Month: August 2022

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The NewsWorthy - CDC Overhaul, Supply Chain Hurdles & Historic NBA Contract- Thursday, August 18th, 2022

The news to know for Thursday, August 18th, 2022!

We'll tell you why the CDC's leader is criticizing her own agency and new details about what's expected next for interest rates in the U.S.

Also, new issues are impacting the global supply chain, and they could take a toll on the holiday shopping season.

Plus, how some states are getting creative to find desperately-needed teachers, why Amazon could look more like TikTok in the future, and a historic contract for an NBA star.

Those stories and more in around 10 minutes!

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The Daily Signal - School Choice Advocate Corey DeAngelis Explains Why Freedom Is Winning Education Revolution

More parents than ever are taking their kids out of failing public schools and educating them in the way that benefits them most, whether that’s in a private or charter school, or through homeschooling.

In the vanguard of the fight to achieve school choice across the nation is Corey DeAngelis. DeAngelis is a senior fellow at the American Federation for Children, adjunct senior fellow at the Reason Foundation, and executive director at the Educational Freedom Institute.

He joins this episode of “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss how school choice is gaining ground, and how proponents can keep the momentum for education freedom going.

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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - The Red States Punishing Green Businesses

State treasurers in red states have been banding together to punish companies that are trying to divest themselves from the fossil fuel industry. But it isn’t clear if, say, BlackRock needs West Virginia more than West Virginia needs BlackRock. And this new front in the culture war may come with a bill that taxpayers have to pay. 


Guest: David Gelles, correspondent on the Climate desk at The New York Times, covering the intersection of public policy and the private sector.



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Short Wave - A Rising Demand for Coal Amidst War in Ukraine

Demand for coal in Europe is rising as Russia's invasion of Ukraine threatens the country's vast natural resource and fossil fuel reserves - and subsequently, the world's energy supply.

With trillions of dollars of Ukrainian energy deposits now under Russian control, the effects of the war are being felt far beyond the country's borders.

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NPR's Book of the Day - Romance novelist pokes fun at genre while writing it, in ‘Thank You for Listening’

Author and audiobook narrator Julia Whelan says narrating her own second book, Thank You for Listening, was "so meta, that it just spins off its axis." It's about a former on-camera actress who suffered a tragic event that ended her on-camera career. She's found work in narrating audiobooks and while she loves it, it isn't the same as being in front of the camera. Whelan chats with Mary Louise Kelly about how this latest novel pokes fun at romance while honoring it, and the different voices she has had to use to represent the "voice" of the book.
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It Could Happen Here - You Are Being Lied To About Taiwan

Welcome to Taiwan 101, a corrective to the piles of lies fed to leftists about Taiwan by malicious nationalists to conscript them into their imperialist project.

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The Gist - Mr. Xi’s Neighborhood

Jonah Blank, senior Political Scientist at the RAND Corporation, assesses the messages sent (and received) by all the Chinese missiles lobbed over Taiwan. Plus, the threat of overstating threats from the right. And is Alaskan Senate Candidate Kelly Tshibaka secretly … maybe … plausibly … part Wookiee?

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Planet Money - SUMMER SCHOOL 6: Trade & The Better Life

International trade is the web of cross-border relationships that binds economies together. Because of trade we have access to cheaper, higher-quality goods, and we get to benefit from other countries' cultures. Economics tells us trade makes society, overall on average, better off, but that doesn't mean everyone wins. Today, the good and bad of trade through the eyes of workers in developing economies who make the things sold around the world. We follow them as they navigate the ever-shifting international trade environment. |At this Summer School, phones ARE allowed during class... Check out this week's PM TikTok! | Listen to past seasons of Summer School here.

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Survivors Say It’s Far Too Hard To Report A Sexual Assault

After being sexually assaulted by a man who was later arrested for alleged gropings in downtown Chicago, one survivor said it was very difficult to get law enforcement to take her story seriously. Reset talks with Block Club Chicago reporter Melody Mercado and Mallory Littlejohn, legal director at the Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation, about what happened and what needs to change. A national hotline is available for people looking for support or resources related to sexual assault. The number is 1-800-656-4673.