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Skimm This

The Best Laid Plans: Afghanistan, Droughts, and Back to School

Skimm This

theSkimm

News

4.53.6K Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

First up: We’ve got the latest on Afghanistan, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s resignation and the CDC’s new guidelines on getting vaxxed while pregnant. Next: Kids are heading back to school IRL. We’ll dive into why keeping kids safe is more complicated than it sounds, and is causing some political throwdowns. Also: Fire up your phones. Vaccine passport apps are coming. We’ll skimm the process of signing up for them, to see if it’s as easy as advertised. (Here’s a link to some apps that are started to get used in a lot of places.) Plus: Apple recently it’s gonna work with the U.S. government to stop child abuse. We’ll get into why the move is raising the eyebrows of some privacy advocates. Finally: Lakes, reservoirs, and rivers across the Western U.S. are drying up. We called up two experts to figure out why, and to learn about what the future could hold. On this episode, you’ll hear from:  Laura Meckler, national education reporter, The Washington Post Sharon B. Megdal, director, Water Resources Research Center, University of Arizona Becky Bolinger, assistant state climatologist, Colorado 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, Luke Vargas, and Ciara Long, with support from Sagine Corrielus. Engineered by 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

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0:06.2

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0:10.8

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0:27.2

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0:29.6

Alright, let's get into the show.

0:33.6

Welcome to Scheme This.

0:35.8

This was a big week in politics.

0:38.6

In New York, Governor Andrew Cuomo resigned.

0:41.6

While down in DC, Senate Dems and Republicans came together to finally pass an infrastructure bill.

0:48.6

It was also a week for COVID news.

0:51.3

As the CDC said, if you're pregnant, get the VACs.

0:54.9

And as lawmakers debate how to get kids back to school, IRL.

0:58.5

We'll break down four key ways schools can bring students back safely.

1:03.3

Later, if you've tried to go to a live event recently, or maybe even a restaurant indoors,

1:08.6

you may have been told you've got to get an app for that.

1:11.6

So Team Scheme This is hitting download to answer your questions about verifying your vaccination status.

1:18.0

And finally, maybe you remember learning about the Hoover Dam in high school.

1:22.3

We'll zoom in on why the big reservoir behind it is drying up,

1:25.9

and what droughts across the West could mean going forward.

1:29.4

We're here to make you smarter, and the news less overwhelming.

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