Sleigh Bells formed in 2008. They released their fourth album, Jessica Rabbit, in 2016. In this episode, Alexis Krauss and Derek Miller break down their song "I Can Only Stare." I interviewed the two of them in front of a live audience at the Kaufman Music Center in New York, as part of the Ecstatic Music Festival.
African Tech Roundup - Etisalat Nigeria’s Creditors Call In Massive Debt + Simon Dingle On Bitcoin And Blockchain Tech
Mobile telcos on the continent are certainly having a rough time of it on the continent. In the same week that MTN South Africa CEO, Mteto Nyati, announced his resignation, a consortium of banks including Guaranty Trust Bank, Access Bank and Zenith Bank reportedly assumed control of Etisalat Nigeria over an outstanding $1.72 billion loan.
Media reports suggesting that Etisalat Nigeria failed to meet its debt servicing obligations since 2016 have led to speculation over what might have contributed to this crisis-- could it be unsound management decisions or simply an unfortunate consequence of operating in Nigeria's recessionary environment?
In this week's African Tech Round-up, Simon Dingle joins Andile on the show to comment on the week's biggest headlines and to discuss the import (or lack thereof) of Bitcoin reaching price parity with gold, as well as to share insights on the exciting potential of blockchain technology to revolutionise monetary regimes on the continent.
Music Credits:
Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Opening Arguments - OA51: The Grimm Reality About Transgender Bathrooms
In today's episode, we take a look at the recent Supreme Court decision to rescind its grant of certiorari in the 4th Circuit opinion of Grimm v. Gloucester County School District. What happened, and what does this mean for transgender rights? First, we begin with an examination of the Trump administration's revised Executive Order (sometimes called the "Muslim Ban") restricting entry from now six Muslim-majority nations. As you may recall, we first addressed this issue back in Opening Arguments episode #43. Does this revised order comply with the law and solve the problems outlined by the 9th Circuit, or is it still "obviously unconstitutional," as many news sources claim? You'll know better than the New York Times soon enough! In our main segment, we look at Title IX's prohibition on "sex" discrimination and discuss whether it applies to discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity while walking through the somewhat unique procedural history of the Grimm decision. Next, we evaluate whether former President Obama would be likely to prevail in a lawsuit for defamation against President Trump for the claim that Obama "wiretapped Trump Towers" prior to the election. Is this Bat Boy?? Finally, we end with the answer to Thomas Takes the Bar Exam question #14 about IIED. Remember that TTTBE issues a new question every Friday, followed by the answer on next Tuesday's show. Don't forget to play along by following our Twitter feed (@Openargs) and/or our Facebook Page and quoting the Tweet or Facebook Post that announces this episode along with your guess and reason(s)! Recent Appearances: Andrew was a guest on The Gaytheist Manifesto podcast, discussing the history of Title IX. Show Notes & Links
- If you missed it, you'll want to check out OA Episode #43, in which we first discussed the 9th Circuit's Opinion that we revisit in this episode.
- This is the full text of President Trump's revised Executive Order ("Muslim Ban").
- According to this Guardian article, Hawaii has already sued to block the Revised EO.
- This is the decision in Church of Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah, 508 U.S. 520 (1993), which is the touchstone for whether Trump's Revised EO violates the First Amendment.
- Click here to read the (overconfident) New York Times article, "Don't Be Fooled" that asserts that the Revised EO is blatantly unconstitutional.
- This is the text of 20 U.S.C. § 1681 ("Title IX").
- This is the memorandum issued by the Obama DOJ providing guidance as to how to interpret Title IX.
- And click here for the 4th Circuit's now-vacated opinion in Grimm v. Gloucester County School Board that we discuss during the show.
24A The British East India Company, Professor Michael H. Fisher, The Great Courses, A History Of India
23A Competing European Empires, Professor Michael H. Fisher, The Great Courses, A History Of India
22A The Mughals And The Marathas, Professor Michael H. Fisher, The Great Courses, A History Of India
The Gist - See You in Court!
President Donald Trump’s management style has created lots of big, messy legal questions. With his new executive order on immigration, and his calls for a congressional investigation into wiretapping, Trump is plunging the government into uncharted territory. Benjamin Wittes of the Brookings Institution is here to explain. Wittes is the editor in chief of the Lawfare blog.
In the Spiel, the fight for Tom Price’s old House seat has already become deeply silly.
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Cato Daily Podcast - Make Health Insurance Legal Again
The focus of reforming health coverage should be to legalize more varieties of it. So says Dr. Jeffrey Singer, an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute.
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Pod Save America - Pod Save America takes Austin
Health care lies dominate the Sunday shows, and Congress's biggest racist strikes again. Then, Congressman Seth Moulton joins Jon, Jon and Tommy to talk about the future of the Democratic Party.
The Stack Overflow Podcast - Stack Overflow Podcast #104 – Jenn Schiffer Talks to Us about Fog Creek’s New Glitch
On this week's episode, Jenn Schiffer - aka jennmoneydollars - talks to us about joining Fog Creek as the company's new Community Engineer. She'll be focused on their brand new community, Glitch, which launched today. The gang also listens to Joel rant a lot about a shack he owns.