Month: January 2021

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The NewsWorthy - Historic Runoff Results, Pro-Trump Protests & Grammys Postponed- Wednesday, January 6th, 2021

The news to know for Wednesday, January 6th, 2021!

We'll tell you about:

  • two extremely tight races in Georgia that impact the entire country
  • the final step in the presidential election: what's expected to happen today in Congress
  • how Trump supporters are already protesting outside the Capitol
  • why Amazon bought some passenger planes
  • what happens to the Grammys now that they've been postponed
  • a college football player with reason to celebrate, even before the national championship

Those stories and more in about 10 minutes! 

Head to www.theNewsWorthy.com to read more about any of the stories mentioned under the section titled 'Episodes' or see sources below...

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Sources:

GA Senate Election Results: NY Times, AP, WSJ

Equally Split Senate: WaPo, Axios, Bipartisan Policy Center

Congress to Certify Electoral College Votes: Reuters, AP, NBC News, Trump Tweet

D.C. Pro-Trump Protests: AP, WaPo, NBC News, FOX News

Kenosha Officers Won’t Face Charges: Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Kenosha News, AP, NY Times

States with Worst COVID Rates: NBC News, WaPo, Johns Hopkins, COVID Tracking

FDA Rejects Vaccine Changes: Axios, USA Today, The Hill, FDA

Grammys Postponed to March: Variety, NPR, AP, Grammys

Executive Order Bans Chinese Apps: Reuters, The Verge, WSJ, White House

Amazon Buys Cargo Planes: The Verge, AP, Reuters, Amazon

Heisman Winner: ESPN, CBS Sports, USA Today

Work Wednesday: Minimum Wage Increases: CBS News, The Hill

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Short Wave - One Page At A Time, Jess Wade Is Changing Wikipedia

By day, Jess Wade is an experimental physicist at Imperial College London. But at night, she's a contributor to Wikipedia — where she writes entries about women and POC scientists. She chats with Emily Kwong about how Wikipedia can influence the direction of scientific research and why it's important to have entries about scientists from under-represented communities.

Here are the Wikipedia entries of the scientists mentioned in today's show: Sarah Gilbert, Kizzmekia Corbett, Gladys West, and of course, Jess Wade.

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The Daily Signal - Why These 2 Floridians Are Traveling to DC for the March for Trump

Supporters of President Donald Trump from around the country will gather in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6 to hold a March for Trump near the White House to “demand transparency and election integrity.” 


Stephanie Maxey and Teri Regnier traveled on a bus up from Florida to join the event, and they join "The Daily Signal Podcast” live from the bus to talk about why they are making the trip.


We also cover these stories:

  • A group of Republican senators are expected to object to certifying the results of the presidential electoral votes in at least three states on Wednesday, according to anonymous sources, per The Hill. 
  • Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., who has been a leader in fighting Congress’ certification of the results of the Electoral College vote, tweeted Monday night that his home in Virginia was attacked by "Antifa scumbags.”
  • The Los Angeles County Emergency Medical Services Agency has issued a memo to paramedics in Southern California directing them not to transport patients to the hospital who have little chance of survival. 



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The Gist - One Needle to Predict Them All

On the Gist, we return to the infamous Bean Dad.

And, today in Remembrances of Things Trump: All the president’s less than capable men.

In the interview, it’s part two of a conversation with David Shor, a researcher and consultant for democratic politicians. Dubbed a political data analyst prodigy, Shor developed a voter registration system as a teenager, then at age 20 subsequently moved on to work for the Obama campaign where he oversaw forecasting. Shor shares more of his experiences collaborating with more seasoned colleagues and explains how humbling it was in the process.

In the spiel, needling the needle truthers ahead of the Georgia runoff.

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Podcast production by Margaret Kelley, Cheyna Roth, and Jasmine Ellis.

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Start Small: Experts Explain How To Achieve Your Goals In 2021

Reset talks to 2 experts who explain how smaller, achievable goals are the key to success, and failure will only make you stronger and wiser.

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Consider This from NPR - Why U.S. Vaccinations Started Slow And What We Know About The New Coronavirus Variant

Initially, U.S. officials predicted that as many as 20 million Americans would be fully vaccinated before the end of 2020. And while that many vaccine doses were distributed, only a fraction of them have been administered.

The federal government has given states control over distribution plans which has led to different systems with differing levels of success. In one Florida county, Julie Glenn of member station WGCU reports on the haphazard vaccine rollout that has led elderly residents to camp out in tents to get their first shot.

As vaccinations lag behind schedule, a new, more contagious variant of the coronavirus is spreading in many countries, including the U.S. The new variant isn't thought to be more deadly, and scientists believe the vaccines currently being administered will work against it. Additional good news is that masks and social distancing will still slow the spread of the new variant.

Additional reporting this episode from NPR's Allison Aubrey, who's reported on the slow start to vaccinations, and from NPR's Michaeleen Doucleff, who's reported on the new coronavirus variant. Reporting on the vaccine rollout at the state level came from Will Stone in Seattle, Nashville Public Radio's Blake Farmer, and WBUR's Martha Bebinger.

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - BREAKDOWN: Most Important Crypto Regulation Yet? Banks Can Treat Public Blockchains Like SWIFT and ACH

A new interpretive letter from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency paves the way for stablecoins and public blockchains to be fully integrated in the financial infrastructure. 

This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io.

Yesterday, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency released Interpretive Letter 1174. The letter allows banks to participate as nodes in “independent node verification networks” (which you might better know as blockchain networks) as well as use stablecoins for payments settlement. 

In this episode of The Breakdown, NLW looks at: 

  • Crypto Twitter’s response to the news 
  • A review of key passages from the letter
  • The response of critics
  • The implications for CBDCs and the geopolitical battle between the U.S. dollar and China’s emerging digital currency 


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Everything Everywhere Daily - The 12 Days of Christmas

I’m sure all of you have heard the 12 Days of Christmas song. It is the holiday equivalent of 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall, and no one ever sings it to completion because it’s so long. But it does raise the question, what are the 12 days of Christmas? Why are there 12? And why am I doing an episode on this in January well after Christmas is over? Learn the answers to these questions on the episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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