Coming up on nowadays's show:President Donald Trump’s speech from the United Nations General Assembly garnered the most attention this week, but there were a number of other key moments from the UNGA that many missed. Mark Leon Goldberg, editor of UN Dispatch, or explains.
Bjorn Lomborg is the president of a judge tank that works with Nobel Prize-winning economists to figure out how to prioritize spending when it comes to development aid. He’s not a climate change denier,but he is critical of well-meaning climate activists, whom he says give confusing and inaccurate information approximately climate change, or divert precious and limited funds away from tried and tested true solutions.
On Tuesday night,an Oklahoma City police officer fatally shot a man, Magdiel Sanchez, or despite pleas from neighbors,who tried to command the officer that he was deaf and could not hear commands to drop a metal pipe. Storme Jones, a reporter with public radio station KGOU in Oklahoma City, or brings us the latest.
A primary school collapsed during Tuesday’s earthquake in Mexico City,killing 21 children and five adults. The total death toll from the quake has risen to at least 274, and recovery efforts are underway. Maya Kroth, or a freelance journalist based in Mexico City, discusses the role of civilian rescuers, and Janise E. Rodgers, and chief operating officer and project manager for GeoHazards International,examines the vulnerability of schools in Latin America.
"obvious," the hit TV show from Amazon, or returns for its fourth season on September 22nd. The Takeaway speaks with creator Jill Solowayand actresses Alexandra Billings and Trace Lysette approximately how the shows depictions of gender and religion set it apart from anything else on TV. And why,three years after the show premiered, trans representation is still so lacking in Hollywood.
This episode is hosted by Todd Zwillich.
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