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In the Bubble is the go to place to learn more about the most important news events on YOUR mind. We take the time that’s needed to go beyond the headlines with A list guests from Andy’s bubble. From Tina Fay to Tony Fauci. From the next vaccine to the next election issue. To an occasional dad joke. It’s Actual Facts from Actual Experts, every Wednesday from Lemonada Media.

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Toolkit: Everything You Need to Know About Vaccines Jul 13, 2020

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It's the Monday Toolkit episode of In The Bubble that people have been waiting for. Today, Andy and Zach get answers to the most important questions we all have about vaccines from two of the world's foremost experts, Drs. Mark McClellan and David Agus. There is incredibly promising news and some news that is likely to be fairly surprising. You'll learn when we can expect to see a vaccine and how life will -- and won’t -- be different with a vaccine.

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Check out these resources from today’s episode:

Read more about the Oxford University vaccine: https://www.economist.com/britain/2020/07/02/oxford-university-is-leading-in-the-vaccine-race
Learn about one person’s experience in the clinical trial for Moderna’s vaccine: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/07/06/coronavirus-vaccine-trial-patient/?arc404=true
The World Health Organization keeps track of COVID-19 candidate vaccines here: https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/draft-landscape-of-covid-19-candidate-vaccines

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Here’s more on the FDA guidance regarding the development of safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines: https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/coronavirus-covid-19-update-fda-takes-action-help-facilitate-timely-development-safe-effective-covid
Curious about the human challenge studies? Here’s an article from the New England Journal of Medicine: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2020076

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What Congress Must Do (with Congressman Joe Kennedy III) Jul 08, 2020

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The anger and frustration are palpable In The Bubble when Andy and Massachusetts Congressman Joe Kennedy III get together to talk about what’s not getting done in the country and what Congress needs to do to help ease the pain so many Americans are experiencing. Then, we hear from one of the true patriots fighting New-England-style for people’s lives and dignity, disability health care advocate Dennis Heaphy.

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Follow Congressman Kennedy @RepJoeKennedy on Twitter and @repkennedy on Instagram.

The Disability Policy Consortium is on Twitter @DPC_MA.

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Check out these resources from today’s episode:

More information on dexamethasone and COVID-19: http://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2020-06-16-dexamethasone-reduces-death-hospitalised-patients-severe-respiratory-complications

Can You Be Evicted During Coronavirus? Here’s How to Find Out: https://www.propublica.org/article/can-you-be-evicted-during-coronavirus-heres-how-to-find-out

Here’s Andy’s latest JAMA article: The COVID-19 Pandemic Underscores the Need to Address Structural Challenges of the US Health Care System: https://jamanetwork.com/channels/health-forum/fullarticle/2768097

Read more about the Heroes Act: https://www.speaker.gov/heroesact
Want to write to or call your Congresspeople? Here’s a directory: https://www.house.gov/representatives

CDC information about COVID-19 for people with disabilities: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/need-extra-precautions/people-with-disabilities.html

Who are the “essential workers?” The Kaiser Family Foundation takes stock: https://www.kff.org/coronavirus-policy-watch/taking-stock-of-essential-workers/

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Mini-Episode: Will There Be Sports? (with Adam Schefter) Jul 06, 2020

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Andy calls up Adam Schefter in-between his SportsCenter appearances to talk about sports in the era of the coronavirus. The pandemic has cancelled seasons for the pros, college athletes, and for you and your kids. Leagues around the world are looking to resume play, but should they?

