It's Monday, April 8th.

I'm Travel Anderson.

And I'm Josie Duffy Rice, and this is What a Day.

The Pod that Lakes our music, Fast and American.

Chechnya last week banned new music from being too upbeat or too slow.

Officials say it's to preserve their own culture, but I've got to say you should break the law

for Beyonce's yaya.

You gotta break the law. It's called civil disobedience and it is what we are doing.

There we go.

On today's show, it's the total eclipse of our hearts. We'll talk about the excitement over this afternoon space event.

Plus, undefeated South Carolina takes home the trophy in the NCAA women's championship game.

Something happy coming out of South Carolina.

I love this for me.

But first, an update on Israel's war on Gaza.

Israel announced Sunday it's reducing its military presence in the besieged territory,

but this should not be interpreted as a sign that the war may be over. In fact, an Israeli defense

for spokesman told the BBC, quote,

war can only be over when the hostages come home

and when Hamas is gone.

So what is the current state of the devastation

over there in Gaza?

Well, it has officially been six months since Hamas attacked Israel which they say was a response to decades of occupation and more and in that attack

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