August 22, 2020 Episode 135
Intro
Word of the day: epizeuxis
Today in History: Althea Gibson becomes first African American on U.S. tennis tour 1950
COVID Numbers
Globally:
-21.2 Million Confirmed (8/15), -23 Million Confirmed (8/22)
- Deaths 767,000 (8/15), - Deaths 800,000 (8/22)
US:
- 5.3 Million Cases (8/15), 5.6 Million Cases (8/22)
-168,000 Deaths (8/15), 175,000 Deaths (8/22)
News
DNC Nominate Biden
California experiences a heat wave
California has hundreds of massive fires, help is coming from around the country, and as far as Canada and Australia.
Podcast Shows I listen to
Defenders of the Banc ( http://defendersofthebanc.com/ )
Keeping It Casual ( https://redcircle.com/shows/keeping-it-casual-podcast )
Teacher Needs a Drink Podcast ( https://teacherneedsadrinkpodcast.com/ )
Jeff Does Vegas ( https://www.jeffdoesvegas.com/ )
Five Hundy By Midnight ( http://www.fivehundybymidnight.com/fhbm/ )
The Daily Stoic ( https://dailystoic.com/)
Stoic Meditations ( https://massimopigliucci.com/ )
Daily Readings from the New American Bible ( https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/082220.cfm )
The Daily Dad ( https://dailydad.com/ )
Song Swap:
( https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=6pYjBmby5GA&feature=share )
Outro
Book of the Week:
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life by Mark Manson
( https://www.amazon.com/Subtle-Art-Not-Giving-Counterintuitive/dp/0062457713 )
God Bless. We shall overcome, so say we all.