Month: January 2022

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Headlines From The Times - Locked in the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6

Los Angeles Times congressional correspondent Sarah D. Wire knew she was in for a historic day when she walked into the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. She was there to cover the counting of the electoral college votes for the 2020 presidential election.

Because of then-President Trump’s allegations of election fraud, she was expecting controversy. But she didn’t expect to be caught in the middle of an insurrection.

Today, Sarah tells us about the day a mob of pro-Trump extremists stormed the Capitol, and she shares never-before-heard interviews with the Congress members who sheltered with her for hours. It’s a glimpse into the minds of our lawmakers as they worried for their lives while chaos invaded the seat of American democracy.

More reading:

I’m in a roomful of people ‘panicked that I might inadvertently give away their location’

Jan. 6 committee prepares to go public as findings mount

Column: The Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol was bad. It may have set the stage for worse

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Time To Say Goodbye - RIP 2021 and “Don’t Look Up”

New year, new pod!

“Same pod, though…”

0:00 – We discuss various New Year’s Day soups and East Asian black beans.

7:50 – Many influential writers died at the end of 2021. We explore the legacies of Joan Didion, bell hooks, and historian Jonathan Spence. 

44:40 – Why is the Netflix climate change film, “Don’t Look Up,” so polarizing? Written by Adam McKay and Bernie pal David Sirota, and starring basically all of Hollywood, it has inspired a lot of commentary. Is it a good leftist film? Is it funny? Effective? What about its portrayal of the media and academia? (Check out these think-pieces from “Money on the Left” and Current Affairs.)

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The Daily Detail - The Daily Detail for 1.4.22

Alabama

  • Lew Burdette will go up against Governor Kay Ivey in GOP primary
  • 2 tornadoes  confirmed to have landed in Madison County on New Year's Day
  • Missing Montgomery couple with dementia have been found and returned to family
  • Birmingham Police ask public for help in solving a 2018 homicide cold case
  • Whataburger franchise opens up new burger joint in Auburn

National

  • Federal Judge grants injunction against military vaccine mandate for US Navy Seals
  • CEO of major insurance company says working age mortality is skyrocketing
  • FL Governor and Surgeon General announce good news on monoclonal antibodies
  • NY State Attorney General subpeonas 2 of Donald Trump's adult children
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The Intelligence from The Economist - Holmes stretch: Theranos’s founder convicted

Elizabeth Holmes has been found guilty of fraud. We ask what lessons her downfall holds for Theranos’s high-profile backers—and for a startup culture of hype before science. As Apple crosses a $3trn valuation we examine the motives for its stop-start forays into the competitive streaming-video business. And what lies behind the curious resurgence of syphilis.

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The Best One Yet - 🥦 “It’s my Broccoli Subscription” — Sweetgreen’s salad pass. Tesla’s milestone vacay. Beer vs Liquor.

Hold the cauliflower, Sweetgreen just launched the 1st salad subscription we’ve ever seen, because some Millennials are Time-Poor. While you were vacay’ing, Tesla announced it sold almost 1 million cars last year (with a side portion of 3 controversies). And we have an update on the legendary American rivalry: Beer vs Liquor… Liquor slurped up Beer’s lead last year with a sneaky little product. $SG $TSLA $BUD Got a SnackFact? Tweet it @RobinhoodSnacks @JackKramer @NickOfNewYork Want a shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form: https://forms.gle/KhUAo31xmkSdeynD9 Got a SnackFact for the pod? We got a form for that too: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe64VKtvMNDPGSncHDRF07W34cPMDO3N8Y4DpmNP_kweC58tw/viewform Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Everything Everywhere Daily - The Great Wall of China

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It is one of the longest and largest structures ever built. It was designed to defend one of the oldest and greatest civilizations on the planet. 

For centuries it did just that…..and for some centuries it didn’t do that at all.  

Some people have claimed that you could see it from space, and it is one of the most visited tourist attractions on Earth. 

Learn more about the Great Wall of China, one of the planet’s greatest man-made wonders, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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