Russia Attacks Ukraine
What A Day
What A Day
4.6 • 12.6K Ratings
🗓️ 24 February 2022
⏱️ 18 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
In a televised speech early Thursday Moscow-time, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a “special military operation” to protect Donbas, the Russian-backed separatist-held region in eastern Ukraine. Around the same time, explosions were heard in multiple cities throughout the country including Kyiv, Kramatorsk, which is in the disputed Donetsk region, Kharkiv in the northeast, and more.
The Supreme Court said that it will take up a case that could allow businesses to use their religious beliefs as an excuse to refuse service to LGBTQ customers. Leah Litman, professor of law at the University of Michigan and one of the hosts of Crooked’s podcast about the Supreme Court, “Strict Scrutiny,” joins us to discuss the case and its broader implications.
And in headlines: The trial began for the only officer facing criminal charges for Breonna Taylor’s death, Texas Governor Greg Abbott ordered state agencies to investigate gender-affirming care for trans kids as ‘child abuse,’ and American truckers protesting COVID restrictions started their own Canada-inspired caravan.
Show Notes:
Resources for TX Trans Kids:
www.transequality.org/additional-help
www.transhealthconsulting.com/mentalhealth
Follow us on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/whataday/
For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/whataday
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | It is Thursday February 24th. I'm Gideon Resnick. |
| 0:09.2 | And I am Priyanka Arabindi and this is what a day where we're not sure the reports |
| 0:12.9 | that Ivanka Trump may cooperate with the January 6th Committee can be trusted because |
| 0:17.4 | we are not sure that Ivanka Trump even exists anymore. |
| 0:21.0 | Yes, the last we heard she entered the metaverse and has not returned. |
| 0:24.8 | Never saw her again. |
| 0:25.8 | No. |
| 0:26.8 | People were nicer in there, I think. |
| 0:31.3 | On today's show, the trial began for the only officer charge in Breonna Taylor's |
| 0:35.0 | death. |
| 0:36.0 | Plus, Texas Governor Greg Abbott has moved to the classify giving any trans kid in need |
| 0:40.3 | of gender-affirming healthcare as, quote, child abuse. |
| 0:43.7 | But first, we have an update on the situation in Ukraine. |
| 0:47.4 | Keep in mind that this is as we go to record a little after 10.30 pm eastern on Wednesday. |
| 0:52.5 | Things are changing really quickly. |
| 0:54.4 | There are explosions being heard around the country in Ukraine right now. |
| 0:58.0 | And I'm sure there will be many more new details by the time that you're hearing this. |
| 1:01.9 | But this is the latest as of now. |
| 1:04.0 | In a televised speech, early Thursday, Moscow time, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced |
| 1:08.6 | a, quote, special military operation to protect Donbass, the Russian-backed separatist held |
| 1:13.4 | region in eastern Ukraine. |
| 1:15.7 | Around the same time, explosions were heard in multiple cities throughout Ukraine, including |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from What A Day, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of What A Day and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.