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Here are some other important resources from today’s show:

FAQ about the NBA’s return to play: https://stats.nba.com/returntoplay2020/
Five big coronavirus concerns for the 2020 NFL season: https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/29358769/five-big-coronavirus-concerns-2020-nfl-season-guiding-principles-navigating-covid-19
Curious about college sports? Here’s the NCAA’s coronavirus hub: http://www.ncaa.org/sport-science-institute/coronavirus-covid-19
Read about the CDC’s considerations for youth sports during the pandemic: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/schools-childcare/youth-sports.html

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Fighting the Crisis with Food (with José Andrés) Jul 01, 2020

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Andy catches up with Chef José Andrés in a rare moment of rest. Chef Andrés has been jumping from one crisis to the next since February, feeding people around the world affected by the pandemic. His organization, World Central Kitchen, is now providing 250,000 fresh meals a day in dozens of cities across America. In total, they’ve served nearly 18 million meals worldwide. They talk about how the pandemic has exacerbated the global hunger crisis and what Chef Andrés is doing to try and solve it. Plus: how to re-open restaurants safely.

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Follow Chef José Andrés @chefjoseandres on Twitter and Instagram.

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Check out these resources from today’s episode:

Zach Fact Update: How much will the COVID-19 drug Remdesivir cost? https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2020/06/29/remdesivir-gilead-coronavirus-covid-19-drug-price-criticism/
Dr. Peter Bach of Sloan Kettering Cancer Center weighs in on the price: https://twitter.com/peterbachmd/status/1277600751204917248
Check out Chef Andrés’s opinion piece in the New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/22/opinion/restaurants-coronavirus-food-aid.html
And in the Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/04/20/our-people-are-hungry-we-need-leader-who-will-feed-them/
Read more about World Central Kitchen’s Covid-19 food relief efforts: https://wck.org/chefsforamerica
Meet Masky, World Central Kitchen’s safety mascot: https://wck.org/masky
Learn about how the Independent Restaurant Coalition is working to save local restaurants affected by COVID-19: https://www.saverestaurants.com
Here’s more information about the RESTAURANTS Act, a bipartisan bill which would establish a revitalization fund for independent restaurants affected by COVID-19: https://restaurant.org/news/pressroom/press-releases/restaurants-act-of-2020
More on the FEED Act: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/voraciously/wp/2020/05/07/a-bipartisan-group-of-lawmakers-and-jose-andres-want-to-empower-fema-to-meet-americas-growing-hunger-crisis/

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Toolkit: How to Talk to Each Other About Wearing Masks Jun 29, 2020

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Andy and Zach take a new approach in this episode, exploring the most pressing topics on people’s minds with two experts. Today: how to talk to others in your life who disagree with you about masks and social distancing. The panelists are Lanhee Chen, presidential health policy advisor to Mitt Romney, and United States of Care co-founder Natalie Davis.

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Follow Natalie Davis @NatalieEPD and Lanhee Chen @lanheechen on Twitter.

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Check out these resources from today’s episode:

Face masks may have averted over 200,000 COVID-19 cases in the United States. Read more: https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20200616.817546/full/
Are you worried about your health and safety at work? Learn how to file an official OSHA complaint: https://www.osha.gov/workers/file_complaint.html
Are you being treated unfairly on the job because of your race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, disability, age (age 40 or older) or genetic information? The EEOC may be able to help: https://www.eeoc.gov/federal-sector/filing-formal-complaint
Protecting Civil Rights while responding to COVID-19: https://www.justice.gov/file/1271776/download

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What Should States Do Next? (with Governor Gretchen Whitmer) Jun 24, 2020

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Andy calls Governor Gretchen Whitmer to talk about what she’s learned from the pandemic in Michigan and what governors across the nation need to do next. They also talk about the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on the Black community. Then, Andy has the first of many conversations to come on how to vote during the pandemic by talking with Ben Wikler, chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin.

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Follow Governor Whitmer @GovWhitmer on Twitter and @gewhitmer on Instagram.

