Month: August 2024

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The NewsWorthy - Harris’ Big Moment, New Covid Shots & College Football Season- Friday, August 23, 2024

The news to know for Friday, August 23, 2024!

We'll tell you about the biggest speech of Vice President Kamala Harris' career so far. She officially accepted the Democratic nomination for president. 

Also, the U.S. Supreme Court made a decision about controversial new voting rules in the battleground state of Arizona.

Plus, we're talking about two separate threats that could impact Hawaii, a change that makes Instagram feel a little like Myspace, and what to expect when college football season kicks off this weekend. 

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

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Short Wave - Feeling Bored? Stop Swiping

Have you ever scrolled through a TikTok without finishing it? Switched between YouTube videos halfway through one or the other? Pressed "fast forward" on a Netflix episode that just wasn't holding your interest? That habit is called "digital switching" — and it might be causing the exact thing you're trying to avoid: boredom. Emily and Regina break that and more of the week's news down with the help of All Things Considered's Ailsa Chang.

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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - TBD | Crypto Courts the 2024 Vote

The last crypto boom left the industry cash-rich and reputation-poor, so they’re doing what any beleaguered industry does—donating to politicians.


Guest: Zeke Faux, investigative reporter for Bloomberg and author of Number Go Up.


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NPR's Book of the Day - ‘Us, After’ and ‘A Haunted Girl’ tackle mental health

Warning: this episode contains mention of suicide and mental illness. If you or someone you know may be considering suicide or is in crisis, call or text 988 to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.

Today's episode is about two books that focus on mental health challenges. First, Here & Now's Robin Young speaks with Rachel Zimmerman about Us, After, a memoir that details the grief and growth Zimmerman underwent when she had to pick herself and her children back up after her husband took his own life. Then, Robin speaks with dad daughter duo Ethan and Naomi Sacks about A Haunted Girl, a graphic novel that depicts a young girl's struggles with anxiety and depression through a supernatural lens.

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Pod Save America - Kamala Crushes It

In the biggest speech of her life, Kamala Harris gives a dazzling address making the case for herself and her vision, and absolutely torching Donald Trump and Project 2025. Jon, Lovett, Dan, and Tommy talk about why the speech was so effective and why it was so different than what we've seen at past conventions. Then, Gov. Gavin Newsom stops by the studio to talk about his years-long friendship with Harris, and who she is as a person.

 

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Opening Arguments - Did Trump Just Violate the Logan Act?

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We begin with a brief update on Disney’s truly Mickey Mouse arguments in a Florida wrongful death lawsuit before discussing three other questionable legal claims from the week’s news:

  • As expected, Hunter Biden has tried to use findings from a Florida federal court that special counsel Jack Smith was unlawfully appointed to have his own pending federal tax charges dismissed in California. Can this creation of Aileen Cannon’s imagination survive in the wild?

  • Speaking of the BIDEN CRIME FAMILY: we review the final report from the House Republicans in support of impeaching Joe Biden--for, well you know. Something. If anyone wants to get around to it. What are we even doing here?

  • News this week that presidential candidate Donald Trump may have discussed delaying a Gaza ceasefire agreement with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu until after the election has set off yet another round of online demands for prosecution under the Logan Act of 1799. What’s the deal with this 225-year-old law--and are we ever going to get around to actually using it?

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CBS News Roundup - 08/22/2024 | World News Roundup Late Edition

It's the final night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, and Vice President Kamala Harris is set to introduce herself to the nation and accept the nomination for president. Former President Trump visits the border in Arizona. Trains roll again in Canada after the government orders forced arbitration. CBS News Correspondents Matt Pieper and Jennifer Keiper with tonight's World News Roundup.

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1A - Unpacking The Legacy Of Dr. Ruth

Dr. Ruth Westheimer was unassuming – a small woman with a friendly smile and an ever-present German accent. As she would say, she could be someone's mother or grandmother. But a grandmother who told you what you needed to know about sex.

She died in July at the age of 96. She spent more than 50 of those years teaching America how to talk about sex, using straightforward medical terms and rejecting a sense of shame around the subject.

We look at her legacy, and how she impacted the way Americans talk about sex and relationship issues.

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