Month: December 2022

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The NewsWorthy - Oil Market Shakeup, Team USA Defeated & ‘Twitter Files’ Released- Monday, December 5, 2022

The news to know for Monday, December 5, 2022!

What to know about the final efforts from both political parties to get one more seat in the Senate, and what authorities are calling an intentional, criminal act that caused a mass power outage in one state. 

Also, the signal protesters in Iran may have made a difference.

Plus, an update on Team USA at the World Cup, what the "Twitter Files" did and did not reveal, and the official color of 2023.

Those stories and more news to know in around 10 minutes!

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NPR's Book of the Day - ‘How to Stand Up to a Dictator’ dissects how disinformation can kill democracies

Journalist and Nobel Prize winner Maria Ressa thinks the world is facing a sort of World War III – especially as it relates to information. Her new book, How to Stand Up to a Dictator, details the relationship between trust, truth and democracy, and how social media's pull to inflammatory falsehoods can threaten that delicate balance. In this episode, she tells NPR's Scott Simon how the Philippines have become "a testing ground for attacks against America," and how investigative reporting on the matter is worth the risks it poses.
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Everything Everywhere Daily - The History of Credit Cards (Encore)

One of the most ubiquitous forms of payment today is credit cards. The odds are good that you have one, and most probably have one on your person right now. 

But how did it come about that you could pay for something by just giving someone a piece of plastic and who exactly came up with this idea?

Learn more about credit cards, where they came from and how they work, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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The Gist - BEST OF THE GIST: Talking About Guns Edition

In this installment of Best Of The Gist, we listen to the first 20 minutes or so of the most recent episode of our sister podcast, Not Even Mad. In it, Mike, Jamie Kirchick, and Virginia Heffernan discuss the narratives created around mass shootings. Then we dig into The Gist archives and listen back to Mike’s April 2018 interview with National Review editor Charles C. W. Cooke on why he thinks repealing the Second Amendment would be a losing proposition for gun control advocates.

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Everything Everywhere Daily - The Dumbest Game Ever Played

Almost thirty years ago, a rather unremarkable soccer match in an unremarkable tournament became the stuff of legend. 

Had it not been for a confluence of events and rules that all came together at one point in one game, it never would have happened. 

The result was something totally ridiculous that had never happened before or since.

Learn more about the 1994 match between Grenada and Barbados, and the dumbest game in history, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.


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The NewsWorthy - Special Edition: RSV, Flu & Covid – ‘Tripledemic’ Explained

It’s been called a “tripledemic," as in three viruses surging during a pandemic. Experts are keeping their eye on high levels of flu in more than half of the states, new variants of COVID-19, and a recent surge of RSV.

You’ll hear from data scientist Dr. Katelyn Jetelina, who you may know on social media as “Your Local Epidemiologist.” We’ll get into what the data shows about how effective the latest COVID boosters are, what she’s watching for as flu season ramps up, and her advice for balancing family and health this holiday season.

Then, I’m joined by Dr. Sara Vora, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at Seattle Children’s Hospital. We’ll talk all about RSV, including what parents need to know and why the virus is causing such a problem this year.

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The Gist - Covid Clemency

Emily Oster is a Harvard-educated professor of economics at Brown University, and, despite her lofty credentials, her research has focused on very human problems, like whether knowing you have a short time to live affects your desire to invest in education and job training. She joins us to discuss her recent feature in The Atlantic titled “Let’s Declare A Pandemic Amnesty.” Also, a prediction for Saturday’s World Cup match between the United States and the Netherlands. SPOILER ALERT: The winner will be the team with the most synchronicity. And no, Sting is not playing. Finally, get out your Lobstar bibs ... it’s an Antwentig!

Produced by Joel Patterson and Corey Wara

Guest appearance by Michelle Pesca, COO

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