Month: December 2020

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The NewsWorthy - Relief Bill Passed, Kilauea Volcano Erupts & New NBA Season – Tuesday, December 22nd, 2020

The news to know for Tuesday, December 22nd, 2020!

We have updates about:

  • a late-night vote on the COVID-19 relief bill and when you might see direct payments in your account
  • new charges in one of the deadliest terror attacks against Americans
  • an erupting volcano in Hawaii
  • the new NBA season kicking off tonight
  • how the USPS is overwhelmed and what that means for your online orders
  • the new record time for longest music video ever

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:

Congress Passed Relief Bill: AP, NY Times, Reuters

CDC Interference Subpoenas: WSJ, Axios, CBS News

Pan Am Flight 103 Bombing Charges: NPR, Reuters, FBI, Justice.Gov

Confederate Statue Removed from Capitol: NBC News, FOX News, CBS News, VA Governor

Kilauea Volcano Erupts: AP, NY Times, Weather Channel, USGS

NBA Opening Night: CBS Sports, AP, NBA

Xmas Packages Might Arrive Late: WaPo, NY Post

Dippin’ Dots Could Help Vaccine Distribution: TODAY, Popular Science

Tesla’s First Day on S&P 500: AP, WSJ, Bloomberg

Longest Music Video Record: Engadget, Billboard, Guinness World Records

Topping Two Charts Twice: Billboard, Vulture 

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The Daily Signal - Law Professor Speaks Out After Being Shamed for Writing Honest History of BLM

Six months ago, William Jacobson, a professor at Cornell Law School and founder and publisher of Legal Insurrection, wrote two blog posts detailing the honest, but negative, history of Black Lives Matter. Students and faculty immediately called upon the school to take action against Jacobson for writing the posts. 


Jacobson joined the show on July 1 to explain why students and faculty were actively speaking out against him. He returns to the show today to share what transpired after more than a dozen student groups tried to mobilize a campus-wide boycott of his class and faculty quickly denounced him for his posts.


We also cover these stories:


  • Attorney General William Barr says he believes Russia is behind last week’s hack into several federal agencies. 
  • A massive spending bill, likely to be signed into law by President Trump soon, is poised to result in most Americans getting $600 from the federal government. 
  • Trump’s campaign files a new petition with the Supreme Court asking that the court reverse several cases having to do with Pennsylvania’s mail-in ballots.  


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Read Me a Poem - “Still I Rise” by Maya Angelou

Amanda Holmes reads Maya Angelou’s poem “Still I Rise.” 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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Ologies with Alie Ward - Scorpiology (SCORPIONS) with Lauren Esposito: Encore Presentation

This specific episode was cited in The New Yorker this week, so we’re giving it an encore refresh with bonus material and a 2020 update from Dr. Esposito herself!

Scorpions: the victims of undue shade. If you've ever wanted to impress a date with weird facts THIS IS THE EPISODE FOR YOU. A handful of people on planet Earth have a PhD in scorpions and Dr. Lauren Esposito is one of them. She spills the beans on how venom works, what's up with the blacklight glow effect, how dangerous they *really* are, what all the movies get wrong, the best names for scorpions, where she's traveled to look under rocks, where a scorpion's butt is, if scorpions dance or make out (SPOILER: YES), what good mothers they are, how big they used to be millions of years ago and how -- technically speaking -- they are not poisonous. Also: how much does a gallon of venom cost? Oh, and why she started the visibility campaign 500 Queer Scientists. Get this one in your ears right away.

Follow Dr. Esposito at twitter.com/arachnologynerd or instagram.com/caribales and check out 500QueerScientists.com

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Chapo Trap House - 482 – War is Over, Troops are Staying (12/21/20)

We all take our vaccine suppositories, discuss the stimulus, and talk Obama’s year-end TV list. But, most importantly, the Reading Series is back! We take a look at a recent New York Times op-ed that uses the Iliad to ask you to gently close your eyes and forget about all these pesky forever wars we seem to be embroiled in.
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The Gist - The Death Sentence Is Dubious

On the Gist, medical innovation.

And, today in Remembrances of Things Trump: charitable contributions.

In the interview, it’s part one of Mike’s discussion with author, Michael Scott Alexander about his book, Making Peace with the Universe: Personal Crisis and Spiritual Healing. Alexander details how he searched for insight during an existential crisis, and retroactively explored how other great thinkers, philosophers, psychologists, and musicians found help in healing the mind. Alexander is associate professor of religious studies and Maimonides Endowed Chair in Jewish Studies at the University of California, Riverside.

In the spiel, dubious arguments against dubious death sentences.

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - What COVID-19 Stimulus Plan Could Mean For Chicago

Congress’s latest $900 million stimulus package includes $600 checks to eligible Americans, $13 billion in food assistance, and protection for renters. What it doesn’t include is the funds struggling state and local governments were hoping for from Capitol Hill. We check in with a few experts on what the aid package includes, where it falls short, and what it means for Chicago and Illinois.


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Consider This from NPR - The Election Was Secure, But Russia Found Other Ways To Interfere In The U.S.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo acknowledged who was behind the cyber attack on Friday, saying Russia used third-party software to get inside the systems of multiple U.S. government agencies.

But the attack didn't happen last week. It started in March. To help make sense of how an attack of this magnitude went undiscovered for months, NPR's Mary Louise Kelly spoke with Fiona Hill, who served as President Trump's most senior Russia adviser on the National Security Council until last year.

Now that it's clear who was behind the attack, how do deal with Russia will be a big question for the incoming Biden administration. NPR's Russia correspondent Lucian Kim explains how the U.S.-Russia relationship may change as Biden takes office in January.

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