Month: August 2022

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The NewsWorthy - Mississippi Water Crisis, Battery-Related ER Visits & Pre-Labor Day Sales- Tuesday, August 30th, 2022

The news to know for Tuesday, August 30th, 2022!

What to know about a water shortage in the deep south and the aftermath of strong storms in the midwest.

Also, the world is remembering a hero who lost his life trying to stop a gunman who was opening fire in a grocery store.

Plus, a common household product has been sending more kids to the ER, NASA's highly-anticipated moon rocket faces a setback, and why wait until Labor Day? A lot of big sales are happening now.

Those stories and more in around 10 minutes...

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NPR's Book of the Day - ‘The Stolen Year’ details how politics and pandemic magnified inequality in education

Author Anya Kamenetzwas covering education for NPR when the pandemic started spreading in the U.S. She says she saw how political affiliation, divisions and distrust prevented leaders from putting kids first. Kamenetz sits down with Steve Inskeep to discuss her new book, The Stolen Year, and how the pandemic "magnified the inequality" that already existed among school children.
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Read Me a Poem - “The Singing Cat” by Stevie Smith

Amanda Holmes reads Stevie Smith’s poem “The Singing Cat.” Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us: podcast@theamericanscholar.org. If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman.

 

This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by Chad Crouch.


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NPR's Book of the Day - Abdulrazak Gurnah’s ‘Afterlives’ highlights nuances of colonization in East Africa

In Abdulrazak Gurnah's Afterlives, the characters centered in the novel offer different perspectives of ordinary people under German colonization in East Africa. In an interview with NPR's Scott Simon, the author goes into detail about how the "power and attraction of the victor" can lead to the conquered joining the conqueror and the impact it has on one's identity
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CBS News Roundup - World News Roundup: 08/29

NASA hopes to shake off delays and put a rocket in orbit around the moon for the first time in a half century. Deadly Oregon supermarket shooting. Mississippi flooding. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has today's World News Roundup.

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Everything Everywhere Daily - The Artemis Program

On December 14, 1972, the last human beings left the moon's surface.

In the half-century that has passed, we have never returned. 

After many setbacks and delays, NASA is again ready to return to the moon. This time, the goal is much more ambitious and long-term than the Apollo program ever was. 

Learn more about the Artemis program, how it got started, and its objectives on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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In God We Lust - Wondery Presents: This Is Actually Happening

What if you were trafficked into a cult, or were shot nine times, or were the only survivor of a car crash, or went into a minor surgery and woke up one week later, paralyzed -- what would you do?   This is Actually Happening brings you extraordinary true stories of life-changing events told by the people who lived them. Their newest season digs into everything from a young man that dies on the way to meeting his mistress, to a women who witnesses her father murder her mother. These stories will have you on the edge of your seat waiting to hear what happens next.

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The NewsWorthy - Trump Warrant Affidavit, NASA’s Moon Return & VMA Surprises- Monday, August 29th, 2022

The news to know for Monday, August 29th, 2022!

We'll tell you about the Justice Department's rationale for searching former President Trump's home, what team Trump is saying about it, and why American intelligence agencies opened another new investigation.

Also, could it be a repeat from two years ago? Officials in central Mississippi are warning people to leave now. 

Plus, Moderna is suing Pfizer over Covid-19 vaccines, NASA is set to launch its most powerful rocket, and award show surprises will likely keep trending on social media today. 

Those stories and more in around 10 minutes!

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