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Full Show: Is the moon getting smaller, Changing the way we ship products & Filming yourself getting fired

Mornings with Simi

English - February 15, 2024 17:12 - 1 hour - ★★★★★ - 1 rating
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Seg 1: Why is the moon getting smaller?
The Moon is quietly shrinking due to its cooling process, gradually reducing in size by about 45 meters every few hundred million years.
Guest: Dr. Tom Watters, Planetary Scientist at the Smithsonian Institute’s National Air And Space Museum
Seg 2: Is the ‘Return Grift’ coming to an end
Several online shopping stores are starting to revamp their return policies as people have been taking advantage of lax rules and generous guidelines.
Guest: Scott Shantz, Contributor for Mornings with Simi
Seg 3: View From Victoria:
On Tuesday night the Richmond city council approved a safe injection site, and on Wednesday it is declared dead by the provincial health agency. We get a local look at the top political stories with the help of Vancouver Sun columnist Vaughn Palmer.
Seg 4: What happened at the Kansas Superbowl shooting?
A shooting occurred in Missouri at the end of the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl victory parade, resulting in one person dead and 21 wounded.
Guest: Reggie Cecchini, Washington Correspondent for Global New
Seg 5: How one company is aiming to change shipping and transportation for the better
Consumers are always the ones targeted to ‘go green’ and change the way they are living in order to help curb climate change, so how come suppliers aren’t pushed in the same direction?
Guest: Ali Javidan, Ceo and Founder of Range Energy
Seg 6: Why are people filming themselves getting fired?
The phenomenon of younger employees recording and sharing videos of themselves being laid off on TikTok signifies a noteworthy trend in how individuals, particularly from Gen Z, utilize social media to express their experiences in the workplace.
Guest: Jason Dorsey, Generational Researcher, Speaker, and Author of “Zconomy: How Gen Z Will Change the Future of Business”
Seg 7: Why wasn’t homelessness addressed at BC’s Housing Summit?
After the BC Build announcement was heard, some are starting to raise questions about why the government completely ignored any potential funding for the people made most vulnerable by policy failures by the government.
Guest: Catherine Roome, Interim CEO of Atira Women’s Resource Society
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Seg 1: Why is the moon getting smaller?

The Moon is quietly shrinking due to its cooling process, gradually reducing in size by about 45 meters every few hundred million years.

Guest: Dr. Tom Watters, Planetary Scientist at the Smithsonian Institute’s National Air And Space Museum

Seg 2: Is the ‘Return Grift’ coming to an end

Several online shopping stores are starting to revamp their return policies as people have been taking advantage of lax rules and generous guidelines.

Guest: Scott Shantz, Contributor for Mornings with Simi

Seg 3: View From Victoria:

On Tuesday night the Richmond city council approved a safe injection site, and on Wednesday it is declared dead by the provincial health agency. We get a local look at the top political stories with the help of Vancouver Sun columnist Vaughn Palmer.

Seg 4: What happened at the Kansas Superbowl shooting?

A shooting occurred in Missouri at the end of the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl victory parade, resulting in one person dead and 21 wounded.

Guest: Reggie Cecchini, Washington Correspondent for Global New

Seg 5: How one company is aiming to change shipping and transportation for the better

Consumers are always the ones targeted to ‘go green’ and change the way they are living in order to help curb climate change, so how come suppliers aren’t pushed in the same direction?

Guest: Ali Javidan, Ceo and Founder of Range Energy

Seg 6: Why are people filming themselves getting fired?

The phenomenon of younger employees recording and sharing videos of themselves being laid off on TikTok signifies a noteworthy trend in how individuals, particularly from Gen Z, utilize social media to express their experiences in the workplace.

Guest: Jason Dorsey, Generational Researcher, Speaker, and Author of “Zconomy: How Gen Z Will Change the Future of Business”

Seg 7: Why wasn’t homelessness addressed at BC’s Housing Summit?

After the BC Build announcement was heard, some are starting to raise questions about why the government completely ignored any potential funding for the people made most vulnerable by policy failures by the government.

Guest: Catherine Roome, Interim CEO of Atira Women’s Resource Society

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