Month: April 2022

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Short Wave - Planetary Scientists Are Excited About Uranus

Probes to Uranus and to one of Jupiter's moons where conditions might support life; a better plan high-quality science on the moon--those are some of the recommendations in a new 700 page report to NASA. NPR science correspondent Nell Greenfieldboyce has looked at that report and talked to the experts. Today, she sifts through all the juicy details of where NASA is headed the next few decades.

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NPR's Book of the Day - A retelling of the Book of Genesis with God as a woman in ‘Let There Be Light’

New Yorker magazine cartoonist Liana Fink grew up in a Jewish household; she went to synagogue, attended Hebrew day school, and observed Shabbat. But noticing a drift between her religious practice and her interest in its traditional stories put her on a path to reclaim her faith on her own terms. The result is 'Let There Be Light,' a graphic novel that retells the Book of Genesis starring a woman as God. In an interview on Weekend Edition Sunday, Fink told Scott Simon that reimagining God as a woman through her characteristic humorous style has helped her reconnect with her faith and religion.
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The Gist - Trump Legal Jeopardy VS Dems Wishful Thinking

Every day another piece of potentially damning news seems to emerge from the January 6th commission or the NY Attorney General office. But it is so hard to know what are the real risks, and what is just fodder for prosecution thirsty cable news lawyers. Plus, Governor Abbott's backward bus stunt, and the value of corporate amorality.

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - THE HASH: Central African Republic Adopts Bitcoin as Legal Tender, Ethereum Foundation’s Non-Crypto Investments and More

"The Hash" team discusses the official recognition of bitcoin as legal currency in the Central African Republic, bitcoin adoption in El Salvador and the Ethereum Foundation's non-crypto investments.

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Why Labor Unions Are Winning Big Right Now

This week, two Illinois Starbucks coffee shops won union elections, Chicago Reader staff’s protesting forced one of the co-owners to step down, and University of Illinois Chicago graduate students bargained for higher wages. Guests: Katie Prout, staff writer, The Chicago Reader and member of the union’s bargaining committee, Yasmin Zacaria Mikhaiel, audience engagement manager, The Chicago Reader and union member, Michael Mueller, shift lead at Starbucks in Cary, Illinois, Matt DeVilbiss teaching assistant, PhD candidate, organizing chair of UIC’s graduate employees organization, Bob Bruno, director of the labor education program at the School for Labor and Employment Relations at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Federalist Radio Hour - The Disney Debate Clarifies Conservative Principles

On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, Federalist Senior Editor John Daniel Davidson joins Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to discuss why conservatives are split over the Florida government's decision to limit Disney's privileges in the Sunshine State.

Read Davidson's article "Gov. DeSantis Is Right To Attack Disney. Republicans Everywhere Should Follow His Lead" here: https://thefederalist.com/2022/04/21/gov-desantis-is-right-to-attack-disney-republicans-everywhere-should-follow-his-lead/
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Consider This from NPR - Following The Journey of One Palestinian Seeking Medical Care In Gaza

One Palestinian man's struggle to get life-saving medical care while living in the Gaza Strip highlights many lesser-seen victims of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Since the militant group Hamas took over Gaza 15 years ago, Israel's travel restrictions have resulted in many barriers for Palestinians seeking critical health care.

Palestinians can try to get medical treatment both in and outside of Gaza, but need a travel permit to choose the latter. And while Israel grants thousands of travel permits a year, the timeline for securing one can be long. Some doctors have also fled Gaza. All of these factors can pose dangerous delays for vital treatment.

NPR Jerusalem Correspondent Daniel Estrin followed one patient's difficult journey to get heart surgery.

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