Month: May 2021

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The NewsWorthy - Plane ‘Hijacking,’ Big Cities Back in Class & Chicken Coop Caution- Tuesday, May 25th, 2021

The news to know for Tuesday, May 25th, 2021!

We'll tell you about a passenger plane forced to land and why it's sparking outrage around the world.

Also, three goals taking America's top diplomat to the Middle East. 

And two of the largest school districts in the country say goodbye to remote schooling. 

Plus, a new warning about backyard chicken coops, how you could win free flights for a year, and how much 'Charlie Bit My Finger' went for as an NFT. 

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:

Secretary of State Visiting Israel: AP, NY Times, Al Jazeera, Jerusalem Post, WSJ

Belarus Intercepted Plane: NY Times, WSJ, AP, WaPo

Biden Meeting Floyd Family: Axios, CBS News, WaPo, Fox News, Congress.Gov

Texas Allowing Unlicensed Handguns: Texas Tribune, Austin American-Statesman, AP, TX GOP

FL Bans Big Tech from Blocking Politicians: WaPo, Axios, Fox News, Gov. Desantis

NYC, LA Schools to go In-Person: Reuters, NY Times, WSJ, LA Times

Japan Mass Vaccination Centers: AP, Kyodo News, Time, NY Times

United’s Free Flights Sweepstakes: Fox News, USA Today, The Hill, United Airlines

Lyft & Uber Free Rides for Vaccines Goes Live: TechCrunch, Uber, Reuters

Don’t Kiss the Chickens: NY Times, NBC News, AARP, CDC

'Charlie Bit My Finger’ Sells as NFT: BBC, WaPo, Charlie Bit Me Auction, Original Video 

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In God We Lust - A Liberal At Liberty with Kevin Roose | 7

Before he was a New York Times columnist and an occasional guest on The Daily, Kevin Roose spent a semester undercover at Liberty University and wrote about it in his first book. So what did a secular Brown University student learn from his time at Liberty? Brooke and Aricia sit down with Kevin to find out.

You can read more about Kevin’s undercover experience in his book “The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner’s Semester At America’s Holiest University.”

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Read Me a Poem - “A Ritual to Read to Each Other” by William Stafford

Amanda Holmes reads William Stafford’s poem “A Ritual to Read to Each Other.” Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us: podcast@theamericanscholar.org. If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman.

 

This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by Chad Crouch.


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Pod Save America - “The AP Bows to the Right-Wing Mob.”

Joe Biden’s ambitious agenda confronts the reality of a broken Congress, the Associated Press sets off a controversy over objectivity in journalism after firing a reporter for her tweets, and New York political reporter Jeff Colton talks to Jon Lovett about the upcoming New York City mayoral race.


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The Commentary Magazine Podcast - It’s the Pick-Your-Own-Topic Show!

Today we try something new: Each panelist chooses a topic. We talk about the effort to equate anti-Semitism with Islamophobia. We talk about whether the Biden administration will hold China accountable on the virus. And we talk about the state hijacking of a commercial European jetliner. Give a listen. Source

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Everything Everywhere Daily - Tarrare: The Hungriest Man in History

Have you ever been really full after a meal? Like really really full? Could you imagine eating and never feeling full? Like going to an all you can eat fish restaurant and then getting kicked out for eating too much and going fishing so you can eat more fish? Well, there was one Frenchman who could never be satiated and the results of this condition were….astonishing. Learn more about Tarrare and his medical condition on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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