Econ Battle Zone is back! On today's episode Mary Childs and Kenny Malone enter Econ Battle Stadium to throw down against reigning champion Erika Beras.
Can Mary explain what effect extending the 2017 tax cuts will have on economic growth AND make her entire segment rhyme? Will Erika be able to overcome her fear of singing and craft a country song about the history of Medicaid? Can Kenny put together a piece about what warning signs economists look for to know whether the national debt has grown too large... but as a romantic comedy?
Guest judges Betsey Stevenson and David Kestenbaum face a difficult choice... but only one contestant can claim the coveted Econ Battle Zone Belt.
Artists featured in this episode: Rexx Life Raj (IG: @rexxliferaj); Merle Hazard; Alison Brown; Tristan Scroggins; Matt Coles; and Garry West.
Special thanks to Liz Garton Scanlon, Robin Rudowitz and Sarah Rosenbaum.
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Consider This from NPR - We’re not built for this heat
Tens of millions of people across the US are currently under a heat advisory. And the extreme heat isn't just affecting people.
You may have seen videos online of the heat causing asphalt roads to buckle. It is impacting rail travel too. Amtrak has been running some trains more slowly, as have the public transit systems of Washington and Philadelphia.
Mikhail Chester, an engineering professor at Arizona State University, talks through the intersection of extreme heat and transportation.
And NPR's Julia Simon shares advice on how people can keep themselves cool.
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You may have seen videos online of the heat causing asphalt roads to buckle. It is impacting rail travel too. Amtrak has been running some trains more slowly, as have the public transit systems of Washington and Philadelphia.
Mikhail Chester, an engineering professor at Arizona State University, talks through the intersection of extreme heat and transportation.
And NPR's Julia Simon shares advice on how people can keep themselves cool.
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1A - Ask An Ambassador
Earlier this week, the U-S embassy in Qatar issued a warning to American citizens to quote: "shelter in place until further notice." Qatar is home to the largest U-S military base in the Middle East.
The alert came amid growing fears of Iranian retaliation against U-S troops and personnel overseas, after President Trump ordered strikes on three Iranian nuclear sites.
When global news like this breaks, embassies – and the ambassadors leading them – play a crucial role.
They're on the ground, serving as the top representatives of the United States government. Ambassadors also protect U-S citizens abroad.
They're on the ground, serving as the top representatives of the United States government around the world. They also protect U.S. citizens abroad.
Hundreds Americans currently hold the title of ambassador. But what does their daily work look like?
We discuss their role and how they help preserve America's so-called "soft power."
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The alert came amid growing fears of Iranian retaliation against U-S troops and personnel overseas, after President Trump ordered strikes on three Iranian nuclear sites.
When global news like this breaks, embassies – and the ambassadors leading them – play a crucial role.
They're on the ground, serving as the top representatives of the United States government. Ambassadors also protect U-S citizens abroad.
They're on the ground, serving as the top representatives of the United States government around the world. They also protect U.S. citizens abroad.
Hundreds Americans currently hold the title of ambassador. But what does their daily work look like?
We discuss their role and how they help preserve America's so-called "soft power."
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State of the World from NPR - Germany Rearms
NATO is wrapping up it's meeting and most members are pledging to increase defense spending to counter threats posed by Russia. Among the countries expanding their military is Germany, which is aiming to field the largest army in the European Union with massive investment. Our correspondent in Berlin shows us how Germany plans to accomplish that goal.
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Up First from NPR - Iran Intelligence, NATO Summit, Trump Judicial Nod
New intelligence suggests U.S. strikes only set Iran's nuclear back by months, contrary to claims by President Trump, the President meets today with NATO members, and the nomination of a current Justice Department official to an appellate judgeship is drawing fresh attention to controversies inside the department.
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Today's episode of Up First was edited by Kevin Drew, Andrew Sussman, Anna Yukhananov, Janaya Williams and Alice Woelfle. It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Nia Dumas and Christopher Thomas. We get engineering support from Zac Coleman. And our technical director is Carleigh Strange.
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The Indicator from Planet Money - One of the cheapest ways to save a life is going away
What's the price to save a human life? We examine the monumental legacy of the U.S. President's Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) with journalist Jon Cohen, who traveled to Eswatini and Lesotho to learn how cuts under the Trump Administration are hitting people at the clinic door.
Related episodes:
The gutting of USAID
How USAID cuts hurts farmers
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Related episodes:
The gutting of USAID
How USAID cuts hurts farmers
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Short Wave - When Eavesdropping Pays Off
Why did the ornithologist strap a taxidermy badger to a remote controlled car and drive it around the prairie? To interrogate the secret world of animal eavesdropping in the grasslands, of course! Today on the show, we travel to the most imperiled ecosystem on the planet to unravel a prairie mystery and find out why prairie dogs are grassland engineers worth keeping tabs on.
Got a question about other animal ecosystem engineers? Email us at shortwave@npr.org.
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NPR's Book of the Day - In ‘The Science of Revenge,’ an expert explains why humans are hardwired for payback
In his new book, The Science of Revenge, James Kimmel Jr. argues that there is a human desire to get even – and it might even be an addiction. Kimmel Jr., a professor at the Yale School of Medicine, realized his own taste for retaliation as a teenager and later felt that he would benefit from a kind of "revenge rehab." In today's episode, the author tells NPR's Michel Martin that revenge lights up the same area of the brain activated by drug addiction. They also discuss the role of revenge in U.S. politics and the biological benefits of forgiveness.
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Consider This from NPR - Medical views on self-managed abortion shifting since overturn of Roe
Three years ago, the Supreme Court ended the constitutional right to an abortion in the United States.
As the legal landscape shifted, the medical landscape of reproductive care was faced with a serious question. Where would people turn for abortions?
Abby Wendle, from NPR's Embedded podcast team, has been reporting on self-managed abortions, and how the medical community's views on it have changed in recent years.
The podcast has just released a new series about the history of self-managed abortion called The Network. It was produced with Futuro Media.
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As the legal landscape shifted, the medical landscape of reproductive care was faced with a serious question. Where would people turn for abortions?
Abby Wendle, from NPR's Embedded podcast team, has been reporting on self-managed abortions, and how the medical community's views on it have changed in recent years.
The podcast has just released a new series about the history of self-managed abortion called The Network. It was produced with Futuro Media.
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State of the World from NPR - A Possible Iran-Israel Ceasefire and Why China is Watching the War Closely
President Trump announced a ceasefire between Israel and Iran on social media and the agreement was immediately tested. We'll hear the latest. And China has been watching developments in the war closely because gets much of its crude oil imports from Iran through a "dark fleet" of vessels to evade American sanctions.
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