The Daily Dive

The “chicken sandwich wars” are over… for now.  Popeyes had the most successful product launch in their history with their new chicken sandwich.  All it took was a couple of tweets between them and rival Chick-fil-A and the wars started, leading to long lines and eventually selling out completely.  Kate Taylor, retail correspondent for Business Insider, joins us for the chicken sandwich craze and...

More news on the thousands of lawsuits brought forth by state and local governments hoping to hold drug manufacturers accountable for the opioid crisis.  OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family are in talks to settle the cases in a deal valued between $10 and $12 billion.  Sara Randazzo, reporter for the WSJ, joins us with details on the deal. Next, the doorbell-camera com...

Former Vice President Joe Biden has enjoyed front-runner status among the 2020 Democrats since the beginning, but his electability argument may have just hit a snag.  A new poll shows that he is in a three way tie with Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren.  Biden is also having trouble connecting with younger voters.  Amie Parnes, senior political correspondent at The Hill, joins us for more. Next,...

In the first case to go to trial of more than 2,000 lawsuits brought on by state and local governments seeking to hold the pharmaceutical industry accountable for contributing to an opioid-addiction crisis, Johnson and Johnson must pay $572 million dollars to Oklahoma for creating a public nuisance, exaggerating the benefits of painkillers and minimizing addiction risks. Daniel Siegal, senior tria...

The fears of an economic slowdown loomed over the G-7 Summit over the weekend as President Trump sought to encourage economic growth in other countries to avoid a global recession.  This comes at a time when the trade tensions with China are only increasing.  Ginger Gibson, political reporter for Reuters, joins us for a G-7 roundup and a new Republican challenger to President Trump. Next, China is...

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It’s a Green Friday this week on the podcast!  First, Sen. Bernie Sanders has unveiled his Green New Deal to fight climate change and it’s coming in at a whopping $16.3 trillion.  It declares climate change a national emergency, transforms the country’s energy system to rely on renewable energy for electricity and transportation by 2030 and complete decarbonization by 2050. Miranda Green, energy a...

Texas is the latest state to be hit with a cyberattack.  Officials have confirmed that 22 municipalities were infiltrated by hackers.  A mayor of one of the cities said that hackers were asking for $2.5 million in ransom to unlock files.  Bobby Allyn, reporter for NPR, joins us for what we know about these cyberattacks that are increasingly targeting state and local governments. Next, President ha...

Americans are spending more money on faster internet speeds on the promise of faster load times and higher quality streaming, but is it really worth it?  Recent tests by the WSJ show that a typical household doesn’t use most of their bandwidth while streaming and only get marginal gains from upgrading your speed.  Shalini Ramachandran, reporter for the WSJ joins us for why upgrading your bandwidth...

After 5 years of investigations and protests, New York City Police Commissioner James O’Neil fired Daniel Pantaleo who was the officer involved in the 2014 chokehold death of Eric Garner.  O’Neil said that using the banned chokehold was a mistake that any officer could have made in the heat of an arrest, but he can no longer effectively serve as a NY City police officer.  My producer Victor Wright...

Hoping to calm fears of an impending U.S. recession after a wild ride in the financial markets last week, President Trump’s top economic advisers took to the Sunday talk shows to tout how good the economy is.  Joe Biden also continues his campaign of vowing to cooperate with Republicans and Elizabeth Warren is surging in the polls.  Ginger Gibson, political reporter for Reuters, joins us to break...

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Michael Gargiulo, known as the ‘Hollywood Ripper’ or the ‘Boy next door killer’ has been found guilty of the murder of Ashley Ellerin and Maria Bruno and the attempted murder of Michelle Murphy.  This case gained a lot of attention because of the gruesome nature of the killings and also because actor Ashton Kutcher testified during the trial.  Andrew Mollenbeck, West Coast reporter for iHeart Medi...

Warning to pet owners: A toxic algae bloom has killed three dogs in a matter of hours.  Owners Melissa Martin and Denise Mintz took their dogs to play in a nearby pond, only one dog swam in the water, but he got the other two wet.  Hours later they died after seizing and showing signs of liver failure.  Alex Guarino, reporter for WECT in North Carolina, joins us to talk about the toxic bacteria th...

Amid the second deadliest outbreak of Ebola in history, doctors and scientists have been running a clinical trial of new drugs in the Democratic Republic of Congo.  Two of the experimental treatments have been so effective that the trial was cut short and some are saying that Ebola is now curable.  Jamie Ducharme, health reporter for Time Magazine, joins us for what we know. Next, the Trump admini...

After finding registered sex offender and multimillionaire Jeffrey Epstein dead in his prison cell over the weekend, Attorney General William Barr ripped federal detention center officials in New York saying it was a “failure to adequately secure” Epstein and that the case would continue on against any co-conspirators.  Devlin Barrett, national security reporter at the Washington Post, joins us fo...

The conversation about what to do about guns and mass shooters has intensified after two tragedies killed 31 in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio.  The president has signaled that he wants to do something, but has offered no specifics and is getting warnings from the NRA to be careful or alienate his supporters.  Ginger Gibson, political reporter for Reuters joins us for where the 2020 Democrats sta...

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U.S. immigration officials conducted raids on several food processing plants in Mississippi Wednesday detaining 680 mostly Latino workers in what was the largest workplace raid in at least a decade.  About 300 parents with small children have been released, but the raids still caused a lot of anxiety and fear in the community.  Alissa Zhu, reporter for the Mississippi Clarion Ledger joins us for m...

After the latest two tragedies, many lawmakers are being pressured to do something to help stop the senseless violence taking the lives of so many.  While measures like expanded background checks and assault rifle bans are harder to sell, “red-flag” laws often have bipartisan support, but do they stop mass shootings?  Jon Schuppe, reporter for NBC News Digital, joins us to discuss how they work. N...

Earlier this week, the United States took the rare step of formally labeling China as a currency manipulator.  This comes after increased trade tensions as the President also decided to impose additional tariffs on Chinese goods.  Talks to end the trade war have repeatedly failed and the new tariffs are set to take place on September 1st if no deal is made.  Doug Palmer, senior trade reporter at P...

Addressing the nation after shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio, President Trump vowed to take action and called for bipartisan cooperation to respond to the recent mass shootings. He blamed mental illness and video games for glorifying violence, but made no mention of limits on the sale of guns.  Marisa Fernandez, reporter at Axios, joins us for how the president wants to combat the prob...