Month: August 2021

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Shot And Forgotten: The Hidden Crisis Among Chicagoans Surviving Gun Violence

Of every six people shot in Chicago, five survive. But while much of the attention from the media, law enforcement, city leaders and the public is on homicides, there is a hidden crisis across the city: survivors face physical, psychological and emotional recovery with little to know help. In Part One (of three) of our collaboration with the nonprofit newsroom The Trace, Reset learns the stories of survivors of gun violence in Chicago: what resources they need, and what recovery looks like without it. For more Reset interviews, subscribe to this podcast. And please give us a rating to help other listeners find us. For more about Reset, go to wbez.org and follow us on Twitter @WBEZReset
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Consider This from NPR - How Climate Change Is Making Storms Like Ida Even Worse

Hurricane Ida's winds intensified rapidly as the storm approached coastal Louisiana over the weekend — making landfall at its most powerful. NPR's Rebecca Hersher explains how Ida was supercharged by climate change.

Now the hurricane's remnants are moving north and east, where millions are bracing for flooding and tornado threats. Janey Camp with Vanderbilt University tells NPR why climate change means flooding will become more common in areas where people haven't been accustomed to it in the past.

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - BREAKDOWN: DAOs, NFTs and Crypto Derivatives Win Attention as Billionaire Paulson Calls Crypto ‘Worthless’

Today’s news reflects the full breadth of everything happening in the crypto industry.

This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.

On today’s episode, NLW breaks down a slew of stories that reflect different aspects of the crypto industry:

  • Billionaire John Paulson doesn’t like crypto
  • FTX US acquires LedgerX
  • Syndicate DAO raises $20 million
  • Layer 1 battles with Ethereum and Solana 
  • Vintage Bitcoin-based “Rare Pepes” get repurposed and sold on OpenSea
  • Treasury trying to add MORE rules for crypto reporting 

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Time To Say Goodbye - SCOTUS evictions, mixed-race Census, a new silent majority, and the D’Amelios

Hello from the West Coast!

It’s just Jay and Tammy this week, on everything from backyard farming to Barbara Ehrenreich.

* Jay advises Tammy on late-season tomato growing. 🍅

* What to make of SCOTUS’s awful (but anticipated) decision to end the COVID eviction moratorium? Where will it hit worst?

* Why are so many more people (nearly triple!) identifying as mixed-race in the US Census? Does it have anything to do with 23andMe?

* Tammy asks Jay about the latest installment of his NYT newsletter: on what we might learn from the media misfires of 1968.

* Who is teen TikToker Charli D’Amelio, and why does her whole family now have a Hulu reality show? Is it too late to get in on this hustle?

Andy will be back soon. Until then, thanks for listening and supporting us via Patreon and Substack! Stay in touch by email (timetosaygoodbyepod@gmail.com) or Twitter.



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CBS News Roundup - World News Roundup: 08/31

US troops pull out of Afghanistan, leaving hundreds of Americans behind. Widespread flooding and power outages from Ida. Wildfire evacuation near Lake Tahoe. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has today's World News Roundup.

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Headlines From The Times - The rise and fall of Korean dry cleaners

If you’ve worked from home during the pandemic, you probably haven’t used your local dry cleaner as much. Maybe you noticed a little bit more savings and thought, “Oh, cool.” But think about it: Your dry cleaner is run by people. If you’re in Southern California, they're most likely Korean immigrants. And if you’re not spending money, that means they’re not making it.

Today, we talk about the history of the Korean dry cleaner in the United States. How did people get into this business? And are their days of dominating it over?

Host: Gustavo Arellano

Guest: L.A. Times San Gabriel Valley reporter Andrew J. Campa and Arroyo Cleaners owners Yoon Dong Kim and Stacy Kim

More reading:

Long a path to success for Korean immigrants, dry cleaners struggle in the pandemic

From the archives: Korean immigrants run 70% of Orange County’s dry cleaners and 27% of its neighborhood grocery stores

From the archives: Korean Americans move on to franchises

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The Intelligence from The Economist - CDU later? Germany’s topsy-turvy election

The party of Angela Merkel, the outgoing chancellor, is flailing in polls. We ask why the race has been so unpredictable and what outcomes now seem probable. In America, obtaining a kit to make an untraceable firearm takes just a few clicks; we examine efforts to close a dangerous legal loophole. And as sensitivities change, so do some bands’ names. 

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Bay Curious - State of Drought 3: Are We in a Megadrought?

We've been flirting with exceptional drought on and off in California for many years now. Bay Curious listener Nicholas Hardy is wondering if it's time to call it a megadrought. That got us wondering: what is a megadrought and are we in one?

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Reported by Amy Mayer. Bay Curious is made by Olivia Allen-Price, Katrina Schwartz, Kevin Stark, Katie McMurran and Brendan Willard. Additional support from Erika Aguilar, Jessica Placzek, Kyana Moghadam, Isabeth Mendoza, Paul Lancour, Suzie Racho, Carly Severn, Ethan Lindsey, Vinnee Tong and Jenny Pritchett.