More than a year after George Floyd was murdered by a Minneapolis policeman, the city votes on an overhaul of its force. We examine America’s shifting debate over police reform. Cryptocurrencies have taken off in Cuba; but the communist authorities want control. And light may be shed on the mystery of the reproductive habits—and extraordinary migration—of eels.
In which a viral craze inspires hundreds of young Taiwanese folks to put a fish in their names, and John hits a cement wall in his attempts to mate. Certificate #50920.
Coca-Cola just made its biggest acquisition ever: $8B for BodyArmor. Overtime Elite just launched the newest pro sports league… but it’s with high school players. And Shanghai Disneyland had a single Covid case that shut down its theme park — because Disney doesn’t actually own Disney Shanghai.
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India Walton won the Democratic primary for Mayor of Buffalo, New York, in June. Her victory put her on track to become the first socialist mayor in the city’s history, and the first nationwide in more than half a century. The only problem is, her opponent - current mayor Byron Brown - refuses to bow out, and is waging a well-funded write-in campaign in the hopes of keeping his post.
How has a self-styled socialist gotten so close to running Buffalo? And why are some Democrats standing in her way?
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The loss of an Alabama football season would cost the Tuscaloosa economy about $200 million. During the 2020 season, Mayor Walt Maddox talked about the impact limited capacity and other restrictions would have on the city. AL.com's John Talty explains how the University of Alabama athletics department was affected. A Tuscaloosa business owner also discusses why football season is crucial to their success.
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In 1941, after the German invasion of the Soviet Union, a 24-year-old woman in Ukraine volunteered to join the Red Army. She was initially pressured to become a nurse like most women who volunteered, however, that wasn’t what she wanted to do. She wanted to be on the front lines. Within a year, she was to become one of the most lethal soldiers in all of the second world war. Learn more about Lyudmila Pavlichenko, aka Lady Death, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
We're talking about elections happening around the country today and which ones are getting the most national attention.
Also, what a new study found about kids and screen time. How much it's gone up during the pandemic and the impact on mental health.
Plus, global backlash led to a rule change for one sport, a word of caution for anyone who uses a Mac, and a new feature on Instagram that allows for public threads in stories.
How much do new building codes reduce energy usage? How much and it what ways does it matter for an immigrant to be able to work legally? How has the Affordable Care Act affected people’s work decisions? How did the Great Recession affect women’s childbearing decisions? New statistical and econometric techniques give us better ways of distinguishing correlation from causation even when an experiment would be impossible or unethical. In Data and the American Dream: Contemporary Social Controversies and the American Community Survey, economist Matthew Holian provides a practical introduction to these techniques using publicly available data.
It’s election day, again! We are following major gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey, mayoral contests in Cleveland, Buffalo, Atlanta and Boston, as well as ballot measures, city council, and more. Amanda Litman, co-founder and co-executive director of Run for Something, joins us to break everything down.
And in headlines: the COP26 UN Climate Conference began in Glasgow, Scotland, the Supreme Court heard challenges to the Texas abortion law, and COVID-19 has now killed more than five million people around the world.
In this episode, Rivers heads back to the Record Parlour in Hollywood, CA to dig through the Bargain Bin for weird LPs with comedians Kevin Anderson, Joe Kaye, and Joe Raines. We also test out a terrible new concoction called "Confidence Drink" that quickly makes this episode go sideways in the most hilarious way imaginable. Follow Kevin, Joe, and Joe on social media @KBAndersonYo, @JoeCharlesKaye, and @JoeMFRaines. The albums we talked about are as follows: Xavion - 'Burnin' Hot' Gamma - '2' Bus Boys - 'Minimum Wage Rock & Roll' Cliff Richard - 'I'm Nearly Famous' Cafe Jacques - 'Round the Back' Art Kritics - 'Duck and Cover' Bruce Roberts - 'Cool Fool' Monte Video - 'Monte Video' Lawrence Hilton Jacobs - 'All the Way... Love' Follow the show on Twitter @TheGoodsPod. Rivers is @RiversLangley Sam is @SlamHarter Carter is @Carter_Glascock Subscribe on Patreon for HOURS of bonus content including THREE more "Bargain Bin" episodes! http://patreon.com/TheGoodsPod Pick up a Goods from the Woods t-shirt at: http://prowrestlingtees.com/TheGoodsPod