Plus: Nvidia strikes a number of deals with some of South Korea’s biggest companies. And Google releases its first AI-generated ad. Zoe Kuhlkin hosts.
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The Book Review - Book Club: Let’s Talk About ‘The Buffalo Hunter Hunter’
“The Buffalo Hunter Hunter,” by Stephen Graham Jones, is two things at once: a searching historical novel that examines America’s past sins and also a gory horror thriller.
The book opens in 2012, when a construction worker in a dilapidated church parsonage finds a 100-year-old journal written by a pastor named Arthur Beaucarne. The journal recounts a strange tale: In 1912, a mysterious Indigenous man, Good Stab of the Blackfeet tribe, walked into Arthur’s church and revealed the harrowing and disturbing story of how he had been transformed into a vampire who sought revenge for the violence done unto his people.
In this Halloween episode of the Book Review Book Club, the host MJ Franklin discusses “The Buffalo Hunter Hunter” with his colleagues Gilbert Cruz and Joumana Khatib.
Other books and movies mentioned during this discussion:
“Dracula,” by Bram Stoker
“Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil,” by V.E. Schwab
“Sinners,” directed by Ryan Coogler
“Twilight,” by Stephenie Meyer
“Twin Peaks: The Return,” created and directed by David Lynch
“Pushing the Bear: After the Trail of Tears,” by Diane Glancy
“Lone Women,” by Victor LaValle
“The Reformatory,” by Tananarive Due
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CoinDesk Podcast Network - THE MINING POD: CoreWeave-Core Scientific Deal Fails, CleanSpark Eyes 285 MW AI Site, TeraWulf’s $9.5B Fluidstack Deal
Core Scientific shareholders voted no on CoreWeave’s $9 billion acquisition proposal, and CleanSpark acquired a Texas site for a 285 MW AI site.
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Welcome back to The Mining Pod! For this week’s roundup, we break down Core Scientific shareholders voting NO on the $9B CoreWeave acquisition, CleanSpark's plans for a new 285 megawatt Texas site for AI workloads, and TeraWulf's record 25-year contract with FluidStack. Plus, Ethan Vera from Luxor joins to analyze the ASIC market and where hash rate growth is really coming from. And for this week’s cry corner, why the filter soft fork is doomed to fail.
Notes:
• Core Scientific shareholders rejected CoreWeave deal
• Hashprice dropped to $43.73 per petahash daily
• Difficulty adjusted upward 6.3%
• Hashrate reached 1.1 zettahash on 7-day average
• CleanSpark acquired Texas site with 300 MW pipeline
• TeraWulf signed 25-year deal with FluidStack
Timestamps:
00:00 Start
02:09 Difficulty Report by Luxor
07:47 ASIC market update
12:01 CORZ deal fails
22:14 CleanSpark data center acquisition
27:51 WULF $9.5B FS extension
33:36 Cry Corner: Fork time?
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Federalist Radio Hour - Accountability For The Autopen Presidency
On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, Mike Howell, president of the Oversight Project, joins Federalist Senior Elections Correspondent Matt Kittle to detail the investigation into the Biden White House's liberal use of the autopen and discuss next steps toward accountability for those who aided and abetted the executive scheme.
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The Commentary Magazine Podcast - So Long, Continetti
A farewell tribute to COMMENTARY podcast stalwart Matthew Continetti as he moves on to the Wall Street Journal to ply his wares. We reminisce, we say what we think we did right, and what we did wrong, and then Matt makes not one, not two, but three recommendations! Give a listen.
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Audio Mises Wire - Recipes with Rothbard: What Chocolate Cake Can Teach About Economics
When studying praxeology, something as trivial as the recipe for chocolate cake can become a way to better teach us Austrian economics.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/recipes-rothbard-what-chocolate-cake-can-teach-about-economics
Native America Calling - Friday, October 31, 2025 – Documenting the meaningful Indigenous origins of Dia de los Muertos
The practice of celebrating dead ancestors started long before Spanish colonizers came to what is now Mexico, but the Aztec and Mayan custom eventually engulfed the entire country, blending Catholic, Spanish, and Indigenous elements into what is now Dia de los Muertos. The festival even spills into parts of the U.S. Some people with Mexican Indigenous ties are working to cut through the contemporary pop culture trappings of the holiday and reconnect with the deeper, more spiritual origins.
We’ll also hear about Vision Maker Media’s expanded push to train and support young filmmakers to tell stories driven by mission. The Native Youth Media Project partners with tribes, organizations, and individuals to develop storytellers at a time when federal support for such projects has disappeared.
GUESTS
Janet Martinez (Zapotec), executive director of Communidades Indigenas en Liderazgo (CIELO)
Kurly Tlapoyawa (Chicano and Nahua), archaeologist and co-host of the “Tales from Aztlantis” podcast
Anita Huízar-Hernández, associate director of the Hispanic Research Center and publisher and managing editor of the Bilingual Press at Arizona State University
Francene Blythe-Lewis (Diné, Sisseton Wahpeton and Eastern Band of Cherokee), executive director of Vision Maker Media
Break 1 Music: Hechizos (song) Glass Spells (artist) Crystals (album)
Break 2 Music: Halloween (song) Blood Dance (artist) Halloween (album)
Marketplace All-in-One - Clues about where inflation might be headed
The personal consumption expenditures price index, the Federal Reserve's favorite inflation measure, was supposed to be released today. But at day 31 of the government shutdown, it's nowhere to be found. This morning, we'll unpack what exactly we know about rising prices at a time of tariffs. And later, is 9 to 5 looking more like 7 to 7? We'll learn about the rise of the work trend known as "microshifting."
Money Girl - How to File Taxes Without Overpaying?
971. Laura answers a listener's question about filing her first tax return correctly and without overpaying taxes.
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CBS News Roundup - 10/31/2025 | World News Roundup
Federal food help is about to grind to a halt. Shutdown stress at the airports. Britain's Prince Andrew is stripped of his royal title over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein. Correspondent Steve Kathan has the CBS World News Roundup for Friday, October 31, 2025:
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