Smarther News - Episode 2
SmartHERNews
Jenna Lee
5 • 615 Ratings
🗓️ 9 June 2018
⏱️ 5 minutes
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Summary
The onslaught of news can feel like the daily grind of life – the core often gets ignored.
After taking in the peripheral facts, this week's news stories have an interwoven theme at their center: How can we help each other?
How can we help teach our children? A new studysays Catholic school students outperform public and private school students when it comes to self-discipline. One of the reasons why? God.
How can we help abolish poverty in America? Stockton, California will hand out $500 dollars to some residents to try to answer this question, testing an economic theory called "universal basic income." The results will hopefully offer insight on what may work (or what doesn't).
How can we helpachieve world peace? A Nobel Peace Prize winner volunteers to pay for North Korea’s trip to Singapore so the summit next Tuesday June 12th can continue smoothly.
How can we help each other? Whimsical fashion designer Kate Spadetakes her own life followed by storyteller Anthony Bourdain. In between, the CDC reports dramatically rising suicide rates (except in the state of Nevada) and shares tips on how to help.
How can we help secure our borders? Illegal border crossings have soared 160%since last year at the same time. The most shocking number? The number of family crossings and unaccompanied children jumped more than 400% and 300% respectively. The Dept of Homeland security blames loopholes in current immigration policy for putting both Americans AND illegal immigrants at risk.
How can we help keep each other healthy? New research proves chemo may not be necessaryfor breast cancer patients, opening a doorway to more personalized, less ravaging, cancer treatments. (Also, check out a SmartHER explanation on a new lawthat aims to help terminally ill Americans access experimental medications).
How can we helpkeep each other informed? Pew Research releases new data showing 7-out-of-10 Americans feel exhausted by the news.
We.Do.Too.
Here’s where SmartHER Newssteps in.
We don't want you exhausted. We want you empowered. Not by inspirational stories. By information. We believe by taking a breathe and getting to the core of the story - we can HELP by reminding each other about why news really matters. .
You help us tremendously – and we can only hope we return the favor.
With gratitude,
Jenna & The SmartHER Squad
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, hope you had a great week. You know, I was at the trampoline park earlier this |
| 0:10.2 | week with my kids and talking to him another mom as I usually do. And she said she sent her |
| 0:16.2 | daughter to emoji art camp. Emoji art camp. |
| 0:21.2 | What is that? |
| 0:22.0 | Well, apparently it's a camp that looks at how emojis are being used more than words to express |
| 0:29.6 | emotion. |
| 0:31.2 | And when you think about that, ain't that the truth, right? |
| 0:34.7 | Just this week, we also learned the news that we are going to get 157 new emojis over the next |
| 0:41.6 | several months including a new redhead emoji thank goodness i might add we already have 2,000 |
| 0:49.3 | emojis though so we're just adding more ways to use emojis to express our true thoughts and feelings. |
| 0:56.5 | And that's pretty interesting. |
| 0:57.7 | You know, I've been thinking a lot about technology in relation to another big story this week, |
| 1:01.1 | the biggest story of the week, in fact. |
| 1:03.1 | And I'm sure you've seen it, the CDC releasing statistics on the rising rates of suicide in America. |
| 1:09.6 | And here on the same week we get this news from the CDC, |
| 1:12.2 | we learn of the suicides of Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain, you know, two people that just last |
| 1:18.4 | week, you would never think that you would see headlines like this about them. Well, the CDC |
| 1:23.6 | examined the years between 1999 and 2016. |
| 1:28.3 | And that's when they saw suicide rates increased dramatically. |
| 1:32.3 | And I just wanted to ask the question, |
| 1:34.3 | what else happened in that timeframe? |
| 1:36.3 | And when you really think about it, |
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