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Battle Ready For Brunch

Battle Ready For Brunch

Written by: Anna Mattson and Maria-Soledad Davila-Calero
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We’re two young journalists here to prepare you to be the most interesting person at this weekend’s brunch. We’ll keep you informed about everything from serious current events to bizarre TikTok trends. Informed opinions, but no bs.

Battle Ready For Brunch 2024
Politics & Government Social Sciences
Episodes
  • More drama on NYC mayoral election and other news
    Aug 2 2025

    The headlines for this week include the investigation of the Gothamist into Mayor Adams' candidacy petitions and the winding down of the Corporation for Public Broadcast. We also have economic indicators and a new bill that aims at limiting stock trading by congresspeople.

    Forged signatures found on Mayor Adams’ petition to run

    Mayor Adams reacts to bogus signatures allegations

    CPB announced that it will start winding down operations

    Economy rebounds to 3% economic growth

    Bureau of Labor Statistics July report

    Job market barely budges in July

    Trump fires Labor statistics chief

    Senate committee moves trading bill forward

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    9 mins
  • Astronomer's PR move and other lighter news
    Jul 26 2025

    This week topics include: the data company Astronomer chose an interesting spokesperson. Followed by are leaning seats in airplanes close to becoming a reality? We end the podcast with the rise of glucose monitors.

    Also, if you want to support local news stations affected by Trump's budget cuts, consider adopting a station that stands to loose over 50% of its funding.

    https://adoptastation.org/

    Other links:

    Company involved in Coldplay kiss cam hires spokesperson

    No official requests for standing seats on airplanes

    The rise in popularity of glucose trackers

    Can sleep trackers make sleep worse?

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    12 mins
  • A mini episode on the media
    Jul 19 2025

    As congress approved defunding the Public Broadcast Corporation, President Trump sued the Wall Street Journal, and a new Pew Research survey showed that most people are not getting behind the paywall of news content.

    Trump sued the Wall Street Journal

    Jeffrey Epstein’s Friends Sent Him Bawdy Letters

    Congress rolls back public media funding

    Americans are not paying for the news

    Prof. Matthew Facciani on Threads

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    9 mins
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