If We Could Turn Back Time: 9/11, California’s Recall, (Offline) Dating

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🗓️ 9 September 2021

⏱️ 33 minutes

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First up: We’ve got the latest on the week’s biggest headlines, from El Salvador’s adoption of Bitcoin to the removal of Virginia’s most prominent Confederate statue, the newest COVID-19 variant, and Britney’s conservatorship. Next: It’s back to school time… but there’s no vaccine for kids under 12. So, we called up an expert to find out everything we need to know about schools, kids and COVID-19. Then: It’s the 20 year anniversary of 9/11, and even if we were too young to remember all of it, the terrorist attack and our government’s response to it has shaped all of our lives. We’ll look at the legacy of September 11th, two decades later. ICYMI: California governor Gavin Newsom’s in trouble, and facing possible removal from office in an election next week. We’ve got the details you need to know on California’s recall election … in 60 seconds. Plus: We were glued to our gaming consoles growing up… but for kids in China, that might not be so easy any more: China’s banning kids from playing more than 3 hours of video games a week. We’ll explain what’s going on. Finally: Match Group is going official with the S&P 500, a sign that dating apps are here to stay. But don’t worry, if they still make you nervous, we’ve asked an expert for some dating-app survival tips. P.S. Here’s a map of public symbols of the Confederacy around the U.S., and updates on their status. On this episode, you’ll hear from: Dr. Celine Gounder, clinical assistant professor of medicine and infectious diseases, New York University’s Grossman School of Medicine Laura Dugan, professor of human security, Ohio State University Nastasia Griffioen, doctoral researcher, Games for Emotional and Mental Health Lab Lindsey Metselaar, influencer and host of the "We Met at Acme" 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, Luke Vargas, and Ciara Long, with support from Peter Bonaventure. 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 SCEM this.
0:05.2	This week we're diving right into the headlines, from El Salvador making Bitcoin its national
0:10.1	currency to a Confederate statue being taken down in Virginia, plus the latest on where
0:15.8	things stand with Britney's conservatorship.
0:18.2	Then, thanks to the Delta variant, it seems like more children are at risk of getting COVID-19.
0:24.3	To clear things up, we call the doctor to understand what's going on with kids and COVID.
0:29.9	Later, we'll skim the recall election in California in 60 seconds and reflect on the 20-year anniversary
0:36.3	of 9-11.
0:38.0	And we'll wrap things up by telling you about a big milestone for dating apps.
0:42.6	Don't worry, we've got some dating app survival tips too.
0:46.3	We're here to make you smarter, and the news less overwhelming.
0:50.0	I'm Alex Carr, let's skim this.
0:58.2	Okay, literally right before we publish this, we started hearing about a major development
1:03.0	from the White House involving vaccine mandates.
1:06.6	We don't have every detail yet, or a sense about what kind of legal challenges there
1:10.7	might be to this.
1:12.0	But the details coming into focus are still pretty important.
1:16.5	Until now, a lot of vaccine mandates have been from individual businesses, companies who
1:21.0	insist employees get vaxed before returning to the office.
1:24.7	Basically, if they're paying you, businesses can set the rules, especially now that the
1:29.8	Pfizer vaccine is fully approved by the FDA.
1:33.3	Most government COVID vaccine mandates have followed a similar logic, and have applied mostly
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