Watch this episode on YouTube. Today we're chatting about Biden's threat to cut off weapons from Israel, a hunger strike at Princeton that has them “literally shaking”, Cuomo's new fondness for Ivermectin and Tom Brady's roast. Tune in!
Time Stamps:
17:00 | Israel
37:07 | College Campuses
52:07 | Hill News
55:00 | Cuomo x2
1:03:12 | Brady Roast
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In 1956, one of the most important geopolitical events of the post-war period took place in Egypt.
Egypt nationalized the Suez Canal, one of the most important waterways in the world.
In response, a coalition of several countries tried to take it back. However, it didn’t go as planned, and it signaled a major reshuffling of the geopolitical order.
Learn more about the Suez Crisis and how it shaped the second half of the 20th century on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
We'll tell you what happened when former President Trump's team questioned a top witness in his criminal trial.
Also, how Israel's prime minister is responding to one of the worst setbacks ever in Israeli-American relations.
Plus, another cyberattack is disrupting patient care at a major hospital system, Apple is now apologizing for a controversial ad, and a 14-year-old signed a record-breaking pro sports contract.
Those stories and even MORE news to know in about 10 minutes!
Sam and John Fetters, 19, are identical twins on different ends of the autism spectrum. Sam is a sophomore at Amherst College and runs marathons in his free time. John attends a school for people with special needs and loves to watch Sesame Street in his free time. Identical twins like Sam and John pose an important question for scientists: How can a disorder that is known to be highly genetic look so different in siblings who share the same genome?
The cross-sex hormones, puberty blockers, and surgeries being prescribed to young people struggling with their gender identity are “experimental,” according to Mary Margaret Olohan.
“We don't actually know what kind of effects that the puberty blockers and hormones are having on these young people,” Olohan says of women and men who attempt to change their bodies to appear as the opposite sex.
As a young woman, Mosley took testosterone and had a double mastectomy before she chose to detransition and return to living as a female. Now an adult, she is expecting a child, but will never be able to breastfeed her baby.
“I'm very happy for her and glad to see that she is able to bring new life into the world,” Olohan says of Mosley, but added that “we don't know if other people will be able to do the same. ”
“There are people who have found that they are infertile now, due to the testosterone or the hormones” they took, she says.
Olohan, who is also a senior reporter for The Daily Signal, joins the podcast to explain how so many young people are being lured into the “gender ideology cult,” and what happens to a male or female body when taking cross-sex hormones or puberty blockers.
It's not exactly a silver lining, but data from the pandemic has some lessons in it about the effectiveness of price gouging laws. Gavin Roberts, an economist at Weber State University, discusses his findings.
Dan and Alyssa Mastromonaco discuss Stormy Daniels's latest round of testimony in Donald Trump's hush money trial. Trump insults Jewish voters and prepares a huge giveaway to Big Oil. President Biden announces he won't send offensive weapons to Israel if the IDF invades Rafah. RFK Jr. says doctors found a dead worm in his brain, and Marjorie Taylor Greene's effort to ditch Mike Johnson goes down in a humiliating landslide. Then, Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan talks with Lovett about all the big moves she's made on antitrust and worker protections.
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This weekend is Mother's Day, a good occasion to reflect on the art of parenting. First, comedian Glenn Boozan speaks to Celeste Headlee on Here and Now about her book There Are Moms Way Worse Than You, a joke-book that uses examples of bad parenting from the animal kingdom to soothe those who might be worried about their own child-raising skills.Then, an interview from our archives: a 1989 chat with Amy Tan on All Things Considered about her novel The Joy Luck Club, the story of four Chinese American families living in San Francisco inspired by Tan's experience as a child of immigrants.
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We’re joined by a former university administrator (who prefers to remain anonymous, though we have reviewed and verified their credentials) for an insider’s perspective of the current state of college administration, and a discussion of just why colleges and universities around the country are reacting with such extreme opposition and often violence to the ongoing pro-Palestinian protests. Topics include increasingly corporate university structure, internal bias against certain perspectives and student organizing, and the foreign influence over university operations.
Okaloosa County Sheriff's Department releases bodycam video of the shooting of a Black Air Force airman in his apartment. Stormy Daniels's testimony finishes at former President Donald Trump's criminal trial. President Biden gets pushback from GOP senators over decision to withhold weapons shipment to Israel. CBS News Correspondent Jennifer Keiper with tonight's World News Roundup.