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Rent Assistance Programs Gain Speed; Virtual Reality Is Viable In 'Ready Player Two'
Here & Now Anytime
English - August 05, 2021 18:54 - 42 minutes - 38.9 MB - ★★★★ - 703 ratingsArts comedy news books science entrepreneurship interview health culture politics business Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Dawn Parker, director of UniteCT in Connecticut, joins us to talk about why it's taken so long to get COVID-19 rental assistance out to people to prevent evictions during the pandemic and how the situation is improving. And, with Facebook aiming to create a "metaverse" — where virtual reality would be possible on the platform — we revisit our conversation with Ernest Cline about "Ready Player Two," the sequel to the best-selling "Ready Player One."