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Hour 1: John Iadarola, Michael Shure, and Jimmy Dore hosting. For Earth Day, John discusses Nestle’s wasteful water system in the middle of California’s water crisis. The fracking process has been creating daily earthquakes in parts of the country that never had any. A graph illustrates the sharp increase in earthquakes in the state near the fracking sites.

Hour 2: Karamo Brown and Becca Frucht on for SCS stories. Kylie Jenner’s new lip look has triggered #KylieJennerChallenge where young girls & women increased their lips by sucking into a jar. After many do it, they find that it bruises their lips for an extended time. After a famous actor’s wife posted a picture of herself breastfeeding her baby while on the toilet, she has caught heat from unapproving followers. An escaped convict that has been on the run for 39 years has turned himself back in so that he could receive health care after he suffered a stroke. Karamo points out that some chronically homeless people pull small crimes so that they can get free prison healthcare.

A portion of our Young Turks Main Show from April 22, 2015. For more go to http://www.tytmembership.com

Direct download: tytTEASE_20150422.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 7:36pm EDT

Hour 1: John Iadarola and Desi Doyen hosting. Bill O’Reilly lamented the plight rich Americans are in, in comparison to everyday Americans. Video of his concern during his Talking Points Memo segment. Charts illustrating the real income inequality in the country. After a ship carrying hundreds of migrants heading from North Africa to Europe capsized, the numbers of people killed in these crossings totals in the thousands. There are record numbers of deaths before peak season for these crossings even begun.

Hour 2: Cara Santa Maria has replaced Iadarola for SCS. A social experiment was taped of a man posing as a homeless man trying to give money to strangers walking by. Many got upset and threw the money back at him. Cara senses that it may be fake with actors providing the outrageous reactions. Update on the high rise NYC building that would allow less fortunate residents live there in 55 affordable living units. After 90K people applied for the 55 spaces, the controversy of the “Poor Door” controversy has been denied by the developing company.

A portion of our Young Turks Main Show from April 21, 2015. For more go to http://www.tytmembership.com

Direct download: tytTEASE_20150421.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 8:35pm EDT

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