Pressure Cookin: Midterm Results and Surprises, COP27, Thanksgiving Recipes

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🗓️ 10 November 2022

⏱️ 34 minutes

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First: Results from the midterm elections are coming in, and it's a mixed bag. We’re breaking down some major takeaways as we wait to see which party will take control of Congress. Then: There’s a lot of turbulence in Silicon Valley. We’re sorting through all the drama @ Twitter, the historic layoffs at Facebook, and some good news for your winter getaways, in 60 seconds. Next: The COP27 conference is putting global conversations about climate change in the spotlight. We’re talking to an expert about how these negotiations are playing out in Egypt, and who’s ready to take action. Plus: In partnership with our friends at Slack, we're taking listeners behind the scenes of our digital HQ to show how certain Slack channels help us do our jobs better. Next up: #headline-workshop. Finally: Just in time for Thanksgiving, there's a national turkey shortage. Thanks, bird flu. We’re talking to a chef about two show stopping dishes you can make instead, plus another option that could totally change your Thanksgiving game. You can find the recipes we talked about here and here. On this episode, you’ll hear from: Juliet Eilperin, Deputy Climate and Environment Editor, The Washington Post Alicia Valenski, Senior Editor, SEO, theSkimm Maria Corpus, Senior Writer, theSkimm Becky Krystal, Food Writer, Voraciously The Washington Post 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, Will Livingston, and Blake Lew-Merwin. We had additional help from Alaisha Key. Engineered by Andrew Callaway and Elie McAfee-Hahn. 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	Today's episode is brought to you by Slack.
0:03.2	Welcome to Schem This.
0:08.3	The midterm election results are coming in,
0:11.7	and they're kind of a mixed bag.
0:14.7	As we wait to see which party will control Congress,
0:17.9	we're skimming our three biggest takeaways so far.
0:21.5	Also on the show, we're taking things international
0:25.0	and checking in on the major climate conference
0:27.5	that's happening in Egypt this week.
0:29.8	This question of how much will wealthy countries pay
0:33.7	developing ones to cope with the worst climate damages
0:37.3	is one of the key questions where we could see some progress
0:40.0	on this year.
0:41.8	And to wrap things up, we're talking about a big change
0:45.3	to Thanksgiving dinner.
0:47.1	Between supply shortages and inflation,
0:49.7	Turkey might be off your table this year.
0:53.0	So we're asking a food writer about the best non-bird
0:56.3	Thanksgiving dishes to add to your menu.
0:59.4	We're here to make you smarter, and the news less overwhelming.
1:03.6	I'm Alex Carr.
1:05.1	Let's skim this.
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