SUPD 97 Derek Thompson & Dr Michael Mann

May 4, 2020

Articles / issues mentioned 

The Asian giant hornet, a.k.a. the Murder Hornet, has arrived. Bees beware.

At Overloaded Thrift Shops, Coronavirus Is Wreaking Havoc. A glut of donations and a lack of demand have left a crucial American industry reeling.

Tribes Were Supposed To Get $8 Billion In COVID-19 Aid. They’ve Gotten $0.

The number of prisoners who have tested positive for COVID-19 grew by more than 50% in the past week.

Derek Thompson is a journalist and author who is also a staff writer at The Atlantic magazine and whose articles I never miss. He writes about economics, technology, and the media

He wrote a great book that became a national bestseller called Hit Makers: How to Succeed in an Age of Distraction.

On this episode we spoke about one of his recent pieces that is getting a lot of attention titled “The Pandemic Will Change American Retail Forever”  

Derek Thompson Twitter

 

I also spoke with one of the most respected, outspoken and courageous climate scientists in the country, Dr. Michael Mann of Penn State University. Dr Mann is the author of several books including “The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines” and

“The Madhouse Effect: How Climate Change Denial Is Threatening Our Planet, Destroying Our Politics, and Driving Us Crazy”

Dr Mann twitter

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