The word influencer wasn't added to some dictionaries until 2019, and yet, according to at least one survey, a quarter of all Gen Zers say they plan to become social media influencers. A whole industry has developed to serve them. There are now training courses, influencer agents and conferences. So, how did a generation of people get the idea that they could make money filming themselves? And is it really a viable career path? Today on The Sunday Story , Wailin Wong, a reporter and co-host of N...
May 07, 2023•21 min•Transcript available on Metacast The coronation of King Charles III takes place in London's Westminster Abbey. Businesses are shedding excess office space, which could destabilize regional banks. Utah's age verification requirement for adult content websites is the subject of a lawsuit. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
May 06, 2023•16 min•Transcript available on Metacast Four members of the far-right group Proud Boys were convicted of sedition conspiracy to overthrow the government of the United States. Outrage is growing over the chokehold homicide of a mentally ill homeless man during a violent episode on a New York subway train. And, England prepares to welcome King Charles III as the new King of England. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy...
May 05, 2023•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ukraine is denying involvement in two alleged assassination drones that Russia says were brought down above the Kremlin in Moscow. Mediators say a seven day ceasefire was agreed upon by the warring sides in Sudan after multiple failed truces to allow desperately needed humanitarian aid. And, a new poll shows Americans are losing faith in the Supreme Court especially after reports revealing several justices had questionable business dealings. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoic...
May 04, 2023•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast After a four-day search, police say they've arrested a suspect in last week's massacre in Texas that left five people dead including a mother and her 9-year-old child. Findings by the National Assessment for Educational Progress show that most students in the US are struggling in subjects like civics and history. And the Federal Reserve is expected to make its tenth interest rate hike as it struggles to rein in inflation. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR...
May 03, 2023•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast The Writers Guild of America called on their members to stage a strike after failed negotiations over updates to compensation agreements in the streaming era. President Joe Biden has invited lawmakers to the White House for talks to settle the debt ceiling debate after a deadline was set for default. And, The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing today on Supreme Court Ethics after findings that several justices hadn't disclosed questionable business dealings and gifts. Learn more abou...
May 02, 2023•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast After taking over the ailing First Republic Bank, federal regulators have sold it to JPMorgan Chase & Co. A fragile ceasefire is extended as thousands of people flee the fighting between Sudan's Army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). And Hollywood writers are demanding updated contacts or they'll strike. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy...
May 01, 2023•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast How much time in prison is enough for a brutal crime? And how do we decide when a prisoner is rehabilitated and deserves to be free? In 2016, after 30 years of incarceration and seven hearings before an Arizona parole board, Jacob Wideman was finally released from prison. Within months, after a minor violation, Wideman's parole was revoked and he was again put behind bars. In this episode of The Sunday Story from Up First , we speak to journalist Beth Schwartzapfel about her new podcast Violatio...
Apr 30, 2023•29 min•Transcript available on Metacast The deadliest Russian attacks in months leave more than 20 dead in Ukraine. Venezuela's political situation could push more people to flee the country. California braces for potentially devastating floods as an expected heat wave begins to melt record snow pack. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Apr 29, 2023•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast The Biden administration is planning out new measures to deter migrant influx on the U.S.-Mexico border, as one of the current policies, Title 42, is set to expire in May. Writer E. Jean Carroll testified in her civil suit against former President Donald Trump alleging that he raped her in a New York department store in the 1990s. And Fox News is losing ratings following the departure of their biggest star Tucker Carlson. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR...
Apr 28, 2023•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast The House voted to pass the debt ceiling bill on Wednesday, but it is not expected to pass the Senate and President Biden has threatened to veto it. Disney sued Florida's Governor Ron DeSantis alleging that he has overseen a "targeted campaign of government retaliation" against the company. Montana Republicans barred a transgender lawmaker Zooey Zephyr from the House floor over her opposition to a bill that would ban gender-affirming care for trans youth. Learn more about sponsor message choices...
Apr 27, 2023•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is meeting President Biden in Washington D.C. to discuss defense and business ties, as the two countries mark 70 years of alliance this year. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is gathering votes to try to pass his proposed debt ceiling bill. And as the Sudan conflict drags on, it may threaten regional stability. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy...
Apr 26, 2023•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast President Joe Biden launched his reelection bid today, four years after declaring his 2020 candidacy. A civil trial is set to begin in New York involving former President Trump who is accused of sexually assaulting magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll. And Fox News Media announced that they have agreed to part ways with their most popular host, Tucker Carlson. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy...
Apr 25, 2023•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast Foreign diplomats start evacuating Sudan as fighting intensifies, but thousands of American citizens remain in the country. Jury selection begins today in the trial of a man accused of killing 11 worshippers at a Pittsburgh synagogue in 2018. A new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll shows that a majority of Americans don't have much confidence in the Supreme Court. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy...
Apr 24, 2023•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast The war in Ukraine has forever changed the young students of one kindergarten classroom, who are now scattered all around the world. For the past year, NPR's Elissa Nadworny has been following a group of six-year-olds from the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv. After the city came under attack by Russian forces, the children's school abruptly closed and many families fled. In this episode of The Sunday Story from Up First , Nadworny helps us understand the ripple effects of war through the eyes of child...
