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Heartbreak Warfare: Russia Invades, Equal Pay, Dating App Scams

Skimm This

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4.53.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2022

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

First: It finally happened. Russia has launched a major invasion of Ukraine. We know the headlines probably feel scary and chaotic right now. So we’re going to cut through the noise by talking to two experts in Europe about what we can expect next.  Next up: We’ll give you the context on the other headlines from the week — including more countries rolling back COVID protocols, a major new report on maternal health in the pandemic, and Texas at the center of controversy (again).   Then: The US Women’s National Soccer team just scored a major victory…in the fight for equal pay. We’ll Skimm the historic settlement between the players and their employer in 60 seconds.  Plus: The men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery were just found guilty of federal hate crimes charges. We’ll ask an expert why hate crimes are historically so hard to prosecute, and how this case could mark a turning point in the fight against hate.  Finally: If you’ve seen the Tinder Swindler, you might have thought about deleting your online dating profile. But we have two dating pros to the rescue, who share how we can stay safe while swiping.  P.S. Calling all Skimm This listeners. If you have five minutes to answer some multiple choice questions, please tell us what you want to hear more of on the show. Go to theskimm.com/podsurvey.  On this episode, you’ll hear from:  Richard Ensor, journalist, the Economist Melinda Haring, Deputy Director, Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center Arusha Gordon, Associate Director of the James Byrd Jr. Center to Stop Hate, the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. Yue Xu and Julie Krafchick, co-hosts, Dateable podcast 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. Additional help from Hannah Parker. 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

I live in Ukraine, I live in Kiev, I speak to Ukrainians every day and these people are

0:09.2

about to have everything that they love in their life taken away from them.

0:15.6

Welcome to skim this.

0:17.8

It finally happened.

0:19.6

Russia has launched a major invasion of Ukraine.

0:23.1

We know that the headlines probably feel scary and really chaotic right now.

0:28.4

So we're going to cut through the noise by talking to two experts in Europe about what

0:32.6

we can expect next.

0:34.4

Russia has a lot of tricks in the back to destabilize Ukraine, lick and cut out power, communications

0:40.8

lines, phone and internet so that people can't talk to each other and make sure that

0:44.1

loved ones are safe, can't check the internet to know what's going on or how close or far

0:48.3

away the danger is.

0:50.7

We're also going to look at headlines from around the world.

0:53.8

From a major new report about maternal health in the pandemic, to countries dropping their

0:58.4

COVID restrictions.

1:00.5

We'll also skim a major victory for equal pay and we'll end on some tips about how to stay

1:05.7

safe while online dating by avoiding some of the catfish in the sea.

1:11.4

We're here to make you smarter and the news less overwhelming.

1:15.4

I'm Alex Carr, let's skim this.

1:22.3

All right, let's get to some other headlines from the week's news and give you some context

1:29.3

on why they matter.

1:30.9

First up, 49 states now in the country now lifting, we're planning to lift mask mandates.

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