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The Refresh from Insider

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Episodes

Play two headlines and a lie! — November 10

Hosts Rebeca Ibarra and Dave Smith are updating the news, all day, every weekday Welcome! Investors celebrated signs of slowing inflation [ Share ] Twitter employees must go back to the office [ Share ] Has Apple bowed to Chinese authorities with its new AirDrop limit? [ Share ] Record-breaking auction for Microsoft co-founder’s art collection [ Share ] KFC apologizes for Kristallnacht message [ Share ] Spread the word! Nicole becomes a tropical storm [ Share ] South Dakotans vote for ACA Medica...

Nov 10, 202212 min

Why artists are concerned about AI-generated art — November 9

Hosts Rebeca Ibarra and Dave Smith are updating the news, all day, every weekday Welcome! Election results still rolling in [ Share ] The markets are crypto crashing [ Share ] Twitter introduces, then withdraws, gray checkmark [ Share ] Musk holds Twitter Spaces event [ Share ] Gas station owner gets $1 million for selling prize lotto ticket [ Share ] Spread the word! Hurricane Nicole hitting Florida tonight will delay moon launch yet again [ Share ] Adidas halves earnings prediction after Kanye...

Nov 09, 202213 min

Key races to watch tonight — November 8

Hosts Rebeca Ibarra and Rebecca Knight are updating the news, all day, every weekday Welcome! Crypto declines, rival exchanges merge [ Share ] Markets vote for political gridlock [ Share ] US asks banks to do business with Russia [ Share ] Someone won the $2.3 billion Powerball [ Share ] Twitter usage surges after Musk’s takeover [ Share ] Spread the word! Florida and Missouri ban federal monitors [ Share ] Wisconsin to count military votes [ Share ] Pennsylvania voters race to fix undated mail ...

Nov 08, 202213 min

How one company switched to a four-day week — November 7

Hosts Rebeca Ibarra and Rebecca Knight are updating the news, all day, every weekday Welcome! Source: Russia is interfering in US elections [ Share ] Elon Musk endorses GOP [ Share ] Markets close up as investors await midterm results [ Share ] Katie Ledecky breaks 2nd world record in a week [ Share ] Budweiser stocks up in Qatar [ Share ] Spread the word! Biden administration talks to Russia about Ukraine [ Share ] Republicans disqualify some mail-in ballots in key states [ Share ] Black and La...

Nov 07, 202214 min

TV writer Anthony Q. Farrell on race in the writer's room — November 4th

Hosts Kerry Donahue and Rebecca Knight are updating the news, all day, every weekday Welcome! Late day rally for markets [ Share ] Twitter layoffs dramatically unfold in real-time... on Twitter [ Share ] Trump will very, very, probably run for president again [ Share ] Amazon pauses corporate hiring [ Share ] It’s time to turn your clock back [ Share ] Share our stories! G7 coalition agree on Russian oil price cap [ Share ] Two Black men now own “White Lives Matter” [ Share ] Sean “Diddy” Combs ...

Nov 04, 202215 min

Can you guess the fake headline? — November 3rd

Hosts Rebeca Ibarra and Rebecca Knight are updating the news, all day, every weekday Welcome! Markets struggle [ Share ] UK set for worse recession than US [ Share ] Apple’s market value dominates [ Share ] Faulty oxygen devices may have led to COVID deaths [ Share ] Graphic videos of Takeoff's death spreading on social [ Share ] Powerball reaches third-highest lottery prize in US history [ Share ] Did you know you can share any of our segments on social media? LA school district recruits newbor...

Nov 03, 202212 min

The 'Amazonification' of the tech industry — November 2nd

Hosts Rebeca Ibarra and Dave Smith are updating the news, all day, every weekday Welcome! Markets' mixed afternoon [ Share ] CVS agrees to $5 billion opioid settlement [ Share ] Tumblr welcomes nudity again [ Share ] Banned Twitter accounts won’t be unlocked for weeks [ Share ] Powerball jackpot reaches $1.2 billion [ Share ] Did you know you can share any of our segments on social media? Excessive drinking is leading cause of preventable deaths [ Share ] The Great Resignation lives on [ Share ]...

Nov 02, 202212 min

The Supreme Court weighs in — November 1st

Hosts Rebeca Ibarra and Rob Gunther are updating the news, all day, every weekday Welcome! Lindsey Graham will have to testify in Georgia 2020 probe [ Share ] Supreme Court stops the release of Trump’s taxes [ Share ] DOJ says Arizona drop box monitoring could violate Voting Rights Act [ Share ] Pfizer tests RSV vaccine for pregnant women [ Share ] China may wind down its zero-COVID policies [ Share ] Did you know you can share any of our segments on social media? Uber reports losses but sees mo...

