Thursday's podcasts stories
Aging condo buildings "ticking time bomb"
Two weeks ago, the Champlain Towers South condo building in Surfside, Fla., collapsed. Fifty-four people are confirmed to have died, while 86 remain missing. The collapse has begun to spark a broader conversation about aging condo buildings, which house roughly one of every five Americans.
Axios Re:Cap talks to Peter Coy of Bloomberg Businessweek about the fundamental flaws of condo management and conflict surrounding owners and maintenance.
Tucker, Putin and the NSA
Last Monday, Tucker Carlson went made an extraordinary accusation before his millions of viewers: that the National Security Agency was spying on his emails. The NSA issued a rare, public denial that Carlson had been targeted.
- Plus, turmoil in Haiti.
- And, Dr. Ibram X. Kendi on the unfair expectations placed on athletes.
Guests: Axios' Dave Lawler and Jonathan Swan, 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, Justin Kaufmann, 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]. You can text questions, comments and story ideas to Niala as a text or voice memo to 202-918-4893.
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China's big tech crackdown
The Chinese government is going after its own Big Tech companies, with new rules around cybersecurity and listing shares on foreign exchanges. It’s also banned many of them from app stores, including ride-hail giant DiDi, which last week went public in New York.
Axios Re:Cap talks with Rui Ma of China Tech Buzz about what’s changed in just the past few days, what it means for companies like DiDi and parallels to last year's fight between Trump and TikTok.
How smartphone alerts could solve energy crises
Last week, as much of the country experienced a heat wave, New York City’s Central Park had its hottest day since 2013. And New Yorkers got an alert on their cellphones from the city they'd never seen before: help us conserve energy while the grid is strained. It worked.
- And, what’s left behind as the U.S. exits Afghanistan.
- Plus, why the U.S. COVID vaccination rate is stuck.
Guests: Axios' Zach Basu, Tina Reed, and Bryan Walsh.
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].
You can text questions, comments and story ideas to Niala as a text or voice memo to 202-918-4893.
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