Get It Together: Senate Filibuster, US-Russia, and Your Paycheck

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🗓️ 13 January 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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First up: We’ve got the latest on how hospitals are coping with Omicron cases amid a staffing shortage, rising inflation (again), the latest scandal to hit top US universities, and Prince Andrew getting thrown some royal shade. Then: The US and Russia are squaring off again – and these talks are giving people some major Cold War vibes. We’ll ask one expert why things are so tense right now, and why Putin’s got Team Biden running in circles. ICYMI: Djokovic might be warming up for the Australian open, but immigration officials still haven’t decided if he should even be in the country. We’ll bring you up to date on the twists and turns of Djokovic’s Australian visa drama. Next: The debate over the filibuster is back and if you forgot exactly what the filibuster even is…you’re not alone. We’ll run through a quick definition, and break down both sides of the spicy debate over changing it. Finally: At theSkimm, we do New Year’s resolutions a little differently. Today, we’ll fill you in on one of the ways we’re getting smarter this year: making sure our paycheck deductions are going to the best health insurance and retirement options. P.S. Here’s what all those acronyms for different kinds of retirement plans actually mean. On this episode, you’ll hear from: Andrea Kendall-Taylor, senior fellow and director of the Transatlantic Security Program, Center for a New American Security Marsha Barnes, personal finance expert and founder, The Finance Bar 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 Ciara Long. Additional help from Sagine Corrielus. Engineered by Andrew Callaway. 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 SCIM this.
0:02.8	We might be in a new calendar year, but this week we've got some news, deja vu.
0:08.9	In the US, inflation is still climbing, and the Senate is debating killing the filibuster
0:14.1	for what feels like the 100th time.
0:17.1	While over in Europe, Russia and the US are in talks again over the tension at the Ukrainian
0:22.0	border, and those negotiations are giving us major cold war vibes.
0:26.8	It is one of the most significant crises with Russia since the end of the Cold War.
0:32.1	But it's not all old drama.
0:34.2	We've also got the latest on the never-ending rally between tennis player Novak Djokovic
0:39.0	and the Australian government, major universities embroiled in a price-fixing scandal, and trouble
0:44.9	for Prince Andrew.
0:46.6	Britain's Prince Andrew faces possible trial in connection with his former friend, Jeffrey
0:52.0	Epstein.
0:53.0	And to end the show this week, we're telling you about one of our New Year's resolutions,
0:57.4	getting the most out of our paychecks.
1:00.2	We're here to make you smarter, and the news less overwhelming.
1:04.0	I'm Alex Carr.
1:05.5	Let's SCIM this.
1:11.3	Let's start with some breaking news.
1:13.7	Before we publish the show, the Supreme Court issued a major ruling, and blocked the Biden
1:18.6	administration from enforcing its vaccine mandate for big private companies.
1:23.2	You might remember that President Biden had issued a pretty major mandate last year, which
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