The Search For Survivors In Syria And Turkey
What A Day
What A Day
4.8 • 166 Ratings
🗓️ 7 February 2023
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake and a series of aftershocks struck Turkey and Syria early Monday, killing thousands of people and devastating a region already grappling with civil war and a refugee crisis.
The U.S. military on Saturday shot down a Chinese spy balloon over the Atlantic Ocean, days after it entered American airspace. The incident prompted U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to postpone a trip to China, saying it “undermined” efforts to repair the relationship between the two countries.
And in headlines: officials in Ohio started releasing hazardous chemicals from a train derailment to prevent a massive explosion, Google unveiled its own chatbot tool to compete with ChatGPT, and Crooked Media workers voted to unionize.
Show Notes:
- Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders: MSF’s response to earthquakes in Syria & Turkey – https://tinyurl.com/2p9cptdu
- Syrian American Medical Society: Donate – https://www.sams-usa.net/donate/
- What A Day – YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@whatadaypodcast
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| 0:00.0 | It's Tuesday, February 7th. |
| 0:03.0 | I'm Josie DeFiRace. |
| 0:04.3 | And I'm Treville Anderson, and this is what a day |
| 0:06.8 | where we are giving the shadyest side eye |
| 0:08.9 | to anyone talking about downloading |
| 0:10.7 | the new Harry Potter video game. |
| 0:12.6 | Yeah, JK Rowling does not need your money. |
| 0:15.9 | Where does she deserve it? |
| 0:16.8 | Yeah, I thought we agreed that it was okay |
| 0:19.3 | for you to watch the old movies that are on streaming. |
| 0:21.9 | It's fine, nostalgia, we get it. |
| 0:24.3 | But all the new stuff, you can't do it, okay? |
| 0:27.0 | You can't do it, can't do it. |
| 0:31.2 | On today's show, Ohio officials have started |
| 0:33.6 | the controlled release of toxic chemicals |
| 0:35.8 | from the site of a train derailment. |
| 0:37.7 | Plus, some personal news from the hardworking folks |
| 0:40.6 | who bring you this podcast. |
| 0:42.2 | But first, early Monday morning, |
| 0:44.4 | an earthquake hit Turkey and Syria, |
| 0:47.0 | devastating the region and killing at least 3,800 people. |
| 0:51.1 | The earthquake, a magnitude 7.8, |
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