James reimagines the Mark Twain classic Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – this time telling it from the perspective of the enslaved character Jim. Everett has written 30 books, including Erasure, the 2001 novel adapted into the Oscar-winning film American Fiction. Reset talks with the author about what his new work can teach us about agency and art of balancing satire and irony while conveying the horrors of slavery.
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Host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the latest news in the crypto industry from the booming market for tokenized U.S. Treasury debt to the Financial Action Task Force calling for crypto regulation.
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"CoinDesk Daily" host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the biggest headlines impacting the crypto industry today, as data tracked by 21.co shows $1.08 billion in Treasury notes has been tokenized through public blockchains. Plus, a new report from broker Canaccord Genuity gives bullish predictions on bitcoin, and the Financial Action Task Force calls for more jurisdictions to regulate crypto.
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This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie. “First Mover” is produced by Jennifer Sanasie and Melissa Montañez and edited by Victor Chen.
3000 light years from Earth, a white dwarf star called T Coronae Borealis is on the brink of a “once-in-a-lifetime” explosion. Astrophysicist Bradley Schaefer is enthusiastic about the bright star set to appear in the night sky in the coming months.
Professor Irving Weissman has been researching ways to restore youth using mouse models for decades. He has sewn old and young mice together to join their circulatory systems and has found that giving old mice blood from younger mice reverses some signs of ageing. In his group’s paper, the use of an antibody-based therapy has been shown to restore a declining immune system in ageing mice. Not quite the fountain of youth but potentially a key step in halting many age-related diseases. Roland gets the details from Irving and first-author Dr Jason Ross.
And, in the small town of Cabrières in Southern France, producer Ella Hubber goes on the hunt for some 480-million-year-old fossils with part-time fossil prospectors Eric and Sylvie Monceret. Their latest excavation site is a gold mine of rare, soft-bodied fossils from the period during a time when this part of France was underwater. And at the South Pole.
Presenter: Roland Pease
Producer: Ella Hubber
(Photo: Illustration of the northern springtime constellations of Lyra, Hercules, Corona Borealis, and Bootes. Credit: Alan Dyer/Stocktrek Images)
The House of Representatives is moving ahead with the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried has been sentenced to 25 years in prison.
A judge in Fulton County Georgia heard arguments today for the case involving former President Donald Trump’s alleged election interference in the 2020 election. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis brought this case against Trump.
With the 2024 presidential election underway, voters in Pennsylvania should listen up.
This week Russian authorities extended the detention of American journalist Evan Gershkovich. Authorities have yet to provide any evidence to backup charges that Gershkovich was spying, and no trial date has been set.
This week Russian authorities extended the detention of American journalist Evan Gershkovich. Authorities have yet to provide any evidence to backup charges that Gershkovich was spying, and no trial date has been set.
This week Russian authorities extended the detention of American journalist Evan Gershkovich. Authorities have yet to provide any evidence to backup charges that Gershkovich was spying, and no trial date has been set.
In an episode of More or Less from 2012, Daniel Kahneman ? the Nobel prize-winning behavioural economist who has died at the age of 90 ? explains the big ideas in his book Thinking, Fast and Slow.
Common Sense Society Executive Editor Christopher Bedford joins Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to discuss the pitfalls plaguing President Joe Biden's campaign and analyze how Democrats' actions over the next several months will affect the 2024 election.
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