Carry Me Away: To Tokyo, Space, and All the Weddings

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🗓️ 22 July 2021

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

First up: We’ll break down this week’s big stories, from COVID cases at the Olympics to chip shortages and Jeff Bezos’ big adventure. Next: COVID cases are soaring again in the U.S. – that is, among the unvaccinated. We’ll talk to a researcher about the factors that have (and haven’t) made hesitant Americans change their minds about the vaccine in recent months. If you want to check out the full study, you can find it here. Also: What does “back to normal” even look like? We’ll ask one journalist who’s been tracking how far away 50 countries are from pre-pandemic life. Plus: Trying to fit two years worth of weddings into a single Wedding Season is crushing our meticulous budgeting skills. We’ll talk to an expert on how we can stay on track with all the wedding gifts we have to buy. Finally: We’re not seeing ghosts, but we’re hearing them. A new doc featured some deep-faked voice AI to mimic late chef Anthony Bourdain’s voice. Can that ever be ethical? On this episode, you’ll hear from: Ashley Kirzinger, associate director for public opinion and survey research, Kaiser Family Foundation James Fransham, data journalist, The Economist Bola Sokunbi, founder, Clever Girl Finance Karen Hao, senior AI editor, MIT Technology Review Want more Skimm? Sign up for our free daily newsletter Email us your questions about what’s going on in the news right now Subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts Skimm'd by Alex Carr, Luke Vargas, and Ciara Long. Engineered by Andrew Callaway. TheSkimm’s head of audio is Graelyn Brashear. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, skimmers!
0:01.6	Before we get into the show, have you listened to revisionist history?
0:06.1	It's a podcast from Pushkin that re-examined something from the past and asked whether
0:10.5	we got it right the first time.
0:12.6	On the new season, Malcolm Gladwell takes on The Little Mermaid.
0:16.7	On the surface, it's a kid-friendly story about a woman who falls in love and finds her
0:20.8	voice.
0:21.8	But lurking underneath is a much darker message.
0:25.5	Malcolm dives in and enlists a team of experts to write a new script and a star-studded
0:29.8	podcast to act it out.
0:31.7	Listen to revisionist history wherever you get your podcasts.
0:38.5	Welcome to Skim This.
0:40.7	Are we the only ones not completely pumped for the Olympics?
0:44.2	We'll break down the latest from Japan.
0:46.5	Also, what do Taco Bell and smartphone makers have in common?
0:50.8	Turns out, they're both feeling the pinch from COVID-related supply chain shortages.
0:56.0	Later, as the Delta variant spreads across the US, we asked an expert, is it even possible
1:01.9	to convince someone to get vaccinated or should we just be holding more laudaries to get
1:05.9	people to roll up their sleeves?
1:08.4	And finally, if you've been feeling cash-strap this wedding season, you are not alone.
1:13.2	Trust me.
1:14.2	We've got some tips on how to save money and still have fun doing it.
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