The Role of Government in a Crisis (with Trey Grayson)

Topics Discussed:

• Census Reminder (2:02)

• Food Waste and Hunger (3:33)

• The Role of Government in a Crisis (5:46)

• Covid-19 Medical Updates (20:56)

• Local Leader Compliments (22:31)

• Trey Greyson Interview (25:35)

• Outside of Politics (54:02)

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Episode Resources:

• USDA let millions of pounds of food rot while food-bank demand soared (Politico)

• U.S. food banks run short on staples as hunger soars (Reuters)

• 2 million chickens will be killed in Delaware and Maryland because of lack of employees at processing plants (CNN)

• Trump Urges Some Governors to Consider Reopening Schools; U.S. Passes 50,000 Deaths (The New York Times)

• WHO says no evidence shows that having coronavirus prevents a second infection (CNN)

• A mysterious blood-clotting complication is killing coronavirus patients (The Washington Post)

• Oregon Sends 140 Ventilators to New York (Willamette Week)