Today, something special...an episode of The NPR Politics Podcast we think you might appreciate. Our colleagues take a look at Joe Biden's approach to climate and health policy.
His climate agenda will look very different than President Trump's and even President Obama's. And, on top of responding to the pandemic, the president-elect will also have to wrangle all of the other problems in the American healthcare system.
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Consider This from NPR - Congress Is Sending Relief But Many Cities And States Didn’t Get What They Wanted
While it took time for congress and President Trump to agree on the $900 billion pandemic relief bill, one thing has been certain for a while. Many mayors and governors did not get the money they requested.
Tracy Gordon, a senior fellow at the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center, explains that while states will get funding for things like public education and vaccine distribution, what mayors and governors really want are unrestricted funds to spend how they'd like.
NPR's Ailsa Chang reports on how public transit has been hit especially hard during the pandemic. And scaled-back services, while saving some money, hurt passengers who rely on them.
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Tracy Gordon, a senior fellow at the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center, explains that while states will get funding for things like public education and vaccine distribution, what mayors and governors really want are unrestricted funds to spend how they'd like.
NPR's Ailsa Chang reports on how public transit has been hit especially hard during the pandemic. And scaled-back services, while saving some money, hurt passengers who rely on them.
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Consider This from NPR - Contact Tracers Struggle to Keep Up As Coronavirus Cases Surge From Holiday Travel
One in every thousand people has died of COVID-19 in the U.S. And California just passed 2 million confirmed coronavirus cases. This surge, likely from Thanksgiving travel, is making contact tracing efforts difficult across the country.
Dr. Christina Ghaly, Director of the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, says hospitals are being forced to treat COVID-19 patients in conference rooms and gift shops as beds fill up.
To help contain the spread, Brett Dahlberg reports that some health officials in Michigan are asking people to do their own contact tracing.
In New York City, WNYC's Fred Mogul found a contact tracer who is making home visits in an effort to alert people in at-risk categories.
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Dr. Christina Ghaly, Director of the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, says hospitals are being forced to treat COVID-19 patients in conference rooms and gift shops as beds fill up.
To help contain the spread, Brett Dahlberg reports that some health officials in Michigan are asking people to do their own contact tracing.
In New York City, WNYC's Fred Mogul found a contact tracer who is making home visits in an effort to alert people in at-risk categories.
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Short Wave - It’s Okay To Sleep Late (Do It For Your Immune System)
Dr. Syed Moin Hassan was riled up. "I don't know who needs to hear this," he posted on Twitter, "BUT YOU ARE NOT LAZY IF YOU ARE WAKING UP AT NOON." Hassan speaks to Short Wave's Emily Kwong about de-stigmatizing sleeping in late, and why a good night's rest is so important for your immune system. (Encore episode)
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Consider This from NPR - ‘Where Are We Going?’ Inside The Deadly Decision to Evacuate An Entire Nursing Home
On a crisp morning in late March, health care workers in yellow hazmat suits arrived at St. Joseph's Senior Home in Woodbridge, New Jersey.
They were responding to an outbreak of COVID-19 at the facility. But that response would make St. Joe's different than every other long-term facility in the state: it was the only such facility in New Jersey to be completely evacuated.
NPR Investigations correspondent Dina Temple-Raston has been digging into why that happened — and whether some residents of St. Joe's might still be alive if it hadn't. More from her reporting is here.
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They were responding to an outbreak of COVID-19 at the facility. But that response would make St. Joe's different than every other long-term facility in the state: it was the only such facility in New Jersey to be completely evacuated.
NPR Investigations correspondent Dina Temple-Raston has been digging into why that happened — and whether some residents of St. Joe's might still be alive if it hadn't. More from her reporting is here.
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Short Wave - 2020: At Least It Was Good For Space Exploration?
Between the pandemic, protests, the recession — the list goes on — there was big space news in 2020. And there was a lot of it! To round it up, Maddie chats with NPR science correspondents Nell Greenfieldboyce and Geoff Brumfiel.
Check out our list of Nell and Geoff's reporting on all of the events they talk about.
For even more space and other science content, follow Nell and Geoff on Twitter at @nell_sci_npr and @gbrumfiel. Send terrestrial and extraterrestrial inquiries to the show at shortwave@npr.org.
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Check out our list of Nell and Geoff's reporting on all of the events they talk about.
For even more space and other science content, follow Nell and Geoff on Twitter at @nell_sci_npr and @gbrumfiel. Send terrestrial and extraterrestrial inquiries to the show at shortwave@npr.org.
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Consider This from NPR - BONUS: 12 Memorable Pop Culture Moments From 2020
At the end of every year, the hosts of NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour like to look back on some of their favorite things from the last 12 months. In this episode, they revisit some of the TV, film and music that helped us make it through 2020.
