Flyover Logic

Today we had the great opportunity to sit down with Tausha Pearson, a Minnesota native who founded and operates Haiti Mama. Haiti Mama is a nonprofit organization that bills itself as a 'orphanage alterative' that provides services, training and support to Haitian mothers to keep kids out of orphanages and at home with their mama's.

We discuss Tausha's amazing story, what her organization is up to as well as her experiences shifting back and forth from rural Minnesota to urban environments across the US as well as her extensive time working and living abroad. 

We also still cover 'what the heck' is up with Apples bloody syringe emoji? Apparently snow blowers are an 'amputation risk'? Minnesotan's band together to help find vaccines for folks as 'vaccine hunters', NASA lands a new rover on Mars and the northern cold snap breaks with some funny coping stories. 

This conversation is apart of a "Story Mapping" project in collaboration with the Rethos organization, Springboard for the Arts & the Ottertail County Historical Society. 

Show Links:

https://www.haitimama.org/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/02/17/japans-ruling-party-says-women-can-join-key-meetings-silent-observers/?fbclid=IwAR1UGsMvaoD92XT9Po6L9gXjIX3TAkqrk__MY418hjEpA4fQCdfqKtNOcA8

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/02/18/science/nasa-mars-landing

https://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/539438-6700-snowblowers-recalled-over-amputation-risk

This episode we take a deeper dive into the discussions around the current push to raise the Federal Minimum Wage to $15 an hour. We cover a little bit of history, a little bit of facts and a little bit of feelings surrounding the whole conversation. Bottom line: Policy issues are never as easy as they seem. 

Also, YouTube 'Prank' Challenges are out of control, MN GOP Reps. attempt to Impeach Governor Walz and Austin TX moves to 'shift funds' from police to increase supportive housing. 

Show Links: 

https://www.bls.gov/opub/reports/minimum-wage/2018/pdf/home.pdf

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/08/29/facts-about-american-workers/

https://www.ncsl.org/research/labor-and-employment/state-minimum-wage-chart.aspx

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/08/07/for-most-us-workers-real-wages-have-barely-budged-for-decades/

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/08/15-minimum-wage-would-benefit-27-million-us-workers-.html

https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/164635

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/increasing-minimum-wage-would-help-not-hurt-economy-n1244586

https://www.statesman.com/story/news/politics/politifact/2021/01/21/biden-raise-minimum-wage-affects-myth-taco-bell-burrito/4245883001/

https://www.history.com/news/minimum-wage-america-timeline

https://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2013/12/19/22-62hr-the-minimum-wage-if-it-had-risen-like-the-incomes-of-the-1/

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/how-poverty-can-follow-children-into-adulthood/

https://theappeal.org/austin-second-hotel-permanent-supportive-housing/?fbclid=IwAR0XBR7cuXtxXQKZnjTEq4jAZ2YLO66f6Dp2Q89fiL1fel_L99f8kzi9FkE

https://www.dli.mn.gov/business/employment-practices/minimum-wage-minnesota

https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-gop-legislators-push-for-walz-s-impeachment-over-executive-orders/600020701/

Today we make a run through headlines catching our eyes this past week. Big topic for the week; the Second Impeachment Trial of former President Trump. Also, people keep getting stranded on ice flows in the Great Lakes, the Obama Presidential Library complex takes the next step, a 95 year old women is charges with Holocaust related war crimes and a 117 year old French nun beats Coronavirus.

Show Links:

https://www.vice.com/en/article/88ab33/hacker-poison-florida-water-pinellas-county?fbclid=IwAR05wnkyfwitMgOB5Kpac_O9iS_vQuDZ60vk8cPtGpb0hRoHLEjbLI0gPl4

https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/woman-styled-hair-gorilla-glue-considering-lawsuit?fbclid=IwAR0Z-sWQBDr3t-HqkKg37aaDPQrefcDHeLtKR7NrCoNxmHhL87hYkAwNWC0

https://www.obama.org/the-center/?fbclid=IwAR25vtiUMOVlfq1PHQCAYLwP1aYJBx8Vffopkq7D_npMaYWXfO6O6qiN-HU

https://eji.org/news/virginia-death-penalty-abolition/?fbclid=IwAR3PoRx-dejvmQut463xLtfxGaV-NwSDD496XCdNGzZrMxHjWwSsHeAl9No

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2021/cost-trump-election-fraud/?fbclid=IwAR2-jrl5y57k5Obw41PJetwVFOD-BygM2SnUDxHjzl78H2ed1SdpHCUKRpw

