Money and Coronavirus; Samantha Irby On Judge Mathis

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🗓️ 29 May 2020

⏱️ 35 minutes

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The coronavirus pandemic has us worrying not only about our health, but also about money. Sam talks to CBS News business analyst Jill Schlesinger, about the current economic crisis and how it's affecting different generations. Then, Sam talks to writer Samantha Irby about her newsletter "Who's On Judge Mathis Today?," which recaps the foibles of the syndicated daytime court show Judge Mathis.

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0:00.0	Hey y'all, this is Sam's Aunt Betty.
0:02.8	This week on the show,
0:04.4	how the economic impact of coronavirus
0:07.8	affects different generations.
0:09.8	And later, Sam talks to New York Times bestselling author,
0:13.9	Samantha Ernie.
0:15.4	All right, let's start the show.
0:20.0	Hey y'all, from NPR, I'm Sam Sanders.
0:22.2	It's been a minute.
0:23.6	Happy weekend.
0:24.9	So this week, as Aunt Betty said, we're going to talk about
0:28.0	the economy.
0:29.2	But trust me, dear listener, it's going to be a chat that is
0:31.6	ultimately uplifting, in spite of all the numbers we're all seeing.
0:36.5	As I'm sure you know by now, those latest numbers are staggering.
0:40.3	As of the end of this week, more than one in four US workers have lost their jobs.
0:45.3	Since coronavirus shut down most of the economy in March, one in four.
0:50.7	Altogether, since this whole thing started, more than 40 million people in this country
0:55.1	have filed for unemployment.
0:57.2	Those kind of numbers show that obviously this pandemic is hurting all types of folks
1:01.6	from all walks of life.
1:03.3	But a question I keep asking and a question I keep hearing other people ask
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