Month: July 2022

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This Machine Kills - 179. Welcome to the Jüngle (ft. Jörg Tittel)

We are joined by Jörg Tittel, creator of the new video game The Last Worker, which is part social satire, part interactive narrative, part adventure game. We discuss the ideas, story, design, and production behind the game where players take on the role of the last human worker in an otherwise fully automated fulfillment center the size of Manhattan that is operated by Jüngle—a near future version of Amazon. The Last Worker is coming out on most platforms, including VR, later this year. ••• The Last Worker: thelastworker.com ••• Jorg on Twitter: https://twitter.com/newjorg ••• 15 minute demo playthrough of the game: https://youtu.be/Bgp7nLOKlM8 Subscribe to hear more analysis and commentary in our premium episodes every week! patreon.com/thismachinekills Grab fresh new TMK gear: bonfire.com/store/this-machine-kills-podcast/ Hosted by Jathan Sadowski (twitter.com/jathansadowski) and Edward Ongweso Jr. (twitter.com/bigblackjacobin). Production / Music by Jereme Brown (twitter.com/braunestahl)
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CoinDesk Podcast Network - BREAKDOWN: What’s Behind Growing US-China Tensions?

A combination of domestic issues in China and geostrategic questions in the U.S. are making relations tense. 

This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, Chainalysis and FTX US. 

U.S. President Joe Biden is slated to talk with Chinese President Xi Jinping later this week. In the background lurks growing tensions around House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s potential visit to Taiwan next month. On today’s episode, NLW looks at the big issues behind these headlines that are shaping both the U.S. and China’s response to growing tensions. 

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“The Breakdown” is written, produced by and features Nathaniel Whittemore aka NLW, with editing by Rob Mitchell and research by Scott Hill. Jared Schwartz is our executive producer and our theme music is “Countdown” by Neon Beach. The music you heard today behind our sponsors is “The Now” by Aaron Sprinkle. Image credit: Lintao Zhang/Getty Images, modified by CoinDesk. Join the discussion at discord.gg/VrKRrfKCz8.



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Consider This from NPR - What We Lost When Hotels Stopped Being Housing

Residential hotels used to play a huge role in the American housing landscape, providing flexible accommodation for anyone who needed it, from the rich and famous to the barely scraping by. Slate staff writer Henry Grabar argues that a return of extended-stay hotels could help solve some of today's housing market dysfunction.

KNKX's Will James reports on what happened after tenants of a residential hotel in Tacoma, Wash., were forced out—into a housing market with very few affordable options.

You can read his entire series on the Merkle Hotel here, and Henry Grabar's article on extended stay hotels here.

This episode also features reporting on the US housing shortage from NPR's Chris Arnold.

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - THE HASH: Ethereum’s Mainnet Shadow Fork 10 Goes Live, and Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest Offloads 1.4M Coinbase Shares

The most valuable crypto stories for Wednesday, July 27, 2022.

"The Hash" team discusses Ethereum’s 10th shadow fork going into effect 26 hours earlier than expected and Cathie Wood’s Ark Investment Management selling more than 1.4 million shares of Coinbase Global on Tuesday.

See also:

Cathie Wood's Ark Invest Offloads Over 1.4M Coinbase Shares as COIN Price Falls

Ethereum’s Rollup Race: What is a ‘True’ zkEVM?

This episode was edited by Michele Musso and our executive producer is Jared Schwartz. Our theme song is “Neon Beach.”

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Monkeypox Cases Spike In Chicago

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention said on Monday that there were 344 monkeypox cases in Illinois. That’s a big leap from last Friday, when there were 238 reported cases. We check in with Dr. Anu Hazra, University of Chicago infectious disease specialist and Aaron Gettinger, Hyde Park Herald reporter.
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Motley Fool Money - Big Tech Bounces Back

Microsoft and Alphabet didn't disappoint with their latest quarterly results.

(0:22) Bill Mann discusses: - Microsoft having tough comps, with the cloud division shining once again - Alphabet proving its resilience - Chipotle continuing to raise prices and profits

(12:54) Ricky Mulvey talks with Jack Caporal about The Motley Fool's latest research into crypto scams and how you can avoid them.

Stocks mentioned: WMT, TGT, AMZN, COST, SHOP

ETH, SOL

Host: Chris Hill Guests: Bill Mann, Jack Caporal Producer: Ricky Mulvey Engineers: Dan Boyd, Rick Engdahl

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