Month: November 2022

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Consider This from NPR - For Many In Ukraine, The Struggle Doesn’t End With Liberation

As Russian forces have retreated in Ukraine, people in newly liberated towns and villages have been trying to pick up the pieces. But it's a process that can be long and painful.

NPR's Kat Lonsdorf met a woman named Ludmilla, six months ago in the liberated town of Borodianka. Somehow, Ludmilla happened to know Kat's childhood neighbors in Wisconsin. She had stayed with them years ago. That random encounter stayed with Kat, so she checked back in with Ludmilla to see how she is doing.

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The Daily Signal - TOP NEWS | Democrats Put $7 Million Behind Georgia Senate Runoff, Awaiting Key Election Results, and Inflation Is Making Us Poorer | Nov 10

On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down:


  • Democrat’s pledge to put $7 million behind Sen. Raphael Warnock‘s runoff campaign. 
  • Votes are still being counted in the Arizona and Nevada Senate races. 
  • American families have lost upward of $7,000 due to inflation. 
  • Hurricane Nicole made landfall in Florida Thursday morning and has now weakened to a tropical storm. 
  • Russia announces a retreat of troops from the strategic port city of Kherson, but Ukraine officials fear it could be a trap.

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Focus on Africa - Activists: Lobbyists threaten success of COP27 summit

Climate activists say fossil fuel lobbyists are threatening to derail genuine solutions to climate damage at the summit in Egypt.

Meanwhile, there are massive fuel shortages in Malawi.

And we meet the South Africa  woman behind the "Future GhettoPunk" Music, Moonchild Sanelly.

These stories and more in this podcast with Audrey Brown.

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - See A Local Magician At A Hidden Chicago Theater

A hidden door in what looks like a laundromat. A theater with dining-room-style seating where magicians come right to your table. All this is an ordinary evening at the Chicago Magic Lounge in Andersonville. Reset learns more about their shows with Joey Cranford, CEO and co-founder of Chicago Magic Lounge, and speaks to one of their current magician residents Paige Thompson.
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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Long COVID Continue To Impact Americans

So many people are suffering silently due to long COVID. But, they’ve also come together to support each other in their fight for access to quality care. Reset talks with Dr. David Putrino, director of rehabilitation innovation for the Mount Sinai Health System in New York City, Dr. Pete Thomas, internal medicine and preventive community medicine specialist at Howard Brown Health in Chicago, Kathie Kane-Willis, director of policy and advocacy at Chicago Urban League, and Samantha Lane, LCSW for Humboldt Park Counseling and host of the Long COVID Support & Processing Group. We also dive deeper with Netia McCray, director of education for the COVID-19 Longhauler Advocacy Project, Fiona Lowenstein, founder of the Body Politic COVID-19 Support Group and editor of The Long COVID Survival Guide and Chimére L. Smith, long COVID patient consultant in Baltimore.
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Motley Fool Money - Did We Just Hit The Bottom?

A lower-than-expected CPI number sent stocks soaring. (0:21) Jim Gillies discusses: - Why he believes the reaction on Wall Street could signal a bottom for stocks - Bumble benefitting from today's market rise - How, after a "busted IPO, Bumble appears to be a real business trading at a more reasonable price (15:47) Jeremy Bowman talks with GitLab CFO Brian Robins about how his company is helping other companies develop software, and the trade-off between growth and profitability. Companies discussed: BMBL, MTCH, GTLB Host: Chris Hill Guests: Jim Gillies, Jeremy Bowman, Brian Robins Producer: Ricky Mulvey

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Science In Action - Neurons that restore walking in paralysed patients

Researchers have identified which neurons, when electrically stimulated, can restore the ability to walk in paralysed patients. Professor Jocelyne Bloch, Associate Professor at the Université de Lausanne, tells Roland how the technology works.

Astronomers have discovered the closest black hole to Earth. Researchers led by Kareem El-Badry, astrophysicist at Harvard University, identified the celestial body when they spotted a Sun-like star orbiting a dark, dense object.

The origins of eels have been mystifying scientists for centuries. Though the Sargasso Sea has been their presumed breeding place for 100 years, there has been no direct evidence of their migration – until now. Ros Wright, Senior Fisheries Technical Specialist at the Environment Agency, shares how researchers finally pinned down these slippery creatures.

This week, a new report from the UN Environment Programme reveals that carbon dioxide emissions from building operations have reached an all-time high. Insaf Ben Othmane, architect and co-author of the report, talks through the risks and opportunities this poses for Africa and why there is still hope for the future.

Producer: Roland Pease Assistant Producer: Sophie Ormiston

(Photo: Patient with complete spinal cord injury (left) and incomplete spinal cord injury (right) walking in Lausanne. Credit: Jimmy Ravier/NeuroRestore)