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Today, Explained

Biden’s first 17 actions (in 17 minutes)

Today, Explained

Vox

Politics, Daily News, News

4.310.3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2021

⏱️ 21 minutes

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In his first few minutes in office, President Biden hit CTRL+Z on former President Trump’s agenda. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

It's the New Year, and for some that means resolutions to eat healthy food and get in

0:05.4

shape.

0:06.4

You've probably heard the standard advice to lose weight, eat fewer calories than you

0:09.9

burn.

0:10.9

But we at Gastropod wanted to know, is a calorie, a calorie, no matter what food it comes

0:15.7

from, and is one calorie for you, the same as one for me?

0:19.3

To find out, we visit the rooms where calories are measured and the labs where scientists

0:23.6

are proving that the numbers on our food labels are off, sometimes by quite a bit.

0:28.2

So is the calorie broken?

0:30.1

Find Gastropod and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.

0:35.2

It's today explained.

0:42.0

I'm Sean Ramos from The President is Joe Biden.

0:44.5

He's been in office for one day and he's been a very busy Biden.

0:47.8

As we mentioned on the show yesterday, 17 executive orders, proclamations, memorandums were

0:52.8

signed almost immediately after he took office together.

0:56.8

They represent a major reversal of the former administration's policies and an attempt to

1:01.7

rejoin the international order.

1:04.3

We could probably spend 17 episodes of the show spelling it all out or we could do 17

1:12.3

presidential actions in 17 minutes.

1:15.3

Do you want that sounds fun, Ding Dong?

1:17.9

Wow.

1:18.9

First, rude.

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