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Heating Up: Iran Fallout, Weinstein Trial, Australia Fires

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4.53.6K Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2020

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

The year is off to a rocky start for the US and Iran. Last week, the US killed a top Iranian general linked to attacks on hundreds of Americans. Now, Iran is threatening to retaliate. We’ll dive in. Meanwhile, it’s day one for the Harvey Weinstein trial in New York, more than two years after an explosive report detailed allegations of decades of sexual assault. We’ll explain why bringing him to justice has taken so long. Also on today’s show: we’ll survey the damage from Australia’s deadly bushfires, and how celebrities spoke up about it at the Golden Globes. PS: if you want to help the fire relief efforts, here’s the link we mentioned in the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

It's Monday, January 6th.

0:03.1

Welcome to Schim this.

0:04.4

We're breaking down the most complex stories of the day and giving you the context on why

0:08.1

they matter.

0:09.1

2020 is off to a rocky start for the U.S. and Iran.

0:13.2

Last week, the U.S. killed a top Iranian general linked to attacks on hundreds of Americans.

0:17.6

Now, Iran is threatening to retaliate.

0:20.1

Then, it's day one for the Harvey Weinstein trial in New York, more than two years after

0:24.9

an explosive report detailed allegations of decades of sexual assault.

0:29.2

Finally, we'll survey the damage from Australia's deadly bushfires.

0:33.1

We're here to make your evening smarter.

0:35.0

Let's skim this.

0:39.0

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0:41.4

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0:44.8

We love it.

0:45.8

We think you will too.

0:49.6

The most complicated story of the day is about what's going on with Iran.

0:53.7

This story has dominated the new so far in 2020.

0:57.0

In fact, you probably read about it this morning in your daily skim.

1:00.4

Last Friday, the U.S. killed a leader of an Iranian military group called the Kudz Force

1:04.4

in a drone strike in Iraq.

1:06.3

His name was Kossim Suleimani, and Iranians have been taking his death pretty hard.

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