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Theresa, Emily and Jasmin discuss NYC businesses that closed forever in 2020, Brandon Bernard's execution, hunger in Venezuela, and Goldman Environmental Prize winner, Nemonte Nenquimo.

Theresa, Emily, and Jasmin discuss the reality behind food delivery apps, the proposed abolition amendment to end involuntary servitude for prisoners, regional elections in Cameroon, and General Motors dropping its support for Trump's climate rollbacks.

The team talks MTA doomsday cuts, the current impact of COVID-19 on the US, governmental relations with Muslims in France in the wake of recent attacks, and some good news about coronavirus immunity.

Theresa, Emily, and Jasmin discuss a new 911 call mental health response program in NYC, a controversial article written by a member of Biden's new COVID-19 task force, the Tigray conflict in Ethiopia, and good news about the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine.

Theresa and Emily discuss Joe Biden & Kamala Harris's historic win in the 2020 US presidential election, a NYPD anti-harassment officer accused of racist rants on an online chat board, protests over abortion restrictions in Poland, and some of the awesome local wins that happened on election day. Jasmin also presents a story on Georgia turning blue.

Theresa, Emily, and Jasmin discuss the fatal shooting of Walter Wallace Jr. by police; a new constitution for Chile; and exciting news about solar energy in Australia.

Emily also interviews filmmaker John Wellington Ennis about his new documentary Fish in a Barrel, the election, and the NRA. You can find more information about the film here: fishinabarrel.org. John is also a member of the RFB community, and you can find his show Proper Propaganda here: https://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/proper-propaganda/

Theresa and Emily discuss the federal Purdue Pharma settlement; the murder of a French teacher over the showing of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad in a lesson about the attack on the offices of Charlie Hebdo; and some good news about the SNAP-Ed program.

Jasmin also shares a story about Mayor de Blasio's last-minute plan to form an Election Observer Corps.

Theresa Robbinson, Emily Scott, and Jasmin Smith discuss a COVID spike and protests in NYC, and a correlated rise in antisemitism; the 411 on Amy Coney Barrett; police brutality and #EndSARS in Nigeria; plus some good news about the World Food Program.

Jasmin Smith hosts an interview with guest Lee Ziesche, Community Engagement Coordinator for the Sane Energy Project, about the work that the No North Brooklyn Pipeline Coalition is doing to try and stop the fracked gas pipeline being built in North Brooklyn.

Emily Scott discusses a story on the House Judiciary Committee's report on Big Tech, and a good news story on lacrosse, Ireland, and the Iroquois Nationals.

Theresa Robbinson presents a story on the eviction of the Liebig 34, Berlin's "anarcha-queer-feminist" group.

Jasmin Smith and Emily Scott discuss indoor dining coming back to NYC; budget and staff cuts at the New School; an Indigenous woman in Canada makes a recording of the abuse she faced on her hospital death bed; and some good news about bees. Theresa Robbinson also brings us a story on the U.S. Census.

You can find more information on the Independent Restaurant Coalition at https://www.saverestaurants.com/ and you can find the New School petition here.