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The Ten News: Season 4, Episode 1

🤩 Welcome back to Season 4 of the show, Ten'ers! 🗞️ Today on The Ten News: 🤔 What's happening with Hollywood? 🪧 Pamela & Ryan have the rundown on the SAG and WGA strikes taking place in Los Angeles. 🔥 While tensions are high for the guilds, temperatures are high in the US. 🥵 Nature Nerd's Laine Farber is here with the scoop on the summer heat waves. 💭 And, on the trivia throne: do you know what Barbie is named after!?

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Resources

• https://www.dol.gov/general/workcenter/unions-101

• https://fortune.com/2023/07/19/what-are-residuals-hollywood-writers-actors-strike-streaming/

• https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2023/08/06/barbie-movie-reaches-billion-box-office

TRANSCRIPT:

00:00 PAM: Good morning, world! Ahhh, Summer break is over, time to go back to work…I do love the first day back, I wonder what time Ryan will…

RYAN: You’re late, Pamela. 

PAM: AHHHHHHH! Ryan, you scared the cupcakes out of me!

RYAN: Well it’s game time, Pamela. It was a craaaaazy Summer, and we’ve got a new team member!

PAM: Wait, what?

RYAN: I present to you, CHADIMUS MAXIMUS, THE EDITING GENIUS.

CHAD: Hi Pamela. Umm, you can just call me Chad. Ryan added all that other stuff. 

RYAN: He is a genius, though. Listen to what Chad can do to my voice. 

PAM: Wow. He’s like a wizard! Great to meet you, Chad! Welcome to the team! What’s been so crazy about your Summer, Ryan?

RYAN: If you want me to answer that, we gotta start the show. 

PAM: Alrighty then. I’m Pamela Kirkland.

RYAN: and I’m Ryan Willard. Nope, don’t like that, Chad. Ahem, that’s better. It’s Thursday, August 31st. 

01:21 PAM: Welcome back to the Ten News. Did you know, that according to Nasa scientists, July 2023 was hotter than any other month in the global temperature record? 

RYAN: Did you know that it’s likely the hottest in about 120,000 years according to Scientific American magazine? 

LAINE: Are you two talking temperature right now?!

RYAN: AHHHHH! Laine Farber. Sweet sassafras. 

PAM: Hi Laine! We were just talking about how crazy hot this Summer was. 

LAINE: You know I love everything about the planet–

RYAN: –Nature Nerd Alert!

02:48 LAINE: –so i’ve got a lot of insight about the Summer heat waves. And yes, I’m a big Nature Nerd! This summer, countries across the globe experienced extreme weather and record-breaking heat. In a month’s time, over 10,000 heat and rainfall records were set globally.  In other words, your mind wasn’t playing tricks on you; it really was THAT hot this summer. But why? Well the answer is really quite simple; the summer scorcher was caused by El Nino, heat domes and human-caused climate change. Confused? I was too when I first started hearing reports on the extreme heat this summer. But I’ve brushed up on my climate science, and I’m here to break down how temperatures have been going up this summer. 

Let’s start with El Nino. Meaning, little boy in Spanish, El Nino is the name of the naturally occurring, non-predictable climate pattern that shifts the normal flow of warm water and wind in the Pacific Ocean. In early June, the National Weather Service announced that El Nino was present. So what’s the big deal with this little boy? Well, the Pacific Ocean is basically a weather generator  and even small changes in wind, water temperature and ocean currents can alter global weather patterns for months. Depending on the strength of El Nino in a given year, these changes can include longer harsher winters, flooding, drought and elevated temperatures.    

This summer, El Nino’s shifting winds and warm waters have been helping fuel heat waves, lots and lots of heat waves. {SFX: sizzling noise or person going whew it's hot.} A heat wave is defined as two or more days of elevated temperatures, and all along the equator, countries have been feeling the heat-literally. In the United States a historically large and long heat wave spread from California to Florida and lasted over three weeks! Scientists have a special name for heat waves of this magnitude; they’re called heat domes. 

Heat domes form when atmospheric pressure pushes away clouds allowing in more sunshine and trapping in warm air - sorta like a giant hot bubble or a lid on a pasta pot. And I don’t know about y’all, but it definitely felt as hot as a pot about to boil over down in New Orleans! And unfortunately for Ariel and friends, things were not much “better, down where it’s wetter” this summer as marine heat waves drove the planet’s average sea surface temperature to near record breaking highs. We’re talking 100 degrees Fahrenheit, friends - that’s bathtub temp. According to U.S. government data, a water temperature buoy in the Everglades National Park, showed a high of 101.9 degrees fahrenheit! Now that is a hot tub.

