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March 30th, Final Edition: Are vaccine makers prepared for what's next? Mar 30, 2022

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Hosts Rebeca Ibarra and Dave Smith bring you realtime news, updated when it happens. It's fresh like live radio, but on your schedule like podcasts.

Welcome!
Bruce Willis steps away from acting [Share]
Trump asks Putin for dirt [Share]
Russia not de-escalating [Share]
GOP senator a “yes” on Ketanji Brown Jackson [Share]
Meta goes after TikTok [Share]
US astronaut lands on Russian craft [Share]
Coming up: why are vaccine makers so slow?
Webex by Cisco
CA votes on who will receive reparations [Share]
Amazon gets serious about drone delivery [Share]
FTC sues TurboTax [Share]
Class-action suit against Facebook [Share]
A 7th Baldwinito is on the way [Share]
People’s Convoy: 2022-2022 [Share]
Are vaccine makers prepared for what's next? [Share]
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Mar 29, Final Edition: Russia's TikTok propaganda Mar 29, 2022

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Hosts Kerry Donahue and Rebeca Ibarra bring you realtime news, updated when it happens. It's fresh like live radio, but on your schedule like podcasts.

Welcome!
Ukraine/Russia talks show progress [Share]
Banksy sale helps Ukraine [Share]
FDA clears 2nd COVID booster [Share]
Who did Trump talk to on January 6th? [Share]
Ohio voting maps aren’t ready [Share]
Coming up: how Russia uses TikTok
Webex by Cisco
California debates reparations [Share]
North America’s largest wind farm [Share]
Biden to sign historic anti-lynching law [Share]
Uber to partner with San Francisco cab drivers [Share]
Will Smith apologizes to Chris Rock [Share]
Was The Slap good for Chris Rock’s career? [Share]
Dave is out today
Russia's propaganda on TikTok [Share]
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Mar 28, Final Edition: Workplace "professionalism" is a bias-making machine Mar 28, 2022

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Hosts Rebeca Ibarra and Dave Smith bring you realtime news, updated when it happens. It's fresh like live radio, but on your schedule like podcasts.

Welcome!
Federal judge says Trump may have committed a crime [Share]
Jan. 6 committee wants to talk with Ginni Thomas [Share]
Oligarch poisoned? [Share]
Mayor: Mariupol fate now in “hands of the occupiers” [Share]
Oscars’ night of firsts [Share]
The slap heard ‘round the world [Share]
Coming up: the problem with professionalism
Webex by Cisco
Spotify introduces content advisory tab [Share]
Automakers face penalties [Share]
Walmart stops some tobacco sales [Share]
Foo Fighters drummer dies at 50 [Share]
Phil Collins says goodbye [Share]
Workplace "professionalism" is a bias-making machine [Share]
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Mar 25, Final Edition: Netflix's big push for best picture Mar 25, 2022

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Welcome!
Biden in Poland [Share]
Zelenskyy calls out NATO [Share]
US, EU strike gas deal [Share]
400k Ukrainians moved to Russia [Share]
Clarence Thomas released from hospital [Share]
NY’s Trump investigation appears to wind down [Share]
You’re calling Machu Picchu by the wrong name [Share]
Coming up, we talk about Netflix
Webex by Cisco
Amazon employees voting on unionization [Share]
EU reins in big tech [Share]
The Uber-NYC taxi war is over [Share]
Cannabis stocks get high [Share]
Instacart cuts valuation by 40% [Share]
Governors Awards honor Samuel L. Jackson and Liv Ullmann [Share]
Netflix's big push for best picture [Share]
Check back soon!

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Mar 24, Final Edition: China's balancing act between Russia and the US Mar 24, 2022

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Hosts Rebeca Ibarra and Dave Smith bring you realtime news, updated when it happens. It's fresh like live radio, but on your schedule like podcasts.

