Month: January 2022

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What A Day - The Palin New York Times

New U.S. cases of COVID are down slightly from the peak brought on by the Omicron variant. Average daily cases are closer to 700,000 than 800,000, which is where they were earlier in the month, and hospitalizations are at a record high but have started to level off. We look at the numbers and discuss new data on the efficacy of booster vaccine doses.


The Sarah Palin v. The New York Times libel case goes to trial today. Palin filed the suit after the New York Times suggested that an ad placed by Palin's PAC was linked to the shooting of former Arizona Representative Gabby Giffords in 2011. We review the case and its potential to change how we think about First Amendment protections for journalists.


And in headlines: A fire in the Palo Colorado Canyon area forced hundreds of people to flee their homes along the California coast, a Saudi-led airstrike killed at least 87 people in a Yemen prison, and New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern canceled her own wedding because of COVID.


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The NewsWorthy - Americans Leave Ukraine, Big Sur Wildfire & Tax Season Begins – Monday, January 24th, 2022

The news to know for Monday, January 24th, 2022!

We're talking about new intelligence that shows why Russia might want to invade Ukraine and how the U.S. is taking action now.

Also, an estimated 20,000 people came together for one common cause: to oppose vaccine mandates. 

Plus, two companies are promising to address shortages and add jobs, billionaire Mark Cuban could help people get affordable prescriptions, and the snow you see at the Winter Olympics will be different than usual.

Those stories and more in around 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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The Daily Signal - Pro-America Kids Content: An Interview With PragerU’s Jill Simonian

When the COVID-19 pandemic closed schools to in-person learning in the spring of 2020, parents across America began to see firsthand what their kids were learning via Zoom meetings and other virtual platforms. One of those parents, Jill Simonian of California, didn't like what she saw.

Simonian decided to speak out. She began posting on social media and raising awareness among other parents about what she calls "the radicalization in our schools." Her outspokenness eventually led to a job at Prager U, the educational organization founded by Dennis Prager.

Last year, The Daily Signal interviewed Simonian about PragerU's Resources for Educators and Parents. Since then, she's helped launch PragerU Kids, which offers even more content for family and children—material many of them probably aren't seeing in school.

"We do not want to radicalize our children. We don't want to indoctrinate our children. We don't want to do anything that's political. We merely want to present families and educators with resources that unite us as Americans, that provide the rightful telling of who we are as Americans," Simonian says.

Read a lightly edited transcript at DailySignal.com.


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What Next - What Next | Daily News and Analysis – How the Texas Synagogue Survived

Stuart Frisch gave security training to the members of Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, less than six months before they found themselves under siege and held hostage—a training the rabbi cited when explaining how they managed to escape. 


How does Frisch approach protecting spaces that aren’t meant to be fortresses? Can faith and security coexist?


Guest: Stuart Frisch, advisor for the Secure Community Network.

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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - How the Texas Synagogue Survived

Stuart Frisch gave security training to the members of Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, less than six months before they found themselves under siege and held hostage—a training the rabbi cited when explaining how they managed to escape. 


How does Frisch approach protecting spaces that aren’t meant to be fortresses? Can faith and security coexist?


Guest: Stuart Frisch, advisor for the Secure Community Network.

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Short Wave - Placebos Vs Parkinson’s: The Power Of Joy

Parkinson's disease is a brain disorder that leads to difficulty with walking, balance and coordination. There is currently no cure, but scientists in Pittsburgh, PA have an ambitious plan to develop a treatment based on the placebo effect. NPR science correspondent, Jon Hamilton, tells the story of how this plan came to be. It involves a batch of illegal drugs, the rabies virus, and figuring out what makes a monkey really happy.

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NPR's Book of the Day - What motivates you? For Olympic medalist Lindsey Vonn, it’s failure.

The 2022 Winter Olympics are right around the corner, so to prepare we are bringing you a conversation with skier Lindsey Vonn. Her new memoir, Rise, looks at her road to becoming a ski champion and Olympic medalist. Spoiler alert: it was not all sunshine and roses. Vonn told NPR's A Martinez that she's lucky she is wired in a way that makes negativity a driving force because she has seen the pressure and stress of being an Olympic athlete derail other people's careers.
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It Could Happen Here - The Metaverse That Never Was, Part 1

The astroturfed Metaverse is coming, this episode we discuss virtual shopping and VR crypto storefronts.

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Consider This from NPR - BONUS: The Beauty, Style, And Life Of André Leon Talley

A towering figure of the fashion world, André Leon Talley was impossible to ignore. His influence extended well beyond the runway — during his time at Vogue, he was a rare Black editor in a largely white industry, and also a major figure in the LGBTQ+ community.

In this episode of It's Been A Minute, host Sam Sanders discusses Talley's influence and legacy with Saeed Jones and Zach Stafford.

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - SOB: First Practices Aren’t Best Practices

On this episode of Speaking of Bitcoin, join hosts Adam B. Levine, Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy and Jonathan Mohan for a discussion about crypto cycles and consequences.

This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io.

As 2022 kicks into gear many of us are wondering what's in store for bitcoin and the broader crypto markets. Our lives, although our own, are driven by cycles which are often outside of our control. These cycles create the environment in which we each try to find happiness and success. But we can't see the cycles, at least not until they've come to pass and so we can't tell if this time is different until it's too late.

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