Weekly Wrap: Coronavirus and Racism, Australia Fires, Kobe Bryant's Legacy

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🗓️ 31 January 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

It's been a busy week in news. Australia's capital Canberra is menaced by wildfires and has declared a state of emergency. And the fast spread of the coronavirus has also led to racist comments and press coverage about Asian food and Asian-American eating habits. Sam talks about these stories with panelists Julie Cart, a reporter for CalMatters and Andrew Ti, host of the podcast Yo, Is This Racist? and writer for the ABC series Mixed-ish. Then sports writer Jemele Hill of the Atlantic reflects on basketball legend Kobe Bryant, who was killed along with his daughter and seven others in a helicopter crash this past week. Sam asks how and when we should acknowledge the good and bad sides of someone's life after a sudden death.

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0:00.0	Hey y'all, this is Sam Scott Daddy.
0:02.5	This week only show host of the podcast,
0:05.8	Yo, is this racist, and duty,
0:08.8	and environmental reporter for Cal Madness, Julie Clark.
0:12.6	All right, let's start this out.
0:14.2	[♪ OUTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪
0:17.0	Hey y'all, from NPR, I'm Sam Sanders.
0:19.8	It's been a minute.
0:20.8	Happy weekend to my listeners and to my guests.
0:22.8	I've got two guests here in studio at NPR West
0:25.4	who are coming on the show for the first time ever.
0:28.4	Y'all nervous?
0:29.6	Ooh!
0:30.3	Yeah.
0:31.0	Was I supposed to be?
0:32.0	I'll keep you nervous.
0:33.0	I'll keep you nervous.
0:34.0	Thank you both for being here.
0:35.1	Andrew T.
0:35.8	Host of the podcast, Yo, is this racist?
0:37.8	What up?
0:38.4	Also a writer for ABCs, mixed-ish, and Julie Clark,
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