The Real World: Vax Mandates, Dr. Vivek Murthy and MTV’s 40th

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🗓️ 5 August 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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First up: We’ll break down this week’s big stories, from the results of a sexual harassment investigation into Gov. Andrew Cuomo, to a new federal eviction moratorium, and what selling COVID vaccines means for pharma company profits. Next: We’ve got an exclusive interview with President Biden’s top doc, a.k.a. U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy. Also: We’ve been hearing a lot about COVID-19 vaccine mandates lately, from employers to universities. We’ll talk with a legal expert about who can actually issue mandates, and how. Plus: Have you heard politicians and athletes invoking “HIPAA” to dodge questions on their vaccine status. We’ll bring you up to speed on what really HIPAA means … in 60 seconds. Finally: Happy birthday, MTV. 40 years after its founding, we’ll look back at the history of a channel that revolutionized the music industry and reality TV. On this episode, you’ll hear from: Dr. Vivek Murthy, United States Surgeon General Diane Hoffmann, director, Law and Health Care Program, University of Maryland Carey Law School Amanda Ann Klein, author, "Millennials Killed the Video Star: MTV's Transition to Reality Programming" 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 Bridget Armstrong, 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	Hey skimmers, before we get into the show, have you listened to Revisionist History from Pushkin?
0:07.2	Revisionist History is a podcast that re-examines something from the past and asks whether we
0:12.4	got it right the first time. On the new season, Malcolm Gladwell takes on Disney's classic fairy tale
0:18.9	The Little Mermaid. On the surface, it's a kid-friendly story about a woman who falls in love and
0:24.5	finds her voice. But lurking underneath is a much darker message. Malcolm dives deep and
0:31.2	Deed disnifies a Disney classic. He enlists a team of experts to write a new script and a star-studded
0:37.6	cast to act it out, including Glenn Close, Jody Foster and Dax Shepard. Listen to Revisionist History
0:44.2	wherever you get your podcast. Alright, let's get into the show. Welcome to skim this.
0:53.0	I'm Bridget Armstrong. And I'm Luke Vargas. We're subbing in for Alex Carr this week and we've
0:58.5	got a lot to get to, including the new report accusing New York Governor Andrew Cuomo of
1:02.7	multiple instances of sexual harassment. We'll also check in on what's up with evictions and
1:07.9	look to Wall Street to learn just how profitable it is to be making vaccines right now.
1:12.6	Then we chatted with the US Surgeon General to learn what exactly we should call this big spike
1:18.1	in COVID infections and just how bad things are going to get before they get better. Later,
1:23.2	we'll skim what is and what isn't a hup of violation and ask a legal expert about the rules around
1:29.0	vaccine mandates. And finally, happy birthday MTV. You just turn 40 and my how you've aged will
1:36.7	wrap up the show by looking back at the network's music and reality TV legacy. We're here to make you
1:43.3	smarter and the news less overwhelming. Let's skim this.
1:52.1	All right, let's get to a few headlines from the week's news and give you some context on why they
1:56.9	matter. First up, the independent investigation has concluded that Governor Andrew Cuomo sexually
2:04.3	harassed multiple women. Here's the context. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has been under fire
2:10.4	since December when he was accused by a former staffer of non-consensual touching and making
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