Climate scientists state that El Nino is partially responsible for the elevated sea temperatures, but not entirely. Ocean temperatures as well as global average temperatures have been slowly increasing since humans began burning fossil fuels in the early 1900’s. There is a lot of concern right now about the impact of these warm temperatures on coral reefs, and NOAA, that’s the National Oceanic Atmospheric Association, is keeping a close eye on what the warmer water means for hurricane season. Hopefully things will cool down a bit before then and we can go back to cool dips in the ocean.

07:01 RYAN: Cool, but not cool, actually. Thank you for breaking that down, Laine! I’m gonna go make a fort by the air conditioner…

PAM: Ryan, I like your pink top today, it matches my pink shoes.

RYAN: My Dad always told me, “real men wear pink!” And I’ve been wearing this shirt since I saw Barbie. 

PAM: Ryan, wasn’t that in July…?

RYAN: Yup! And the shirt still smells amazing. I also wore it to watch Oppenheimer. Or should I say, Barbieheimer. 

PAM: Barbieheimer has been HUGE. It was the nickname given to the release of the Barbie movie happening at the same time as the release of Oppenheimer. Lots of adults did back to back viewings on release day and helped each movie get record earnings. 

RYAN: I know a bunch of our Ten’ers saw Barbie with their parents or other grown-ups, our friends over at Common Sense Media rated it as good for 11 year olds and older.

09:41 RYAN: Hey Owen do you want to hit up the Trivia Room? 

OWEN: Yeah, of course! Dear Ten’ers, I’m currently away on a secret mission to explore the world and I’m not sure when or if I’ll return… I bequeath the Trivia Throne to Owen, in my absence. He may select others to use it as well! I hope you all have a great school year! Cheerio! Sincerely, Tessa. 

OWEN: Oh sick.

CHAD: Hey Owen, is this the snack room…?

OWEN: No, but… Welcome to the Trivia Room. 

CHAD: Whoa. I’ve never seen an actual throne in real life. Can I sit on it?

OWEN: You sure can, as long as you’re ready to answer today’s Trivia Question… You ready?

CHAD: I think I’m ready, but I don’t actually know if I’m ready—

OWEN: It was so cool to go to the movies this summer and Barbie dominated the box office . When Barbie was invented in 1959, the creator, Ruth Handler wanted the Barbie doll to have an impact. And it sure has! But do you know what Barbie is named after? Is it:

1. Ruth Handler’s dog

2. A doll-obsessed friend

3. Ruth Handler’s daughter

CHAD: Ooooh, that’s a tough one. A lot of people name things after their dogs.

OWEN: The answer is C! The inventor’s daughter. The original Barbie was named after Ruth Handler’s daughter Barbara, and Ken was named after her son Kenneth. The Barbie doll’s full name is Barbara Milicent  Roberts. Pretty cool name.

OWEN: Ten’ers, do you want to join me in the Trivia room and drop some knowledge? Visit The Ten News Dot Com Slash Contact to get in touch, and we might have you on the show!

PAM: Ryan…wake up…

RYAN: --hey there Barbie let's go party– oh, hi Pam. There’s been so much to catch up on this Summer, I’m pretty pooped.

PAM: I know, we still need to wrap up the show.

15:49 RYAN: We’ve missed giving so many Ten News snaps to our listeners over the summer! So, it’s time for Ten News Snaps!

PAM: Ten’er GOOPJUICE<3 aka <3Ari<3, left us this review on Apple: “My favorite podcast I listen to it every night while I’m sleeping I love it 5 stars 10/10 totally recommend.”

RYAN: Thanks, GOOPJUICE/Ari, and thanks for listening to The Ten News! We are changing up our release days this season and Ten Things You Need to Know drops every Tuesday and our in-depth reports drop every Thursday. But if you want some bonus content, you could join the Ten’ers Club on our website or on Apple Podcasts.

PAM: “The Ten News” is a co-production of Small But Mighty Media and Next Chapter Podcasts.

RYAN: The Ten News creative team is proudly wearing pink and feeling like a billion dollars and includes Tracey Crooks, Logan DeYoung, Corinne Catibayan and Chad Chenail. Our favorite Nature Nerd, Laine Farber, contributed to this episode. And thanks to our Ten’ers Owen, Everett and Leilani. Reach out if you want to join us this season as a Ten’er! 

PAM: Our Production Director is Jeremiah Tittle, and our Executive Producers are Donald Albright and show creator Tracy Leeds Kaplan. 

RYAN: I’m Ryan Willard 

17:01 PAM: And I’m Pamela Kirkland; thanks for listening to The Ten News.