Thursday's podcasts stories
Britney Spears speaks out on her conservatorship
This week was the first time Britney Spears ever personally addressed the court — and in doing so, the public — about wanting to terminate the conservatorship, controlled by her father, which she has been under since 2008. But the New York Times recently reported that her lawyer first told a court seven years ago that Britney wanted to explore having her father removed.
Axios Re:Cap is joined by Vox’s Constance Grady to discuss how public concern about her conservatorship went mainstream, what we know about her situation, what this says about how our culture thinks about celebrity and mental illness, and what could come next in this case.
The effects of the worker shortage
This morning, we’re bringing you the stories of how a labor shortage is affecting two industries: airlines and small, long-standing businesses.
- Plus, President Biden’s executive orders on gun violence.
- And, Ibram X. Kendi on voting rights.
Guests: Axios' Joann Muller, Emma Way and Marisa Fernandez, and How to Be an Antiracist's Dr. Ibram X. Kendi.
Credits: Axios Today is produced in partnership with Pushkin Industries. The team includes Niala Boodhoo, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Dan Bobkoff, Alexandra Botti, Nuria Marquez Martinez, Sabeena Singhani, Amy Pedulla, Naomi Shavin, and Alex Sugiura. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at [email protected].
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Media's union moment
Editorial staff of Washingtonian magazine chose to unionize today, the latest in a spate of media unionizations that is just part of a broader trend of post-pandemic tensions between employers and employees.
Axios Re:Cap goes deeper with Jessica Sidman, a food editor at Washingtonian, about the situation at her workplace, at the restaurants she covers and if work will ever be the same.
A wake-up call for manufacturing
According to a speech scheduled to be delivered today, the director of the National Economic Council, Brian Deese, will say the economic disruption of the pandemic shows that America needs an industrial policy that invests in more manufacturing jobs.
- Plus, the Biden administration says it won’t meet its July 4th COVID vaccination goal.
- And, what you need to know one month ahead of the Tokyo Olympics.
Guests: Axios' Hans Nichols and Ina Fried.
Credits: Axios Today is produced in partnership with Pushkin Industries. The team includes Niala Boodhoo, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Dan Bobkoff, Alexandra Botti, Nuria Marquez Martinez, Sabeena Singhani, Amy Pedulla, Naomi Shavin, and Alex Sugiura. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at [email protected].
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