Grief and work in the time of war

11/18/23 • 23 min

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Since Oct. 7, Palestinian and Jewish Americans have been navigating work while enduring anxiety and heartache as the Israel-Hamas War plays out. We’ll discuss the pressure to perform professionally as the conflict continues. And there’s some hopeful climate news out of Portugal: The country ran on 100% renewable energy for six days. Plus, we’re settling the debate on the least-liked Thanksgiving side dish in a round of Half Full/Half Empty.

Here’s everything we talked about:

- “If Gaza were in your city, how much would be destroyed? | Israel-Palestine conflict News” from Al Jazeera
- “Palestinian Americans on working while grieving: ‘How many days off do you take when Gaza’s bombed daily?’” from The Guardian
- “Portugal just ran on 100% renewables for six days in a row” from Canary Media
- “Sam Altman fired as CEO of OpenAI” from The Verge
- “As streaming services search for ad revenue, expect more political ads — and minimal regulation” from Marketplace
- “Meta allows Facebook and Instagram ads saying 2020 election was rigged” from The Guardian
- “Have dating apps lost their spark?” from Marketplace
- “Martha Stewart Says She’s Canceled Her Thanksgiving Dinner: ‘Turkeyed Out!'” from People
- “The 3 Most-Hated Thanksgiving Side Dishes In America” from Huffpost

Got a question for the hosts? Leave us a voicemail at 508-U-B-SMART or email us at [email protected].

Here’s everything we talked about:

- “If Gaza were in your city, how much would be destroyed? | Israel-Palestine conflict News” from Al Jazeera
- “Palestinian Americans on working while grieving: ‘How many days off do you take when Gaza’s bombed daily?’” from The Guardian
- “Portugal just ran on 100% renewables for six days in a row” from Canary Media
- “Sam Altman fired as CEO of OpenAI” from The Verge
- “As streaming services search for ad revenue, expect more political ads — and minimal regulation” from Marketplace
- “Meta allows Facebook and Instagram ads saying 2020 election was rigged” from The Guardian
- “Have dating apps lost their spark?” from Marketplace
- “Martha Stewart Says She’s Canceled Her Thanksgiving Dinner: ‘Turkeyed Out!'” from People
- “The 3 Most-Hated Thanksgiving Side Dishes In America” from Huffpost

Got a question for the hosts? Leave us a voicemail at 508-U-B-SMART or email us at [email protected].

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The governing work that remains to be done

It’s been a wild week on Capitol Hill. GOP Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma and Teamsters union President Sean O’Brien almost came to blows in a Senate hearing. And Republicans averted a government shutdown, but only to push the deadline to next year. We’ll dig into the historically low congressional productivity amid a growing mountain of work. And we’ll hear President Joe Biden’s remarks about meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Plus, a look at YouTube’s AI musical experiment.

Here’s everything we talked about:

- “GOP senator challenges Teamsters president to fight during hearing” from The Hill
- “Did Biden and China’s Xi hit a reset? Not quite, but they agreed on a few things” from NPR
- “Take heart, it looks like China could send new pandas to the US” from The Associated Press
- “Government shutdown: Senate passes temporary plan before Thanksgiving” from USA Today
- “An early look our AI Music experiment” from YouTube

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Here’s everything we talked about: