Coming up on today’s show:

• In another attempt to repeal and replace Obamacare, the Senate unveiled its latest version of the GOP healthcare bill on Thursday. The new legislation is intended to appeal to moderates. Sabrina Corlette, a research professor at Georgetown University’s Center on Health Insurance Reforms, joins The Takeaway to discuss what’s been added and dropped in the new bill, and what those changes really mean for millions of Americans.

• Republicans point to Kentucky as an example of Obamacare’s failure. Yet, the numbers show a different story. Jason Bailey, executive director for Kentucky Center for Economic Policy, joins The Takeaway to provide clarity about the economics of healthcare in The Bluegrass State.

• Russia may be heading for troubled times thanks to Vladimir Putin, according to author, historian and translator Richard Lourie. He’s the author of the new book, “Putin: His Downfall and Russia’s Coming Crash.” The Russian expert is a former translator to Mikhail Gorbachev for The New York Times.

• In June, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas asked Israel to cut Gaza’s electricity supply to put pressure on Hamas. Israel complied, and now electricity is only available to the region’s 2 million residents for two to four hours a day. Tareq Baconi,a fellow for Al-Shabaka, a Palestinian policy network, joins The Takeaway to discuss the electricity crisis in Gaza. 

• An all-female team of student inventors from Afghanistan will now likely be among those attending an international robotics competition in Washington, D.C. this weekend. The students’ visa applications were initially rejected by the State Department, but after public outcry, President Donald Trump is allowing the team to come and compete at the event. Roya Mahboob, the co-founder and CEO of the Digital Citizen Fund, who brought the Afghan students together to work on a ball-sorting robot for the competition, discusses the team’s accomplishments on The Takeaway.

• Every Friday, Rafer Guzman, film critic for Newsday and The Takeaway, drops by to review the new releases hitting the box office. This week, Rafer reviews the new action flick “War for the Plane for the Apes,” and the horror film “Wish Upon.” 

• The seventh season of “Game of Thrones” premieres on Sunday. The Takeaway talks to Robert “Robbie” Boake, the supervising location manager for the program, about the show’s amazing scenery, and how he cultivates its sense of place.

This episode is hosted by Todd Zwillich.