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Skimm This

Looking Back, Springing Forward, and Hitting Up Obama

Skimm This

theSkimm

News

4.53.6K Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

First up: Today, President Biden signed a long-awaited stimulus bill. We’ll break down three of the biggest wishes he granted and look at who’s gonna be affected. (Here’s the rest of theSkimm on the stimulus bill) Then: We’ll explain the CDC’s new guidelines about what we can do once we’ve been vaccinated. Plus: We’ll follow one Skimm HQ’er as she gets her first shot. Remember Me? TheSkimm sat down with former President Obama this week and asked him what it will take for Americans to truly get to a place of racial equality. ICYMI: It’s almost time to “spring forward” this weekend for Daylight Savings. We’ll share some tips to make losing an hour less difficult this year.  Finally: A year after the pandemic officially began, we’ll talk to a grief counselor about reckoning with the losses we’ve dealt with — from loved ones to jobs — and how to move forward. On this episode, you’ll hear from:  Kat, Skimm HQ’er Carly M., Skimm HQ’er Barack Obama, Former President of the United States, author, “A Promised Land” Dr. Sonya Lott, licensed psychologist 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 and Luke Vargas. With additional support from Peter Bonaventure and Ciara Long. 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 Schem this.

0:03.1

Maybe we're getting ahead of ourselves, but it's starting to feel like spring.

0:07.3

The days are getting longer, and we got some good news this week.

0:10.8

Congress passed a new COVID relief felt, and the CDC started loosening restrictions for

0:15.6

people who've gotten their shots.

0:17.8

We'll break down both stories and talk to a Schem HQer about her vaccine experience.

0:23.7

But as the US marks one year since the coronavirus was declared a global pandemic, it's also clear

0:29.4

that we've barely emerged from a brutal winter.

0:32.6

And with one in three Americans knowing someone who's died, the healing process is just

0:37.4

beginning.

0:38.4

So, this week we talked to a grief counselor about what we're feeling and what the road

0:43.2

ahead might look like.

0:44.8

Plus, we caught up with former president Barack Obama.

0:47.8

Yeah, that Barack Obama about how America has tried to reckon with race over the past

0:53.0

year.

0:54.0

So stick around.

0:55.0

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

0:57.9

Let's skim this.

0:59.9

Hey Schemmers, we're here to tell you about another podcast you'll like.

1:11.2

Double Date.

1:12.2

Marlott Thomas and Phil Donahue fell in love on live television and wed over 40 years

1:17.9

ago.

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