Weaponizing Coronavirus
In The Thick
Futuro Media
4.9 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 10 March 2020
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Julio and guest co-host Jamilah King are joined by ITT All-Star Jamil Smith, senior writer for Rolling Stone magazine, to talk about the latest in 2020 politics from endorsements to the “Bernie Bros”. They discuss the ongoing spread of coronavirus, or COVID-19, and the role of media in reporting on it. They also go into Tuesday's Democratic primaries and the impact of the POC vote. ITT Staff Picks: - The questions we should be asking about Coronavirus, via ProPublica. - Jamil Smith writes about why Elizabeth Warren is bigger than her endorsement, via Rolling Stone. - Bernie’s challenges with older black voters can doom his chances in Michigan, by ITT All-Star, Terrell J. Star for The Root.
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| 0:27.0 | Hey, welcome to In The Thicke a podcast about politics, race and culture from a POC perspective. |
| 0:33.4 | I'm Huliorica Loeuarela, and I'm Jamila King, and calling us from his office in Los Angeles, California. |
| 0:42.3 | I T.T. All-Star, California. |
| 0:43.1 | ITT all-star, good friend. |
| 0:46.0 | Jamil Smith, senior writer for Rolling Stone magazine. |
| 0:49.9 | We got the band back together, Jamil. Welcome back. |
| 0:53.0 | What's going on? |
| 0:55.0 | What's going on? |
| 0:56.0 | All right, guys, let's just start with the latest. |
| 0:59.0 | You know, it's what everyone's talking about. |
| 1:01.0 | It feels all over the world. It's the latest on |
| 1:03.8 | coronavirus or also known as COVID-19 since Friday and as of the recording |
| 1:09.0 | this Tuesday morning the cases in the United States have doubled to more than 700 with at least 26 deaths, |
| 1:16.4 | mostly from the nursing home in Kirkland, Washington. |
| 1:19.6 | This is across 36 states including Washington DC, |
| 1:24.0 | plus another cruise ship docked in California |
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