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🗓️ 20 September 2024

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We'd love to hear your thoughts on the podcast. Take the survey here or at wbur.org/survey. Journalists Jesse Holland and Ron Elving discuss the week in politics, including the fallout from conspiracy theories Trump has spread about immigrants in Springfield, Ohio. Then, Microsoft may soon power its artificial intelligence with an unexpected source: Three Mile Island. The nuclear plant is infamous for the worst reactor accident in U.S. history back in 1979. The Washington Post's Evan Halper tells us more. And, the much anticipated WNBA playoffs get underway this weekend. SB Nation's Noa Dalzell shares a preview of the tournament.

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0:38.0	They're scouring the country looking for any place they can find.
0:41.6	Microsoft is particularly interested in nuclear, you know, this is one of the first big deals to happen, but we expect there will be more like this.
0:49.0	Three Mile Island has been dead for years. Now it just might get a second life.
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1:09.2	I'm Chris Bentley.
1:11.2	Today on the show, artificial intelligence uses a lot of energy.
1:19.1	How much?
1:20.1	Well, enough that Microsoft said it wants to reopen the three-mile island nuclear plant to help power some of its AI.
1:28.0	Also, we'll preview the W-NBA playoffs that starts Sunday. the league just keeps getting bigger.
1:35.2	And it's not all about Caitlin Clark.
1:37.4	I think the exciting part about it is that it's shining light on the players that have been
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