Apr 23, 2023•24 min•Transcript available on Metacast The Supreme Court overturned restrictions a lower court placed on the abortion medication mifespristone. U.S. embassy staff are preparing to flee violence in Sudan. Russia says it accidentally bombed a Russian city near its border with Ukraine. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
Apr 22, 2023•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast The Supreme Court is set to decide by midnight tonight whether to allow an abortion pill to remain widely available or restrict its access. The U.S. is sending additional troops to its base in Djibouti in case of a possible evacuation from Sudan, as violence escalates in the country. U.S. officials have launched a new effort to arrest operatives of the Mexican cartel smuggling most of the fentanyl that reaches Americans. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR ...
Apr 21, 2023•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast The White House says it is prepared to fight for reproductive rights, as abortion access lingers in the hands of the courts for now. President Biden rejected House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's plan to raise the debt ceiling by $1.5 trillion. UNICEF says 67 million children worldwide missed out on immunizations because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy...
Apr 20, 2023•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast Fox News averted a major trial by settling a defamation lawsuit from Dominion Voting Systems for $787.5 million. The Supreme Court is expected to issue a ruling on access to mifepristone, which is the most commonly used abortion pill. And Jack Teixeira, the Air National Guardsman accused of leaking top-secret documents, will appear in federal court in Boston. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy...
Apr 19, 2023•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast A US diplomatic convoy came under fire as clashes in Sudan continue between rival military factions. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says Republicans will vote to raise the debt ceiling in exchange for spending cuts. And the deadline to file taxes is today, and it comes as the IRS is embarking on a makeover to improve the agency. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy...
Apr 18, 2023•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast Rival military factions are fighting in Sudan for the control of the country after a dispute over transition to civilian rule. A shooting at a birthday party in Dadeville, Ala. left four dead and 28 wounded. And after a delay by one day, the trial in Dominion Voting Systems' lawsuit against Fox News over 2020 election lies starts on Tuesday. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy...
Apr 17, 2023•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast Last December, a jury convicted rapper Tory Lanez of shooting Megan Thee Stallion in the feet. The high profile trial shined a light on the misogyny directed towards Black women and femmes in hip-hop. In this episode of The Sunday Story from Up First, Sidney Madden and Rodney Carmichael, the co-hosts of the podcast Louder Than A Riot , help us understand and unpack the oppressive, unspoken rules of rap that they say have held the entire culture back. Learn more about sponsor message choices: pod...
Apr 16, 2023•25 min•Transcript available on Metacast President Biden directs the intelligence and military communities to tighten the security of sensitive information. The Supreme Court temporarily blocks a lower court ruling limiting access to the abortion pill mifepristone. Inflation has eased and grocery prices are down, but recession worries still loom. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy...
Apr 15, 2023•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast 21-year-old Air National Guardsman, Jack Teixeira will appear in court on charges of leaking classified documents. Some doctors are saying the back-and-forth legal battles over abortion rights are complicating medical care for patients. And, North Korea says it tested a new powerful type of intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that could be a game changer for the country's military. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy...
Apr 14, 2023•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast A federal appeals court has put a partial hold on the controversial ruling from a Texas Court that bans the widely used abortion pill mifepristone. Calls for California, Senator Dianne Feinstein to resign are growing louder after months of absence from Congress. And, Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is in China this week and is expected to meet with president Xi Jingping to discuss economic ties. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Polic...
Apr 13, 2023•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast The Biden Administration wants to push Americans to buy more electric cars by increasing regulation on auto pollution. The White House is calling on Congress to act swiftly to stop the spread of a dangerous cocktail drug that's killing Americans. And, Inflation numbers are getting better but the Fed might still raise interest rates. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy...
Apr 12, 2023•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast Just days after being expelled from the Tennessee House by Republicans, state Representative Justin Jones was reinstated at the state Capitol House. A bank employee in Louisville, Kentucky live streamed a shooting spree at his job before being gunned down by police. President Joe Biden is in Ireland for business and pleasure as he revisits his Irish Catholic roots on the anniversary of the Good Friday agreement. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy P...
Apr 11, 2023•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast Access to an abortion pill remains uncertain after two federal judges issued opposing rulings last week. Pentagon and DOJ are investigating dozens of classified documents that have leaked on the internet showing details on the state of war in Ukraine. And some of the leaked documents include assessments on Kyiv's fighting capability that could have an impact on the course of the war. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy...
Apr 10, 2023•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast In the fall of 2003, Felipe Santos, a 23-year-old undocumented migrant worker from Mexico went missing after a minor fender bender in Naples, Florida. Three months later, 27-year-old Terrance Williams disappeared from the same stretch of road. Both were men of color and both were last sighted in the back of a police car, driven by the same white Sheriff's deputy. Today, we bring you the first episode of "The Last Ride," an investigative series exploring why, nearly 20 years later, these disappea...
Apr 09, 2023•24 min•Transcript available on Metacast Two federal judges issue rulings that could drastically affect access to abortion pills across America. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas says he was told he didn't need to disclose trips paid for by a conservative billionaire. There seems to be some regional calm after a series of Israeli raids on Palestinians in Jerusalem, air strikes on Gaza and Lebanon, and two attacks on Israelis yesterday. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy...
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