Press Play with Madeleine Brand
The Making of Iraq, World Cup Fever, and an Eagle Adventure
U.S. soccer team at the World Cup today, high-profile departures at “The View” and ABC News, and new California law requiring disability insurance plans to cover mental illnesses. Next, turmoil in Iraq partly over borders drawn hundreds of years ago. Then, real-time feeds of wildlife and what happens when viewers decide to interfere with nature.
By Madeleine Brand • • 52m ListenIt’s make-or-break time for the U.S. soccer team at the World Cup today. If we win, we move on. If not, we’re out. In our weekly TV roundup, we talk about high-profile departures at “The View” and ABC News. Then: A new California law takes effect today requiring disability insurance plans to cover mental illnesses. But how hard is it to for people suffering from mental illness to navigate getting coverage? Next, the ongoing turmoil in Iraq can be partly traced to the drawing of the country’s modern borders hundreds of years ago -- we look at how they came to be. Finally, real-time feeds of wildlife have become popular on the Internet. But what happens when viewers decide to interfere with nature?
photo credit: By Steve Evans from Citizen of the World
In this episode
5 storiesMake or Break For U.S. at the World Cup
The U.S. soccer team faces Belgium on the pitch today at the World Cup in Brazil. It’s a make-or-break game: If the U.S. wins, we’ll advance to play Argentina. If we lose, we’re out.
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In this week’s television roundup, it’s all about departures. We’ll get the latest on the housecleaning happening at “The View,” Diane Sawyer’s exit as ABC news chair and the first episode of the new HBO series “The Leftovers.”
Read the story8 minNew Disability Insurance Law
A new California law takes effect today requiring disability insurance plans to cover severe mental illnesses, including anorexia, bipolar disorders, bulimia and schizophrenia. We look at how difficult it is for people suffering from mental illness to get coverage.
Read the story9 minA History of Iraq’s Borders
A deal to form a new government in Iraq collapsed today. Meanwhile, the Sunni militant group ISIS declared over the weekend that the country is now an Islamic state ruled over by a supreme religious leader. This unrest didn’t happen overnight; its origins trace back hundreds of years, when the modern Middle East borders were drawn.
Read the story14 minEagle Cam Adventure
All over the world, hundreds of wildlife cameras capture bears, birds and fish in real time and stream the footage online. When an eagle in a popular wildlife stream was injured recently, virtual bird-watching turned into a real-life rescue.
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