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Up First from NPR

Friday, December 9, 2022

Up First from NPR

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4.659K Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2022

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Russians welcome prisoner swap amid worries over war in Ukraine. Tech companies cut tens of thousands of jobs. Eight teams keep their World Cup hopes alive.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Good morning.

0:01.5

Good morning.

0:03.6

Wow, you sound so happy.

0:05.6

It's Friday.

0:07.8

I'm just reminding you of the beginning of the week when you were like,

0:11.8

how are you so awake?

0:13.2

Ha ha ha.

0:14.4

How are you?

0:15.6

It's amazing what five days, a lot of coffee and some perspective we'll do.

0:23.0

Just as Americans celebrate the return of a pro basketball player,

0:26.2

Russians celebrate the return of an arms dealer.

0:28.8

President Biden said the US struck the best possible deal,

0:32.0

but how does the prisoner exchange look from Moscow?

0:35.4

I'm Rachel Martin with StevenSkip, and this is Up First from NPR News.

0:41.6

The tech industry is cutting tens of thousands of jobs.

0:44.4

Have we been through this before?

0:45.7

What we're seeing now sort of rhymes with the year 2000 in some sense,

0:50.0

but I don't think it's at quite the scale.

0:52.8

History may be able to give us some insight about the industry's future.

0:56.3

Also, eight teams remain in the world cup. They include some giants of the sport,

1:00.5

like Brazil, Argentina, and France.

1:02.9

In fact, analysts say all eight teams have a shot at winning.

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