Month: August 2021

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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - A Doctor in the Middle of the Florida Surge

The delta variant is making its way through the country, becoming the leading strain of the coronavirus and increasing case counts as it goes. In few places is the crisis more severe than in Florida, where new daily case counts are hitting all-time highs and vaccination rates have leveled out around 50%. Gov. Ron DeSantis has refused to instate a mask mandate and insists that the spike is just a “seasonal wave” -- even as healthcare workers are pushed to the brink trying to care for ill patients.


Guest: Bernard Ashby, a vascular cardiologist in Miami and the Florida director of the Committee to Protect Healthcare.


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Strict Scrutiny - Superminority Status

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Everything Everywhere Daily - Tokyo 2020: Medals and Records

Most coverage of the Olympics is very biased towards whatever country you happen to live in, and certain popular sports. Lesser sports and accomplishments from athletes in other countries may often be completely overlooked. So, I figured I’d give a recap of the Tokyo Olympics by putting my very special touch on it, and focus on the exceptional performances across all sports from this Olympics.

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NBN Book of the Day - Cian T. McMahon, “The Coffin Ship: Life and Death at Sea during the Great Irish Famine” (NYU Press, 2021)

Cian T. McMahon is an associate professor of history at University of Nevada-Las Vegas. His research focuses on the history and identity of the Irish Diaspora. In this interview, he discusses his new book The Coffin Ship: Life and Death at Sea during the Great Irish Famine (NYU Press, 2021), a social history of migration during the Great Irish Famine (1845-55).

Drawing primarily on migrants’ diaries and letters, The Coffin Ship reconstructs the experience of leaving Ireland by sea during the cataclysm of the Famine of the late 1840s and early 1850s, when approximately 2.2 million people left Ireland.

With chapters examining “Preparation”, “Embarkation”, “Life”, “Death”, and “Arrival”, McMahon not only provides an intimate account of migrant experiences but also places this migration into its British imperial and Atlantic contexts, tracing maritime routes from Ireland to Liverpool and from there to Quebec, the United States and Australia. McMahon’s book also investigates popular memories of the Famine, not least the assumption that the “coffin ships” that passed back and forth between Ireland and Eastern Canada were sites of mass death.

The Coffin Ship is published by NYU Press as part of their new Glucksman Irish Diaspora Series.

Aidan Beatty is a historian at the Honors College of the University of Pittsburgh

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In the Bubble with Andy Slavitt - Here Come the Vaccines Again! (with Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear)

As vaccine distribution continues to ramp up around the country, Andy calls up Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear to understand how it’s all working on the ground in a state like Kentucky. Listeners have a chance to get “in the bubble” with Andy and Governor Beshear to hear their candid conversation about leading through this challenging moment, as well as how best to support communities as we work together to end the pandemic. Dr. Lisa is joined by Cara McNulty of Aetna and CVSHealth to talk tactics for reaching people in communities for their health care needs.

 

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What A Day - The Long View Of The Midterms

Next year's midterm elections will dictate the future of voter rights, reproductive rights, climate change, pandemic recovery, and more. They may seem far off, but we can start getting ready for 2022 now. We spoke with Crooked's political director Shaniqua McClendon about the "No Off Years" campaign, which aims to support local organizers on the ground, register more people, and fight misinformation around the polls.

And in headlines: the Dixie Fire continues to burn in Northern California, the Taliban seizes more regional capitals in Afghanistan, and Larry Page gets residency status in New Zealand.


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The NewsWorthy - New Covid Surge, Taliban Takeover & Olympics Wrap Up – Monday, August 9th, 2021

The news to know for Monday, August 9th, 2021!

We're talking about a big jump in COVID-19 cases here in the U.S. and a new variant that experts are keeping a close eye on.

Also, a California wildfire is now making history as one of the largest ever. Thousands of homes are still threatened. 

Plus, new rules for traveling to Canada, record-high prices for Uber and Lyft rides, and the final medal count from the Tokyo Olympics.

Those stories and more in around 10 minutes!

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The Daily Signal - Hillsdale College Helps K-12 Students Learn American History, Civics

Schools across America—both public and private—are embracing the left's radical ideas at an alarming rate. These ideas have found their way into curriculum, sometimes subtly and other times overtly.


Many parents have had enough. They're taking action and speaking out—winning seats on school boards, demanding transparency from teachers, and insisting that their kids learn the foundational values that made America the greatest country on earth.


Now, thanks to Hillsdale College, there’s a curriculum that parents can use to ensure their children are getting the education they deserve. Matthew Spalding, Hilldale's vice president of Washington operations and dean of the Van Andel Graduate School of Government, joins "The Daily Signal Podcast" to talk about the curriculum and why it’s needed now more than ever.


"It's important for us to realize that while we might think this is merely a debate about different opinions about history," Spalding says, "this is about debate between history on the one hand—good, accurate history and we can have some disagreements here and there, but generally speaking, there's a broad consensus about that—and an ideological approach, which is using history merely as a foil to fight current battles."


Listen to my interview with Spalding on the podcast or read a lightly edited transcript below. You may learn more about the Hillsdale 1776 Curriculum on the school's website and access other K-12 resources there as well.


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Short Wave - Siriusly, It’s The Dog Days Of Summer!

Ever wonder why we call it the Dog Days of Summer? Today on the show — Emily gives Maddie an astronomical reason why we associate the sweltering heat of summer with the dog star, Sirius.

So, before the dog days are over, have a listen — perhaps as you head out to the sky in search of the dog star.

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It Could Happen Here - Introducing: It Could Happen Here Daily

Collapse is all around us. Find out what's coming next, and what you can do to build a new world from the ashes of the old, every day on this show.

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