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New Vocab: Impeachment Latin, El Chapito, All-Female Spacewalks

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4.53.6K Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2019

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

The impeachment inquiry is forcing us to dust off our Latin dictionaries and look up “quid pro quo” and “emolumentum.” These words are coming up as we learn more about President Trump’s dealings with Ukraine, and his decision to host the G7 summit at one of his Florida resorts. Meanwhile, infamous drug lord El Chapo may be behind bars in the US, but his Sinaloa Cartel is back in the news after battling with Mexican security forces yesterday. Also on today’s show: a message for anyone undergoing cancer treatments, and one giant leap for womankind. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

It's Friday, October 18th.

0:03.1

Welcome to Schim this.

0:04.5

We're breaking down the most complex stories of the day and giving you the context on

0:08.1

why they matter.

0:09.2

It's time for Latin class, because this whole impeachment mess can get a little overwhelming

0:14.4

without understanding what proclose or the meaning of immolumentum.

0:19.2

Meanwhile, a city in Mexico was essentially shut down yesterday after the Cinaloa cartel

0:24.3

battled with security forces.

0:26.3

We'll explain why.

0:27.7

And finally, one giant leap for a woman kind.

0:31.0

We're here to make your evening smarter.

0:33.0

Let's Schim this.

0:39.2

Today's episode is brought to you by Sikara.

0:44.6

The most complicated story today has to do with learning Latin.

0:48.5

The language might be dead, but this week there are two Latin terms that are very much

0:52.6

alive.

0:53.7

So today we're going to pull out our old Latin dictionaries and look up quid pro quo

0:58.1

and immolumentum to see what they mean and why we're talking about them.

1:02.8

Let's start with quid pro quo.

1:05.2

That's Latin fourth thing for thing.

1:08.7

It usually has a negative connotation.

1:11.2

It's not so much you get paid for going to work.

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