Ep 4 | March 2023 Current Events

Today we dive into the first of our monthly current event episodes. This is where we scour the internet and other important news sources for interesting and relevant headlines. One might argue that not everything we cover is newsworthy but we believe there is relevance in the tiny corners of modern culture because it shapes what we see in the news.

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Recorded March 13, 2023, released March 17, 2023

Timestamps:

(2:34 - 11:00) Oscars and modern day Hollywood

(11:01 - 13:35) Operation Fortune Review

(13:36 - 20:24) Will Smith Saga

(20:24 - 45:45) Comedians, Chris Rock, Meghan and Harry, the Royals, Woody Harrelson and cartels on the border.

(45:46 -1:07:46) SVB

(1:07:47 - 1:18:05) Beached Whales and Wind Farms

(1:18:06 - 1:35:21) Greta Thunberg, East Palestine and media manipulation

(1:35:22 - 1:48:13) Jesus Revolution & Asbury Revival

Links for further review:

An unusually high number of whales are washing up on U.S. beaches –https://www.npr.org/2023/02/05/1153922137/dead-whale-strandings

A Timeline of Will, Jada, and August’s Entanglement – https://www.vulture.com/2022/04/will-smith-jada-pinkett-smith-august-alsina-timeline.html

CNBC's Jim Cramer eviscerated for touting Silicon Valley Bank weeks before disastrous collapse - https://www.foxnews.com/media/cnbcs-jim-cramer-eviscerated-touting-silicon-valley-bank-weeks-disastrous-collapse

Companies scramble to meet payroll, pay bills after SVB’s swift failure - https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/10/silicon-valley-bank-customers-scramble-to-meet-payroll-pay-bills.html

Greta Thunberg reportedly deletes 2018 tweet claiming ‘climate change will wipe out all of humanity’ by 2023 - https://nypost.com/2023/03/15/greta-thunberg-reportedly-deletes-grim-2018-tweet-about-climate-change/

The Aftershocks of the Asbury Revival – https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2023/03/02/asbury-revival-comes-close

US protesters turn ire on wind farms to explain whale deaths – but where’s the evidence? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/feb/20/us-protesters-wind-turbines-whale-deaths-evidence

Will Smith–Chris Rock slapping incident – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Smith%E2%80%93Chris_Rock_slapping_incident

Woody Harrelson Sparks Controversy With ‘SNL’ Monologue That Has Elon Musk Calling It A “Good One” - https://deadline.com/2023/02/woody-harrelson-sparks-controversy-snl-monologue-elon-musk-reaction-1235272017/

2016–2023 Humpback Whale Unusual Mortality Event Along the Atlantic Coast - https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/marine-life-distress/2016-2023-humpback-whale-unusual-mortality-event-along-atlantic-coast