For the first time since the War of 1812, the U.S. Capitol was breached as right-wing extremists whipped into a frenzy by President Trump stormed the complex.
Reset talks to a reporter who was trapped in the building during the takeover and brings you reaction from a range of Illinois lawmakers.
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On Wednesday, in the nation's capital, a mob was incited to violence by the president of the United States. In the years that led up to that moment, many Republicans supported Trump. Now, where does their party go from here?
NPR's Ailsa Chang puts that question to two Capitol Hill veterans: Michael Steel, a longtime aid to former Republican House Speaker John Boehner; and Antonia Ferrier, a former longtime staffer to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
Mutant strains of SARS-Cov2 have been identified not only in the UK, where it was first identified, but also in at least 30 other countries. And to complicate matters, another alarming variant, with some similar mutations, has arisen in South Africa. Roland Pease talks to Ravi Gupta, a virologist at Cambridge University and Tulio de Oliveira of the University of KwaZulu Natal about these new strains.
There’s only so much that can be learned about the virus by looking at the patients it infects. Thanks to techniques developed to study HIV, Ebola, flu and other viruses in the past, researchers have methods for growing key parts of viral structures in the lab and watching closely how they behave in cell cultures. Jeremy Luban of the University of Massachusetts and Alli Greaney at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center talk to Roland about how they are studying the biology of the mutations to discover how the new strains might respond to vaccines.
As the U.S. enters the final two weeks of the presidency of Donald Trump, the pro-Trump mob attack on the Capitol is spurring lawmakers to renew calls to remove the President by either impeachment and removal or invoking the 25th Amendment. Gene Healy explains how those Constitutional processes would work.
With bitcoin (briefly) passing $40,000 for the first time, the question becomes: Can it keep going or is a reset necessary?
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Today on the Brief:
U.S. President Trump signs order banning Chinese apps
Initial jobless claims hold steady at 787,000
Elon Musk becomes the world’s richest person
Our main discussion: Can bitcoin just keep going up?
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Why some indicators are pointing towards a trader move into altcoins
Why, despite the rapid growth, bitcoin remains undervalued
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Comedian Rivers Langley is back in his hometown in Alabama for the rest of 2020. Also, there's a global pandemic still happening. This podcast is him catching up with his funny friends; sometimes on the phone, sometimes socially-distanced outside. These are "The Corona Diaries" and this is Episode #114. Our first guest today, to talk about the most poorly-conceived offensive since the Children’s Crusade of 1212, it's comedian, author, podcaster, a former public defender in New York City, and the pride of Sunbright, Tennessee: Drew Morgan! Follow Drew on all forms of social media @DrewMorgComedy and listen to his TWO wonderful podcasts "WellRED" and "Into the A Biscuit". Listen to Carter Glascock's new album 'The Crystal Pistol' now streaming on all platforms!
In the 1970s NASA embarked on a mission it had never attempted before. Due to a fortunate alignment of planets, they were going to attempt to send robotic probes on a flyby mission to Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, before being sent to deep space, out of the solar system.
Some of the mission planners figured if they were going to send a probe all that way, maybe they might as well add something extra to the payload.
The insurrection staged by Donald Trump yesterday is the focus of our podcast today, and what remedies should or could be adopted to deal with one of the most disgusting events in American political history. Give a listen. Source
A Conspiracy Realist arrives to defend Cyberpunk 2077. A caller's shoutout to Randonautica inspires Matt and Ben to delve into the nature of reality, intention, entropy and quantum physics. A mysterious letter from a practicing Discordian Magician sends the gang into a rabbithole of philosophy and phenomenology. All this and more in today's dizzying Listener Mail.
Anger and calls for justice after rioters cause destruction at the Capitol. Top Trump officials consider the 25th amendment. Despite delay, the Biden vote is finally tallied. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has today's World News Roundup.
