Let's Be Better

Week in Review 10/04/20

Sun, 04 Oct 2020 21:21:08 +0000

Welcome to Let’s Be Better! A podcast where we have the hard conversations about politics, minority communities, and our world at large. This Week in Review we will be covering Amy Coney Barrett, Trump's tax returns, the first 2020 presidential debate, & Trump having COVID. Thanks for joining me.

00:35 Amy Coney Barret

11:04 Trump tax returns

27:55 First presidential debate of 2020

46:39 Trump COVID

Created, hosted, and edited by: Hannah Chism

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Sources for this episode:

Amy Coney Barrett

https://www.npr.org/2020/09/28/917554001/amy-coney-barrett-a-dream-for-the-right-nightmare-for-the-left

https://law.nd.edu/directory/amy-barrett/

https://www.biography.com/law-figure/amy-coney-barrett

Trump tax returns

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/09/27/us/donald-trump-taxes.html

https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-54323383

https://www.npr.org/2020/09/27/917566141/trump-dismisses-new-york-times-reporting-that-he-paid-little-in-federal-income-t

https://www.usnews.com/news/elections/articles/2020-09-29/trump-claims-hes-paid-millions-of-dollars-in-income-tax

First presidential debate of 2020

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/09/29/presidential-debate-trump-biden-prep-first-debate-cleveland/3518403001/

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/09/30/presidential-debate-read-full-transcript-first-debate/3587462001/

https://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/k12/cur/socstud/frame_found_sr2/tns/tn-13.pdf

https://schoolworkhelper.net/debate-structure-etiquette/#:~:text=The%20debater%20should%20never%20publicly,be%20congratulated%20by%20the%20opposition.&text=Debaters%20should%20not%20insult%2C%20offend,or%20judges%20in%20any%20way.&text=Do%20not%20speak%20out%20of%20turn%2C%20or%20interrupt%20an%20opponent.

https://thehill.com/homenews/media/519418-chris-wallace-trump-arrived-too-late-to-be-tested-in-ohio-before-debate-relied

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/21/climate/green-new-deal-questions-answers.html

https://joebiden.com/climate-plan/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/camilomaldonado/2018/07/24/price-of-college-increasing-almost-8-times-faster-than-wages/#5f7e1d0a66c1

https://www.edvisors.com/plan-for-college/money-saving-tips/colleges-with-free-tuition/countries-with-free-tuition/

Trump COVID

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/01/us/politics/hope-hicks-coronavirus.html

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/10/03/world/covid-trump?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimes

nytimes.com/live/2020/10/02/world/covid-19-coronavirus

https://www.npr.org/sections/latest-updates-trump-covid-19-results/2020/10/03/919851907/at-least-7-people-test-positive-for-coronavirus-after-rose-garden-event-for-barr?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_source=twitter.com

https://twitter.com/Amy_Siskind/status/1312377308410503168

https://www.wtkr.com/election-2020/health-officials-warn-that-pres-trumps-newport-news-rally-with-4-000-people-expected-to-attend-poses-covid-19-risk

https://twitter.com/i/events/1312103845871398913

https://heavy.com/news/trump-duluth-rally-crowd-photos-minnesota/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KAUxPfr79Y

https://heavy.com/news/trump-middletown-rally-crowd-photos-pennsylvania/

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/10/heres-what-known-about-president-donald-trump-s-covid-19-treatment

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/10/03/world/covid-trump?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimes

https://weartv.com/news/local/escambia-county-state-covid-19-testing-sites-closing-due-to-recent-low-numbers?fbclid=IwAR3Wn-5rq7rpiflH0ReipliAVFBr4jcakiKSNOqkXbl2QNlndFmgB3qSbHE

TESTING SITES FOR ESCAMBIA COUNTY: https://myescambia.com/covid-19-information-for-escambia-county?fbclid=IwAR27P_nZPwh4GSX1yj9JCJp4kp-_vDGdq1zdqHIPMoQ-2RjwmdNs9XiEsYI

Let's Unpack: Mendez v Westminster

Thu, 01 Oct 2020 19:11:42 +0000

Welcome to Let’s Be Better! A podcast where we have the hard conversations about politics, minority communities, and our world at large. In today's episode of Let's Unpack, we discuss the landmark court case Mendez v Westminster and the activism of Sylvia Mendez.

