Listener Mark Isaak heard that the spot on the earth from which you can see the most land is the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro. But that the summit of Mount Diablo comes in second. Turns out, this is a widely-circulated factoid that goes back centuries. Is it true?
Reported by Asal Ehsanipour. Bay Curious is made by Olivia Allen-Price, Katrina Schwartz, Jessica Placzek, Katie McMurran and Rob Speight. Additional support from Julie Caine, Paul Lancour, Kyana Moghadam, Suzie Racho, Carly Severn, Bianca Hernandez, Ethan Lindsey and Don Clyde.
We have several COVID-19 updates for you such as the status of a $2 trillion stimulus package and what’s in it, some unfortunate milestones in the U.S. and around the world, and the new thing Americans seem to be hoarding at the grocery store...
Plus, how Prince Charles is doing after testing positive for the virus, the celebrities pitching in millions of dollars, and how a tech competition could help us all.
Those stories and more in less than 10 minutes!
Then, hang out after the news for Thing to Know Thursday's bonus interview. We're talking with NASA Astronaut Christina Koch, who set the record for the longest spaceflight by a woman. She's sharing advice about living in isolation as many of us follow new stay-at-home protocols.
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The spread of the coronavirus has led many to stay home in recent weeks. During that time, the non-profit Skype A Scientist has seen a surge in demand for its service of virtually connecting students to scientists. Maddie talks to Sarah McAnulty, executive director of the group and a squid biologist, about bringing science to kids and, at the same time, confronting stereotypes about who can be a scientist.
The senate approved a nearly $2 trillion relief package to respond to the coronavirus pandemic yesterday, after a day of delays and a lot of debate. We discuss what made it into the bill and what didn’t with Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown.
And in headlines: three states restrict abortion access during Covid-19, everyone’s getting a pandemic pet, and Dr. Dre and Mister Rogers get recognized by the Library of Congress.
On Tuesday, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, ordered a 'Stay at Home and Stay Safe Order' to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. Lindsay Killen, vice president for strategic outreach and communications at the Mackinac Center joins me today on The Daily Signal Podcast to talk about how Michigan is responding to the coronavirus crisis. Plus, Rea Hederman, executive director of the economic research center and vice president of policy at The Buckeye Institute, joins me for a second segment to talk about how Ohio is adapting to help small business owners and health care providers during COVID-19.
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Will the House pass the new $2 trillion Senate coronavirus package?
In a video posted to twitter Wednesday, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio predicted that as many as half of New Yorkers would eventually get the coronavirus.
If you’re a non-essential business still operating in Los Angeles, the mayor wants you to stop--and he’s not kidding around.
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On the Gist, we’ve been mean to the elderly.
In the interview, Ian Bremmer, political analyst and president of the Eurasia Group, is here to talk with Mike about how to assess the risk of the coronavirus pandemic. They discuss the ways countries with different forms of government have reacted, Trump’s role in all this, and why the US is so isolation averse. Bremmer is the host of GZERO World With Ian Bremmer.
In the spiel, the media should continue coverage of Trump’s pressers.
It would be the largest such stimulus package in American history. The Governor of New York says it's not nearly enough. Plus, NPR's Ayesha Rascoe reports on the confusion about the Trump administration's use of the Federal Defense Production Act, and how one ER doctor in Seattle is coping on the front lines of the pandemic.
Reset talks to a Chicago ER doctor about life in the emergency room amid supply shortages. We also check in with a member of a citizen-led initiative to help get those needed supplies to Chicago-area healthcare workers.
CoinDesk’s Chief Content Officer Michael Casey and Head of Research Noelle Acheson join for a lively debate about the new $2 trillion stimulus package and era of “unlimited” QE, including:
Whether (and on what time scale) fiscal and monetary stimulus might lead to inflation
Whether the Fed buying corporate bonds amounts to a nationalization of the bond markets
Why the appearance of a ‘digital dollar’ in an earlier stimulus proposal was a huge surprise
How a digital dollar in the form proposed would upset the balance of power between the Fed, commercial banks, and citizens
Why trust in governments and financial institutions is likely to achieve new lows in the wake of COVID-19
Why people are reevaluating the meaning and purpose of money
