On April 15, at four o'clock in the morning, a small group of scientists found their way to a secret location. A light wintry mix of rain and snow was falling. The lousy weather was a relief because it meant even less of a chance that someone might randomly pass by.
Today on the show, NPR science correspondent Nell Greenfieldboyce unearths why a new generation of scientists is digging up seeds under the cover of night buried 142 years ago.
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NBN Book of the Day - Gary Saul Morson and Morton Schapiro, “Minds Wide Shut How the New Fundamentalisms Divide Us” (Princeton UP, 2021)
Two very thoughtful oddfellows--a labor economist and a Russian literature scholar--take on the world's problems in their newest collaboration, Minds Wide Shut How the New Fundamentalisms Divide Us (Princeton University Press, 2021).
Gary Saul Morson and Morton Schapiro bring to bear the remarkably powerful tool of great 19th century Realist literature (and other parts of the Western canon) to define and counter the all-or-nothing fundamentalisms that have come to divide us in recent years. They touch upon politics, religion and economics, as well as great literature itself, and advocate bridging the divides with assertion and dialogue rather than the crude dismissal of opponents based upon absolute, unyielding assumptions.
Daniel Peris is Senior Vice President at Federated Hermes in Pittsburgh. He can be reached at DanielxPeris@gmail.com or via Twitter @HistoryInvestor. His History and Investing blog and Keep Calm & Carry On Investing podcast are at https://strategicdividendinvestor.com/
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The NewsWorthy - Second Doses Skipped, Tax Refunds Delayed & Oscars History – Monday, April 26th, 2021
The news to know for Monday, April 26th, 2021!
What to know about:
- why millions of Americans are skipping their second shots and what health officials have to say about it
- new guidance coming with the one-shot option in the U.S.
- where there's a recount of votes from the presidential election six months ago, even though it won't affect the outcome
- why there are millions of delayed tax refunds
- another automaker promising to go all-electric
- the one movie that dominated several top categories at this year's Oscars
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:
Americans Missing 2nd Vaccine Dose: NY Times, CNN, The Hill
J&J Vaccine Back in Circulation: WaPo, ABC News, USA Today
U.S. Sending Aid to India: NPR, The Guardian, USA Today, White House
Biden Calls Armenian Mass Killings “Genocide”: NPR, CNN, Politico, CBS News, Newsweek
Arizona GOP Audit: Arizona Republic, AP, NY Times
Millions of Tax Refunds Delayed: Fox Business, USA Today, CBS News
Check Your Return Status: IRS
Academy Awards: Deadline, NY Times, NPR, Oscars
Clubhouse’s First Sports Sponsorship: The Verge, Variety, NFL, Clubhouse
COVID-19 At-Home Tests Sold at Chains: USA Today, NPR, NBC News, Abbott
Honda Aims for Electric-Only Cars by 2040: Honda, Reuters, USA Today, NPR
Josh Fight: USA Today, AP, People, Joshua Swain Twitter, KLKN Reporter Yousef Nasser
Money Monday: The Booming Housing Market: Business Insider, MarketWatch, CNBC, WaPo, Axios
In the Bubble with Andy Slavitt - Vaccinate the World, End the Pandemic (with Nicole Lurie)
Dr. Bob calls up Nicole Lurie from the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations to talk about the state of COVID-19 vaccinations around the globe. They cover COVAX, vaccine nationalism, how vaccine hesitancy is playing out in different countries, and the biggest barriers to vaccinating the world. Plus, the lessons she’s taking away from COVID for the next global health crisis.
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Keep up with Andy in D.C. on Twitter @ASlavitt and Instagram @andyslavitt.
