Our first episode of the Lowdown. We talk about news.


Intro Music:
Joplin, Scott. "Maple Leaf Rag." Frog Legs: Ragtime Era Favorites, performance by Z. Brewster-Geisz, Kazoomzoom, 1899.

ARTICLES

Senate Budget Blueprint Passed :
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/19/us/politics/budget-vote-senate.html

California Fires:
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-fires-rain-20171020-story.html

Richard Spencer:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41683713

Colin Kaepernick:
http://www.bbc.com/sport/american-football/41630253

USA was silent on Indonesian mass killings :
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/10/18/558509184/declassified-files-lay-bare-u-s-knowledge-of-mass-murders-in-indonesia

Bowe Bergdahl:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41642168

Mogadishu Somalia Truck Bomb :
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-41698890

Raqqa offensive:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/us-led-coalition-declares-isis-forces-vanquished-battle-for-raqqa-over/2017/10/20/85da033a-b4f6-11e7-9b93-b97043e57a22_story.html?utm_term=.fd2ef2903c9f

Portugal and Spain wildfires :
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41634125

UN Mexico prison investigation:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-41594094

Venezuelan Election :
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-41678337

French Anti-Harassment Laws:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41637723

"No deal" Brexit :
https://apnews.com/6bf547ebac824f368613545531cd3483

EU cut on Turkey :
https://apnews.com/7d44f32eb78c44f3bab8c12667f397e3

Duterte claims Philipinnes is cleared of Militants:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41642168

Supersized Candy banned in English Hospitals:
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/oct/16/supersized-chocolate-bars-and-sweet-bags-banned-from-nhs-hospitals

Alphabet City Toronto:
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-41665670

Neutron Star collision :
http://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2017/10/18/558579916/a-new-era-for-astronomy-has-begun

1gbps internet chip:
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-41652967

The Lowdown: Episode 1 - Fire

Our second episode of the Lowdown. We talk about news.

Intro Music:
Joplin, Scott. "Maple Leaf Rag." Frog Legs: Ragtime Era Favorites, performance by Z. Brewster-Geisz, Kazoomzoom, 1899.

ARTICLES will be posted later.

The Lowdown: Episode 2 - Conspiracies and Elections

Episode 3 of the Lowdown. 

Intro Music:
Joplin, Scott. "Maple Leaf Rag." Frog Legs: Ragtime Era Favorites, performance by Z. Brewster-Geisz, Kazoomzoom, 1899.

LINKS

National

New York Truck Attack
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/01/nyregion/driver-had-been-planning-attack-in-manhattan-for-weeks-police-say.html 

Medical Waste Bill
http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/11/01/561215572/senators-introduce-bill-to-reduce-colossal-and-completely-preventable-waste

Election Day

Snow Squall Warnings
https://www.clickondetroit.com/weather/national-weather-service-to-begin-issuing-new-type-of-snow-warning-in-michigan

GOP Tax Cuts
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/changes-to-gop-tax-bill-reduce-individual-benefits-by-tens-of-billions-of-dollars/2017/11/03/a11f1240-c0cf-11e7-8444-a0d4f04b89eb_story.html 

Cuba Embargo
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cuba-un/u-n-calls-again-for-end-of-u-s-embargo-on-cuba-idUSKBN1D15EM

International

Catalan Leaders
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-zimbabwe-usa-court/zimbabwe-court-upholds-charge-against-u-s-citizen-accused-of-subversion-idUSKBN1D40K5 

Yemen Cholera Clinics
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-41818779

Houthi Missile Launch
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/11/yemen-houthi-fire-missile-saudi-arabia-riyadh-171104180946302.html

Lebanon PM Quitting Position
http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/04/middleeast/lebanese-prime-minister-saad-hariri-resigns/index.html

ISIS Territory Loss
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-41856330

Theresa May Cabinet Reshuffle
https://apnews.com/be322804d3114c8497e9e5dff056703a 

Hamas-Palestinian Authority Crossings Hand-Off
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/01/hamas-hand-over-control-of-crossings-to-palestinian-authority

Focus Topic

Climate Change

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/11/02/561608576/massive-government-report-says-climate-is-warming-and-humans-are-the-cause

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/nov/03/climate-change-report-us-government-contradicts-trump

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/11/03/trump-administration-releases-report-finds-no-convincing-alternative-explanation-for-climate-change/?utm_term=.e801789969e8

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/04/28/epa-website-removes-climate-science-site-from-public-view-after-two-decades/?utm_term=.b3523d24884e

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