Welcome!
Biden’s busy day [Share]
A grim one-month milestone [Share]
Up to 40,000 Russian troops killed or out of action [Share]
American Bar Association praises Judge Jackson [Share]
Instagram to reintroduce a chronological feed [Share]
Airline CEOs ask Biden to end mask mandate on planes [Share]
Blue Origin still might go to the moon [Share]
Coming up: How China is torn between Russia and the US
Webex by Cisco
Two Headlines and a Lie [Share]
Madeleine Albright dies [Share]
Big cities shrank in 2021 [Share]
Omicron subvariant now dominant [Share]
US to overhaul asylum rules [Share]
California’s Governor wants to send residents $400 for gas [Share]
Creator of the GIF has died [Share]
China's balancing act between Russia and the US [Share]
Here's the lie... [Share]
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Release your inner goblin — Mar 23 Mar 23, 2022

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Mar 22, Final Edition: Sunny Balwani is backed into a corner Mar 22, 2022

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Welcome!
Q&A with KBJ [Share]
Alexey Navalny found guilty of fraud [Share]
Biden warns of cyberattacks [Share]
Witness says Mark Meadows helped plan Jan. 6 insurrection [Share]
SEC gets real about climate change [Share]
Coming up: The trial of Sunny Balwani
Webex by Cisco
Alcohol deaths soared during COVID [Share]
Women’s wage growth slightly outpaced men’s [Share]
Permanent daylight saving could be DOA [Share]
A contagious strain of bird flu is on the rise [Share]
DC’s attorney general sues Grubhub [Share]
Pusha T comes for McDonald’s in new rap song [Share]
Sunny Balwani is backed into a corner [Share]
Talk to you soon!

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Mar 21, Final Edition: Does Wag care about your dogs? Mar 21, 2022

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Hosts Rebeca Ibarra and Dave Smith bring you realtime news, updated when it happens. It's fresh like live radio, but on your schedule like podcasts.

Welcome!
KBJ hearings kick off today [Share]
The latest from Ukraine [Share]
Kyiv shopping mall destroyed [Share]
Mariupol won’t surrender [Share]
Stalemate? [Share]
Now Hiring: Ukrainians [Share]
Beckham lends Insta account to Ukrainian doctor [Share]
Coming up: safety troubles at Wag
Webex by Cisco
Pfizer vaccine used to treat COVID [Share]
Fauci isn’t too concerned with Omicron subvariant [Share]
Georgia and Maryland suspend state gas tax [Share]
Grammys oust Ye [Share]
People’s Convoy, meet UNO reverse card [Share]
A rescuer kills a man he rescued [Share]
Does Wag care about your dogs? [Share]
Talk to you soon!

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Mar 18, Final Edition: The Great Resignation side effect: new hires' remorse Mar 18, 2022

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Hosts Rebeca Ibarra and Dave Smith bring you realtime news, updated when it happens. It's fresh like live radio, but on your schedule like podcasts.

Welcome!
It’s the 23rd day of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine [Share]
Biden and Xi talk Ukraine [Share]
At least 130 rescued from theater [Share]
Schwarzenegger speaks out [Share]
Private jets flee Russia [Share]
Russia steals McDonalds’ logo [Share]
Burger King’s Russia problem [Share]
Coming up: workers have quit only to hate their new jobs
Webex by Cisco
Moderna seeks 2nd COVID booster for all adults [Share]
A kinder world in 2021 [Share]
Tens of millions of Chinese people in lockdown [Share]
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame won’t quit Dolly [Share]
Lia Thomas makes history [Share]
American Airlines resumes in-flight drinks [Share]
The Great Resignation side effect: new-hire's remorse [Share]
Talk to you soon!

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Mar 17, Final Edition: Where is WNBA's biggest star, Brittney Griner? Mar 17, 2022

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Welcome!
Our Russia-Ukraine roundup [Share]
A theater full of children hit [Share]
Putin’s “self-cleansing” [Share]
Star Russian ballerina quits over war [Share]
Koch Industries NOT boycotting Russia [Share]
Ukraine joins Europe’s power grid [Share]
Zelenskyy’s show available on Netflix [Share]
New COVID wave to hit US [Share]
Coming up: the disappearance of Brittney Griner
Webex by Cisco
Generic Pfizer COVID pill [Share]
Amazon acquires MGM [Share]
Moderna starts HIV vaccine trials [Share]
MyPillow CEO’s social media apps [Share]
Chinese spies target US figure skater [Share]
Netflix cracks down on account sharing [Share]
A new Selena album is coming out! [Share]
Where is WNBA's biggest star, Brittney Griner? [Share]
Check back tomorrow! [Share]

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