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The Young Turks

Green Gamble

The Young Turks

TYT Network

News, Government, Politics

3.9 β€’ 5.5K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 20 April 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Episode summary: Germany shuts down its last nuclear power reactors. Biden's green gamble. UnitedHealth touts profit surge after lobbyists weaken Medicare advantage crackdown. Group of wealthy Americans warns US democracy "will not survive" unless the rich are taxed heavily. HOSTS: Ana Kasparian (@AnaKasparian) SUBSCRIBE on YOUTUBE: ☞ https://www.youtube.com/user/theyoungturks FACEBOOK: ☞ https://www.facebook.com/theyoungturks TWITTER: ☞ https://www.twitter.com/theyoungturks INSTAGRAM: ☞ https://www.instagram.com/theyoungturks TIKTOK: ☞ https://www.tiktok.com/@theyoungturks πŸ‘• Merch: https://shoptyt.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Woo! It's up!

0:30.0

Hi everybody, welcome to TYT. I'm your host, Anacasparian. And we have, as usual, a gigantic show ahead for you.

0:40.0

In the second hour, John Eiderola will be joining me to talk about the fantastic artwork that you can

0:48.0

experience while looking at Donald Trump's latest round of NFTs, which unfortunately for all of you have already sold out.

0:55.0

So apologies, but we do have some more, shall we say substantive topics to get to in the first hour.

1:01.0

I'll be doing a deep dive on nuclear energy with the news peg on the fact that Germany has decided to shut down its last remaining nuclear reactors.

1:11.0

Was it a good decision, a bad decision? You can decide for yourselves, but I'll give you the facts.

1:16.0

Later we'll also talk about something that the right wing has been celebrating because they think it's an example of me not being in favor of doing something.

1:24.0

In response to the climate emergency. And really it's the rant that I engaged in recently in regard to the cost associated with transitioning to electric vehicles.

1:34.0

Turns out I'm not the only one who's concerned about the financial burdens that ordinary Americans are going to be facing.

1:39.0

So we'll talk about that in a detailed and nuanced way.

1:43.0

And we will of course lighten things up quite a bit in the bonus episode for our members.

1:49.0

So one man decided it would be a great idea to propose to his now fiance by kidnapping her.

1:58.0

Was it romantic? Could it possibly be romantic? I don't know, you got to be a member to find out TYT.com slash join to become one.

2:05.0

You can also help support the show by liking and sharing the stream if you're watching us live online.

2:10.0

With that said, can't wait to share this next story with you. I have waited quite a while to make sure I had a firm grasp on this topic before.

2:18.0

Bringing it up for discussion here at TYT. So let's talk about nuclear.

2:25.0

Germany has decided to go forward with its plans to shut down their last remaining nuclear reactors.

2:32.0

The controversial decision comes with some serious climate related consequences that are worth discussing.

2:38.0

Now fierce debates over whether countries should completely phase out nuclear power have raged on for decades.

2:46.0

What ends up complicating the matter even more is how to do away with nuclear, which is a clean energy source,

2:52.0

while adequately addressing our energy needs.

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