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Check out these resources from today’s episode:
- Learn more about COVAX: https://www.gavi.org/vaccineswork/covax-explained
- Read up on the rapidly escalating Covid situation in India: https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/04/22/989768074/how-india-went-from-a-ray-of-hope-to-a-world-record-for-most-covid-cases-in-a-da
- This article, featuring Nicole, makes the case for donating US Covid vaccines overseas: https://khn.org/news/article/the-case-for-donating-us-covid-vaccines-overseas/
- Check out Heidi Larson’s book about vaccine hesitancy, Stuck, that Nicole mentions in today’s episode: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/stuck-9780190077242
- Keep track of global vaccination rates: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/world/covid-vaccinations-tracker.html
- Learn more about Dr. Bob Wachter and the UCSF Department of Medicine here: https://medicine.ucsf.edu/
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The CDC and the FDA have lifted their recommended pause on the Johnson and Johnson COVID vaccine, and added a warning label about the very, very rare reported cases of blood clots. But overall vaccination rates in the US are slowing down, indicating that while supply is increasing, demand is decreasing.
President Biden lifted the partial ban against the export of the supplies necessary to make vaccines in India, as well as rapid tests, ventilators, and more. The state of the virus there is dire: on Saturday, India reported almost 350,000 new cases, which is a tragic world record.
Plus, we talk through the Oscars. And in headlines: Biden formally recognizes the Armenian Genocide, Disneyland to re-open on Friday, and Elon Musk will host SNL.
Show Notes –
NYT: "Millions Are Skipping Their Second Doses of Covid Vaccines" – https://nyti.ms/3gR8uJ5
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The Daily Signal - Trump Allies to Counter Left, Block Biden by Going to Court
A group of former Trump administration officials have formed America First Legal to stop the Biden administration’s executive actions and counter the radical left’s plans to transform our country.
Led by Stephen Miller, former White House senior adviser and director of speechwriting, America First Legal promises to turn the tables on the left, which used the court system to stymie some of President Donald Trump's key initiatives.
"The only difference between what happened to the Trump administration and what we are going to do is we're actually going to have the law and the Constitution on our side," says Matthew Whitaker, acting U.S. attorney general under Trump and one of those involved in the new organization.
Whitaker joins "The Daily Signal Podcast" to talk about America First Legal’s plans and some of the biggest issues, including illegal immigration and Second Amendment rights, to emerge so far from the Biden administration.
Also on today's show, we read your letters to the editor and share a good news story about a father and daughter who created a YouTube channel to empower special needs children.
Listen to the podcast below or read the lightly edited transcript.
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Read Me A Poem Podcast - 17: Ode To My Period Underwear
Welcome to the first episode of season two where we explore one of Olivia Gatwood’s odes.
In this poem, Gatwood celebrates one of the mundane and sometimes messy aspects of femininity. She is one of my favorite poets of the past decade. I love how fierce she is. Treat yourself and also listen to her read Ode to the Women on Long Island.
Lex Fridman Podcast - #179 – Georges St-Pierre: The Science of Fighting
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(00:00) – Introduction
(08:09) – Love of winning
(11:01) – Suffering
(12:03) – Fasting
(22:01) – Carnivore
(28:30) – Fear
(36:02) – Strategy
(39:12) – Mind games
(42:54) – Mental games
(48:00) – Science of fighting
(1:11:39) – GOAT
(1:15:22) – A fight vs Khabib
(1:25:03) – Free will
(1:28:49) – Consciousness
(1:31:05) – AI
(1:41:13) – Aliens
(1:52:21) – Dreams
(1:57:55) – Father
(2:02:58) – Life and love
(2:17:07) – Advice for young people
(2:19:28) – How to learn
(2:22:55) – Bruce Lee
(2:26:04) – Tie choke
(2:32:49) – Best martial art for self-defense
(2:37:28) – Meaning of life
Consider This from NPR - BONUS: Policing In America
Black Americans being victimized and killed by the police is an epidemic. As the trial of Derek Chauvin plays out, it's a truth and a trauma many people in the US and around the world are again witnessing first hand. But this tension between African American communities and the police has existed for centuries. This week, the origins of policing in the United States and how those origins put violent control of Black Americans at the heart of the system.
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Audio Poem of the Day - On Rebellion
By Prageeta Sharma