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Check out these resources from today’s episode:

Find out everything you need to know about voting, including how to vote by mail in your state at www.vote.org or www.rockthevote.org
Read Stacey Abrams’ new book, Our Time is Now: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250257703.
Looking for the stats on voter fraud and voting by mail? Check out the Brennan Center for Justice and their project debunking voter fraud myths: www.brennancenter.org/issues/ensure-every-american-can-vote/vote-suppression/myth-voter-fraud
And read about the results from Trump’s commission on voter fraud here: https://apnews.com/f5f6a73b2af546ee97816bb35e82c18d/Report:-Trump-commission-did-not-find-widespread-voter-fraud
Dig into some analysis of the data around voting by mail and if it benefits one political party (Spoiler: it doesn’t seem to). https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/there-is-no-evidence-that-voting-by-mail-gives-one-party-an-advantage/
Read US of Care’s “COVID-19 and Beyond: Recover, Reopen and Rebuild by Investing in Community Health” to learn about ways to improve community health grounded in anti-racist principles. https://unitedstatesofcare.org/covid-19/recover-reopen-and-rebuild-by-investing-in-community-health/

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Mini-Episode: Bursting Bubbles (with Jennifer Rubin) Jun 22, 2020

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Andy calls Washington Post columnist, Jennifer Rubin, to talk about how a conservative changed teams and reckons with the precedent of a country on the precipice. They also remember the time they were on MSNBC together and got a big surprise.

Keep up with Andy on Twitter @ASlavitt and Instagram @andyslavitt, and find Jennifer @JRubinBlogger on Twitter.

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Check out these other resources from the episode:

Learn more about the Supreme Court’s decision protecting LGBTQ workers: https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/15/politics/supreme-court-expanding-gay-rights/index.html

Read new reported opinion pieces by Jennifer Rubin every weekday in the Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/jennifer-rubin/

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Being An Ally (with Pete Buttigieg) Jun 17, 2020

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Andy and Pete Buttigieg talk about allyship, protest, and this week’s historic supreme court decision on LGBTQ rights. They also get into what it’s like to go straight from a presidential campaign into social isolation. (Spoiler: It’s weird!) Then, Andy calls Dr. Nzinga Harrison to chat about health equity, the relationship between racism and addiction, and how to do addiction treatment in America better.

Keep up with Andy on Twitter @ASlavitt and Instagram @andyslavitt.

Find Pete on Twitter and Instagram @PeteButtigieg.

Find Nzinga @naharrisonmd on Twitter. And learn about all things addiction on Nzinga’s new podcast In Recovery with Dr. Nzinga Harrison. Listen wherever you get your podcasts: http://www.lemonadamedia.com/show/in-recovery/

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Read up on the Supreme Court decision protecting gay and transgender workers: https://nyti.ms/3hyo89W
Find out more about the candidates Pete Buttigieg is supporting at wintheera.com
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Read Robin DiAngelo’s book White Fragility: https://robindiangelo.com/publications/
Visit Eleanor Health at https://www.eleanorhealth.com/ and find free online support groups for all types of people affected by addiction here: https://www.eleanorhealth.com/blog/eleanor-health-free-online-support-groups

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Mini-Episode: What Kind of Movie Would 2020 Be? (with Judd Apatow) Jun 15, 2020

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Andy calls comedian and director Judd Apatow to talk about how to get through this long crisis day by day with some harmony. Working through trauma is also the topic of Judd’s latest movie The King of Staten Island. This is a talk that’s both deep and funny.

Keep up with Andy on Twitter @ASlavitt and Instagram @andyslavitt, and find Judd @JuddApatow on Twitter and Instagram.

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Back to School? (with Arne Duncan, former Secretary of Education) Jun 10, 2020

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Every parent wants to know: Will school will reopen in the fall, and if so, what will it look like? Andy brings you the answer as he chats with former Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan. He also interviews Sonal Gerten, a parent of two public school kids, and a budding college freshman named Zach.

Keep up with Andy on Twitter @ASlavitt and Instagram @andyslavitt.

Find Arne on Twitter @arneduncan.

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Check out these resources from today’s episode:

Stay up-to-date on the recommendations for keeping yourself safe as schools and other spaces reopen at www.open-safely.us and follow #opensafely.
Arne mentioned an article written by former Mayor of Minneapolis, R.T. Rybak. Read it here: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/06/02/mayor-minneapolis-police-racism-294985

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