Best of 'Thing to Know Thursday' in 2019 - Thursday, December 26th, 2019
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 26 December 2019
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Summary
Here's a special episode for you on this Thursday, December 26th, 2019!
Instead of providing the day's news in less than 10 minutes (like we usually do), we're instead taking a look back at some of the best "Thing to Know Thursday" interview segments we've aired after the news on Thursdays in 2019.
You'll hear 10 clips on 10 topics ranging from CBD to dating to esports to impeachment to productivity and more...
Thanks to all the guests who have shared their time and expertise throughout the year and to all the listeners for tuning in throughout 2019 and into the new year of 2020!
And a special thanks to The NewsWorthy Insiders for your support of the show! Become one here: www.theNewsWorthy.com/insider
Learn more after this episode:
CBD - Dr. Peter Grinspoon, Harvard Medical School
Dating trends - Damona Hoffman, Dates & Mates
Esports - Joey Gawrysiak, Shenandoah University
Impeachment Process - Laurie Levenson, Loyola Law School
Productivity Tips - John Lee Dumas, Entrepreneurs on Fire
E-Cigarettes/Vaping - Robin Koval, Truth Initiative
Real ID - Jaime Garza, California DMV
Career Trends - Lauren McGoodwin, Career Contessa
Future of Drones - Arthur Holland Michel, Center for the Study of the Drone
"Year of the Vegan" - Leslie Durso, Vegan Chef
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Thursday, December 26th. I know this is where you normally get all the days news in less than 10 minutes, but today we're doing something a little different. |
| 0:08.0 | It's a special episode for you as we wave goodbye to 2019. It's a look back at 10 of the best thing to |
| 0:13.8 | know Thursday interview segments of the year. You'll hear key points about |
| 0:17.3 | everything from CBD to dating to e-ports to impeachment to productivity |
| 0:22.0 | tips and more. |
| 0:23.2 | So here are 10 clips of 10 of this year's thing-to-note Thursday interviews. |
| 0:27.3 | You ready? |
| 0:28.3 | Let's do this. |
| 0:29.3 | What do |
| 0:33.0 | the future of CBD looks like? Well I think it's going to depend a lot on what the |
| 0:37.2 | studies show. If good quality studies in humans show that it doesn't really do anything for anxiety, insomnia, or chronic |
| 0:46.8 | pain, then I think that it might fade out and be yet another trend like beta carantine and |
| 0:54.6 | oxidants or fish oil all the other things that have come and gone. |
| 0:58.0 | If there is evidence that it works I think it could be really huge. |
| 1:02.4 | The studies are pretty encouraging. |
| 1:07.1 | Dating apps are definitely on the rise. When you look back to when my husband and I met |
| 1:11.6 | or even just in 2010, one in five people met through a |
| 1:15.4 | dating site. |
| 1:16.8 | And now in 2019, one in three people are meeting through a dating site or app. |
| 1:21.6 | So that's telling you that's where the singles are and by |
| 1:25.1 | 20 we're going to have 700 million people online using dating app. |
| 1:29.9 | At the college level for e-sports we have it as not just a club kind of sport anymore |
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