Hamas leader killed in Gaza

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🗓️ 18 October 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Israel says a military operation in Gaza killed, Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, the architect of the Oct. 7 attack. We get the latest from Daniel Levy of the U.S. / Middle East Project. Then, what should voters know about mail-in ballots? Elections expert Wendy Underhill joins us, along with Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab, who shares his concerns about the timely delivery of ballots by the U.S. Postal Service. And, the film "Hundreds of Beavers" was made on a low budget during two Wisconsin winters. Since then, the film has developed a cult following. We speak with co-writer Ryland Brickson Cole Tews.

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0:35.4	Now here's today's episode. The idea that one chops off the head of the snake
0:42.2	as if the appeal of Hamas, of resistance is out of some
0:48.1	kind of mesmerizing charisma of one person. Many Hamas leaders have been killed. That's to misunderstand the nature of resistance.
0:57.1	The man called the architect of the October 7th attacks is dead according to Israel.
1:20.0	But the war isn't over and this is here and now anytime from NPR and WBUR. I'm Chris Bentley.
1:24.7	Today on the show...
1:25.7	If I owed you $1,000 and I said I'm going to give you cash,
1:28.8	but I'm going to put it in the post office,
1:30.2	you'd ask me not to do that.
1:31.4	So in your ballot, you need to treat it like cash.
1:33.7	Kansas's Secretary of State says think twice about putting your mail-in ballot in the mailbox,
1:40.9	even though voting by mail, by in large works.
1:44.3	Also, everyone can agree that it's funny when someone in a mascot
1:48.2	costume falls down, and now it's grown into this monstrosity.
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