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/astrazeneca-oxford-vaccine-south-african-variant/2021/02/07/e82127f8-6948-11eb-a66e-e27046e9e898_story.html?fbclid=IwAR0egyWZXVhaLf5_DNmG0erZANApInFCBE7O-mbjGzfr-dxrmXVAudSsBXY

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-55953967?fbclid=IwAR2ogqxJDyiQ_ZMxVYtdly8TtLK3W7pUiTM2QICOUsLhlqor81PrRE0sIe8

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-lawyer-suit-fraud/2021/02/09/50f0769e-6ae3-11eb-ba56-d7e2c8defa31_story.html?fbclid=IwAR3HFTZdqkkW7pw4AqoS4qh47gOh6xr2CPF4WdyoSOHt2yCHiEgRLhO7JWI

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/02/10/nun-117-survive-covid-france/?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/537677-utah-school-allowing-parents-to-opt-students-out-of-black-history-month

Kristin Christenson is a longtime friend, Flyover super-fan, West Wing uber-super-fan and a former congressional aid to an Iowa Congressman. We asked Kristin to join us to hear more of her story and experiences of what working on Capital Hill is actually like, help us wade through some legislative terms (reconciliation? filibuster?) and get another perspective on how this crazy thing we call democracy actually works. 

Also WTH? San Francisco school board goes on a school renaming tear, Republicans across the country are getting censured for being Republican,   Stacy Abrams AND Jared Kushner get Nobel Peace Prize Nominations, and screaming goats return! 

Make yourselves a sandwich, this one is a doozy! 

Show Links:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nobel-prize-peace-usa-idUSKBN2A12HY?fbclid=IwAR3WS2iLST5gXmcN8kSK-9PRM9uqol-9urXNzOW5-1monXGLzlzOzWwncQ0

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/27/us/san-francisco-schools-lincoln-feinstein.html

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/02/san-francisco-renaming-spree/617894/?utm_content=edit-promo&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=the-atlantic&utm_term=2021-02-02T11%3A45%3A56

https://youtu.be/1YC_hEBFTKI

Today we take a deeper dive into 'censorship'. It's a term that is being thrown around freely these days and we wanted to try and wrap our heads around it a bit more. Also, National Guard troops contracting Covid at the US Capital, Trump starts a new office, Budweiser bails on the Super Bowl but Amanda Gorman leans in. And as always, so much more. 

Show Links:

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/26/censorship-conservatives-social-media-432643

https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomspiggle/2021/01/12/why-social-media-companies-can-censor-trump-and-why-your-boss-can-censor-you/?sh=57f7be2b7b79

https://www.upworthy.com/budweiser-donated-super-bowl-ad-money-to-fight-covid?fbclid=IwAR0ZByxZfqmtuk2c-URCiECAtkBACJwld5H87YQFvTBylFiKtDJ7drximL4

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-military/more-than-150-national-guard-in-washington-for-inauguration-test-positive-for-coronavirus-idUSKBN29R2N2

https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2020/suspension.html

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/535771-trump-establishes-office-of-the-former-president-in-florida

Today we discuss numerous headlines that caught our attention this week. A data scientist in Florida is arrested for covering Covid-19 data and contracts Covid-19 in jail. The US Postal Service gets the job done over the Election but is overwhelmed by surge in e-commerce. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is running for Gov. of Arkansas, Executive Order bonanza, 'travel bans' come and go and much more!

Show Links:

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/teen-turns-dad-who-participated-in-the-capitol-riot-over-to-the-fbi-2021-01-25

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-55804859

https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-race-and-ethnicity-prisons-coronavirus-pandemic-c8c246f00695f37ef2afb1dd3a5f115e

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/01/19/rebekah-jones-florida-covid-jail/?fbclid=IwAR0VifdSG8WHPfcLeKjhpEM883YOpMBQe_mUW5ITCL6XODOFMcPdX4_bEWo

https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/wellness/story/female-team-delivers-covid-19-vaccines-snowmobile-harshest-75229506?fbclid=IwAR2kgn_YWWj5nZD36QrqXX-UhAzx6OVDtRAG7TGoAGxLhaYDNcaKva5DIUA

