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🗓️ 8 October 2019

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

The US government is taking names. The Commerce Department says its adding 28 Chinese companies to a trade blacklist. We’ll connect the dots on what this has to do with reported human rights violations in China, and what it could mean for the ongoing US-China trade war. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court is back on the bench. The Supremes heard two big cases today that could affect millions of LGBTQ-plus workers across the country. Also on today’s show: millennials want to talk about mental health at work, and the latest Nobel Prize award is out of this world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's Tuesday, October 8th.
0:03.2	Welcome to Schim this.
0:04.5	We're breaking down the most complex stories of the day and giving you the context on
0:08.2	why they matter.
0:09.8	The US is putting a bunch of Chinese companies on a blacklist, but the reason apparently
0:14.8	has nothing to do with the ongoing trade war.
0:17.4	We'll explain what this latest move is all about.
0:20.0	Then, the Supreme Court is back in session, and already tackling cases that could impact
0:25.1	the lives of millions of people.
0:27.3	And finally, it's still Nobel Prize Week, which means more scientists are getting an
0:31.6	early morning wake-up call.
0:33.1	We're here to make your evening smarter.
0:35.5	Let's skim this.
0:39.0	Today's episode is brought to you by CarMax, the way it should be.
0:45.2	The most complicated story today is about blacklist.
0:48.8	No, not the TV show, economic blacklist.
0:52.2	The US just blocked a bunch of Chinese artificial intelligence and surveillance companies from
0:57.0	dealing with the US, which could cause them a lot of economic pain and impact US-China
1:02.6	trade talks, which already weren't going great.
1:06.1	So today we're going to get into what the US just announced, why the US did it, and how
1:11.1	this blacklist could impact economic tensions between the US and China.
1:15.5	First up, the blacklist.
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