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New School: Naomi Osaka, Global Vax Access, Teaching Tulsa

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4.53.6K Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2021

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

First up: We’ll break down Israel’s (likely) government shakeup, Biden’s latest moves on the southern border, and new data about female CEOs. Next: We’ll look at why tennis star Naomi Osaka’s decision to take a break from competition is about so much more than sports. Then: While the U.S. deals with vaccine hesitancy, a lot of countries have no shots, period. We’ll talk to a health reporter about how the U.S. can (and should) turn the global vaccine shortage around. ICYMI: This week was the 100 year anniversary of the race massacre in Tulsa, Oklahoma. We asked two experts why schools don’t teach students about that and the dozens of similar events that happened in what’s known as the “Red Summer.” Finally: We’ll get the lowdown from a book critic about why adding a kinda dark-sounding work of foreign fiction to our summer reading list is worth it. P.S. You can get your copy of this year’s International Booker Prize winner here. On this episode, you’ll hear from:  Natasha Loder, health policy editor, The Economist, host, “The Jab” podcast Dr. Shanedra Nowell, associate professor of social studies education, Oklahoma State University Heather Goodenough, social studies teacher, Oklahoma Lily Meyer, writer, translator and book critic 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. Engineered by Andrew Callaway. With additional support from 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 Schemes.

0:02.4

It's the start of summer, usually a quiet time, but it's 2021, so obviously not.

0:09.5

We've got the latest on what could be a big leadership change in Israel, a sporting

0:14.2

surprise in France, and why most people in Japan are like, aren't we still in a pandemic?

0:19.9

Why are we still holding the Olympics?

0:22.1

Then, we'll look at how the US can help the rest of the world get back, and the urgency

0:27.0

of doing that ASAP.

0:28.5

Fun fact, economists say those vaccines you probably received for free are actually worth

0:33.6

thousands of dollars.

0:35.2

Later, we'll turn a spotlight on a period of American history that's been overlooked

0:40.0

for too long, and we'll serve up a summer read to take you on an overseas vacation, even

0:45.2

if you're staying right where you are.

0:47.9

We are here to make you smarter, and the news less overwhelming.

0:51.4

Let's skim this.

0:57.3

Next up, Israel, where there are two new names we might soon get used to hearing, Naftali

1:02.7

Bennett and Ya'ayr Lapid.

1:05.0

Here's the context.

1:06.9

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been in office for 12 years, but the last

1:11.9

few have involved constant challenges to his leadership.

1:16.0

He's faced four elections in just the last two years, a sign of his inability to build

1:21.2

a ruling coalition strong enough to withstand outside pressure, which somehow he did for

1:26.5

a really long time, until this week when his haters finally came together, announcing

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