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The Best One Yet - White Claw murdered beer, Knewz wants to replace Apple News, and the Trade War’s bloodiest day

Stocks plummeted at the end of last week on the biggest escalation in the US/China trade war yet (it got personal). White Claw by the Mark Anthony group is the spiked seltzer whose sales have quadrupled as it takes on beer. And News Corp announces Knewz, a new app trying to out-play tech in its top skill: aggregation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Bammers - Alabama Fans Living in Auburn

Can you think a worse place to live on Earth for an Alabama fan than Auburn? We find those who do so by choice and those whose professional lives leave them with none and how they cope with seeing orange and blue every day wake up. Guests: Danny Speigner, Chad Golden, War Blogle, Auburn Mayor Bill Ham Jr., Marq Burnett, Ryan Fowler.

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The Intelligence from The Economist - A friend of mines: Asia’s coal habit

The region accounts for three-quarters of the world’s coal consumption—even as giants such as China and India consider its environmental effects and opportunities in renewables. For a while, international aid and attention were showered on Liberia; now they’re gone, things aren’t going well. And, a look at cruise lines’ new wheeze in the Caribbean: real travel it ain’t.
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The NewsWorthy - Trade War, Amazon Investigation & Disney Reveals – Monday, August 26th, 2019

The news to know for Monday, August 26th, 2019!

What to know today about the U.S.-China trade war, Justice Ginsburg's health, and a "shocking" announcement within the NFL.

Plus: what an investigation into Amazon found about thousands of products on the site, how a new type of smart sensor bandage could listen to your wounds, and Disney reveals its new series and plans.

Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you. 

Head to www.theNewsWorthy.com to read more about any of the stories mentioned under the section titled 'Episodes' or see sources below...

Today's episode is brought to you by www.Noom.com/newsworthy.

 

 

Sources:

US-China Trade War: CNBC, Fox News, WSJ, NPR

Stocks Drop: Reuters

G7 Summit: BBC, NPR, The Washington Post, CNN, NBC News

RBG Cancer: NPR, Washington Post, USA Today

Andrew Luck Retires: CBS Sports, ESPN, NFL

PGA Tour Championship: CNN, PGA Tour

Smart Bandages: BBC, New Atlas

Amazon Mislabeled Products: WSJ (investigation), WSJ (safety tips), The Verge, Amazon

Disney Reveals: The Verge, Cnet

Box Office: Variety, LA Times

Taylor Swift Album: Billboard, Forbes

 

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The Daily Signal - #533: Help Is on the Way for Conservative College Students

On today's episode of The Daily Signal Podcast, we talk with Charlie Copeland, president and CEO of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute.


ISI was founded in the 1950s by William F. Buckley Jr. and is an organization focused on providing college students with an educational background on conservative thought. Copeland weighs in on the state of high education today and what trends he is seeing across university campuses.


Also on today's episode:


• We offer you a preview of The Heritage Foundation's latest podcast, Millennial Myths. It's a podcast for millennials by millennials. From myths about socialism to the Electoral College, Millennial Myths combines “on the street” interviews with personal stories and expert analysis. Check it out: @millennialmyths.


• We also read your letters to the editor. You can leave us a message at 202-608-6205 or write us at letters@dailysignal.com.


• And we share a good news story about a Missouri community that went above and beyond to support a young family during a difficult season.


The Daily Signal podcast is available on Ricochet, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, or your favorite podcast app. All of our podcasts can be found at dailysignal.com/podcasts.


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Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders - S1 E6: Jonathan Perichon, Checkr

Through a chance internship in LA, Jonathan Perichon made his way from France to the United States. In doing so, he fell in love with the culture and opportunity. After working for a startup requiring background checks for its users, he saw first hand how antiquated and slow the process can be. After about 6 months, he and his co-founder set off to build an API driven solution, facilitating the submission, reporting and workflow of background checks for candidate workers… and much more.

 

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30 Animals That Made Us Smarter - Bat and robot

Picture the scene after a serious earthquake or a tornado. A flying robot inspired by bats could help survey the damage. There may be burst gas pipes, live electrical wires and many other dangers. Scientists have been studying bats to design an “eye in the sky” for use in exactly these situations. www.bbcworldservice.com/30animals With Patrick Aryee. #30Animals
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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - CJ Run Finds Community, Inspiration In Chicago

CJ Run was born in Germany, grew up in England, spent their high school years in rural North Carolina, and finally found community and a sense of belonging at college in Champaign-Urbana. Now, they’ve moved to Chicago, and the music is flowing like never before. They hope that music provides inspiration to kids like them who are trying to figure out who they are and what life’s all about.