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Angelina Jolie's Preventative Mastectomy - BTR Pulse [ep126]
05:55
May 22, 2013
Actress Angelina Jolie made headlines recently when she revealed in a New York Times op-ed piece that she recently had a preventative double mastectomy after learning she ha...
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CitiBike Hits NYC - BTR Pulse [ep129]
05:22
May 15, 2013
CitiBike, New York City's new bike share program, is launching in Manhattan and Brooklyn on Memorial Day. Despite early popularity of the idea, some New Yorkers have express...
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Ideas City - BTR Pulse [ep124]
08:02
May 8, 2013
On Saturday, May 4th, artists, architects, poets, technologists, entrepreneurs, and inventors shared their ideas and invited participants to actively shape their city and in...
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Openly Gay In The NBA - BTR Pulse [ep123]
05:03
May 1, 2013
The landscape of professional sports changed on Monday, April 29th, when NBA center Jason Collins revealed in an interview with Sports Illustrated that he is gay. Collins is...
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Boston Marathon Bombing - BTR Pulse [ep122]
05:25
Apr 24, 2013
On Monday, April 15th, two bombs exploded in the crowded streets near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. Three people were killed and more than two hundred others injur...
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Legalizing Medical Marijuana - BTR Pulse [ep121]
03:45
Apr 17, 2013
On Tuesday, April 16th, a committee of New York Assembly lawmakers approved a bill to legalize marijuana for medical needs. If the bill should eventually pass into law, New ...
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Kids Today - BTR Pulse [ep120]
04:54
Apr 9, 2013
In a society where bullying is an ongoing major cause for concern and, in light of recent news that dodgeball has been banned in certain elementary schools, BTR Pulse’s Laur...
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Baseball's Back - BTR Pulse [ep119]
03:44
Apr 3, 2013
On Monday, April 1st, thousands of baseball fans flooded Yankee Stadium for a MLB Opening Day game between the arch- rival Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees. BTR Pulse’s L...
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The Iraq War, 10 Years Later - BTR Pulse [ep118]
04:37
Mar 27, 2013
Ten years ago this month -- on March 20, 2003 -- U.S. led forces invaded Iraq. One of the original rationales for the war was to find weapons of mass destruction that many l...
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Women Respond To Sheryl Sandberg - BTR Pulse [ep117]
04:19
Mar 20, 2013
Sheryl Sandberg, the Chief Operating Officer of Facebook, has recently stirred discussion by suggesting in her new book, ‘Lean In,’ that women should be more assertive when ...
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Bloomberg And The Nanny State - BTR Pulse [ep116]
03:31
Mar 13, 2013
Mayor Michael Bloomberg was dealt a major setback on Monday, March 11th, when a New York Supreme Court judge struck down his controversial plan to limit large sugary drinks ...
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MTA Fare Hike (NYC) - BTR Pulse [ep115]
03:17
Mar 6, 2013
The MTA began enacting its fourth system-wide fare hike in five years on March 3rd. Commuters will now pay an added $1 fee for every MetroCard purchased in an effort to clea...
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