Nov 01, 202213 min

What it's really like to be a stay-at-home girlfriend — October 28

Hosts Rebeca Ibarra and Qayyah Moynihan are updating the news, all day, every weekday Welcome! Nancy Pelosi’s husband attacked in their home Friday morning [ Share ] Elon Musk officially owns Twitter [ Share ] Jim Cramer apologizes [ Share ] Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen confirm divorce [ Share ] Jerry Lee Lewis has died [ Share ] Check back later today! Man sentenced to over 7 years in prison for Jan 6 riot [ Share ] Markets rebounded in the afternoon [ Share ] Japan offering subsidies for high...

Oct 28, 202213 min

Play along with Two Headlines and a Lie — October 27

Hosts Rebeca Ibarra and Qayyah Moynihan are updating the news, all day, every weekday Welcome! Most investors on Wall Street celebrated the GDP report [ Share ] AG Garland says reporters’ phone records are off-limits [ Share ] Twitter shares to be suspended Friday [ Share ] Second woman says Herschel Walker paid for her abortion [ Share ] Shell profits explode [ Share ] Check back later today! Uber rolling out ads [ Share ] Miss Universe corp suspends its president [ Share ] Mexico votes to elim...

Oct 27, 202212 min

Would you move to Arkansas for $10k? — October 26

Hosts Rebeca Ibarra and Qayyah Moynihan are updating the news, all day, every weekday Welcome! Wisconsin man found guilty for Christmas parade massacre [ Share ] Trading today was uneven [ Share ] Trio guilty of aiding plot to kidnap Michigan governor [ Share ] US 30-year mortgage rates now top 7% [ Share ] Emmanuel the Emu doesn’t have the bird flu [ Share ] Check back later today! Crowds march to Mahsa Amini’s grave [ Share ] Russian airport offers unique experience with planes grounded [ Shar...

Oct 26, 202213 min

Have we been wrong about how antidepressants work? — October 25

Hosts Rebeca Ibarra and Qayyah Moynihan are updating the news all day, every weekday Welcome! Stock markets close up due to strong earnings [ Share ] Price increases for Apple streaming services [ Share ] Russian court rejects Brittney Griner’s appeal [ Share ] Dry shampoo recall [ Share ] James Corden apologizes? Maybe [ Share ] Spread the word! Progressive Dems. retract letter to Biden [ Share ] GM earnings go up while EV targets go down [ Share ] AG says DoJ won’t let voters be intimidated [ ...

Oct 25, 202213 min

So many women are quitting their jobs now — October 24

Hosts Rebeca Ibarra and Qayyah Moynihan are updating the news, all day, every weekday Welcome! Leslie Jordan has died [ Share ] 3 dead after a school shooting in St. Louis [ Share ] Markets upbeat to start the week [ Share ] Rishi Sunak will be UK Prime Minister [ Share ] Instagram is introducing new creator marketplace tools [ Share ] Spread the word! DOJ and FBI announce charges against alleged Chinese spies [ Share ] Michigan school shooter pleads guilty [ Share ] RSV infections on the rise i...

Oct 24, 202212 min

Yes, the pandemic made us grumpier — October 21

Hosts Rebeca Ibarra and Qayyah Moynihan are updating the news, all day, every weekday Welcome! Bannon sentenced to four months in prison [ Share ] Jan. 6 committee formally subpoenas Trump [ Share ] Markets’ end of the week rally [ Share ] Did racial discrimination lead to Jackson’s water crisis? [ Share ] One of the last children of an enslaved American has died [ Share ] Spread the word! New survey shows workers are still making effort at work [ Share ] House Republicans want to ban LGBTQ book...

Oct 21, 202214 min

Test your news knowledge with Two Headlines and a Lie — October 20

Hosts Rebeca Ibarra and Qayyah Moynihan are updating the news, all day, every weekday Welcome! Liz Truss resigns [ Share ] Markets: Musk's wild projection for Tesla [ Share ] US home sales decline [ Share ] Disney’s price hikes outpace inflation [ Share ] Tumor patient plays saxophone during surgery [ Share ] Spread the word! Worries for a cold winter in US homes [ Share ] CA stoves leak hazardous pollutants [ Share ] College enrollment drops—again [ Share ] Saudi Arabia gives 16 year prison sen...

