Month: January 2023

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What A Day - There Will Be Blood (And PFAS)

Thinx, one of the most recognizable brands for period underwear, agreed to pay out $5 million to settle a class action lawsuit alleging that its signature product contains PFAS — despite having advertised the underwear as safe.

A recent New York Times investigation revealed that the National Restaurant Association coerced millions of restaurant workers nationwide into unknowingly funding the lobbying efforts that keep their wages low. Saru Jayaraman, the President of One Fair Wage, joins us to discuss the effort to end the sub-minimum wage and improve working conditions in the service sector.

And in headlines: Ukraine's interior minister was among at least 14 people killed in a helicopter crash outside Kyiv, Microsoft announced that it will lay off 10,000 employees, and former President Donald Trump’s campaign asked Meta to reinstate his Facebook account.

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The NewsWorthy - Heavy Snowstorm, Surprise Resignation & Chatbots in Classrooms- Thursday, January 19, 2023

The news to know for Thursday, January 19, 2023!

We'll tell you about a snowstorm that slammed the Midwest and where it's headed next.

Also, a new refugee policy requires more everyday Americans to get involved. 

And there was a surprise announcement from a history-making leader. New Zealand's prime minister says she's stepping down.

Plus, a new plan from Southwest Airlines, how colleges are changing their ways because of artificial intelligence, and the movies getting the most buzz at the first in-person Sundance Film Festival in years. 

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

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The Daily Signal - INTERVIEW | Paul Teller on How ‘Freedom Agenda’ Offers Hopeful Vision for America’s Future

After serving as vice president of the United States, Mike Pence created a new organization dedicated to promoting and defending the policies he championed during his four years in office.

To lead this new organization, he tapped Paul Teller, a veteran of Capitol Hill who worked for Pence and President Donald Trump in the White House. Teller is now executive director of Advancing American Freedom.


Today, the organization is helping to shape the agenda for conservatives, the new Congress, and our next president. Teller joins the show to discuss the "Freedom Agenda" and more.


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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - Latin America’s Lost Decade

In the early 2000s, economic growth exploded in South America—and the citizens of Brazil, Peru, Chile and elsewhere enjoyed increasing prosperity. But over the last decade, the churn of the world economy has made it hard for leaders across the region to meet their people’s raised expectations. 


Guest: Brian Winter, editor-in-chief of Americas Quarterly, former foreign correspondent for Reuters in Brazil, Argentina, and Mexico.


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Short Wave - What Cities Should Learn From California’s Flooding

Winter storms have flooded parts of California, broken levees and forced thousands to evacuate. Climate change is altering the historic weather patterns that infrastructure like reservoirs and waterways were built to accommodate. Urban planners and engineers are rethinking underlying assumptions baked into buildings and water systems in order to adapt to the changing climate. Today, NPR climate correspondent Lauren Sommer walks us through three innovations happening around the country to help cities adapt to shifting and intensifying weather patterns.

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NPR's Book of the Day - Art Spiegelman reissues ‘Breakdowns’ with new perspective on book bans

Author and cartoonist Art Spiegelman is familiar with the hysteria surrounding certain library books. In today's episode, he tells NPR's Scott Simon about how comic book burnings during his childhood in the 1950s weren't all that different from book bans taking place across the country today. Spiegelman says that though they tackled difficult subjects, he found then – and continues to find today – great emotional power in comics, such as his reissued collection Breakdowns. And he says he's felt deeply unsettled by the ongoing challenges against these kinds of books.
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It Could Happen Here - Assassination Attempts on Elected Democrats in New Mexico

Robert sits down with New Mexico activist Lucas Herndon to discuss the recent assassination attempts against Democratic politicians.

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The Gist - The Pleasure Of The Measure

James Vincent, author of Beyond Measure: The Hidden History of Measurement from Cubits to Quantum Constants is back for more. Give that guy a barleycorn, he takes a rood! Also, an analysis of the death, in LAPD custody, of Keenan Anderson. Plus, the latest revelations about George (?) Santos (??) … or whoever that guy in Congress is who performed drag in Brazil before ripping off a dying dog.

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