Month: February 2021

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The Best One Yet - “How the money pipes work” — A stock brokerage’s plumbing. Levi’s kills slim-fit. WeWork’s ReWork.

We’re jumping into the pipes deep within the financial system: Breaking down the plumbing on why brokerages broke down last week. Levi’s is killing slim fit, joining The Comfort Economy, and going into… furniture. And a year after falling apart, WeWork may be reborn for the next trend in your work life. $LEVI $SPY 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.
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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - Why is Everyone Mad at Gavin Newsom?

Thousands of people are signing a petition to recall California Governor Gavin Newsom. The Democrat was praised for his response to the coronavirus at the beginning of the pandemic, but he has started to lose his constituents’ trust. Now, it could take just one big endorsement to end his term. 

Guest: Angela Hart, correspondent at California Healthline. 

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Strict Scrutiny - Dirty Damages

Leah, Melissa, and Kate recap the January sitting and the inauguration festivities. They also extend a few invites to join the pod -- so listen in!

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Start the Week - The fall of Maxwell – the end of an era.

He was born into abject poverty in Czechoslovakia, fought for the British and was decorated for his heroism in WWII, and became a successful businessman and press baron courted by political leaders around the world. Yet Robert Maxwell ended his life reviled as the embodiment of greed and corruption. The writer John Preston discusses his book, Fall: The Mystery of Robert Maxwell, with Andrew Marr.

The journalist Julia Langdon was appointed the political editor of the Daily Mirror in 1984 when Maxwell owned the newspaper. She looks back at his often extraordinary behaviour. But Langdon also examines the difficult and changing relationship between those in power in politics and the media moguls.

Maxwell was brash and theatrical working from luxury apartments at his rechristened Maxwell House, complete with Doric columns at the entrance. Emily Bell, formerly a media journalist now academic at Columbia University, sees certain parallels with Trump Tower. But the media landscape since Maxwell’s days has changed dramatically, and it’s now the owners of today’s social media companies who wield the power.

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Start the Week - The fall of Maxwell – the end of an era.

He was born into abject poverty in Czechoslovakia, fought for the British and was decorated for his heroism in WWII, and became a successful businessman and press baron courted by political leaders around the world. Yet Robert Maxwell ended his life reviled as the embodiment of greed and corruption. The writer John Preston discusses his book, Fall: The Mystery of Robert Maxwell, with Andrew Marr.

The journalist Julia Langdon was appointed the political editor of the Daily Mirror in 1984 when Maxwell owned the newspaper. She looks back at his often extraordinary behaviour. But Langdon also examines the difficult and changing relationship between those in power in politics and the media moguls.

Maxwell was brash and theatrical working from luxury apartments at his rechristened Maxwell House, complete with Doric columns at the entrance. Emily Bell, formerly a media journalist now academic at Columbia University, sees certain parallels with Trump Tower. But the media landscape since Maxwell’s days has changed dramatically, and it’s now the owners of today’s social media companies who wield the power.

Producer: Katy Hickman

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NBN Book of the Day - Tyler Stovall, “White Freedom: The Racial History of an Idea” (Princeton UP, 2021)

The era of the Enlightenment, which gave rise to our modern conceptions of freedom and democracy, was also the height of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. America, a nation founded on the principle of liberty, is also a nation built on African slavery, Native American genocide, and systematic racial discrimination. White Freedom traces the complex relationship between freedom and race from the eighteenth century to today, revealing how being free has meant being white.

Tyler Stovall explores the intertwined histories of racism and freedom in France and the United States, the two leading nations that have claimed liberty as the heart of their national identities. He explores how French and American thinkers defined freedom in racial terms and conceived of liberty as an aspect and privilege of whiteness. He discusses how the Statue of Liberty—a gift from France to the United States and perhaps the most famous symbol of freedom on Earth—promised both freedom and whiteness to European immigrants. Taking readers from the Age of Revolution to today, Stovall challenges the notion that racism is somehow a paradox or contradiction within the democratic tradition, demonstrating how white identity is intrinsic to Western ideas about liberty. Throughout the history of modern Western liberal democracy, freedom has long been white freedom.

