Some days the news can really throw you for a loop, and this Thursday is one of them. President Joe Biden has asked Congress for an additional $33 billion to help Ukraine. The call for more funds comes as reports that Russia’s revenue from energy sales has almost doubled since it launched the war on its neighbor. We’ll look at why Russia continues to benefit despite the numerous sanctions levied against it. There’s also a hard conversation about the measures climate activists have taken in hopes of speeding up our response to the global climate crisis. And we do our best to bring you back up as we end things with a couple of Make Me Smiles.
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Here’s everything we talked about on the show today:
- Biden Asks Congress for $33 Billion to Help Ukraine War Effort from The New York Times
- “Russia Nearly Doubled Its Income From Energy Sales To The EU During Wartime, Study Shows” from Radio Free Europe
- Why Wynn Bruce, climate activist, set himself on fire at Supreme Court” from The Washington Post
- “Climate Scientists Chained Themselves To A Downtown Bank’s Doors In An Act Of Peaceful Protest. Police In Riot Gear Shut It Down” from LAist
- Mehdi Hasan’s video featuring the climate activists on “Good Morning Britain”
- “NASA’s Webb In Full Focus, Ready for Instrument Commissioning” from NASA
- “Duckin’ Autocorrect: The Inventor of iPhone’s Autocorrect Explains How It Works” from The Wall Street Journal
Join us Friday for Economics on Tap. We’ll be livestreaming on YouTube starting at 3:30 p.m. Pacific time, 6:30 p.m. Eastern.