Month: September 2021

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Everything Everywhere Daily - The Elgin Marbles

Beginning in 1801, the British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, the Earl of Elgin, began a project to document the sculptures located at the Parthenon in Athens. He then took it one step further and took half of the sculptures at the Parthenon and shipped them back to England. It has been a source of controversy and diplomatic conflict ever since. Learn more about the Elgin Marbles on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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The NewsWorthy - Biden’s Post-War Speech, Texas Voting Law & Twitch Boycott – Wednesday, September 1st, 2021

The news to know for Wednesday, September 1st, 2021!

We'll tell you how President Biden is defending his decisions after America's longest war came to an end. 

Also, months of political drama ended with a new Texas voting law

And are attitudes shifting? What new data shows about Americans and vaccines. 

Plus, new features for emergencies may be coming to iPhones, your Facebook feed is changing, and a hit pop song is turning into a novel for teens.

Those stories and more in about 10 minutes! 

Head to www.theNewsWorthy.com/shownotes for sources and to read more about any of the stories mentioned today.

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What Could Go Right? - The Future of Work with Zeynep Ton and Joan C. Williams

The way we work is in constant evolution. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, do we have a chance to redesign the workplace and workforce for the better? Or will we go back to the way things were before the world locked down? Zeynep Ton, president of the nonprofit Good Jobs Institute, and Joan C. Williams, director of the Center for WorkLife Law at the University of California’s Hastings College of the Law, join us to examine how we might improve the future of work.


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What Could Go Right? - The Raging 2020s with Alec Ross

The bad news? The social contract is broken. The good? It can be mended. An entrepreneur working at the intersection of geopolitics, markets, and technology, Alec Ross has traversed the private and public sectors in his varied career, including a stint as Senior Advisor for Innovation in the Obama administration. In his new book, "The Raging 2020s," he looks at how we might restore the balance of power among government, citizens, and business.

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