((PS I'm working on not saying "like" so much in conversation, sorry!))

Created, hosted, research and editing by: Hannah Chism

Music: Falling Again, by Khail. https://prodbykhail.infinity.airbit.com/

Special Guest: Emily VerVoort

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Sources for this episode:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/topics/reference/race-ethnicity/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CRace%E2%80%9D%20is%20usually%20associated%20with,and%20characterize%20seemingly%20distinct%20populations

http://www.latina.com/lifestyle/our-issues/difference-between-latinx-hispanic-spanish

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5lSWToaACI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F46Mlzt2tFc&t=230s

https://www.history.com/news/mendez-school-segregation-mexican-american#:~:text=Segregation%20Was%20Widespread%20in%20California&text=By%201940%2C%20more%20than%2080,Asian%20Americans%20and%20Native%20Americans

https://www.dropbox.com/s/lbkneymsenlfke4/Trial_Transcript_July_10_1945.pdf?dl=0

http://mendezetalvwestminster.com/court-documents-2/

https://www.dropbox.com/s/dqvysoekzvrk67z/Trial_Transcript_July_5_1945.pdf?dl=0

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-09-09-mn-42058-story.html

https://www.texasbar.com/civics/high%20school%20cases/mendez-v-westminster.html

https://www.uscourts.gov/educational-resources/educational-activities/background-mendez-v-westminster-re-enactment

https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2004/09/20040915-8.html

Week in Review 9/26/20

Sat, 26 Sep 2020 21:32:17 +0000

Hello, and welcome to Let’s Be Better! A podcast where we have the hard conversations about politics, minority communities, and our world at large. I’m Hannah and today is Saturday, September 26, 2020.  This week in review we will be covering the passing of RBG and her vacant seat, Donald Trump talking about a "peaceful transition", Florida's felon voting laws and Mike Bloomberg, and updates on the Breonna Taylor case. We also have the question of the week, which is: “How are supreme court officials chosen?” Thanks for joining me.

Question of the Week: 00:00-10:13

Ruth Bader Ginsburg: 10:14-28:36

Trump Comments: 28:36-32:25

FL Felon Voting: 32:35-39:21

Breonna Taylor Update: 39:21-41:54

Created, hosted, and edited by: Hannah Chism

Intro music: Falling Again, by Khail. https://prodbykhail.infinity.airbit.com/

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Sources for this episode:

Question of the Week:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xnzGSV66x4

https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/blog/the-supreme-court-nomination-process-what-happens-next

https://news.northeastern.edu/2018/09/21/why-do-supreme-court-justices-have-lifetime-appointments/

https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/21/politics/supreme-court-nomination-process-explainer/index.html

https://www.270towin.com/2020-senate-election/

Ruth Bader Ginsburg:

https://www.biography.com/law-figure/ruth-bader-ginsburg

https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/biographies.aspx

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/2020/09/how-supreme-court-vacancies-confirmed/#close

https://www.scotusblog.com/2016/02/supreme-court-vacancies-in-presidential-election-years/

https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1308471166919680001

https://crooked.com/podcast/rbg-and-the-fight-to-come/

https://www.npr.org/2020/09/18/914465644/justice-ruth-bader-ginsburgs-life-her-most-fervent-wish-and-the-future-of-scotus

https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/sep/21/context-there-biden-rule-supreme-court-nominations/

Trump Comments:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oR8oIitE6mI

https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-54285869

FL Felon Voting:

https://www.npr.org/2020/09/25/916626848/florida-republicans-take-aim-at-efforts-to-pay-felons-fines-so-they-can-vote

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/07/us/florida-felon-voting-rights.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/28/us/florida-felons-voting-rights.html?searchResultPosition=18

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/24/us/florida-felon-voting-court-judge-ruling.html

https://www.fox5ny.com/news/rep-gaetz-calls-for-election-bribery-probe-of-bloomberg-over-pledge-to-pay-florida-felons-fines

http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=0100-0199/0104/Sections/0104.045.html

https://youtu.be/WiQ6QkDi7Hc

Breonna Taylor Updates:

https://www.nytimes.com/article/breonna-taylor-police.html

Week in Review 9/19/20

Sun, 20 Sep 2020 02:08:30 +0000

Welcome to Let’s Be Better! A podcast where we have the hard conversations about politics, minority communities, and our world at large. This week in review we will be covering the United State’s TikTok ban, Trump's 1776 Commission, and the whistleblower complaints against a GA ICE detention center. Then after that, we have the question of the week: “Why do we have the electoral college?” Thanks for joining me.

