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Awareness, Meet Action: Battling Breast Cancer During COVID-19

Skimm This

theSkimm

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4.53.6K Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2020

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

This week, we’ve got updates on three developing stories you’ve probably been hearing about. We’ll break down Pope Francis’s recent comments on same-sex civil unions. We’ve got the latest on new COVID-19 lockdowns happening around the world. And then, what’s going on with foreign interference in the home stretch of the election.  Then, we’ve got an important message from breast cancer doctors and breast cancer survivors about why COVID cannot be a reason to avoid staying on top of your breast health. Also: there’s already enough focus on the presidential race. But with the Senate up for grabs, we’ll look at the down-ballot races worth paying attention to this November.  Finally, we’ve got the story on something you might notice the next time you log on to Disney+.  On this episode, you’ll hear from:  Gretchen Herrera, breast cancer survivor Dr. Kelly Hunt, surgical oncologist at MD Anderson Cancer Center Dr. Deborah Lindner, chief medical officer, Bright Pink Wendy J. Schiller, professor and chair of the department of political science, Brown University  Nathaniel Rakich, elections analyst, FiveThirtyEight Hemant Shah, professor of journalism and mass communication, University of Wisconsin Dr. Yaba Blay, scholar-activist  Let us know what questions you have about what’s going on in the news right now. Email us at audio@theskimm.com or call and leave us a voicemail at: 646-461-6370. You might hear your message on the show.  If you want to add theSkimm to your daily routine, sign-up for our free newsletter the Daily Skimm. It’s everything you need to know to start your day, right in your inbox.  Skimm'd by Alex Carr, Justine Davie, and Luke Vargas. With additional support from Peter Bonaventure and Ciara Long.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Today's episode is brought to you by Normal Now, a campaign powered by Electrify America.

0:08.9

Because some people think electric cars are just a weird new trend.

0:12.6

But the truth is, they're normal now.

0:15.1

Last night, there was a presidential debate.

0:20.6

We watched it, but skimmed this is about giving you the context on why stories matter.

0:25.0

And sometimes, context takes time to understand.

0:28.0

Also, sleep.

0:29.0

But don't worry, the daily skimms writers, fact checkers, and editors were up all night

0:34.1

breaking down everything you need to know about what went down at the final Trump Biden

0:38.4

face-off.

0:39.7

To read today's daily skim newsletter, head on over to theskim.com.

0:43.3

Otherwise, consider this a debate-free zone.

0:46.2

Which if you've already voted or already made up your mind about who you want to vote

0:49.7

for and have a plan for how you're going to vote, you've earned.

0:54.0

Welcome to skimmed this.

0:55.4

First up, we'll bring you up to speed on three stories we've been tracking this week,

0:59.2

including a big announcement from Pope Francis on same-sex civil unions.

1:03.8

Whether rising COVID cases mean lockdowns are coming back, and why Iran is sending people

1:10.1

mean 2020 emails, we'll break it down.

1:14.0

After that, we've gone an important story from breast cancer doctors and breast cancer

1:17.5

survivors about why COVID literally cannot be a reason to avoid staying on top of your

1:22.0

breast health.

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