Wednesday's podcasts stories
Florida felons face prison time for voting
In 2018, Florida passed a historic ballot initiative to allow most felons in the state to vote. Now, 10 men with felony convictions are facing voter fraud charges, for voting before paying fines they did not know existed.
- Plus: what’s riding on the semiconductor bill.
- And: the Biden administration tries to address the threat of extreme heat.
Guests: Axios' Margaret Harding McGill, and Bianca Fortis, reporting fellow at ProPublica
Credits: Axios Today is produced by Niala Boodhoo, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Alexandra Botti, Nuria Marquez Martinez, Lydia McMullen-Laird, Alex Sugiura, and Ben O'Brien. 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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The TikTokification of Facebook
Last week, Facebook’s parent company, Meta, announced major changes to its app. Instead of the Facebook feed we’re all used to -- with posts from friends and family -- the app will look a lot more like TikTok. As Axios’ Scott Rosenberg writes, this marks the end of almost two decades of social networking as we knew it.
- Plus: Pope Francis makes a historic apology to the Indigenous people of Canada.
- And: civilian defense training in Taiwan, as tensions with China grow.
Guests: Axios' Scott Rosenberg and Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian.
Credits: Axios Today is produced by Niala Boodhoo, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Alexandra Botti, Nuria Marquez Martinez, Lydia McMullen-Laird, Alex Sugiura, and Ben O'Brien. 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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