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The “chicken sandwich wars” are over… for now.  Popeyes had the most successful product launch in their history with their new chicken sandwich.  All it took was a couple of tweets between them and rival Chick-fil-A and the wars started, leading to long lines and eventually selling out completely.  Kate Taylor, retail correspondent for Business Insider, joins us for the chicken sandwich craze and also how Popeyes employees hated li... Read more

More news on the thousands of lawsuits brought forth by state and local governments hoping to hold drug manufacturers accountable for the opioid crisis.  OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family are in talks to settle the cases in a deal valued between $10 and $12 billion.  Sara Randazzo, reporter for the WSJ, joins us with details on the deal.


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Former Vice President Joe Biden has enjoyed front-runner status among the 2020 Democrats since the beginning, but his electability argument may have just hit a snag.  A new poll shows that he is in a three way tie with Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren.  Biden is also having trouble connecting with younger voters.  Amie Parnes, senior political correspondent at The Hill, joins us for more.


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In the first case to go to trial of more than 2,000 lawsuits brought on by state and local governments seeking to hold the pharmaceutical industry accountable for contributing to an opioid-addiction crisis, Johnson and Johnson must pay $572 million dollars to Oklahoma for creating a public nuisance, exaggerating the benefits of painkillers and minimizing addiction risks. Daniel Siegal, senior trials reporter at Law360, joins us for... Read more

The fears of an economic slowdown loomed over the G-7 Summit over the weekend as President Trump sought to encourage economic growth in other countries to avoid a global recession.  This comes at a time when the trade tensions with China are only increasing.  Ginger Gibson, political reporter for Reuters, joins us for a G-7 roundup and a new Republican challenger to President Trump.


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It’s a Green Friday this week on the podcast!  First, Sen. Bernie Sanders has unveiled his Green New Deal to fight climate change and it’s coming in at a whopping $16.3 trillion.  It declares climate change a national emergency, transforms the country’s energy system to rely on renewable energy for electricity and transportation by 2030 and complete decarbonization by 2050. Miranda Green, energy and environment reporter at The Hill... Read more

Texas is the latest state to be hit with a cyberattack.  Officials have confirmed that 22 municipalities were infiltrated by hackers.  A mayor of one of the cities said that hackers were asking for $2.5 million in ransom to unlock files.  Bobby Allyn, reporter for NPR, joins us for what we know about these cyberattacks that are increasingly targeting state and local governments.


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Americans are spending more money on faster internet speeds on the promise of faster load times and higher quality streaming, but is it really worth it?  Recent tests by the WSJ show that a typical household doesn’t use most of their bandwidth while streaming and only get marginal gains from upgrading your speed.  Shalini Ramachandran, reporter for the WSJ joins us for why upgrading your bandwidth might not be the best choice.
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After 5 years of investigations and protests, New York City Police Commissioner James O’Neil fired Daniel Pantaleo who was the officer involved in the 2014 chokehold death of Eric Garner.  O’Neil said that using the banned chokehold was a mistake that any officer could have made in the heat of an arrest, but he can no longer effectively serve as a NY City police officer.  My producer Victor Wright joins us for more.


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Hoping to calm fears of an impending U.S. recession after a wild ride in the financial markets last week, President Trump’s top economic advisers took to the Sunday talk shows to tout how good the economy is.  Joe Biden also continues his campaign of vowing to cooperate with Republicans and Elizabeth Warren is surging in the polls.  Ginger Gibson, political reporter for Reuters, joins us to break it all down.


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Michael Gargiulo, known as the ‘Hollywood Ripper’ or the ‘Boy next door killer’ has been found guilty of the murder of Ashley Ellerin and Maria Bruno and the attempted murder of Michelle Murphy.  This case gained a lot of attention because of the gruesome nature of the killings and also because actor Ashton Kutcher testified during the trial.  Andrew Mollenbeck, West Coast reporter for iHeart Media, joins us to break down the story... Read more

Warning to pet owners: A toxic algae bloom has killed three dogs in a matter of hours.  Owners Melissa Martin and Denise Mintz took their dogs to play in a nearby pond, only one dog swam in the water, but he got the other two wet.  Hours later they died after seizing and showing signs of liver failure.  Alex Guarino, reporter for WECT in North Carolina, joins us to talk about the toxic bacteria that is popping up more and more.
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Amid the second deadliest outbreak of Ebola in history, doctors and scientists have been running a clinical trial of new drugs in the Democratic Republic of Congo.  Two of the experimental treatments have been so effective that the trial was cut short and some are saying that Ebola is now curable.  Jamie Ducharme, health reporter for Time Magazine, joins us for what we know.


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