Ep. 87 Real talk about refugees

Sorta Awesome

Cloud10

Education, Society & Culture, Arts

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2017

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Pull up a chair, and we'll pour you some tea. A recent Executive Order from President Trump has the world talking about the United States and refugees. This week, Megan asked Kelly to help her sit down and sort through the news, identifying facts, gathering some expert opinions, and listening to the stories of people close to the situation. It's a super-sized episode of Sorta Awesome (and they still didn't even come close to covering it all!), and of course, you'll hear your Awesomes of the Week! SHOW NOTES E Ku'u Morning Dew on Pandora Twice Removed President Trump's Refugee Order: 5 Things to Know, Preemptive Love Facts and Figures about Refugees, UNHCR Refugees are already vigorously vetted. I know because I vetted them, The Washington Post Five Myths of the Debate over Trump's Refugee Executive Order, National Review Terrorism and Immigration, A Risk Analysis, CATO Institute The 1951 Refugee Convention, UNHCR Syrian Refugees Feel More Welcome in Europe that in the Gulf, Bloomberg What Trump's Executive Order on Immigration Does - and Doesn't Do, The Atlantic Gateway of Grace Kholoud Sews Find Kelly on her blog, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram! Find Megan on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram! Visit sortaawesomeshow.com for show notes on this and every episode. And don’t forget to find us in the Sorta Awesome Hangout on Facebook , @sortaawesomeshow on Instagram, and @sortaawesomepod on Twitter! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:00.7	Hey everyone, I'm Megan Teats and this is sort of awesome. Welcome to the show that is all about uncovering the awesome in the every day.
1:24.0	Each week my co-host and I give our favorite tips, share our best stories,
1:29.0	and confide our true confessions,
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1:36.4	This is episode 87 of the show and this week is a little bit of a departure from our regularly
1:42.0	scheduled sort of awesome programming.
1:44.4	As many of you awesome's who are listening right now know, last fall I traveled to Lebanon to meet
1:50.6	with Syrian families living there after fleeing the devastation of the civil war in their country.
1:57.0	And so, like many people in the US and around the world,
2:01.0	when news broke last Friday of President Trump's
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