Neverending Story: Impeachment Hearings, Savvy Scammers, OK Boomer

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🗓️ 19 November 2019

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Lawmakers sat for a LONG time today during marathon impeachment hearings on Capitol Hill. Today we finally heard from officials who listened in on President Trump’s now-infamous phone call with the leader of Ukraine. We’ll get into the latest impeachment revelations and how Republicans tried to question the credibility of today’s witnesses. Also on today’s show: why scammers are hungry for gift cards, and why “OK boomer” may be falling out of fashion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's Tuesday, November 19th.
0:03.1	Welcome to Schim this.
0:04.3	We're breaking down the most complex stories of the day
0:06.7	and giving you the context on why they matter.
0:09.6	It was an impeachment hearing marathon
0:11.3	on Capitol Hill today.
0:12.8	If you're struggling to remember which official heard what
0:15.7	about which allegation allows to break it down for you,
0:19.2	then gift cards may seem like an easy present,
0:22.0	but they could also make you an easy target.
0:24.9	And finally, why it's time to retire, okay, boomer.
0:28.7	We're here to make your evening smarter.
0:30.7	Let's Schim this.
0:32.0	Today's episode is brought to you by Uber.
0:41.2	The most complicated story today is about,
0:46.1	you guessed it, impeachment.
0:48.3	It was a packed day of public impeachment hearings.
0:51.0	And the thing almost everyone came to talk about,
0:53.4	the phone call.
0:54.5	The famous phone call between President Trump
0:56.7	and the president of Ukraine,
0:58.3	in which Trump asked Ukraine's president
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