Deadlines: Iran Deal, Climate Crisis, NFL Kickoff

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🗓️ 5 September 2019

⏱️ 13 minutes

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It’s almost the end of the week, and deadlines are looming – in Iran. They’re giving major players in Europe until tomorrow to help them out financially before they stop complying with more parts of the 2015 Nuclear Deal. Meanwhile, Democratic presidential hopefuls spent seven straight hours yesterday talking about climate change. We’ll break down where candidates actually differed. Also on today’s show: fantasy football water cooler conversations are about to start back up again, and artificial intelligence is going wild. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's Thursday, September 5th.
0:03.2	Welcome to Schim this.
0:04.5	We're breaking down the most complex stories of the day and giving you the context on why
0:08.6	they matter.
0:10.4	Iran's calling on a few European countries to lend a hand to help them get out from under
0:15.0	crippling US sanctions.
0:17.2	We'll connect the dots on how those countries are responding and where the US comes into play.
0:22.2	Then Democratic presidential candidates all basically agree that climate change is a huge
0:26.8	issue.
0:27.8	Where they differ is how to solve it.
0:30.4	And finally, we've got your primer for tonight's big NFL kickoff.
0:34.4	We're here to make your evening smarter.
0:36.3	Let's Schim this.
0:40.1	The most complicated story today is about Iran, hitting the snooze button yet again on the
0:45.0	2015 nuclear deal.
0:47.1	The country's been in an economic bind ever since the US started re-issuing sanctions
0:51.2	against them last year.
0:52.8	And now Iran's president says he plans to break more promises associated with the nuclear
0:57.2	deal and ramp up the country's nuclear enrichment program unless major players in Europe
1:02.5	help Iran out financially.
1:05.0	The deadline they gave those European countries is tomorrow.
1:08.5	But now Iran says we'll give you some more time.
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