Oct 20, 202212 min

Amazon warehouse workers pay a price for speedy delivery — October 19

Hosts Rebeca Ibarra and Qayyah Moynihan are updating the news, all day, every weekday Welcome! State lawmakers look to redefine Blackness [ Share ] Markets close down [ Share ] Meta must sell Giphy [ Share ] Pay dispute over Nintendo game goes public [ Share ] Barilla sued for not being made in Italy [ Share ] Spread the word! Hundreds greet Elnaz Rekabi [ Share ] Netflix turns its luck around with quarterly earnings [ Share ] Way too many avocados [ Share ] Less sleeps means more chronic diseas...

Oct 19, 202213 min

Biden wants to codify Roe...but there's a catch — October 18

Hosts Rebeca Ibarra and Qayyah Moynihan are updating the news, all day, every weekday Welcome! Biden plans to codify Roe first after midterms [ Share ] Biden plans oil reserve sell-off to dampen fuel prices [ Share ] Early voting begins in midterm elections [ Share ] Brittney Griner celebrates birthday in prison [ Share ] Pelosi’s husband buys stocks before proposed ban [ Share ] Spread the word! Markets have found some momentum [ Share ] Semafor launches today [ Share ] 19th century ship expose...

Oct 18, 202213 min

A story of finding success and happiness while dealing with loss — October 17

Hosts Rebeca Ibarra and Qayyah Moynihan are updating the news, all day, every weekday Welcome! Trump properties charged taxpayers 5x room rates for secret service [ Share ] Kevin Spacey says his dad was a neo-Nazi [ Share ] Rupert Murdoch wants to reunite his media empire [ Share ] Is Patti LuPone quitting Broadway? [ Share ] Spread the word! Bloomberg Recession Prediction [ Share ] Hearing aids can now be bought over-the-counter [ Share ] Kanye to buy Parler [ Share ] Xi Jinping kicks off Commu...

Oct 17, 202213 min

Is college 'early decision' a rigged game? — October 14

Hosts Rebeca Ibarra and Rob Gunther are updating the news, all day, every weekday Welcome! Five killed in North Carolina shooting [ Share ] Kwasi Kwarteng has been fired as the UK Chancellor [ Share ] Ads coming to cheapest Netflix plan in November [ Share ] Equifax finds at-home employees working second jobs [ Share ] Robbie Coltrane dead at 72 [ Share ] Spread the word! Martha’s Vineyard migrants may have path to citizenship [ Share ] US has a shortage of Adderall [ Share ] Nancy Pelosi wanted...

Oct 14, 202214 min

Jan 6th committee subpoenas Donald Trump — October 13

Hosts Rebeca Ibarra and Rob Gunther are updating the news, all day, every weekday Welcome! January 6th hearings conclude [ Share ] Parkland school shooter sentenced [ Share ] Is Walgreens’ Covid boom over? [ Share ] Toxic chemicals in sports bras [ Share ] Elon Musk sells Burnt Hair perfume [ Share ] Spread the word! China sensors social media posts about Beijing protest [ Share ] Trump launches Trump Organization II [ Share ] Kroger could buy Albertsons in supermarket mega-merger [ Share ] Huma...

Oct 13, 202212 min

Alex Jones must pay nearly $1b to Sandy Hook families — October 12

Hosts Rebeca Ibarra and Rob Gunther are updating the news, all day, every weekday Welcome! Alex Jones ordered to pay Sandy Hook families [ Share ] General Motors pivots to energy management [ Share ] Manhattan Venture Partners wants out of Musk Twitter deal [ Share ] Eric André and Clayton English sue ATL police [ Share ] Paris Hilton reveals sexual abuse in a teen treatment program [ Share ] Spread the word! Lukewarm reaction to Meta’s new VR set [ Share ] SCOTUS to weigh on “fair use” [ Share ...

Oct 12, 202213 min

Is Netflix's algorithm driving creative decisions? — October 11

Hosts Rebeca Ibarra and Rebecca Knight are updating the news, all day, every weekday Welcome! NASA says asteroid crash test was a success [ Share ] SCOTUS denies appeal for man on death row [ Share ] Adnan Syed freed of all charges [ Share ] Fat Bear week voting fraud [ Share ] Angela Lansbury has died at age 96 [ Share ] Spread the word! Proposed rule could lead to reclassification of gig workers [ Share ] Biden to reevaluation Saudi relationship [ Share ] Historic deal reached on Israel/Lebano...