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/535941-giuliani-election-witness-who-testified-at-michigan-hearing-says-shes

https://www.npr.org/2021/01/22/959273022/theres-no-end-in-sight-mail-delivery-delays-continue-across-the-country?fbclid=IwAR3a3bFV5z6w22mvhC1BdL04hHvMscdvUhoghPTXMq39b29FsYUWqdOdjrQ

https://www.npr.org/2021/01/22/959273022/theres-no-end-in-sight-mail-delivery-delays-continue-across-the-country?fbclid=IwAR3a3bFV5z6w22mvhC1BdL04hHvMscdvUhoghPTXMq39b29FsYUWqdOdjrQ

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/535607-biden-to-ban-most-non-us-citizens-traveling-from-south-africa-over-new

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/21/business/media/biden-inauguration-tv-ratings-cnn.html

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/inauguration-star-amanda-gorman-perform-super-bowl-n1255887

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/inauguration-star-amanda-gorman-perform-super-bowl-n1255887

A full week on after the US Capital was overtaken by rioting Trump supporters were work through some more our thought. Much has changed in the last 7 days and much has stayed the same. The political landscape is shifting for some, hardening for others. Oh yeah! Also President Trump becomes the first President to be Impeached TWICE!

WTH? Vogue magazine gets blowback from Kamala Harris cover photo, the "QANON SHAMMAN" goes on a hunger strike over organic food options. Also, lasers restore Notre Dame and in a few LONG more days the adults will once again be in charge. 

Phew! 

https://www.salon.com/2021/01/11/qanon-congresswoman-who-live-tweeted-nancy-pelosis-location-to-rioters-now-facing-calls-for-arrest_partner/?fbclid=IwAR3V0VABHfZqUvcBS35UZEmv7AZOOHoa_734SXnkk_JVZUaBpZ6TUq8dVJU

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jemimamcevoy/2021/01/12/amazon-intel-join-other-major-companies-suspending-donations-to-republicans-involved-in-biden-certification-challenge/?sh=a8ef29e6425a

https://www.ktsa.com/ex-wife-helps-identify-retired-air-force-officer-from-texas-arrested-in-connection-with-riots-at-the-u-s-capitol/

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/11/style/kamala-harris-vogue.html

https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2020/12/21/notre-dame-cathedral-lasers?fbclid=IwAR3lPtdcmDmnRw4h4tl3iZR9R0Rmx_at7KlwKSxyMcP_LUMBQ35Ou4eCFN8

Today we covered a myriad of 'non-insurrection' headlines. Well mostly. Frustrations with the slow Covid vaccine rollout, Disneyland re-opens for vaccine distribution, a 'Just Scream' hotline, threats of more political violence and so much more.

Also, a mild winter (so far) has made the second covid winter bearable and WTH? MN Leg? Wear your dang mask!

Show links:

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-55645408

https://theappeal.org/politicalreport/new-york-law-drivers-licence-suspensions/?fbclid=IwAR0IeS4_rsv6hRTdP1E3bFBFfzi_11OlO8A0eKxIk8loH5nvQH9NE11id2U

https://www.echopress.com/lifestyle/faith/6836162-Alexandria-pastor-urges-martial-law-in-video-seen-by-more-than-50000?fbclid=IwAR2dbTXSvSsL6GkPyYs_Qpi7gqPD5hotxNPueYcdx_Jxg6yP1V4ZzcXgYHw

https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/disneyland-covid19-vaccination-site-orange-county-1234883189/?fbclid=IwAR0IeS4_rsv6hRTdP1E3bFBFfzi_11OlO8A0eKxIk8loH5nvQH9NE11id2U

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-55574662?fbclid=IwAR0OeVkT0pUgABdu-aBb92ebLMJS4wGwhWjm55wCNxnaFk_jB_VzZa9KeuE

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/12/technology/bitcoin-passwords-wallets-fortunes.html

https://www.startribune.com/the-art-and-science-of-making-outdoor-ice-rinks-in-minnesota/600006949/

https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-tempers-expectations-for-expanded-covid-19-vaccine-rollout/600009811/

https://happymag.tv/hotline-for-screaming/?fbclid=IwAR13D30-Fb5fozXL9KTeoqCI_xRjUB_ciQ_NMJ_VsdeIy26lBcMjjKfDJyo

https://justscream.baby/listen/

https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/the-journal/how-one-state-got-its-vaccine-rollout-right/BB199224-1882-4297-ACF8-36D7F11252EB

https://www.startribune.com/jessie-van-berkel/280701532/

https://www.startribune.com/legislators-clash-over-face-masks-as-session-starts/600008685/

https://www.startribune.com/target-saw-sales-surge-17-during-holiday-season/600009968/