Here's the full list:
1. Moira's wedding officiant outfit in the series finale of Schitt's Creek
2. Ted Lasso and the year in escapism
3. Uncle Clifford and Lil Murda in the season 1 finale of P-Valley
4. Michael Jordan watching interviews about him on an iPad in The Last Dance
5. Parasite winning best picture at this year's Oscars, portending the further rise of non-English-language powerhouses
6. The first 10 minutes of The Invisible Man
7. Kentucky Route Zero
8. "Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)" from David Byrne's American Utopia
9. Fiona Apple chirping like a dolphin on "I Want You To Love Me"
10. Cassidy Diamond (played by Shalita Grant) in the third season of Search Party
11. "Uncle Naseem" (Season 2, Episode 9) of Ramy
12. The Good Place series finale
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Here's the full list:
1. Moira's wedding officiant outfit in the series finale of Schitt's Creek
2. Ted Lasso and the year in escapism
3. Uncle Clifford and Lil Murda in the season 1 finale of P-Valley
4. Michael Jordan watching interviews about him on an iPad in The Last Dance
5. Parasite winning best picture at this year's Oscars, portending the further rise of non-English-language powerhouses
6. The first 10 minutes of The Invisible Man
7. Kentucky Route Zero
8. "Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)" from David Byrne's American Utopia
9. Fiona Apple chirping like a dolphin on "I Want You To Love Me"
10. Cassidy Diamond (played by Shalita Grant) in the third season of Search Party
11. "Uncle Naseem" (Season 2, Episode 9) of Ramy
12. The Good Place series finale
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Consider This from NPR - How The Pandemic Is Reshaping Our Holiday Traditions
Nothing could stop Christmas from coming. Not even a pandemic. But this year many of our holiday traditions look a bit different.
NPR business correspondent Alina Selyuk reports on how hand sanitizer and face masks have become popular stocking stuffers this year.
And we asked you to send in stories about how you're rethinking your celebrations as previous plans have been put on hold.
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NPR business correspondent Alina Selyuk reports on how hand sanitizer and face masks have become popular stocking stuffers this year.
And we asked you to send in stories about how you're rethinking your celebrations as previous plans have been put on hold.
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Short Wave - Happy Holidays from Short Wave!
Maddie and Emily play a quick game of "Fact or Fiction?" with help from Ariela Zebede, our resident fact-checker. Plus, a little reminder that you can support the show by donating to your local public radio station at donate.npr.org/short. (If you're outside of the U.S., choose a lucky member station!)
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Consider This from NPR - Our Favorite Reads Of 2020 (And Hundreds More)
Every Fall NPR asks our critics and staff to pick their favorite books from the past year. Those nominations - there's hundreds of them - are then sorted down to a semi-manageable number. This year is our largest list yet with 383 titles.
Click here to visit NPR's Book Concierge for 2020.
The hosts of Consider This all submitted their picks to the list. Here are some of their favorites:
Ari Shapiro recommends Susanna Clarke's novel Piranesi. A mythic story about a man who is disoriented and trapped in a mysterious sort of house.
Mary Louise Kelly has a suggestion great for a book club. Maggie O'Farrell's Hamnet explores the connection between what was arguably William Shakespeare's greatest play, Hamlet, and the death of his only son four years before.
Ailsa Chang's pick is a good read for ages 10 and up. Everything Sad Is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri takes you on a journey through myth, youth and cultural clash as a young boy and his family flee Iran and end up in Oklahoma.
Audie Cornish chose to share Just Us by poet Claudia Rankine. It's a collection of essays, photos, poems and conversations that Rankine has been having with friends and strangers about race.
In participating regions, you'll also hear a local news segment that will help you make sense of what's going on in your community.
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Click here to visit NPR's Book Concierge for 2020.
The hosts of Consider This all submitted their picks to the list. Here are some of their favorites:
Ari Shapiro recommends Susanna Clarke's novel Piranesi. A mythic story about a man who is disoriented and trapped in a mysterious sort of house.
Mary Louise Kelly has a suggestion great for a book club. Maggie O'Farrell's Hamnet explores the connection between what was arguably William Shakespeare's greatest play, Hamlet, and the death of his only son four years before.
Ailsa Chang's pick is a good read for ages 10 and up. Everything Sad Is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri takes you on a journey through myth, youth and cultural clash as a young boy and his family flee Iran and end up in Oklahoma.
Audie Cornish chose to share Just Us by poet Claudia Rankine. It's a collection of essays, photos, poems and conversations that Rankine has been having with friends and strangers about race.
In participating regions, you'll also hear a local news segment that will help you make sense of what's going on in your community.
Email us at considerthis@npr.org.
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