Month: February 2023

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What A Day - Honoring The Legacy Of The Clotilda Descendants

To kick off our series on Black History Month, What A Day host Juanita Tolliver sits down with Veda Tunstall and Emmett Lewis, descendants of enslaved people brought to Alabama aboard the Clotilda, the last known slave ship in American history, and whose stories are featured in the Netflix documentary "Descendant." 

What A Day is taking a short break, with a new episode on Tuesday, February 7th.

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The NewsWorthy - Wind Chill Alerts, Chinese Spy Balloon & Beyoncé Ticket Craze – Friday, February 3, 2023

The news to know for Friday, February 3, 2023!

We'll tell you about what could be a record-breaking cold snap in the Northeast. 

Also, what to know about a Chinese spy balloon over the United States: where it was spotted and why the U.S. won't shoot it down.

Plus, we'll tell you which state now has the largest workforce in America, what new features are coming to TikTok, and how Ticketmaster is trying to handle things differently now that there's extremely high demand for Beyoncé tickets.

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

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The Daily Signal - INTERVIEW | Preston Brashers on Why Your Tax Refund Could Be Smaller This Year

It's that time of the year once again, tax season. While the process of filing taxes is often arduous, the hope of a sizable tax refund removes a little pain from the ordeal. But, with an economy like the one we have right now, Preston Brashers, a Heritage Foundation senior policy analyst for the federal budget, says it's possible some Americans are going to see smaller refunds this year. 


While there are a number of factors contributing to the likely smaller refunds, Brashers says "the big one that that's maybe being left out of this whole conversation is inflation."


Brashers points out that the "IRS does do an inflation adjustment," but the "issue is they do that inflation adjustment in the fall of the prior year. So I think most of the most people can recognize things are a little bit more expensive now than they were in say, September, October of 2021. And so you're effectively being taxed like you're maybe 8% richer than you actually are because the value of the dollar, essentially your purchasing power, has gone down."


Brashers joins "The Daily Signal Podcast" to explain all the reason why Americans could be getting less back from the IRS this year, and to discuss what Congress and the White House should do to lower inflation. 


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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - TBD | How COVID Changes Our Immune Systems

Last fall it seemed like everyone got sick—not just with COVID, but from a slew of respiratory diseases, from the mild to the severe. Researchers are trying to untangle how our immune systems have changed in the COVID era, and if we’re paying back an “immunity debt” or are victims of “immunity theft.” 


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Short Wave - A Dirty Snowball, Cancer-Sniffing Ants And A Stressed Out Moon

A green comet, cancer-sniffing ants, stealthy moons ... hang out with us as we dish on some of the coolest science stories in the news! Today, Short Wave co-hosts Emily Kwong and Aaron Scott are joined by editor Gabriel Spitzer. Together, they round up headlines in this first installment of what will be regular newsy get-togethers in your feed.

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NPR's Book of the Day - Two novels take a closer look at class and gender in Indian society

Today's episode features two books that examine wealth – or lack thereof – and gender in India. First, Deepti Kapoor chats with NPR's Scott Simon about her novel, Age of Vice, and the way it portrays indulgence in New Delhi society through a protagonist who is an "oppressed everyman." Then, NPR's Mary Louise Kelly asks Parini Shroff about The Bandit Queens, which follows a jewelry maker who refuses to set the record straight on the village rumor that she murdered her husband – and finds unexpected laughs in her dark quest to help other women get rid of their partners, too.
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It Could Happen Here - Rohingya History and Cuture with Aung Kyaw Moe

James sits down with Aung Kyaw Moe a Rohingya, human rights advocate, and adviser to Myanmar’s NUG.

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Lost Debate - Ep 112 | Ozempic, Fair Tax Act, Credit Card Rewards

Ravi and Rikki start with the weight-loss drug that’s sweeping TikTok, Hollywood, and the nation: Ozempic. Then we turn to the dark side of your rewards card, and ask some oft-ignored questions about where all those points really come from. Finally, we check in on the latest iteration of the Fair Tax Act and what the saga that produced it says about American policymaking today. 

[03:29] - Ozempic

[23:14] - Credit Card Rewards

[38:01] - Fair Tax Act

[49:14] - Voicemails


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The Gist - Caucus? They Don’t Even Like Us

As the Democrats debate the presidential primary calendar, we’re joined by Josh Putnam, a political scientist specializing in delegate selection rules, presidential campaigns, and elections. Plus, Biden gets the gift of criticism from Europe. And the short-sellers who exploded an Indian corporate giant.

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Bias Against Bodies: Fatphobia And Weight Stigma In The Workplace

There are currently no federal U.S. laws that protect people from weight-based discrimination, and only a handful of cities and states have such laws on the books. Reset talks to professor Esther Rothblum and advocate Brandie Solovay about why this discrimination persists and how to address it.