President Biden calls for a federal gas tax holiday. More than a thousand people are killed in an earthquake in Afghanistan. Compromise in the Senate -- on a gun bill. Correspondent Steve Kathan has the CBS World News Roundup for Wednesday, June 22, 2022:
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Today, housing and affordability reporter Liam Dillon dives into the historical and continuing impact of the 10 freeway on Black communities in Santa Monica. This episode first aired on Jan. 31, 2022.
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Russia is making steady, piecemeal gains in the region; Ukrainian forces are simply outgunned. That disparity defines the war’s progression—for now. More than 20 countries have radio stations run by and for prisoners, giving those inside a voice. And why a cannabis derivative is proving popular among Japan’s elderly. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer
Guest: Troy Goode is the Co-founder & CEO of Courier. He is a multi startup veteran, a Y Combinator veteran, and was a prior guest on the Code Story podcast, in Season 4.
Questions:
Tell me about the recent fundraise with Google Ventures.
Considering the success of Courier, it seems like you are in a place where you can choose your investors. Why Google Ventures?
Enhanced mobile functionality is a new focus - what is planned on the roadmap?
Earlier we talked to Eric from Lattice, who mentioned notifications support 50% of their engagement. We spoke with Pat at Matrix who mentioned you being a significant piece of layer 2 infrastructure. And, we spoke to Vatasha, one of your Sr. Engineers, who spoke of how empowering the app was to use as a customer. Keep the movie playing forward - where do you see this going?
How are you educating your customers on treating your notifications as a part of your user experience?
We looked at our instagram feed over the weekend, and we found TikTok (all our friends’ posts were gone). Kellogg, the sultan of cereal, is splitting into 3 separate companies because snacks are eating everything. And Chanel just unveiled a store so exclusive, you can’t go in without a ticket #VVIP.
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Have you seen the new Top Gun? More importantly, have you seen Jennifer Connelly's eyebrows? Well, gear up because we have some thoughts on both. Also, we have updates from the CDC, Dave Chapelle is back in the news, and the Supreme Court shows us the good side of politics.
Time Stamps:
0:12 - Introduction
17:09 - CDC Recommendation Update
35:42 - Dave Chappelle continues to be a good dude
Do rail workers really earn ?13,000 a year more than nurses? As rail strikes severely hit services we look at some of the claims being made around pay ? and explain how you can measure average pay in different ways.
Plus we investigate claims that Chancellor Rishi Sunak wasted ?11bn by paying too much interest on Britain?s national debt.
Is pollution from tyres really 2000 times worse than pollution from exhausts?
And we look at sex and statistics in America.
Produced in partnership with the Open University.
Credits:
Presenter: Tim Harford
Series Producer: Charlotte McDonald
Reporters: Nathan Gower, Jon Bithrey
Production Coordinator: Janet Staples
Sound Engineer: James Beard
Editor: Richard Vadon