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Sign of the Times: Inflation Cooling, Nuclear Fusion, SBF Arrested

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4.53.6K Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2022

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

First: We’ve got the context on the week’s biggest headlines – from crypto founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s arrest, to major protests going down in Peru, plus a World Cup wrap up. Then: We’re sitting down with an expert to get a vibe check on the economy after a big inflation breakthrough this week. The saga isn’t over yet, so we’re asking: what’s 2023 gonna look like for our wallets? Next: This week, the White House announced we’re one step closer to harnessing the power of nuclear fusion, but what exactly does that mean? We’ll do our best Bill Nye and explain why it’s such a big deal…in 60 seconds.  Finally: Our team is bringing you the stories that we couldn’t stop thinking about this week. We’re discussing a surprising evolution in the way we date, a tech development that could take your healthcare to the next level, a copycat BeReal, and more.  On this episode, you’ll hear from:  Kathryn Edwards, labor economist Alaisha, Blake, and Will, Skimm HQ’rs 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 Elie McAfee-Hahn and Andrew Callaway. 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 SCIM this.

0:08.3

What do nuclear fusion and inflation have in common?

0:12.2

Well, this week they both had major breakthroughs.

0:16.8

The good news is that this price report that came out was in the right direction.

0:21.4

We're sitting down with an expert to get a vibe check on how the economy is doing

0:25.8

and what we can expect heading into the new year.

0:30.3

We've also got the latest on the implosion of the crypto exchange FTX and the major

0:36.0

protests taking place in Peru.

0:39.6

And to close things out, we're bringing you the stories the SCIM this team can't stop

0:44.5

thinking about.

0:46.2

From reclaiming the situation ship to vagina chips.

0:51.1

Stick with us on this one.

0:52.9

Because we're here to make you smarter and the news less overwhelming.

0:57.7

I'm Alex Carr.

0:59.5

Let's SCIM this.

1:07.6

Let's start with some headlines from the week's news and give you some context on why they

1:12.6

matter.

1:13.6

First, the World Cup is coming to an end.

1:17.1

SC dances around, turns the quarter gets inside of Katsubak, who finds it at fray time

1:24.1

there's second, call of one.

1:26.9

The World Cup finals on Sunday and it's going to be a showdown between the defending World

1:32.4

Cup champion France and Argentina, who just be Croatia 3-0 in the semifinals.

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