NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report join Amna Nawaz to discuss the latest political news, including campaign messaging from President Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden around the pandemic and the economy, whether Black voters could make the difference in key Midwestern states and the significance of voters casting ballots early by mail.
Category Archives: Podcasts
Culture Podcast: “Wine Windows Of Florence” Date Back To 17th Century
In the era of social distancing, Italians in Florence have revived the custom of serving wine through pint-size windows in centuries-old buildings.
Year 2020: The covid-19 pandemic arrives. Italy is under lockdown starting March 8th. Everyone is confined to home for two months and then the government permits a gradual reopening. During this time, some enterprising Florentine Wine Window owners have turned back the clock and are using their Wine Windows to dispense glasses of wine, cups of coffee, drinks, sandwiches and ice cream—all germ-free, contactless!
Year 1634: The Black Death or Plague has passed through the city of Florence, leaving death and havoc in its wake. The Florentine scholar, Francesco Rondinelli, writes a report about disease contagion and describes the use of the abundant Wine Windows in the city for the safe sale of wine, without direct contact between client and seller. Diletta Corsini describes this important document regarding Wine Windows and their uses almost 400 years ago.
Morning News Podcast: Covid-19 Cases, High Heat And Fires IN California
Health experts are warning that with Labor Day celebrations in full swing, the US could see another COVID-19 spike. Also, rescue operations continue after a record heat wave in California intensifies wildfires trapping campers in the Sierra National Forest this weekend. And, Beirut’s search for survivors ends as the country continues to recover one month after a massive blast tore through the city.
Global News Podcast: America’s Ugly Election, Abe’s Japan & British Dogs
A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, America’s ugly election: How bad could it get? How Abe Shinzo changed Japan (8:35) and why Britons walk their dogs so much (16:00).
World News Podcast: U.S. Election, Britain & Tunisia Violence, Belarus Protest
DW News 24/7 reports: Michael Cohen releases book on President Trump, Joe Biden gives speech on military, stabbings in Britain and Tunisia, and other top news.
Podcast Interview: “One Hundred Summers” Author Vanessa Branson
Vanessa Branson is a champion of numerous cultural and ecological initiatives. A trustee for the charitable Virgin Unite organisation that was started by her brother Richard, she has now written a frank and highly entertaining memoir about her family, called ‘One Hundred Summers’.
Morning News Podcast: Portland Shooting, NY Protests, Bangladesh
NPR News Now: Portland shooting, New York protests, Bangladesh explosion and more top news.
Interviews: “Break It Up ” Author Richard Kreitner: America’s Imperfect Union
“Disunion—the possibility that it all might go to pieces—is a hidden thread through our entire history,” the journalist and historian Richard Kreitner writes in Break It Up: Secession, Division, and the Secret History of America’s Imperfect Union.
“Our refusal to recognize this, like patients who insist, against all evidence, that they are not ill, has been a major cause of our political dysfunction and social strife. Secession is the only kind of revolution we Americans have ever known and the only kind we’re ever likely to see.” On this episode of The World in Time, Lewis H. Lapham and Kreitner start at the beginning of the United States of America and trace this history of disunion up to the present. Lewis H. Lapham speaks with Richard Kreitner, author of “Break It Up: Secession, Division, and the Secret History of America’s Imperfect Union.”
Morning News Podcast: Portland Suspect Killed, Joe Biden In Wisconsin
This Morning With Gordon Deal: Suspect in Portland shooting killed by law enforcement, Joe Biden visits Kenosha, and New Hampshire 16-year-old swims across English Channel.
Morning News Podcast: Swing State Voters, Covid-19 Flare Ups & Black Holes
Joe Biden is visiting Kenosha, Wisconsin today, the city where Jacob Blake was shot by police last week. And where two people died after the black lives matter protests turned violent. His visit comes a few days after Trump’s own visit on Monday.
Axios talked to 10 swing voters in Wisconsin about their feelings on the protests in their state and the upcoming election.
- Plus, the latest on Covid-19 cases in the U.S.
- And, a new type of black hole in deep space.
Guests: Axios’ Alexi McCammond, Sam Baker, and Miriam Kramer.
Boomers Daily 