Thanksgiving Week Special: Colorado Springs, Ticketmaster, Turkey Pardon

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🗓️ 22 November 2022

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

First: We’ve got the headlines from the week’s news, including the mass shooting at an LGBTQ+ club in Colorado Springs, a rail strike that could dampen our holiday spirits, and a historic climate agreement. Then: After technical difficulties shut down ticket sales to Taylor Swift’s Eras tour, Ticketmaster is under fire. We’ll skimm why Taylor Swift fans – and the Justice Department – have bad blood with the ticket selling platform…in 60 seconds. Finally: President Biden carried on the annual turkey pardon. Meet: Chocolate and Chip. Skimm This will be back in your feed next Thursday. Have a happy holiday weekend. 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 with 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	Welcome to Schemness.
0:04.0	Well, a shorter Schemness for the holiday weekend.
0:07.8	On today's show, we're breaking down the week's major headlines,
0:12.0	including an update on the tragic mass shooting
0:14.5	at an LGBTQ plus nightclub in Colorado.
0:18.8	We're also talking about a historic climate change agreement
0:22.4	and a potential rail strike that could dump some coal
0:25.4	this holiday season.
0:27.5	And later, if you followed the Taylor Swift ticket master
0:30.9	drama, we're explaining what happened
0:33.7	and the potential fallout in 60 seconds.
0:38.5	We're here to help you head into the holiday's smarter
0:41.4	and less overwhelmed.
0:43.5	I'm Alex Carr.
0:44.9	Let's skim this.
0:48.8	Let's start with some headlines from the week's news
0:51.9	and give you some context on why they matter.
0:55.3	First up, there was a moment.
0:57.4	In time where I feared I was not going to make it out
1:00.5	of that club alive.
1:03.0	And I have never prayed so sincerely
1:06.2	and quickly in my life as I did in that moment.
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