Here's Your Homework: Weekly News From A Willing Nerd

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A willing nerd offers to do your weekly homework. Best of all: she’s an overachiever. Listen to weekly news summaries and analyses from Marcella Licastro, a high-school senior reading over 30 weekly news pieces and bringing them to you in 20 minutes. Sit back, relax, and sound smart after a listen.

  1. 02/17/2021

    February 7 - 14: Myanmar, Marxist Investing, Monopolies, & Morality

    Myanmar's military coup and civilian resistance (02:19), Gamestop and short-selling explained (08:32), India's and Australia's wars on technology (14:25), updates on US politics (20:26), and Saudi Arabia's judicial modernization (23:59) -- all and more on this week's episode.

  2. 12/23/2020

    December 14 - 20: Leaders, Laissez-faire, Legitimacy, & Liquidity

    World leaders and COVID-19, including Sweden's king (01:29), Macron (03:41), Boris Johnson (04:53), and Bolsonaro (09:53); the LSE report suggesting tax cuts only help the rich (13:03); the US Electoral College and Dr. Jill Biden's title (15:22); and corporations' environmental and social responsibility for sustainable investment (18:00) -- all and more on this week's episode.

  3. 12/15/2020

    December 6 - 13: Paris, Pandemic, Planning, & Physics

    Environmental developments in honor of the Paris Agreement (01:29); Brexit updates and timeline (09:08); COVID-19 vaccination and equity (14:43); Time's "Person" of the Year (17:16); and questioning all economic modeling (18:00) -- all and more on this week's episode.

  4. 12/06/2020

    November 29 - December 5: Corporations, Confrontations, Community Power, & Cuddles

    Corporate failures and victories, including: Nike, Coca-Cola and forced labor (01:36); the US Supreme Court and slavery (03:51); Google and suppression of worker advocacy (05:01); Facebook's latest lawsuit (06:23); Nestle's environmental ambitions (09:42);  International relations updates: Latest on Ethiopia and Iran (10:53); vaccine access (12:55); and Brexit (14:24); Environmental developments: climate change lawsuits (16:59); Brazil's deforestation (18:33); New Zealand's announcement (19:31); and Transformations for a Sustainable Ocean Economy (20:21); Latest on COVID-19 (23:31); Biden's adventures (24:06); and Time's 'Kid of the Year' (24:35) -- all and more on this week's episode.

  5. 11/29/2020

    November 22 - 28: RCEP, Retaliation, Revolution, Recordings, & Reform

    Asian trade: the RCEP trade deal (02:08) and China's tariffs on Australian wine (11:55); Iran's threat of retaliation following the murder of a top nuclear scientist (13:24); an explanation of Ethiopia's power struggle (16:55) and this week's timeline of events (20:06); French police violence and threats to press freedom (21:56); and Scotland's stellar policy-making (24:37) -- all and more on this week's episode.

  6. 11/15/2020

    November 8 - 14: China, Conflicts, Controversy, & Credit

    China's foreign policy, including WHO's pro-China actions (01:52), the resignation of Hong Kong policymakers (04:55), and the suspension of Ant Group's IPO (06:53);  Conflict resolution between Azerbaijan and Armenia (09:00), contrasting to Ethiopia's potential Civil War (10:11);  Saudi Arabia's progressive considerations (11:50), and a controversial celebration of Mary Wollstonecraft's achievements (12:30);  Pfizer's success (15:01) and Brazil's CoronaVac trial stoppage (16:14);  Obama's memoir (17:16) and Finnemore's achievement (17:50) -- all and more on this week's episode.

  7. 11/09/2020

    November 1 - 6: Rain, Resurgence, & Reprimand

    Storm Eta in Central America and its effects (01:31); the US presidential election: vote counts, results, and Trump's reaction (03:04); economic and social implications of a Biden presidency (11:17); and Greta Thunberg's twitter revenge (23:10) -- all and more on this week's episode.

  8. 11/01/2020

    October 25 - 31: Terrorism, Tiffany, Tardy Lockdowns, & Toppling the Tech Monopoly

    Recent terrorist attacks in France and the diplomatic aftermath (01:37); LVMH's acquisition of Tiffany & Co. and the economics of a post-pandemic luxury goods industry (10:24); Europe's second wave of COVID-19 and government responses (15:58); and the US Government's Anti-trust case against Google, accusing it of exerting monopoly power (18:50) -- all and more on this week's episode.

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A willing nerd offers to do your weekly homework. Best of all: she’s an overachiever. Listen to weekly news summaries and analyses from Marcella Licastro, a high-school senior reading over 30 weekly news pieces and bringing them to you in 20 minutes. Sit back, relax, and sound smart after a listen.

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