Fury Road: Minnesota, Infrastructure, and Scream Science

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🗓️ 15 April 2021

⏱️ 33 minutes

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First up: To help understand all of this week’s COVID headlines – including big news about the Johnson & Johnson vaccine – we phoned up a doctor to ask: “Hey did you read that thing?” Then: We’ve got the latest on the most recent incident of police violence in Minnesota, why Iran is increasing its uranium enrichment, and the latest beef between the U.S. and Russia. After that: If President Biden has his way, U.S. troops will leave Afghanistan by September 11th, 2021. We’ll break down why ending America’s longest war is so tricky. Quickly: We’ve got the details on a new plan to slow migration to the U.S. from Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala. Later: We got a call from the U.S. Commerce Secretary this week. A $2 trillion infrastructure plan is being debated in Congress, and she thinks millennials should be paying attention. Finally: We’re letting out some steam. And breaking down the science…of screaming. On this episode, you’ll hear from: Dr. Celine Gounder, clinical assistant professor of medicine and infectious diseases, New York University’s Grossman School of Medicine Gina Raimondo, US Commerce Secretary Noreen MacDonald, chair, department of city and regional planning, UNC Chapel Hill Want more Skimm? Sign up for our free daily newsletter Email us your questions about what’s going on in the news right now Subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts Skimm'd by Alex Carr and Luke Vargas. With additional support from Peter Bonaventure and Ciara Long. TheSkimm’s head of audio is Graelyn Brashear. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to SKIM this.
0:03.0	It's been quite the week for COVID news, including a big announcement from the FDA that's
0:07.4	going to impact vaccine supply.
0:09.7	To make sense of it all, we phone to friend, a doctor friend.
0:14.1	Then we'll bring you to latest on the most recent incident of police violence in Minnesota,
0:18.8	and break down the latest will-day-want-day between the U.S. and Iran and also Russia.
0:24.3	Later, we've got updates on the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, and why ending America's
0:29.1	longest war is so hard to do.
0:32.0	Oh, and we should mention, we also got a call from the Biden administration to talk about
0:37.0	their infrastructure plan and how they're going to pay for it.
0:40.6	We're here to make you smarter, and the news less overwhelming.
0:44.1	Let's SKIM this.
0:48.6	Sometimes you see a headline, and it's all you have time to read before going back to work
0:53.0	or to bed.
0:54.4	But when the topic is really important, like life or death important with COVID, headlines
0:59.4	really don't tell the full story.
1:01.8	So wouldn't it be nice if you could just call up a doctor friend and be like, hey, did
1:06.3	you guys read that thing in the New York last month about how golf?
1:08.5	I had somewhere.
1:09.5	I think it was an NPR.
1:10.5	Did you read that thing in Mother Jones about?
1:12.0	I wrote some.
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