What Now?: Plane Crash Investigation, Puerto Rico, Space Explorers

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🗓️ 10 January 2020

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Days after a deadly plane crash in Iran, questions remain over what exactly happened. We’ll explain why major media outlets and western leaders are pointing to Iran. Meanwhile, Puerto Rico is still recovering from two huge earthquakes this week. We’ll look into how the devastation following Hurricane Maria two years ago is affecting the island’s recovery efforts. Also on today’s show: the buzziest new gadgets, and the (maybe) first humans on Mars. PS: if you want to help the earthquake relief efforts, here’s the link we mentioned in the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's Friday, January 10th.
0:03.1	Welcome to Schimbis.
0:04.4	We're breaking down the most complex stories of the day and giving you the context on why
0:08.0	they matter.
0:09.8	Days after a deadly plane crash in Iran, questions remain over what exactly went wrong.
0:14.6	Iran says there was a technical difficulty, but the U.S. and other countries say,
0:19.1	We do believe that it's likely that that plane will shut down by an Iranian missile.
0:22.7	Then, we check in on Puerto Rico, which has suffered devastating earthquakes.
0:27.3	And finally, we say congrats to the NASA astronaut class of 2020.
0:31.3	Oh, the places they'll go.
0:33.3	We're here to make your evening smarter.
0:35.1	Let's Schimbis.
0:38.8	Today's episode is brought to you by ESPN.
0:41.8	Tune in to the College Football Play-Off National Championship Game between number one
0:45.9	LSU and number three Clemson on January 13th at 8 p.m. Eastern, exclusively on ESPN.
0:53.3	The most complicated story today is about a deadly plane crash earlier this week in Iran.
1:00.0	Days later, even basic questions about what happened remain unanswered.
1:04.3	When planes crash, it can sometimes take a long time to figure out what exactly went wrong.
1:09.4	But the confusion over this plane crash in Iran is on a totally different level.
1:14.1	And that confusion is creating another diplomatic crisis in an already tense part of the world.
1:20.0	So today we're going to get into what we do and don't know about the plane crash this
1:23.8	week in Iran, and why the investigation around it has become such a point of contention.
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