Podcast we think you might appreciate. Our colleagues take a look at Joe Biden's approach to climate and health policy.
His climate agenda will look very different than President Trump's and even President Obama's. And, on top of responding to the pandemic, the president-elect will also have to wrangle all of the other problems in the American healthcare system.
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His climate agenda will look very different than President Trump's and even President Obama's. And, on top of responding to the pandemic, the president-elect will also have to wrangle all of the other problems in the American healthcare system.
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