What's Going On In The World

What's Going On In The World

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What's Going On In The World episodes

  • January 19th 2024

    Pakistan keen to work on 'all issues' with Iran

    N Korea conducts 'underwater nuclear weapons system' test - state media

    Macron seeks to revitalise presidency with vow for a 'stronger' France

    Japan Becomes the Latest Country to Land on the Moon

    How Ecuador descended into gang violence

    More than 50 dead, 95 million under winter weather alerts as Arctic cold blankets the nation

    'Sports Illustrated' lays off most of its staff

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68033426

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-68027356

    https://www.france24.com/en/france/20240116-%F0%9F%94%B4-follow-live-macron-seeks-to-reboot-presidency-with-rare-press-conference

    https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/12/science/japan-slim-moon-landing.html

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-67912242

    11 min
  • November 17th 2023

    China's high-tech manufacturing loans raise fears of wave of cheap exports

    Tim Scott, lone Black Republican in US Senate, ends White House bid

    Under fire, US Supreme Court unveils ethics code for justices

    China, Japan reaffirm strategic relations in rare leader talks

    Former UK PM Cameron in surprise return to government as foreign secretary

    Biden, Xi's 'blunt' talks yield deals on military, fentanyl

    US Senate passes stopgap funding bill to avert government shutdown

    Exclusive: Qatar seeking Israel-Hamas deal to free 50 hostages and 3-day truce

    Israel says Palestinian Authority in current form should not run Gaza

    10 min
  • November 3rd 2023

    November 3rd 2023

    Judge reinstates gag order in Trump federal Election Case

    Ukrainian troops battle exhaustion as war drags into second winter

    US labor market loosens as job gains slow, unemployment rate hits 3.9%

    Ex-crypto mogul Sam Bankman –Fried found guilty of defrauding FTX customers

    Mike Pence, former vice president, drops out of Republican presidential campaign

    Nipah virus outbreak renews calls to protect bat roosts

    Israel Launches Gaza war’s second phase with ground operation, Netanyahu says

    Bombarded Gazans look for loved ones as blackout eases

    Israel strikes dense Gaza camp, it kills Hamas commander

    https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/us-job-growth-slows-october-unemployment-rate-rises-39-2023-11-03/

    https://www.reuters.com/legal/judge-reinstates-gag-order-trump-election-case-2023-10-29/

    https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukrainian-troops-battle-exhaustion-war-drags-into-second-winter-2023-11-03/#:~:text=NEAR%20KREMINNA%2C%20Ukraine%2C%20Nov%203,the%20pinewood%20forests%20near%20Kreminna.

    https://www.reuters.com/legal/ftx-founder-sam-bankman-fried-thought-rules-did-not-apply-him-prosecutor-says-2023-11-02/#:~:text=A%2012%2Dmember%20jury%20in,users%20out%20of%20sheer%20greed.

    https://www.reuters.com/world/us/former-us-vp-pence-says-he-is-suspending-his-presidential-campaign-2023-10-28/

    https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/global-pandemic-bats-prevention/

    https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/eu-calls-humanitarian-pauses-gaza-aid-israel-raids-enclave-2023-10-26/

    https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/terrified-gaza-residents-try-reconnect-communications-return-2023-10-29/#:~:text=GAZA%2C%20Oct%2029%20(Reuters),into%20the%20Hamas%2Druled%20enclave.

    https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/hamas-says-it-fires-israeli-troops-pressing-gaza-ground-assault-2023-10-31/

    9 min
  • October 27th 2023
    Argentina’s Peronists soar in election to seal run-off with radical MileiRepublican Mike Johnson elected US House speaker, ending leadership vacuumMaine hunts for Army reservist suspected of killing 18 in LewistonUS congressman Santos pleads not guilty to new felony chargesUS economy delivers blockbuster performance in third quarterIsrael arms civilian security squads, fearing internal strifeIran's quandary: How to stay out of Israel's war on HamasIsrael agrees to U.S. request to delay Gaza invasion- WSJSourceshttps://www.reuters.com/world/americas/argentina-heads-polls-grip-fierce-economic-crisis-2023-10-22/#:~:text=BUENOS%20AIRES%2C%20Oct%2022%20(Reuters,right%20libertarian%20radical%20Javier%20Milei.https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-house-republicans-hope-johnson-will-fill-long-leadership-vacancy-2023-10-25/https://www.reuters.com/world/us/police-scour-maine-man-sought-lewiston-mass-shootings-2023-10-26/https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-congressman-santos-pleads-not-guilty-new-felony-charges-2023-10-27/#:~:text=NEW%20YORK%2C%20Oct%2027%20(Reuters,federal%20prosecutors%20added%20this%20month.https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-economic-growth-accelerates-third-quarter-2023-10-26/#:~:text=%22But%20not%20only%20is%20the,the%20fourth%20quarter%20of%202021.https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/irans-quandary-how-stay-out-israels-war-hamas-2023-10-22/https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/fearing-internal-strife-gaza-war-israel-arms-civilian-security-squads-2023-10-22/https://www.reuters.com/world/israel-agrees-us-request-delay-gaza-invasion-wsj-2023-10-25/#:~:text=Reuters%20reported%20on%20Monday%20that,a%20possible%20wider%20regional%20war.
    10 min
  • October 7th - 14th 2023

    October 7th - 14th 2023 week one of What's Going on in the World is a little rough, but shares valuable information about the world we live in. Be patient as we develop the voice of our shoe.

    Show notes and sources

    Why countries are choosing to build new cities in places at high risk of worsening floods

    Laura Paddison, CNN

    https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/04/world/flood-risk-cities-climate-change/index.html

    Weather Underground

    Warming underneath cities is weakening buildings in slow motion.

    https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/underground-climate-change-is-weakening-buildings-in-slow-motion1/

    By Allison Parshall on July 11, 2023

    Scientists looked at nearly every known amphibian type. They're not doing great.

    Nathan Rott

    https://www.npr.org/2023/10/04/1203120401/scientists-looked-at-nearly-every-known-amphibian-type-theyre-not-doing-great#:~:text=They%27re%20not%20doing%20great&text=Kent%20Gilbert%2FAP-,A%20study%20published%20in%20the%20journal%20Nature%20found%20that%20the,most%20threatened%20class%20of%20vertebrates.

    150 DOLPHINS DIE AS WATER HITS HOT TUB TEMPERATURE

    https://futurism.com/the-byte/dolphins-die-water-temperature

    Gobsmackingly bananas’: scientists stunned by planet’s record September heat.

    https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/05/gobsmackingly-bananas-scientists-stunned-by-planets-record-september-heat#:~:text=Global%20temperatures%20soared%20to%20a,the%20hottest%20month%20ever%20recorded.

    23 min
  • Trailer
    Do you consider it hard to find a reliable source of information that is not politicized? Do You find it difficult to understand what is really going on in the world? Welcome to What’s going on in the world a podcast that helps you discern fact from fiction and filters out the bias of sensationalized media. I’m Tommy Housman Instructor of Communications and Student Media Advisor and I’m Sarah Seils Political Science and International Studies Major. Tune in weekly during each semester to hear the latest world news by visiting crescent.evansville.edu or listen on Spotify, rss, or Apple Podcast.
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Do You find it difficult to understand what is really going on in the world? Welcome to What’s going on in the world a podcast that helps you discern fact from fiction and filters out the…