Bidenomics 101
What A Day
What A Day
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🗓️ 1 December 2020
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Biden officially announced several top members of his economic team, including his picks to lead the Treasury, White House Council of Economic Advisers, and the Office of Management and Budget. We talk about the picks and what it says about Biden's economic priorities.
Moderna submitted its vaccine for FDA authorization yesterday, following Pfizer’s submission a couple weeks ago. The CDC is holding an emergency meeting today to hammer out some guidelines for states on who should get their COVID shots first.
And in headlines: SCOTUS hears arguments on Trump’s plan to keep undocumented immigrants out of the census count, a London lab uses AI to predict the shapes of proteins, and Spiderman is able to have in-person school in Atlanta.
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| 0:00.0 | It's Tuesday, December 1st. I'm Achilles Hees. |
| 0:08.1 | And I'm Erin Ryan, filling in for Gideon Resnick. |
| 0:10.4 | And this is what a day reminding you that these are your final 24 hours to stream content |
| 0:14.4 | on the departing app Quibi. |
| 0:15.9 | You know, Achilles, I'm really sad that I could no longer take just quick bites of things. |
| 0:20.3 | From now on, I have to take enormous chunks of entertainment at once. |
| 0:24.6 | I need to unhinge my jaw and swallow my entertainment, |
| 0:28.4 | like garfield eating a whole pan of lasagna. |
| 0:31.0 | Man, you're right. |
| 0:39.6 | On today's show, CDC advisors meet to decide who gets first access to the vaccines, |
| 0:44.3 | then some headlines. |
| 0:45.3 | But first, the latest. |
| 0:46.7 | Is he Uncle Paisik? |
| 0:48.3 | I'm the senior teen. |
| 0:49.6 | And... |
| 0:50.4 | Please, my style. |
| 0:52.0 | Please, my style. |
| 0:53.6 | So keep yourself up about it. |
| 0:55.4 | Please, my style. |
| 0:57.0 | Yes, who gives a fuck about the Christmas staff? |
| 1:00.5 | Ah, right. |
| 1:01.5 | What's the new holiday classic? |
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