Cruel Summer: The Amazon, Beach-side Summits, and Taylor Swift

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🗓️ 23 August 2019

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

As fires continue to burn across the Amazon, Brazilan President Jair Bolsonaro has blamed NGOs for starting the fires and is picking fights with other countries for telling him how to do his job. We’ll give you the latest on the fires and how the international community is responding. Then: G7 leaders are holding their annual meeting this weekend in Biarritz. But the outlook at this beachside meeting isn’t sunny. Also on today’s show: Taylor Swift dropped her new album ‘Lover’ – and said she’s fighting for her music rights. Note: We mistakenly said on this episode that São Paulo is the capital of Brazil. Brazil's capital is actually Brasilia. Skimm This regrets the error. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's Friday, August 23rd.
0:03.1	Welcome to Schimbiz.
0:04.5	We're breaking down the most complex stories of the day and giving you the context on
0:08.2	why they matter.
0:10.0	Today we're diving into the fires burning across the Amazon rainforest.
0:13.7	We'll connect the dots on what the Brazilian government is saying about them and how the
0:17.4	international community is responding.
0:20.1	Then world leaders are heading to the sunny southwest of France.
0:23.2	But the mood this weekend might be a little gloomy.
0:26.4	And finally, you need to calm down.
0:28.9	Taylor Swift's new album is finally here.
0:31.9	We're here to make your evening smarter.
0:34.2	Let's skim this.
0:39.3	The most complicated story today is about the Amazon rainforest.
0:43.2	Where wild fires have been burning at alarming rates.
0:46.5	And now everyone from your mom's friends on Facebook to world leaders is trying to figure
0:50.6	out how to stop deforestation and how to keep climate change on the front burner.
0:55.9	So today we're going to get into the latest on the fires.
0:58.9	climate Brazil's president is saying about them and how some world leaders are trying
1:02.8	to get involved.
1:04.5	According to the latest data, more than 39,000 fires have been spotted in the Amazon this
1:09.0	year.
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