Month: August 2018

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The NewsWorthy - NYC Uber Limit, NFL Cheerleaders & Oscars “Popular Film” + (talking Demi Lovato’s overdose with Jessica Nickel) – Thursday, August 9th, 2018

All the news to know for Thursday, August 9th, 2018! 

Today, we're talking about everything from new sanctions on Russia to new restrictions on Uber. Plus: NFL cheerleaders and changes to the Oscars. 

Those stories and many more in less than 10 minutes.

Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you. 

 Then, hang out after the news for the bonus "Thing To Know Thursday" interview. This week we're talking about Demi Lovato's drug overdose, the medication that likely saved her life and the myths vs. facts about drug addiction. My guest today is Jessica Hulsey Nickel.

For more info and links to all the stories referenced in today's episode, visit https://www.theNewsWorthy.com and click Episodes.

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Serious Inquiries Only - SIO152: Philosopher Elizabeth Picciuto on Trump’s Moral Code

Dr. Elizabeth Picciuto wrote an article on Trump's ethics and how his ethical code centers around basically one value: loyalty to him. We discuss the article, different ethical systems, and the limits and drawbacks of loyalty as a virtue. After that, we talk about a tweet of hers which went massively viral. In it, she lamented that the state of our politics has a lot to do with the decline in the Humanities. Leave Thomas a voicemail! (916) 750-4746, remember short and to the point! Support the show at seriouspod.com/support! Follow us on Twitter: @seriouspod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/seriouspod For comments, email thomas@seriouspod.com  
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The Gist - Regulate Me

On The Gist, Jay Sekulow and Rudy Giuliani.

The financial crisis of 2008 wasn’t just an American phenomenon. It was felt all across the globe, with other Western countries suffering the same pain, but enough hasn’t been done about our banks to ensure long-term stability. Will we ever be able to recover fully without a complete overhaul of the current system? Adam Tooze explores this in his new book, Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World. 

In the Spiel, Ohio’s special election. 

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CoinDesk Podcast Network - Augur’s Unpredictable Drop

State Street is looking to adopt blockchain technology for securities lending – that's if internally they can all get on the same page.

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The SEC’s Bitcoin ETF decision has been postponed until September.

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CoinDesk’s David Floyd joins host Bailey Reutzel to discuss the precipitous drop in users on Augur. The much-anticipated decentralized predictions market is seeing as little as 24 users per day following an impressive launch. Where is everybody?

Recorded August 8, 2018 in New York, NY.

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What Next - What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future – Embracing Deplorable Status

On this week’s If Then, Will Oremus and April Glaser discuss why a bunch of the big tech platforms—Facebook, YouTube, Apple—are suddenly banning the far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and his media empire Infowars. They also talk about the latest Wells Fargo foreclosure scandal where a computer glitch led to hundreds of wrongful foreclosures. The hosts are then joined by William Sommer, tech reporter with the Daily Beast who follows QAnon and other right-wing conspiracy theories closely. He’ll help us understand how this fringe thinking tumbled into mainstream attention. The interview with Will Sommer starts at 17:54.

Don’t Close My Tabs:

New York Times: Phone Calls From New York City Jails Will Soon Be Free

New York Times: Losing Earth: The Decade We Almost Stopped Climate Change

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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - What is the Key of Solomon?

Imagine that you could possess a genuine, real-life spellbook -- something that could enable you to summon and command otherworldly powers, to accrue riches and shed light on the dark mysteries of the heavens. People who believe such a thing is possible often point to the legendary Key of Solomon as proof that genuine grimoires exist. But what is this book, exactly? Tune in as the guys attempt to separate the fact from fiction surrounding the Key of Solomon.

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More or Less: Behind the Stats - BONUS PODCAST: Economics with Subtitles – How Buying Cocaine Helps the Government

BONUS PODCAST: For the rest of August, in addition to More or Less, you?ll get four bonus editions of Economics with Subtitles. It?s a brand new podcast that will bring you an everyday guide to economics and why you should care. In this edition, Ayeisha and Steve look at how we quantify economic success. Should dodgy drug deals be included? What is Steve?s contribution to GDP? And should we ban people who pinch too many of your crisps?

Producers: Simon Maybin & Phoebe Keane Presenters: Ayeisha Thomas-Smith & Steve Bugeja