"So Long, Farewell: Julian Assange, Sudan’s President, and Nipsey Hussle"

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🗓️ 11 April 2019

⏱️ 13 minutes

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There were a couple of big arrests today in London and Sudan. And both men could be leaving on a jet plane to face charges. The U.S. wants Wikileaks founder Julian Assange stateside to face a conspiracy charge. Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has an open invite to the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity and genocide. Also on today’s episode: Nipsey Hussle’s funeral in Los Angeles and signs of voting in India. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's Thursday, April 11th.
0:02.0	Welcome to Schim this.
0:04.3	We're breaking down the most complex stories of the day and giving you the context on
0:08.2	why they matter.
0:09.2	Today, we're talking about Julian Assange.
0:11.8	He's been kicked out of the Ecuadorian embassy in London, arrested and could be heading
0:15.9	across the pond to face charges.
0:18.3	We'll connect the dots on why the US wants him to come on over.
0:21.7	Then in Sudan, President Omar Al-Bashir is also officially out.
0:25.8	We'll explain why he could be going before a court too.
0:29.0	And finally, we look at how LA is honoring the life of rapper Nipsy Hussle.
0:33.5	We're here to make your Thursday smarter.
0:35.6	Let's Schim this.
0:38.6	Today's episode is brought to you by Fleur.
0:41.2	They use clean ingredients to make good perfumes and sense, and now to make sense of the news.
0:50.9	The most complicated story today is about the Australian founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange.
0:57.0	For the past decade, WikiLeaks has specialized in doing exactly what its name says.
1:01.7	They leak huge data dumps of info they've gotten from government whistleblowers or hackers
1:06.4	to news agencies or the public.
1:08.8	One of their main targets has been the US government, which is called these data dumps
1:12.9	threats to national security.
1:15.3	In 2012, Assange was facing rape charges in Sweden.
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