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Words About News

9 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratings

A Poorly Spoken podcast that brings you a selection of news stories from the past week.

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Episodes

Week of 08/14/21

August 14, 2021 20:00 - 9 minutes - 6.36 MB

Words About News is a Poorly Spoken Podcast.   This week's stories:  Average pay for supermarket and restaurant workers tops $15 an hour for the first time New York Governor Andrew Cuomo resigns after sexual harassment allegations Cuba legalizes private ownership of small and medium-sized businesses Taliban insurgents now control 65% of Afghanistan The Summer Olympics in Tokyo has come to a close An Earthquake has Hit Hati A study finds that praise can help to improve a child's academ...

Week of 08/07/21

August 07, 2021 20:00 - 5 minutes - 3.86 MB

Words About News is a Poorly Spoken Podcast.          This week's stories:     The CDC reports that nearly 67% of U.S. counties have substantial or high COVID-19 transmission rates N.Y.C. has become the first major U.S. city to mandate proof of vaccination for certain indoor venues Apple announces a photo hashing system to detect child abuse images in users’ photos libraries President Joe Biden offers a temporary safe haven to Hong Kong residents in the United States Support the show (h...

Week of 07/31/21

July 31, 2021 20:00 - 7 minutes - 5 MB

Words About News is a Poorly Spoken Podcast. This week's stories: The Justice Department has ruled that former President Trump’s tax returns must be released to Congress Oregon’s governor signs an ambitious clean energy bill The Department of Justice declares vaccine mandates legal Bayer plans to pull Glyphosate from U.S. consumer markets Two countries win their first ever Olympic gold medals (Philippines, Bermuda) Another prediction of Einstein’s Theory of Relativity has been experim...

Week of 07/24/21

July 24, 2021 18:00 - 6 minutes - 4.62 MB

Words About News is a Poorly Spoken Podcast This week's stories: Cleveland, Ohio’s baseball team has changed its name Jeff Bezos successfully journeyed to and returned from space The FTC has voted unanimously to enforce right to repair The FTC has issued a suit against robocallers that are responsible for more than 45 million illegal calls The Olympic Summer Games has started A genetic tweak that targets RNA can grow crops that yield significantly more food and show increased drought ...

Week of 07/17/21

July 17, 2021 16:00 - 6 minutes - 4.43 MB

Words About News is a Poorly Spoken Podcast This week's stories: California has approved a $35 million plan for the first state-funded guaranteed income program Pope Francis has made his first public appearance since undergoing intestinal surgery Italy is banning large cruise liners from sailing into Venice Cuba has temporarily lifted restrictions on travelers bringing food, medicines and hygiene products into the country Scientists have confirmed that the Amazon rainforest is now emit...

Week of 07/10/21

July 10, 2021 23:00 - 5 minutes - 3.65 MB

Words About News is a Poorly Spoken Podcast This week's stories: Jeff Bezos has stepped down from his role as CEO of Amazon after 27 years Haitian President Jovenel Moise has been assassinated in his home Tokyo has banned spectators to the Olympics due to a COVID-19 emergency The United States has left its last Afghan base, effectively ending operations A new study found that converting agricultural land to forest would boost summer rains by 7.6% on average Support the show (https://w...

Week of 07/03/21

July 03, 2021 20:00 - 10 minutes - 7.27 MB

Words About News is a Poorly Spoken Podcast Video of gas pipeline rupture fire in the Gulf of Mexico This week's stories: Walmart has announced a new, low-price insulin A motion to remove Britney Spears’ conservatorship has been denied The Trump Organization has been charged by the Manhattan district attorney’s office with tax fraud Bill Cosby’s sexual assault conviction has been overturned California has added 5 states to its state-funded travel ban due to laws that discriminate agai...

Week of 06/26/21

June 26, 2021 22:00 - 11 minutes - 7.59 MB

Words About News is a Poorly Spoken Podcast This week's stories: Supreme Court rules against NCAA in compensation battle with college athletes Britney Spears told a court she wants her conservatorship to end The Justice Department plans to sue Georgia over sweeping voting restrictions Derek Chauvin sentenced to 22 1/2 years in prison for George Floyd’s death Iran’s presidential elections concludes with Conservative judiciary chief Ebrahim Raisi winning amid historically low turnout To...

Week of 06/19/21

June 19, 2021 19:00 - 7 minutes - 4.95 MB

This week's stories: President Biden signs a bill making Juneteenth a federal holiday Texas Power Plants Face Outages as Temperatures Reach Record Highs The Supreme Court once again rejects a challenge to the Affordable Care Act Israel’s Parliament Approves a New Coalition, Ending Benjamin Netanyahu’s Long Rule Ghana plants 5 million trees in a single day to combat deforestation A study finds that Caffeine intake in the morning and afternoon does not impair nighttime sleep structure M...