A major work of scholarship that is certain to draw a wide readership and transform contemporary debates, White Freedom: The Racial History of an Idea (Princeton UP, 2021) provides vital new perspectives on the inherent racism behind our most cherished beliefs about freedom, liberty, and human rights.

Marshall Poe is the editor of the New Books Network. He can be reached at marshallpoe@newbooksnetwork.com

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Short Wave - The Complex Decisions Around Rebuilding After A Wildfire

The year 2020 saw a record-breaking wildfire season. With those wildfires came many destroyed homes. Rebuilding with fire-resistant materials reduces the risk of future fires burning down a house, but as NPR science correspondent Lauren Sommer explains, only three Western states require building with fire-resistant materials. Without such improvements, communities face increased risks with the next fire.

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The NewsWorthy - Monster Snowstorm, Myanmar Coup & Major NFL Trade- Monday, February 1st, 2021

The news to know for Monday, February 1st, 2021!

What to know about:

  • a snowstorm impacting tens of millions of Americans today
  • how former President Trump is changing plans for his impeachment trial
  • the effectiveness of a newer COVID-19 vaccine
  • famous music festivals called off again
  • one of the biggest trades in NFL history
  • how Americans and companies are celebrating Black History Month

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:

Another Major Snowstorm: CBS News, NBC News, CNN

Trump New Impeachment Lawyers: AP, CBS News, Reuters, ABC News

Proud Boys Indicted: NY Times, AP, NPR, DOJ

FBI Pipe Bomb Investigation: WaPo, NBC News, FBI

Russia Mass Protests: AP, WSJ, Politico, Blinken Tweet

Myanmar Leader Detained: Reuters, AP, NY Times, Blinken Tweet

J&J Vaccine Data: AP, WaPo, CBS News, J&J

BBB: Don’t Post Vaccination Cards: BBB, CBS Boston, Newsweek

Coachella, Stagecoach Canceled: LA Times, The Verge, CBS News, Riverside County

NFL QB Trades: ESPN, FOX News, CBS Sports, NFL

Unique Pro Bowl Game: USA Today, ESPN, Boston Globe

Black History Month: NY Times, Smithsonian, History, NAACP

Companies Celebrating Black History: Yelp, Apple, Peloton, Under Armour

Money Monday - High-End Liquor Sales Booming: Axios, WSJ, JAMA

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In the Bubble with Andy Slavitt - Can the CDC Regain Public Trust? (with Julie Gerberding)

Dr. Bob calls up Dr. Julie Gerberding to address vaccines, the CDC, and how public trust factors into both. Julie has vast experience with all of those topics, having served as president of Merck vaccines and also as CDC director under George W. Bush, the first woman to serve in that role. First, Bob and Julie discuss the vaccine rollout, how the variants may affect things, and Merck's failed efforts to develop a COVID-19 vaccine. Then, an important discussion about the CDC, and how to avoid politics from interfering with science in the future. Plus, the lifelong lessons she learned about infectious diseases during the HIV epidemic as Bob's Chief Resident at UCSF in the 80s.

 

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What A Day - Less Talkie, More Stimmy

A group of Republican Senators are sending Biden a counter-proposal on Covid relief. They want to slash the bill by over a trillion dollars, and limit the size and scope of stimulus checks. They’re framing it as a bipartisan solution, but Democrats are reportedly planning to move forward with their own plan using budget reconciliation.

The average number of new cases in the US has dropped off significantly since peaking three weeks ago, but January was still an awful month in the pandemic, and the presence of new variants has the potential to disrupt progress. Johnson & Johnson released data for their one-shot vaccine candidate last Friday. We explain what to make of it.

And in headlines: several members of Myanmar’s ruling party were detained in a possible military coup, Hong Kong residents can now apply to become permanent British citizens, and Trump hires two new attorneys for his Senate impeachment trial.