Village SquareCast - The Reunited States

At a time when America is ripping apart at the seams, The Reunited States is a powerful and urgent documentary that follows the unsung heroes on the difficult journey of bridging our political and racial divides. Susan Bro, who lost her daughter when a car drove through a group of counter-protestors in Charlottesville, and David and Erin Leaverton, a Republican couple who travel to all fifty states in an RV to find out what divides us, are just a few of the characters profiled in the film. Each of these bridge-builders have realized that while our divides run deeper than they ever could have imagined, so does the love and hope to bring our country back together. Based on the book of the same name (which features The Village Square) the film urges us to consider that everyone has a role to play in reuniting the country.

We’ll be joined by the author of the book, the filmmaker, Heather Heyer’s mother, and former Senior Field Director for Republican Senator Bob Corker for an important conversation about what citizens can do to heal the gaping divisions damaging America. Watch the film here.

Bay Curious - How COVID Could Change the Bay Area For All of Us

A year into the coronavirus pandemic there's hope on the horizon. It's too soon to know the lasting impacts on the Bay Area, but we asked experts in mental health, transportation and education to try and predict what we might expect in our day-to-day lives as we slowly emerge from this crisis.

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What Next - What Next | Daily News and Analysis – The Fight to Unionize an Amazon Warehouse

On Tuesday, workers in an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama started voting on whether or not to form a union. Amazon has been fighting the vote on multiple fronts. A “yes” vote could possibly spark unionization drives in warehouses all across the country. 


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The Best One Yet - “UNO…the card game…the movie” — Mattel’s 25 schmoovies. Twitter’s DIY blitz. GM’s $2B mistake.

Barbie just enjoyed her best sales quarter in 6 years… Now Mattel is going full Disney with a whole new strategy. Twitter announced earnings, but we’re focused on the 5 acquisitions it’s made in 60 days. And General Motors’ stock fell 5% after admitting it’s not a computer — and admitting a $2B mistake. $MAT $TWTR $GM Got a SnackFact? Tweet it @RobinhoodSnacks @JackKramer @NickOfNewYork Want a shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form: https://forms.gle/KhUAo31xmkSdeynD9 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What Next | Daily News and Analysis - The Fight to Unionize an Amazon Warehouse

On Tuesday, workers in an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama started voting on whether or not to form a union. Amazon has been fighting the vote on multiple fronts. A “yes” vote could possibly spark unionization drives in warehouses all across the country. 


Guests: Jay Greene, tech reporter for the Washington Post


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The NewsWorthy - New Capitol Riot Video, TikTok Sale On Hold & Lunar New Year- Thursday, February 11th, 2021

The news to know for Thursday, February 11th, 2021!

We're talking about:

  • newly-released, graphic footage of the Capitol riot played during the impeachment trial
  • why the sale of the Chinese-owned app TikTok is now on hold
  • new CDC guidance to get more protection from your mask
  • what type of drug a new study says could also be used for significant weight loss
  • the Lunar New Year explained

All that and more in around 10 minutes...

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Impeachment Trial Day 2 Recap: NY Times, AP, Reuters, Politico

GA Trump Call Criminal Investigation: AP, NY Times, FOX News, Axios

Pentagon China Task Force: Axios, Politico, FOX News, DOD

TikTok Sale Called Off: WSJ, AP, Reuters

CDC New Masking Recommendations: NBC News, WaPo, NPR, CDC

Study: Diabetes Drug Helps Weight Loss: NY Times, CNN, NEJM

NBA National Anthem Controversy: USA Today, WaPo, Axios, NBA

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Nominees: AP, Rolling Stone, NPR, HOF

Thing to Know Thursday: Lunar New Year: Smithsonian, CNN, Business Times

NBN Book of the Day - R. Alan Covey, “Inca Apocalypse: The Spanish Conquest and the Transformation of the Andean World” (Oxford UP, 2020)

The arrival in 1532 of a small group of Spanish conquistadores at the Andean town of Cajamarca launched one of the most dramatic – and often misunderstood – events in world history. In Inca Apocalypse: The Spanish Conquest and the Transformation of the Andean World (Oxford UP, 2020), R. Alan Covey draws upon a wealth of new archaeological and archival discoveries to detail the remarkable events that ended one empire and transformed another. From this he builds a new narrative that highlights the apocalyptic mindsets of the two empires and how these shaped the interactions between the Spanish and the Inca. As Covey explains, the Spaniards arrived at a point when the Incan empire was coping with the disruptions caused by a civil war and a devastating pandemic. To the Inca and their neighbors, the Spaniards were yet another disruptive force, one that different groups in the region sought to exploit for their own purposes. The result was twenty years of political infighting and warfare, culminating in the defeat of insurrectionary Spaniards by a force of Incans fighting on behalf of the king of Spain. Though such maneuvering helped preserve a degree of status for the Inca elite, it opened the way for the gradual absorption of the Inca into the Spanish empire in a process that played out over the following century.

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Short Wave - Saving Sea Level Records: What Historical Records Tell Us About The Rising Ocean

Archival records may help researchers figure out how fast the sea level is rising in certain places. Millions of people in coastal cities are vulnerable to rising sea levels and knowing exactly how fast the water is rising is really important. But it's a tough scientific question. NPR climate correspondent Lauren Sommer explains how scientists are looking to historical records to help get at the answer.

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