World News of the Week (WNW) with Maya and Dad

Pardons are as old as the state - even older in fact - and they are often controversial. Today, with return guest, Uncle Zach, we delve into controversial pardons from Washington Pardoning those involved in the Whisky Rebellion to Clinton Pardoning Marc Rich to Biden pardoning Hunter to Trump pardoning those who tried to subvert democracy to a January 6'er who refused a pardon! Pardon us? Indeed! 

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Donald Trump has been barking about taking over Greenland and the Panama Canal and Canada joining the US as the "51st state." Would either party even want this? How much are each worth? Is there an ulterior motive in introducing such extreme ideas? Listen to WNW to find out more!

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A unique confluence of events just led to a notorious dictator, Bashar Assad, fleeing Syria. Why was Assad, trained as an ophthalmologist, there in the first place? What role did Russia, Syria, Israel and Inflation play in ridding Syria of Assad? And, who is HTS, a terrorist group which is in power for now? What are their plans? A complicated WNW sponsored by rocks and tea.  

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The world has gone BANANAS, but maybe Maurizio Cattelan has not? He did the only rational thing an artist could do - he duct taped a banana to a wall and charged $120,000 for his art and that was only the beginning. In this WNW, we discuss all of the actors - the artist, the buyer, the banana merchant, the auction house and even Lucille Bluth! It’s a good one!

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We are tipping on more and more services and even products at times now. Is this going to slow down or accelerate? We imagine that if tips are made exempt from taxes, we will see a whole an explosion in tip requests and a big shift in the way workers ask for compensation. Find out more on WNW! 

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So many promises have been made on immigration, tariffs, Ukraine and pardons - some promises have not been made on women's health. What will the next four years look like? We try to predict the awfully unpredictable....

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Cocoa shortage. Sugar Prices surging. Transportation costs rising. Could this be a spooky Halloween with less chocolate? And, who might be happy about that? Get reading to scream Halloween Apples (???) and to learn why this could be a very different Halloween! 

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We live in VT and MA - two states that presidents ignore because they always go Blue. But, there have to be Republican voters or Trump supporters in our neighborhoods, right? Well, we hit the streets, interviewed strangers and were surprised at the range of responses in our own backyard! 

Big shoutout to Maya who edited this entire podcast! 

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After a long hiatus, we are excited to be back for Season 2! In our first episode, we look past the election and imagine what would happen if a winner were declared on election night? Could we expect Kamala to concede the election and do her vice-presidential duty and preside over a congressional session where she certifies herself as the loser? Can we expect a Jan 6th sequel from Donald Trump? Would he run again? We explore these questions and more in our exciting first episode of WNW!!!!

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WNW is going on summer vacation! Maya is off to camp and, let's face it, Maya carries the team!  So, we look back on our favorite of 35 episodes - our favorite guests, our favorites shows, our toughest shows, some stats on the many countries where we have listeners and more. We will see you in late August! 

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