Oct 11, 202212 min

TikTokers are trying to unionize — October 10

Hosts Rebeca Ibarra and Rebecca Knight are updating the news, all day, every weekday Welcome! China and India urge de-escalation in Ukraine [ Share ] LA council president recorded making racist remarks [ Share ] Oil workers protest in Iran [ Share ] Second Weinstein sex crimes trial begins in LA [ Share ] Food price inflation could ease thanks to good harvests [ Share ] Spread the word! Three U.S. economists win Nobel Prize in Economics [ Share ] Texas Pete Hot Sauce sued over not being Texan [ ...

Oct 10, 202213 min

The sister of Dahmer victim has thoughts on Netflix series — October 7

Hosts Kerry Donahue and Rebecca Knight are updating the news, all day, every weekday Welcome! Entire Uvalde school police force pulled [ Share ] NYC mayor declares migrant emergency [ Share ] Markets close lower on strong September jobs report [ Share ] Young adults became more neurotic in the pandemic [ Share ] Illinois starts guaranteed income pilot [ Share ] Please help spread the word! Ireland opens secret adoption records [ Share ] Volcano fire damages Easter Island statues [ Share ] Major ...

Oct 07, 202214 min

Play along with Two Headlines and a Lie — October 6

Hosts Rebeca Ibarra and Rebecca Knight are updating the news, all day, every weekday Welcome! Woman Herschel Walker denies knowing is the mother of one of his children [ Share ] Peloton plans to cut about 500 jobs [ Share ] Federal judge holds up NY gun law changes [ Share ] US believes Ukraine was behind Daria Dugina assassination [ Share ] American tourist damages Vatican sculptures [ Share ] Spread the word! Anna Sorokin to leave ICE detention [ Share ] Vice President Kamala Harris was in a c...

Oct 06, 202212 min

The plight of the middle manager — October 5

Hosts Rebeca Ibarra and Rebecca Knight are updating the news, all day, every weekday Welcome! Biden visits Florida after Ian [ Share ] British Pound and Wall Street stocks slump again [ Share ] Alec Baldwin settles with family of cinematographer shot on set [ Share ] New rule: Airlines to provide flight attendants with more rest [ Share ] Bridgewater’s Ray Dalio steps down [ Share ] Spread the word! Google makes it easier to remove personal info [ Share ] Trump asks SCOTUS to get involved [ Shar...

Oct 05, 202213 min

Play along with Who Wrote WHAT? — October 4

Hosts Rebeca Ibarra and Rebecca Knight are updating the news, all day, every weekday Welcome! Musk says OK, I’ll buy Twitter [ Share ] Death toll from Hurricane Ian rises [ Share ] Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen prepare divorce [ Share ] Northeastern explosion reportedly a hoax [ Share ] Country queen Loretta Lynn dies [ Share ] We're updating the news Did you know you can share any of our segments on social media? Scams on Zelle have exploded, per Warren [ Share ] Herschel Walker under fire for ...

Oct 04, 202214 min

Viral TikToks say 'Act Your Wage' — October 3

Hosts Rebeca Ibarra and Rebecca Knight are updating the news, all day, every weekday Welcome! Wall Street has best day in months [ Share ] Credit Suisse fends off financial concerns [ Share ] The president and first lady go to Puerto Rico [ Share ] UK abruptly walks back tax cuts [ Share ] Tomas the Tank makes its way to Ukraine [ Share ] We're updating the news Did you know you can share any of our segments on social media? SCOTUS returns [ Share ] Hurricane Ian’s aftermath [ Share ] Iran supre...

Oct 03, 202212 min

Try to guess the lie in Two Headlines and a Lie — September 29

Hosts Rebeca Ibarra and Rebecca Knight are updating the news, all day, every weekday. Welcome! Hurricane Ian makes landfall in Florida [ Share ] TikTokers share storm footage [ Share ] Legal challenges for White House loan forgiveness plan [ Share ] Meta is freezing hires and restructuring some teams [ Share ] Ginni Thomas testifies before January 6th committee [ Share ] We're updating the news Coming up: two headlines and a lie NATO calls Nord Stream attacks sabotage [ Share ] Chipotle introduc...

Sep 29, 202212 min

Hurricane Ian makes landfall — September 28

Hosts Rebeca Ibarra and Rebecca Knight are updating the news, all day, every weekday. Welcome! Hurricane Ian makes Florida landfall [ Share ] Results of ‘sham’ referendum in Ukraine points to Russian annexation [ Share ] FDA proposes new “healthy” labeling [ Share ] The new Ford truck that’s fueling an EV future [ Share ] Lizzo plays James Madison’s crystal flute [ Share ] We're updating the news Coming up: establishment politics v. young candidates Food banks turn to delivery services [ Share ]...

Sep 28, 202212 min
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