00:40 TikTok Ban

07:08 1776 Commission

33:04 Whistleblower Complaint

50:19 Electoral College

(Also my cat was playing with a toy in the background so if you’re hearing some chirping you’re not crazy. I didn’t think my mic would pick it up, sorry)

Created, hosted, and edited by: Hannah Chism

Intro music: Falling Again, by Khail. https://prodbykhail.infinity.airbit.com/

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Sources for this episode:

TikTok:

https://web.archive.org/web/20200426000353if_/https://www.tiktok.com/legal/privacy-policy?lang=en

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/07/13/tiktok-privacy/

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/21/style/tiktok-trump-rally-tulsa.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/29/world/asia/tik-tok-banned-india-china.html

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-54205231

https://www.consumerreports.org/data-theft/justice-department-charges-chinese-nationals-in-equifax-data-breach/

https://www.epic.org/privacy/data-breach/equifax/#:~:text=The%20data%20breached%20included%20names,unprecedented%20in%20scope%20and%20severity

1776 Commission:

https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/donald-trump-speech-transcript-september-17-white-house-history-conference

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJiufouc9ws

https://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-figures/joseph-stalin.htm

https://www.biography.com/dictator/adolf-hitler

https://www.amnesty.org/en/countries/asia-and-the-pacific/china/report-china/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/20692214

https://www.britannica.com/topic/critical-race-theory

https://www.businessinsider.com/unhealthy-american-work-habits-2017-11#and-american-bosses-are-obsessed-with-staying-in-the-loop-11

https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/family/

(This is the Smithsonian document):https://twitter.com/ByronYork/status/1283372233730203651/photo/2

https://www.newsweek.com/harvard-political-science-professor-donald-trump-authoritarian-how-democracy-778425

https://felonies.org/is-it-a-crime-to-tear-down-statues/

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/502492-list-statues-toppled-vandalized-removed-protests

https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2020/06/12/wilmington-remove-christopher-columbus-caesar-rodney-statues/3175003001/

https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/can/defining/

https://www.politifact.com/article/2016/oct/18/allegations-about-donald-trump-and-miss-teen-usa-c/

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/09/us/politics/trump-epstein.html

Whistleblower Complaints:

https://www.snopes.com/news/2020/09/16/mass-hysterectomies-ice/

(This is the full, official complaint):https://projectsouth.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/OIG-ICDC-Complaint-1.pdf

https://www.npr.org/2020/09/16/913398383/whistleblower-alleges-medical-neglect-questionable-hysterectomies-of-ice-detaine

https://www.insider.com/allegations-against-irwin-ice-facility-doctor-mahendra-amin-2020-9

Electoral College:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9H3gvnN468&list=PL7snd7RcdE6Ggg_V49ek6oA9dESAXOtXy&index=2&t=0s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlYyC5-xv_A&list=PL7snd7RcdE6Ggg_V49ek6oA9dESAXOtXy&index=3&t=0s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48EZKXweGDo&list=PL7snd7RcdE6Ggg_V49ek6oA9dESAXOtXy&index=4&t=0s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reUJAS8dsSM&list=PL7snd7RcdE6Ggg_V49ek6oA9dESAXOtXy&index=5&t=0s

https://www.usa.gov/election

https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/about

https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/allocation

https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/electors#who-selects

https://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/the-electoral-college.aspx

https://www.constitutionfacts.com/us-constitution-amendments/the-constitutional-convention/#:~:text=The%20Constitutional%20Convention%20took%20place,delegates%20had%20much%20bigger%20plans.

https://www.history.com/news/electoral-college-founding-fathers-constitutional-convention

https://time.com/4608555/hillary-clinton-popular-vote-final/

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/presidential-election-al-gore-george-bush-too-close-to-call

https://www.procon.org/headlines/the-electoral-college-top-3-pros-and-cons/

Let's Unpack: Dr Mae C Jemison

Fri, 18 Sep 2020 14:00:00 +0000

Created, hosted, and edited by: Hannah Chism

Music: Falling Again, by Khail. https://prodbykhail.infinity.airbit.com/

Special Guest: Jordan Calvert

https://twitter.com/mermaid__cove

https://www.twitch.tv/mermaidcove

Quileute Tribe Relocation: https://mthg.org/get-involved/

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Sources for this episode:

https://youtu.be/rWxGAogqr4M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCMJW-auEhE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWLn79cS-cw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LooEeJyd3AY

https://www.startrek.com/database_article/jemison

https://www.fastcompany.com/3046912/the-first-black-female-astronaut-on-fear-audacity-and-the-importance-of-incl

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mae-Jemison

https://www.biography.com/astronaut/mae-c-jemison

Week in Review 9/12/20

Sat, 12 Sep 2020 20:05:13 +0000

Welcome to Let’s Be Better! A podcast where we have the hard conversations about politics, minority communities, and our world at large. In today's Week in Review I discuss fires on the west coast, the Woodward tapes & the death of Daniel Prude. Later, I answer this week’s question: Why does the United States have a two-party system? Thanks for being here :-)

Created, hosted, and edited by: Hannah Chism

Intro music: Falling Again, by Khail. https://prodbykhail.infinity.airbit.com/

Socials:

Email: letsbebetterpod@gmail.com

Podcast: https://redcircle.com/shows/lets-be-better

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Sources for this episode:

This Week in Review

Fires on the West Coast

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/09/the-west-coast-wildfire-season-is-getting-worse.html#:~:text=Amid%20unprecedented%20weather%20conditions%20linked,of%20one%20fire%20in%20California%2C

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/10/us/wildfires-live-updates.html

https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/09/08/california-fires-five-reasons-why-this-year-is-so-bad/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesellsmoor/2019/02/24/under-trumps-tariffs-the-us-lost-20000-solar-energy-jobs/#6c90036b76ba

https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/green/reports/2020/06/25/486852/trump-administration-stifling-renewable-energy-public-lands-waters/

https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/green/news/2020/04/15/483219/impact-coronavirus-renewable-energy-industry/

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/434989-trump-mocks-wind-power-when-the-wind-doesnt-blow-just-turn-off-the

https://youtu.be/Q0s5Zqmb09g

https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/interior-announces-region-wide-oil-and-gas-lease-sale-gulf-mexico-2

Woodward Tapes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmLswjprmD4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPoFf78XHQo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-4FDaQg4sE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_wIIF3yb58

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=541Cg2Jnb8s

https://youtu.be/qbjR0-vGOYQ

Daniel Prude

https://abcnews.go.com/US/rochester-police-chief-entire-command-staff-retire-suddenly/story?id=72884253

https://www.npr.org/2020/09/04/909563978/rochester-officers-suspended-over-death-of-daniel-pride

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/09/03/rochester-police-video-daniel-prude/

https://abcnews.go.com/US/rochester-police-chief-entire-command-staff-retire-suddenly/story?id=72884253

https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/9/3/21419836/daniel-prude-police-death-video-family (via AP)

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/09/03/daniel-prude-death-black-man-died-police-asphyxiation/5700827002/

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/daniel-prude-7-rochester-police-officers-suspended-after-black-man-died-of-suffocation/ar-BB18EIRJ?li=BBnb7Kz (via CNN)

https://www.bustle.com/life/how-to-help-daniel-prude-family-justice

Gofundme for Daniel Prude’s family: https://www.gofundme.com/f/justice-for-daniel-prude

Color of Change petition: https://act.colorofchange.org/sign/Justice_For_Daniel_Prude/

Mobile Response Team for Pensacola (850-469-3554) https://elakeviewcenter.org/BehavioralHealth/SpecialtyServices/mobile-response-team

National suicide prevention lifeline (1-800-273-8255): https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/

Question of the Week: Why does the United States have a two-party system?

https://www.historyhit.com/the-origins-of-the-united-states-two-party-system/

https://www.britannica.com/topic/two-party-system

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_system

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duverger%27s_law

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-party_system

https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095737871

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpBRGXK-QNs

*Note: I only use wikipedia for general outlines of things. I will never use wikipedia for statistics or other important details.