Yasmin Basugian

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3,329 appearances 25 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 5 Aug

Yasmin Basugian’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 25 in all, peaking in Jul 2026 with 19.

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Here's the Scoop · Will the $1.8 Billion Fund Have a Second Life and How the AI Industry Is Shaping the Midterms · 4 Aug 2026 podcast

There's a Gallup poll showing that something like 70 percent or so of Americans do not want to live near an AI data center. voice-verified

How are these PACs navigating the backlash to the building of these data centers? voice-verified

And what are candidates doing to come out for or against them? voice-verified

So, you know, I think back to the president's inauguration, Ben, and behind him was leaders from Meta, OpenAI, Google. voice-verified

They have been now courting the president for quite some time. voice-verified

Many of them today are meeting at the White House with officials to talk about voluntary government safety testing in artificial intelligence after their AI tools breached other companies' systems. voice-verified

So if the kind of leaders of these top tech companies, AI companies, already have a strong foothold with this administration and with this president, why is it so important to get buy-in from these local lawmakers? voice-verified

Ben Kavisar, fascinating stuff. voice-verified

Thank you. voice-verified

By the way, speaking of money in the midterms and AI, Elon Musk is set to be one of the biggest spenders again this season. voice-verified

He's reportedly restarted his super PAC, America PAC, and is planning to spend, get this, between $100 and $120 million on conservative voter turnout in a handful of states. voice-verified

But tonight, the SpaceX CEO might have his eyes set even further afield. voice-verified

We're going to take a very quick break. voice-verified

And when we are back, what happens when a discarded SpaceX rocket slams right into the moon? voice-verified

That's next. voice-verified

And we are back with Here's the Scoop from NBC News. voice-verified

So at 2.34 a.m. voice-verified

Eastern Time on Wednesday morning, an unmanned, discarded SpaceX rocket booster is expected to collide with the moon, kicking up this massive cloud of lunar dust. voice-verified

Now, to be clear, this was not intentional, but it's happening. voice-verified

So NASA wants to use this moment to learn more about what the moon is actually made of. voice-verified

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