Ep. 192 - Colleges shutting down across the country, the election, and a police shooting in Raleigh

The Breakdown with Shaun King

The North Star

News, Society & Culture

4.8 • 12.6K Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2020

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Today Shaun unpacks and explains the impact of colleges and universities shutting down for the coronavirus across the country. Also, he shares some thoughts on the elections yesterday and closes with painful audio of the aftermath of a police shooting in Raleigh. Plus, our first woman crush Wednesday segment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	When we first started the breakdown, now nearly 200 episodes ago, I always covered three stories in each episode in today's one of those days where I could probably tell 10 different stories if we had time, but I do have
0:14.9	three stories that I want to unpack.
0:17.6	First, of course I'm going to continue talking about the coronavirus, how it's growing, the impact it's having,
0:23.8	I want to come at it from a different angle.
0:26.0	Second, I want to give some reflections on the elections yesterday,
0:31.0	six additional states voted, And also I want to break down a horrible
0:36.8	police shooting that took place in Raleigh, North Carolina. I have a painful
0:41.6	audio clip, not of the the shooting but of the aftermath that I want to play
0:45.8	for you just to give you an idea of the emotional impact. Plus we have a new segment
0:51.2	on Woman Crush Wednesday.
0:52.8	Gonna play it for you.
0:54.0	This is Sean King, and you are listening to
0:56.7	The Breakdown.
0:58.0	The Breakdown.
1:00.0	The Breakdown.
1:02.0	Breakdown. Break down. The breakdown.
1:03.0	The breakdown.
1:05.0	The breakdown. I know you already know this.
1:10.0	I know you already know this but the coronavirus and the fear around it continues to
1:20.4	grow particularly as colleges and universities all over the country, are shutting
1:26.3	down some just with a few days notice.
1:30.1	I have had college students reach out to me all over the country in a panic because their college,
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