Polling by YouGov made headlines around the world when it suggested 20% of young adults in the US thought the holocaust was a myth.
But polling experts at the Pew Research Centre thought the result might not be accurate, due to problems with the kind of opt-in polling it was based on. They tried to replicate the finding, and did not get the same answer.
We speak to Andrew Mercer from the Pew Research Centre and YouGov chief scientist Douglas Rivers.
Presenter /series producer: Tom Colls
Production co-ordinator: Brenda Brown
Sound Mix: Graham Puddifoot
Editor: Richard Vadon
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Mandatory evacuations ordered in Texas after heavy rain and floods. Texas Rep. Henry Cuellar and wife indicted on bribery and foreign influence charges. Former Trump aide Hope Hicks testifies in hush money trial.
It's Jobs Friday and the jobs report is in! There's more jobs! ... but not as many as expected. And there's a teensy bit more unemployment and slower wage growth. But there's an upside ... Plus, healthcare is growing like gangbusters and how immigrants affect American-born workers.
For decades, bad posture was seen as everything from a moral failing, to a health risk, to a military vulnerability. In her new book, Slouch: Posture Panic in Modern America, University of Pennsylvania historian of medicine Beth Linker discusses how concerns over standing up straight touches eugenics, pseudo-science, and power posing. Plus, Columbia University students inveigh against presumed exclusionary practices at a proposed Tel Aviv campus while supporting a campus in Beijing schooling more Chinese students than any other college. And Chris Hayes of MSNBC argues we've all been paying too much attention to college protests.
Protests continue on local university campuses. Lawmakers return to Springfield for spring session, where the Bears’ stadium plans are sidelined by the governor’s aides and other political leaders. Meanwhile, Mayor Johnson prepares to relaunch a guaranteed basic income program and the speed limit could be lowered in Chicago. Reset goes behind those headlines and more with Axios’ Monica Eng, Chicago Tribune’s Ray Long and WBEZ’s Mariah Woelfel.
For a full archive of Reset interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.
As protests over the Israel Hamas war roil college campuses across the U.S., similar protests are happening elsewhere in the world. We hear from some of them. And a quirky festival in Colombia celebrates the donkey.
Host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the latest news in the crypto industry from Coinbase's blowout first quarter to Kraken indices provider's prediction on Hong Kong ETFs.
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"CoinDesk Daily" host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the biggest headlines impacting the crypto industry today, including the blowout first quarter of Coinbase where the crypto exchange reported net income of $1.2 billion. Plus, Kraken's indices provider predicts that spot ETF products in Hong Kong will reach $1 billion in AUM by the end of 2024. And, Jack Dorsey's Block doubles down on bitcoin.
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This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie. “First Mover” is produced by Jennifer Sanasie and Melissa Montañez and edited by Victor Chen.
Today on the show, the story of the modern consumer movement in the U.S. and the person who inspired it: Ralph Nader. How Ralph Nader's battle in the 1960s set the stage for decades of regulation and sparked a debate in the U.S. about how much regulation is the right amount and how much is too much.
This episode was made in collaboration with NPR's Throughline. For more about Ralph Nader and safety regulations, listen to their original episode, "Ralph Nader, Consumer Crusader."
This Planet Money episode was produced by Emma Peaslee and edited by Jess Jiang.
The Throughline episode was produced by Rund Abdelfatah, Ramtin Arablouei, Lawrence Wu, Julie Caine, Anya Steinberg, Casey Miner, Cristina Kim, Devin Katayama, Peter Balonon-Rosen, Irene Noguchi, and fact-checking by Kevin Volkl. The episode was mixed by Josh Newell.
TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down:
Texas Democrat Rep. Henry Cuellar has been indicted by the Department of Justice.
Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke asked to resign after Daily Signal reports she lied to the Senate.
The Biden administration announces that Illegal immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children will soon be eligible for federal health care in the U.S.
We bring you a Friday movie review of “The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare” directed by Guy Ritchie.
