Category Archives: News
Morning News Podcast: Biden Win Now Official, Vaccine Costs To States
Joe Biden officially captures enough electoral votes to win the presidency, William Barr to resign as Attorney General, and Florida man pays neighbors’ utility bills for 2nd straight Christmas.
Politics Monday: Tamara Keith And Amy Walter On Electoral College Vote
NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report join Judy Woodruff to discuss the latest political news, including Joe Biden’s next move after the Electoral College cemented his presidential victory Monday, President Trump’s unlikely concession and how Republicans will react.
Morning News Podcast: Electoral College Meets, Brexit & Vaccine Ships
Electors around the country are heading to their state capitol buildings today to formalize President-elect Joe Biden’s election win. It’s normally a big ceremonial event, where guests and members of the public are welcome to watch the vote. But this year – masks, social distancing and police escorts will make it look a lot different.
- Plus, an explainer on Brexit’s latest delay.
- And, we take you inside a Michigan warehouse shipping out the vaccine.
Guests: Axios’ Stef Kight, Dave Lawler and Joann Muller.
World News: Inflation Rebound, Religious Discrimination In New York & Transgender Teens
A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week: after the pandemic, will inflation return? Religious discrimination in a New York village (09:35). And, the global repercussions of an English ruling on transgender teens (13:45)
Sunday Morning Podcast: World News From Zurich, London And Stockholm
Monocle’s Emma Nelson covers the weekend’s top stories with Vincent McAviney, Florian Egli, Guy DeLauney – and Tyler Brûlé.
World News Podcast: U.S. Approves Vaccine, German Covid-19 Fatalities Surge
Radio News 24/7 reports: Pfizer vaccine approved by FDA, Germany faces surging Covid-19 fatalities, and other top world news.
Political News: ‘Shields & Brooks” On Texas Election Challenge (PBS Video)
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics, including congressional negotiations, President-elect Biden’s cabinet picks and the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on Texas’s election challenges.
Morning News Podcast: FDA Approves Vaccine, States’ ICU Bed Shortages
NPR News Now reports: FDA votes to approve Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, California stay-at-home orders, ICU beds in short supply and other top news.
Science Podcast: Ecology Study Replication, Return Of The Tasmanian Devil
The field of psychology underwent a replication crisis and saw a sea change in scientific and publishing practices, could ecology be next? News Intern Cathleen O’Grady joins host Sarah Crespi to talk about the launch of a new society for ecologists looking to make the field more rigorous.
Sarah also talks with Andrew Storfer, a professor in the School of Biological Sciences at Washington State University, Pullman, about the fate of the Tasmanian devil. Since the end of the last century, these carnivorous marsupials have been decimated by a transmissible facial tumor. Now, it looks like—despite many predictions of extinction—the devils may be turning a corner.