Here Today, Gone Tomorrow: Paid Leave, Facebook, the Planet

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🗓️ 28 October 2021

⏱️ 34 minutes

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First up: So much for paid family leave. Democrats unveiled a more than $1 trillion spending bill this week, but it’s leaving a lot of people disappointed. We’ll catch up with one Capitol Hill reporter to find out why. Next: We’ve got the latest on Pfizer’s COVID vaccine for kids under 12, the coup in Sudan, the U.N.’s scary climate report and the U.S. asking passport holders: is your gender M, F or X? ICYMI: The midterm elections aren’t until 2022, but Election Day next Tuesday could set the tone for next year’s midterms. We’ll break down what to look out for. Then: October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. We’ll explain what miscarriages are, and we’ll ask two fertility specialists: what are the best things to say to someone who’s going through one? Let’s talk biz: A bunch of companies announced their Q3 earnings this week, and plenty of them announced more price increases for consumers. We’ll explain what’s driving that. Plus: Facebook has had so much bad press lately, but the headlines are barely making a dent in the company’s profits. We’ll talk to one reporter about Facebook’s handling of the “Facebook Papers” scandal. Finally: If the “nature is healing” memes got you through some dark moments last year, now there’s actual science to show you’re not alone. Literally, memes are good for our health. We’ll get into just why that is. P.S. We’ve got resources for anyone dealing with loss or grief after a miscarriage here. On this episode, you’ll hear from: Alice Miranda Ollstein, healthcare and Capitol Hill reporter, POLITICO Keach Hagey, investigative reporter for media and tech, The Wall Street Journal Dr. Natalie Crawford, fertility physician Dr. Temeka Zore, fertility specialist and board-certified OB/GYN Jessica Myrick , professor of media studies, Penn State University 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, Luke Vargas, and Ciara Long. Additional support 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 Schemes.
0:03.2	After months of negotiations, Democrats are finally coming together on a more than $1 trillion
0:08.4	spending bill.
0:10.0	But if you hoped the U.S. might finally pass paid family leave, prepare to be disappointed.
0:16.4	World leaders are also trying to figure out a way to literally prevent planetary ruin.
0:21.0	We'll skim the stakes heading into big UN climate talks.
0:24.8	And later...
0:25.8	We have a new North Star to help bring the metaverse to life.
0:29.9	Oh, hey Mark Zuckerberg.
0:32.3	Facebook's new name is apparently meta.
0:35.1	But if this week taught us anything, it's that whistleblowers, journalists and politicians
0:39.8	aren't about to let the company just rebrand and walk away from the message caused.
0:44.6	We'll dive into what the Facebook papers tells us about the company and its impact on
0:48.3	society.
0:49.5	And finally, after spilling the tea on Facebook, we'll end on some good news about internet
0:54.2	culture.
0:55.2	We're here to make you smarter, and the news less overwhelming.
0:59.3	I'm Alex Carr.
1:00.9	Let's skim this.
1:03.0	Alright, our first story is simultaneously fast-moving and moving ridiculously slow.
1:12.3	We're talking about that multi-trillion dollar piece of legislation that Democrats on
1:16.4	Capitol Hill are still trying to pass.
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