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It's Been a Minute

Weekly Wrap: UFOs, Iran, Libra

It's Been a Minute

NPR

News Commentary, Society & Culture, News, Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality

4.68.8K Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2019

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Capitol Hill's interest in aliens grows, tensions rise between Iran and the U.S. and Facebook has big plans for its new cryptocurrency? Plus, Sam goes deep on the breakup anthem of a generation: Robyn's "Dancing On My Own." Tweet feels @NPRItsBeenAMin.

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0:00.0

Hey y'all, this is Sam Zahdadi. This week on the show, NPR Business Reporter, Kanila

0:06.3

Domenoski, and Editor and correspondent for NPR Science Desk, Jeff Brumfield. Alright,

0:13.6

let's start the show.

0:15.3

Hey y'all, from NPR, I'm Sam Sanders. It's been a minute. Happy weekend to my listeners

0:21.3

and to my guests, as Aunt Betty said, Jeff Brumfield, Senior Editor and Correspondent for

0:25.9

NPR Science Desk and Kanila Domenoski who covers cars, energy and the future of mobility

0:32.3

for NPR's business desk. Brum, that's a great beat name.

0:36.2

Yeah, it's a good one.

0:37.2

We are joined in studio this week by Parliament.

0:48.3

This song is called Unfunky UFO and UFOs are in the news, so can you all hear it?

0:54.7

I'm afraid I have. I was thinking you would have heard.

0:59.1

So according to Politico, this week, three more US senators receive a special classified

1:06.1

briefing about a series of reported encounters between the Navy and unidentified aircraft.

1:13.1

So tired, Sam.

1:14.1

I'm just so tired.

1:15.1

Please tell me what's happening because before I knew it, I sort of googling, it's not

1:20.6

just these senators.

1:22.6

President Trump was asked about UFOs this week by George Stephanopoulos and he said this.

1:28.2

They do say, I mean, I've seen and I've read and I've heard and I did have one very brief

1:33.2

meeting on it, but people are saying the saying UFOs, do I believe it?

1:37.2

Not particularly.

1:39.2

So he had the UFO briefing too.

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