Don't Burst My NBA Bubble
What A Day
What A Day
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🗓️ 23 July 2020
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
NBA games start next week with just 22 qualifying teams finishing off the season that the pandemic put on hold back in March. We interview Tania Ganguli, who covers the Lakers for the LA Times and is reporting live from the Disney World basketball “bubble” where games will be held.
The world passed 15 million coronavirus cases yesterday, with the US accounting for a quarter of that total.
And in headlines: Trump announced he’ll be sending more federal officers to Chicago and Albuquerque, the US Army backs away from its twitch channel, and 7,000 QAnon devotees get kicked off Twitter.
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| 0:00.0 | It's Thursday, July 23rd. I'm Achila Hughes. |
| 0:08.7 | And I'm Gideon Resseck and this is what a day where we are reminding all of our listeners who are politicians not to swear at AOC. |
| 0:14.8 | Yeah, trust me. It is never going to end well for you. |
| 0:18.0 | Keep your damn foul language to yourself. |
| 0:21.3 | Or catch some hands. |
| 0:22.7 | On today's show, a look inside the NBA bubble, then some headlines. |
| 0:33.6 | But news. Yesterday, the world passed 15 million coronavirus cases. |
| 0:38.0 | The United States accounts for more than a quarter of that total. |
| 0:41.0 | And as Congress tries to work out their next response bill, |
| 0:44.0 | hospitalizations are near the peak we saw back in April. |
| 0:47.0 | And infections are still rising in most states. |
| 0:49.4 | Florida logged another day of almost 10,000 new cases yesterday. |
| 0:52.3 | And California has now surpassed New York as the state with the most total cases in the country. |
| 0:57.9 | It is very real and still happening. |
| 0:59.9 | And in the midst of this, in our new strange reality is the return of sports. |
| 1:04.3 | Today is baseball's opening day. |
| 1:06.0 | And it is going to be weird to say the least. |
| 1:08.2 | So the World Series champs, the nationals will host the Yankees with none other than Dr. Anthony Fauci throwing out the first pitch. |
| 1:14.6 | But there are storms in the forecast. |
| 1:15.9 | So who knows there? |
| 1:17.2 | And if the game happens, it and the rest of the shortened MLB season are going to be bizarre, |
| 1:21.7 | complete with fake crowd noise, players wearing face masks at times, |
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