Month: May 2023

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The NewsWorthy - Days from Default, Fake Pic Goes Viral & Venmo for Teens- Tuesday, May 23, 2023

The news to know for Tuesday, May 23, 2023!

We're telling you about the countdown to default: the status of high-stakes negotiations at the White House with still no deal on the debt ceiling.

Also, some of the largest active volcanoes in the world are now erupting.

Plus, how a fake picture went viral and ended up causing a panic, which app is the latest to expand into the teenage demographic, and the story of a broken guitar that just sold for more than half a million dollars.

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Pod Save America - Republican Frontrunner Tim Scott?

Republicans reject a White House compromise that would save us from default. Tim Scott is officially running, and Ron DeSantis, Chris Christie and Chris Sununu are right behind him. Joe Biden offers new support to Ukraine, while Russia bans Trump’s enemies. And new focus groups give us a clue as to how swing voters would treat a Biden-Trump rematch. Then, Sen. Brian Schatz talks to Lovett about the debt ceiling. And the guys look at a few of Ron DeSantis’ attempts to play it human on the campaign trail.

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NPR's Book of the Day - R.F. Kuang’s ‘Yellowface’ tackles cultural appropriation in publishing

Early in the novel Yellowface, a prominent Asian-American writer, Athena Liu, dies. Her white friend, who is struggling to break through in publishing and witnesses Athena's accident, then seizes on an opportunity: to pass off Athena's words – and identity – as her own. In today's episode, real life author R.F. Kuang speaks with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly about her new book, and how it unravels the messiness of cultural appropriation, the ethics of friendship and the complexities of imperfect characters.
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Read Me a Poem - “Keeping Quiet” by Pablo Neruda

Amanda Holmes reads Pablo Neruda’s poem “Keeping Quiet,” translated by Alastair Reid. Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us: podcast@theamericanscholar.org. If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman.


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CBS News Roundup - 05/22/2023 | World News Round Up Late Edition

Debt limit talks continue. Idaho murder suspect in court. Significant cuts to water use by states near the Colorado River. CBS News Correspondent Jennifer Keiper has tonight's World News Roundup.

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The Gist - The Best Advice If You Find Yourself In War

The Arab League has welcomed back Bashar Al-Assad to the organization right as Volodymyr Zelensky pays that organization a visit. Is there a lesson to be learned? Plus, some of the odder names on the Russia Sanction list. And Howard Fishman, author of To Anyone Who Ever Asks: The Life, Music, and Mystery of Connie Converse.


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Honestly with Bari Weiss - Get To Know Tim Scott: The GOP’s Newest Presidential Hopeful

Earlier today, South Carolina Senator Tim Scott entered the race for President. That makes him the sixth Republican candidate to get into the race, in a crowded attempt to beat the current frontrunner, former President Donald Trump. 


So for today’s episode, a rerun of my conversation with Tim Scott from last summer. As you’ll hear, Scott’s approach is fundamentally different from many of his fellow republicans in that he’s the ultimate optimist. In part, that optimism comes from his own story. Scott’s grandfather picked cotton in the segregated south. He never learned to read or write. Within two generations, without money or connections, his grandson became a U.S. senator, and today, throws his hat in to become President of the United States.


Scott told me he is frustrated at all the pessimism, including from inside his own party — and he’s frustrated at the notion that America is in decline. Though I hope Scott is right, you’ll hear that I challenge him on that idea. I see very good reasons for Americans to be fed up with the state of the union and deeply worried about the future of the country.


We also talked about Trump, the state of the GOP and what it’s like to be the Senate’s only black Republican.

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