Month: April 2021

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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - Strange News: The Race for the Arctic, National Debt and a Cocaine Submarine

Investigations reveal a recently deceased, wealthy businessman had a double life as a drug dealer with an interest in submarines. What exactly is the national debt? Over in the Arctic, Russia alarms international observers with its growing military presence — and a terrifying, mysterious new nuclear torpedo.

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The Intelligence from The Economist - Plagued by uncertainty: German politics

As the country wrestles with another covid-19 wave, the battle to succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel is building. We look at the political and epidemiological races. Prince Philip was a loyal consort to Britain’s queen for seven decades; our correspondent recalls meeting him at a difficult time for the family. And why Kenyans are at last indulging in their own coffee.

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Everything Everywhere Daily - The Non-Spanish Languages of Spain

Most people think of languages and countries usually coincide. Germans speak German, the French speak French, and the Spanish speak Spanish. While this is largely true, it isn’t totally true. There are a host of small, regional languages which are only spoken by a few people. These languages are often ignored because they aren’t associated with a country. Learn more about the languages in Spain which are not Spanish on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - What’s Different About the Chauvin Trial

As Derek Chauvin stands trial for the murder of George Floyd, prosecutors are determined to show the justice system is going to work in this case. Beyond the courtroom, the future of Minneapolis’s relationship with its police department is an open question.

Guest: Jon Collins, class and criminal justice reporter at Minnesota Public Radio.

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Strict Scrutiny - Tsunami of Slime

Leah and Kate are joined by Sen. Sheldon “Whiteboard” Whitehouse to discuss the courts subcommittee hearing on dark money and how the topic of the hearing relates to the Court’s upcoming case in Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Becerra/Thomas More Law Foundation v. Becerra.

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Start the Week - Nuclear destruction

In 1962 the world teetered on the edge of nuclear destruction as the Presidents of the USA and the Soviet Union fought over Soviet warheads installed on the islands of Cuba. In Nuclear Folly: A New History of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the historian Serhii Plokhy retells the tortuous decision-making and calculated brinkmanship of John F Kennedy, Nikita Khrushchev and Fidel Castro. He tells Amol Rajan it was ultimately fear that saved the planet, and it’s time to draw lessons from the many mistakes that were made at the time.

The Cold War era did produce a nuclear arms-control agreement – the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty – signed in 1987. But the nuclear physicist and former director of the UN Institute for Disarmament Research Patricia Lewis says that in 2019 the United States and Russia withdrew their support. Lewis, who now leads the International Security programme at Chatham House, asks whether we are now entering a second nuclear age.

The BBC journalist Sarah Rainsford visited the sites of the Soviet Union's nuclear stations in Cuba when she was posted there in 2011. She wrote about her experiences and the end of the Castro era in Our Woman in Havana. Rainsford is now the BBC’s Moscow correspondent and explores how far Khrushchev’s political scheming and disinformation compare to the strategy of President Putin.

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The NewsWorthy - Violent Traffic Stops, Amazon Wins Union Fight & History-Making Masters- Monday, April 12th, 2021

The news to know for Monday, April 12th, 2021!

What to know about:

  • two controversial traffic stops: one left a man dead and sparked clashes between police and demonstrators; the other led to an officer fired and state officials outraged
  • two new trends in the coronavirus pandemic: both vaccinations and hospitalizations are going up in the U.S.
  • what the results show in a closely-watched election at the nation's second-largest employer
  • how Facebook hopes to take on the trendy app Clubhouse
  • a historic first at this year's Masters

Those stories and more in just ~10 minutes!

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Sources:

COVID Hospitalizations Rising: CNN, NY Post, WaPo, CDC

MN Police Shooting, Protests: Minneapolis Star Tribune, WaPo, ABC News, Brooklyn Center Police

VA Controversial Traffic Stop: NY Times, NBC News, USA Today, Axios

Prince Philip Dies: BBC, USA Today, Reuters, NBC News

Rapper DMX Dead: NPR, AP, Vulture

Biden Spending Proposal: WSJ, WaPo, NPR, The Hill

Amazon Wins Union Fight: Time, CNBC, Amazon

Facebook Tests ‘Hotline’: TechCrunch, Reuters, Screenrant, PCMag

First Japanese Masters Winner: CBS Sports, CNN, Fox News, Tiger Woods

Ramadan Begins: WaPo, Forbes, Vox

Money Monday: Electric Vehicle Sales Rising: Axios, NY Times, Canalys