Month: March 2023

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Consider This from NPR - After Extra SNAP Benefits Expire, Some Fear A “Hunger Cliff”

Some 16 million American households receiving benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will get less money this month.

During the pandemic, the federal government temporarily increased SNAP benefits. But those extra benefits have now expired. That means recipients will get about $90 less each month on average, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a nonpartisan research institute. Some families may see their benefits cut by more than $250 per month.

Dr. Megan Sandel, co-director of the Boston Medical Center's Grow Clinic, which focuses on treating malnutrition issues in kids, explains how children's health can suffer when families are not able to put enough food on the table.

And NPR's Stacey Vanek Smith reports on another worrying trend in Americans' personal finances. Credit card debt is increasing at a record rate, as people struggle to keep up with inflation.

This episode also features reporting from NPR's Alison Aubrey.

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Bill McKibben Says Baby Boomers Need To Join Gen Z In The Climate Fight

Around the world, young people are on the frontlines of the fight to protect our planet from climate change. And for good reason — they’ll bear the brunt of destruction. Reset talks to author and environmentalist Bill McKibben about why “experienced Americans” over 60 also play a vital role in taking on climate action.
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CoinDesk Podcast Network - BREAKDOWN: The Real Reasons Silvergate Collapsed

Did Silvergate Bank become a political target?

Beleaguered Silvergate Bank has announced that it will be winding down. NLW examines whether the turn of events is due to banking crypto companies, specific business decisions made by Silvergate or a coordinated political campaign against the company. 

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The Daily Signal - TOP NEWS | Biden’s Budget Proposal, Sen. McConnell’s Hospitalized China’s National People’s Congress More Twitter Files | March 9

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


  • President Biden announced his proposed budget
  • Sen. Mitch McConnell has been hospitalized 
  • Virginia Allen joins the show from Yuma, Arizona
  • Updates on China’s National’s People’s Congress
  • The latest Twitter files
  • Link to Taibbi’s thread: https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1633830002742657027


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Federalist Radio Hour - Elites And Experts’ Hysterical Quest To Crush Dissent

On this episode of "The Federalist Radio Hour," Christopher Bedford, executive editor at the Common Sense Society, joins Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to discuss why the left is obsessed with Tucker Carlson, consider the instrumental role conservative media play in questioning the narrative, and examine the corporate media and political establishment's quest to shut down their critics.
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Motley Fool Money - “This one’s gonna leave a mark.”

(0:21) Jim Gillies discusses: - Why shares of SVB Financial Group are plunging more than 45% - The reasons he's a fan of AerCap Holdings' secondary offering

(15:24) Ricky Mulvey talks with investigative reporter Marshall Zelinger about Xcel Energy and the fundamentals of being a monopoly.

Companies discussed: SIVB, AER, XEL

Host: Chris Hill Guests: Jim Gillies, Marshall Zelinger Producer: Ricky Mulvey Engineer: Dan Boyd

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Science In Action - Human Genome Editing – Promise and Peril

Human Genome Editing: The team meet experts at the Human Genome Editing Summit in London, seeking to cure genetic disease and ensure that it's safe and available to all. Roland Pease hears from Victoria Gray, the first person to be cured of the debilitating and life-shortening disease sickle cell anaemia by gene editing, and from the scientists making it possible. Also, the prospect of work to attempt gene rescue in fetuses before they are born. But the technology is expensive and complex – the question troubling the participants is to ensure people across the world can benefit from it, not just the rich and privileged. And what are the limitations of gene editing? Can it be made more effective, safer? And what of gene edits that will be inherited by future generations?